Public access to publicly funded educational materials.
There is a need for learning beyond textbooks to transform how content can be created, shared, and customized; how teachers teach; and how students learn.
Content development models are changing in the 21st century. Learning materials developed with public funding should be available for educators to share, access and collaborate.
Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others. OER permit educators to share, access and collaborate so they can customize and personalize content and instruction.
Open Educational Resources (OER) create a pathway to deliver engaging, customized, and up-to-date content to students much faster and more cost effectively than today.
Publicly funded educational materials should be publicly accessible as Open Educational Resources.
K-12
With rising costs and cash-strapped budgets, the shelf life of a typical textbook is being stretched even longer. Open Educational Resources (OER) create a pathway to deliver engaging, customized, and up-to-date content to students much faster and more cost effectively than today. [more]
Higher Education
The high price of college textbooks is increasingly a hindrance to students to pursuing college educations. A recent investigation by the Government Accountability Office found that textbook prices increase on average by 6 percent per year with an average annual bill nearing $1,000. [more]
