"OER are 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 and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
- definition from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Free the Textbook Owl by Corrina Ulrich is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License and is freely available to copy, alter, and share.
The Michigan OER Summit is held annually to provide an opportuniy for learning and sharing among OER practitioners from K-12, community colleges, and four-year universities and colleges, both public and private.
The 2021 Summit was held virtually on August 10 & 11, 2021.
Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources (OER) by Tina Ulrich and Joelle Hannert is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.