Open Access & Open Educational Resources Working Together
Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER) are both part of a broader movement of making scholarly research, data, science, and educational materials open and free to use for all. However, there are some key distinctions between OA and OER.
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Distinctions Between OA and OER
Similarities
- Both OA and OER provide free public access.
- Both aim to support education and scholarship by sharing knowledge
- Both use Creative Commons Licensing
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OER is a subset of OA. However, OER does not allow the ND licenses, while OA does.
Differences
- OA focuses on research articles. OER focuses on teaching and learning.
- OA articles or books use open licenses; however, the open license does not need to enable 5R permissions for users.
- OA are online or downloadable documents.
- OER can take a variety of formats such as a document, content in a course management systems, videos, software, and simulation.
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