By Gabriela Villa | Observer Contributor
Photo by Cassie Roy
Open Educational Resources provide high-quality teaching, learning, and research materials that are free for people everywhere to use and repurpose.
“The main benefit of OER is that it saves students money,” said Ellen Pratt, Distance Education and Outreach Librarian.
“There is a push across the country to create degree programs that have zero course material cost related to them,” said Pratt, who has been working to establish OER for a year and a half. OER is now beginning to replace textbooks in many classes.