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Open Educational Resources In The Classroom

The power of the internet has not only impacted students but teachers greatly. In the aspect of accessing resources such as labs to do in the classroom for teaching, research information, teaching guides on lessons, and anything one can imagine. You no longer have to spend hours searching through teacher handbooks or going to your local library to source information. We now live in the world of fast-paced resources that have little to no cost, also coined as Open educational resources (OERs). These resources are not always “Free” but have different licensing options to protect the author however they feel. These recourses do remain domain in public resources digitally. They also do not have the added constraint of heavy licensing or royalty fees. The OERs do not have to be just reading materials they can be anything from pictures, videos, diagrams, or even entire textbooks that anyone in the classroom finds are valuable. In conclusion, OERs are taking over the educational field not only for students but for teachers to greater sharpen their resources in the classroom.

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