Understanding Open Educational Resources
Offered by
- Commonwealth of Learning (COL)

Course Overview
This is a short course on Open Educational Resources (OER). It will take about 2 hours to complete. We recommend this course to initiate anyone to the world of OER. It provides several links to other resources that learners can pursue for in-depth knowledge of the field.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, you are expected to be able to:
- Define OER and give an overview of the international developments related to OER movements
- Explain copyrights and licensing issues and differentiate six types of Creative Commons licences
- Find and evaluate OER to use them appropriately
Syllabus
- Introduction to OER
- Copyright and Open Licensing
- Finding and Evaluating OER
- Module Summary
- Assessment
- Credits
Learn More
Send your feedback and certificate completion information to Dr. Sanjaya Mishra, Education Specialist, eLearning by email at smishra@col.org.