Proponents of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement are passionate and committed to the precepts of open access and free distribution of educational assets for the benefit of the masses. But how is such an egalitarian community ensured its sustainability, especially in an educational landscape crawling with private industry profiteers who are incorporating OER into their own pay-to-play offerings?
This brief overview of the CARE movement and considerations for committing to its success are a worthy read for anyone teaching online or considering doing so in the near future.
For more information on OER, how to find and/or produce it, and how UAH instructional designers can help you carve out your place in the OER community, please contact OnlineLearning@uah.edu.
The values expressed by the CARE Framework support a hopeful vision for the future of OER and education, positively impacting not only issues of access and affordability, but also the seemingly intractable issues of equity and inclusion. Thus the CARE Framework is meant to be applied by all individuals, organizations, and institutions who share a stake in the field’s long-term success and sustainability. This includes individuals who create or adapt OER for their own teaching and learning purposes; nonprofit OER publishers and libraries; commercial OER publishers; as well as educational technology vendors looking to incorporate OER into their products or services. CAREFramework.org
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