What is OER?

By "open educational resources" we understand http://www.oecd.org/document/26/0,3343,en_2649_35845581_35733402_1_1_1_1,00.html :

• Open courseware and content;
• Open software tools;
• Open material for e-learning capacity building of faculty staff;
• Repositories of learning objects;
• Free educational courses.

The term OER has been used to refer to learning materials such as:

• Learning objects (quizzes, crossword puzzles, flashcards, animations, etc.) (http://taste.merlot.org/repository.html)