OER use and reuse The report “Open Educational Resources: The
value of reuse in higher education” outlines the range of online
resources that are being used and how, when, where and why they
are being incorporated into learning. In 2010, the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) commissioned the University
of Oxford to undertake a study to assess the impact of the use
of OER in the UK higher education sector. The OER Impact Study
ran from November 2010 to June 2011. This report is a summary of
the findings of the research, written primarily for teaching
staff and those supporting curriculum delivery processes who may
not have considered the potential value of OER before. The
approach of the study was broad and highly qualitative; focusing
on what motivates the reuse (or rejection) of digital resources
found on the web, and exploring factors that staff and students
value in educational content, such as provenance, quality,
context and format. The report begins by highlighting some key
themes of the use an