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In a society that is becoming increasingly digital, it is no surprise that educational processes are also getting impacted by digital technologies.  A significant development in the educational domain has been the rise of Open Educational Resources, with the promise of delivering quality education. An essentially, digital phenomenon, OER seek to leverage the possibilities of digital methods for accesing, creating, modifying and sharing educational content.  As they developed, OER also redefined licensing and copyright, with content being shared with license to re-use, modify and share. (‘’’Embed a video from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources#History, titled turning a resource into an OER’’’).  While the advantages seem obvious in terms of increased availability of curricular materials and reducing costs of education, research suggests that OER seems to have not achieved its potential for adoption<ref>The term ‘adoption’ of OER is used in this note in a comprehensive manner, to include creation, use, re-use, revision, re-mixing,retaining and re-distributing.</ref>.

In a society that is becoming increasingly digital, it is no surprise that educational processes are also getting impacted by digital technologies.  A significant development in the educational domain has been the rise of Open Educational Resources, with the promise of delivering quality education. An essentially, digital phenomenon, OER seek to leverage the possibilities of digital methods for accesing, creating, modifying and sharing educational content.  As they developed, OER also redefined licensing and copyright, with content being shared with license to re-use, modify and share.  

[[File:Turning a Resource into an Open Educational Resource.webm|none|thumb|Turning a resource into an OER]]

While the advantages seem obvious in terms of increased availability of curricular materials and reducing costs of education, research suggests that OER seems to have not achieved its potential for adoption<ref>The term ‘adoption’ of OER is used in this note in a comprehensive manner, to include creation, use, re-use, revision, re-mixing,retaining and re-distributing.</ref>.

   

   

===What limits OER adoption===

===What limits OER adoption===