AI for Creating Open Educational Resources

Open educational resources are teaching, learning, and research materials that are in the public domain or released under an open license permitting reuse under stated conditions. AI can help create drafts, translations, reading-level alternatives, quizzes, and adaptations. It does not grant permission to reuse a copyrighted source that was provided to the model. Educators should identify the license of every source, follow attribution and share-alike requirements where applicable, and document which portions were adapted. Generated text may reproduce unsupported claims, contain errors, or resemble protected material. A responsible workflow keeps the original source and checks the adaptation against course goals, facts, citations, and accessibility needs. OER quality also depends on whether examples fit the learners and whether materials work across formats. AI-generated practice questions should be reviewed for one defensible answer and meaningful distractors. Image descriptions and captions need contextual verification. If student work or personal data is used during adaptation, follow institutional privacy rules and avoid uploading sensitive content to unapproved services. Teams should clearly disclose substantial changes and avoid labeling material “open” unless the rights and license are known. AI may lower drafting effort, but it does not replace the permissions analysis or educator expertise that make an OER reliable and reusable. Teams should document editorial decisions and corrections. Educators should keep a human review step before sharing.