Open Educational Resources (OER)
Learn about Open Educational Resources - free educational materials available to faculty and students to keep, use, modify, remix, and share.
Find OER Video
"How to Find and Evaluate OER" by Abbey Elder is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 International license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
- Evaluate OER ChecklistAfter you find an OER, evaluate it! This checklist is hosted on Google Docs and is available for you to copy and use.
Start with one of these OER Search Engines
- EBSCO Discovery: Open Education This link opens in a new window
EBSCO's Open Education Resource Collection hosts thousands of free, open access ebook titles, scholarly articles, and resources across hundreds of topics/subject areas
- OER Commons Advanced SearchOER Commons provides access to a growing collection of over 50,000 high quality resources.
- MERLOT Smart Search"The new MERLOT Smart Search extends access to learning materials well beyond MERLOT's current curated and peer reviewed collection."
- Skill Commons Advanced SearchSkillsCommons is a free and open online library that provides access to learning materials for job specific skills in fields like manufacturing, IT, healthcare, and more.
- Teaching Commons Advanced SearchThe Teaching Commons is a collection of top-quality open educational resources from prestigious universities.
Search by Specific Subject
- Subject Specific OERView the subpage we created on this website which has resources for finding subject specific Open Educational Resources.
- The BCcampus Open Education OER by Discipline Directory"The BCcampus Open Education OER by Discipline Directory lists a wide range of open educational resources organized by discipline. This directory is updated as new resources are identified"
OER Courses
- Open Course Library"A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that you can download and use for teaching. All content is stored in Google docs making it easy to access, browse and download."
- Khan Academy"Cover[s] subjects from kindergarten through early college, including math, science, reading, computing, history, art history, economics, financial literacy, SAT, MCAT, and more..."
- Open Learning Initiative from Carnegie Melon UniversityTextbook replacement courseware from Carnegie Melon University. These online courses are available for "anyone who wants to learn or teach".
Even more resources
- DOL TAAACT OER for Community CollegesTrade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training
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