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Open Resources

Here, you’ll find a collection of OER repositories, textbooks, full courses, and supplemental resources that make high-quality education more accessible and affordable. If you are seeking adaptable course content or exploring new topics, these resources are available to use, share, and customize to meet your needs. Always review the license for content before utilizing or adapting.

open education resources

Repositories

  • OER Commons – A large collection of a variety of types of OER, including textbooks, courses, and ancillary materials.
  • MERLOT – The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools.
  • OASIS – (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 88 different sources and contains 352,345 records.
  • SkillsCommons – Digital Library of Workforce Training Materials
  • OpenOregon - The OpenOregon Educational Resources lists course materials that Oregon community college and university instructors are using to reduce textbook costs in their courses.

Textbooks

  • OpenStax - peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are free online and low cost in print. (See OpenStax Accessibility information.)
  • BC Campus – The B.C. Open Textbook Collection is home to a growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties.
  • Open Textbook Library - The Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer- reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks.
  • OER Galileo (USG) - GALILEO Open Learning Materials brings together open educational resources throughout the University System of Georgia, including open textbooks and ancillary materials.

Courses

  • Saylor Academy - Saylor Academy's main project is providing free, self-paced certificate and credit courses to students around the world. But their courses are also open courseware (OCW) comprising open educational resources (OER).
  • Lumen Learning – Lumen Learning is an education technology company that creates low-cost open courseware designed to improve student success using open educational resources (OER).
  • Open Course Library - A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that you can download and use for teaching.
  • MIT OpenCourseWare – Offers free access to almost all MIT course content.

Supplemental

  • YouTube & Vimeo – Videos with a CC license can be found through Advanced Search options
  • Flickr – An online photo management and sharing application and many photos are available under CC licenses; Flickr allows searching by type of license.
  • Khan Academy – A collection of instructional videos and practice exercises on topics including math, science, programming, history, English, economics, and standardized test prep.
  • PhET – Interactive math and science simulations with lesson plans and activities
  • PLOS – (Public Library of Science) – Open Access Journals

Virtual Labs, Simulations, or Interactive Learning Objects

Document Resource List - This document contains resources for virtual labs, simulations, or interactive learning objects. These resources may be open resources, paid resources, and/or paid resources. Note: Once you click on the link, the document will be downloaded to your computer. Access your downloads folder to view the document.

If you have any questions regarding the information on this site, contact your college POC (Blackboard Administrator).

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