Open Educational Resources

What are Open Educational Resources?

"Open Educational Resources are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OER range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation." (UNESCO)

Learn More About OER

• ASCCC OER Initiative - self enroll for this Canvas course
• A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources - A free e-book from UNESCO
• OER Self-paced Course - by Judy Baker

Implementing OER

• OER Policy Development - For college governance officials.
• Guidlines for OER - For educators and administrators
• OER Handbook - For educators
• Adopting OER in the Classroom - Lumen Learning Course

Articles on Open Resources

The "About OER" tab on this research guide was adapted from OSU Libraries "Open Educational Resources" webpage.