Open Educational Resources
Finding and using OER for teaching
Why OER?
"Why Open Educational Resources Matter" by Brendan Walsh
Overviews
- OER Fact Sheetfrom "Open Educational Resources to Increase Teaching and Learning of STEM Subjects in Adult Education Project", U.S. Dept of Education (2014)
- A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)published 2011, revised 2015
- The Open Education Resources EcosystemAn evaluation of the OER movement’s current state and its progress toward mainstream adoption. by Boston Consulting Group for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, June 2013.
- The OER Starter Kit WorkbookOngoing City University of New York (CUNY) project written by Abbey Elder and Stacy Katz; revised March 2020
Reports & Studies
- Opening the Textbook: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education 2016-2017
Seaman, Julia E. and Jeff Seaman, Babson Survey Research Group, July 2017
- Opening the Curriculum: Open Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2014
Allen, I. Elaine and Jeff Seaman, Babson Survey Research Group, October 2014
- McKerlich, Ross, Cindy Ives, and Rory McGreal. "Measuring Use and Creation of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education." International Review Of Research In Open And Distance Learning 14, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 90-103
- Seeking a Sustainable OER Ecosystem
by the Redstone Strategy Group for the William & Flora Hewlett Foundations, 2018
Initiatives and Organizations
- Locally: UMass-Amherst - Open Education Initiative-OER
A robust and innovative initiative by our Five College neighbor
- OER Research Hub - The Open Educational Resources Research Hub (OER Research Hub) provides a focus for research, designed to give answers to the overall question ‘What is the impact of OER on learning and teaching practices?’ and identify the particular influence of openness.
- Open Education - Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC empowers people to solve big problems and make new discoveries through the adoption of policies and practices that advance Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education.
- OER Commons - ISKME created OER Commons, launched in 2007, to support and build a knowledge base around the use and reuse of open educational resources (OER). As a network for teaching and learning materials, the site offers engagement with resources for curriculum alignment, quality evaluation, social bookmarking, tagging, rating, and reviewing.
- Open Textbook Network - OTN helps higher education institutions and systems advance the use of open textbooks and practices on their campuses. We maintain the Open Textbook Library, the premiere resource for peer-reviewed academic textbooks. All of our textbooks are free, openly licensed, and complete; their adoption creates a measurable, positive impact on student success.
- OpenStax/Connexions - OpenStax CNX is a dynamic non-profit digital ecosystem serving millions of users per month in the delivery of educational content to improve learning outcomes.
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