OER Definition

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” [1]

Resources

Open Education – from Office of Education Technology, US Department of Education

OER Commons – https://www.oercommons.org/

Open Education Consortium – http://www.oeconsortium.org/

Open Educational Resources (OER) Infokit – https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

OPEN – Open Professionals Educators Network – https://open4us.org/find-oer/

Achieve.org – Open Educational Resources Rubrics – http://www.achieve.org/oer-rubrics

OER – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation – http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education/open-educational-resources

Lumen Learning – http://lumenlearning.com/about-oer/

OERu – http://oeru.org/

College Open Textbooks – http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/

Learningpod  – http://www.learningpod.com/

Merlot II – http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

MIT Open Courseware – http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/online-textbooks/

Open Course Library – http://opencourselibrary.org/

Open Learning Initiative – http://oli.cmu.edu/

Openstax CNX – http://cnx.org/

A Staff Guide to Open Education Resources (Textbook)