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/