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Open Education Resources: An Overview: Home

This guide will provide a brief primer on easy-to-access and freely available open education resources.

Summary & Overview

This page will provide a quick overview of resources and how the library can help. The following tabs will delve into each area in more detail.

About

OER Resources are Free to Use and Often Remix

Where to Find

Some of the best websites to use include:

- Merlot

- OER Commons

- Open Stax

Types of Materials

Materials Available Include:

- Full Courses

- Textbooks

- Learning Objects (eg. Assignments and Quizzes)

Creative Commons

A Creative Commons License will signify that a resource is OER, and well a specify how the resource can be used and reused.

The Library Can Help

The Library will continue to seek out new sources of OER, additionally, we can help with:

- Finding OER that may be useful for your class/assignments

- Advising on the types of resources available

- Helping with the formatting of citations and attributions of resources used.