Research Guides: Affordable Learning Georgia: COST:

What Are Open Educational Resources (OER's)?

Open Educational Resources, or OER's, are freely accessible, openly licensed documents and media that are useful for teaching, learning, educational, assessment and research purposes. Although some people consider the use of an open format to be an essential characteristic of OER, this is not a universally acknowledged requirement.

OER Sources for COST Groups

This link of OER materials is not necessarily extensive. Please check back periodically to see if any new resources have been added! Remember, contact your liaison if you have any questions about the Affordable Learning Initiative or Open Educational Resources. Thank you!

Building Your Own TextBook:
Blogger Audrey Watters looks at the digital possibilities for customizing and updating texts -- at a fraction of what the hard copy would cost.
Community College Consortium:
Our mission is expanding access to education by promoting awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). Over 200 colleges have joined the consortium and many more participate in our activities and use resources posted here. Join the Community Colleges at the Open Course Ware Consortium.
Engineering:
This one year project, in partnership with the JISC, will form both a static and a linked, self-sustaining dynamic collection of Open Educational Resources relating to Low-Carbon Engineering practices. Sources will be selected by experts to ensure a fresh, dynamic source of current and new materials as they become available.
Merlot
MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.
OER Commons
We are a dynamic digital content hub offering a suite of OER supports. From roadmaps to training to tools, we'll get the right OER to your students.
TedEd
Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk or YouTube video

Examples of Open Educational Resources (OER's)

Free Math Textbooks: College of the Redwoods

Introduction to Statistics - Collaborative Statistics

Principles of Physics - Light and Matter