Open Educational
Resources (OER)
Shauna Donovan
Educational Technologist/Adjunct Instructor
Iowa Lakes Community College
What is OER?
Educational materials available to distribute, share, and in
some cases change to adapt to your classroom.
OER can be textbooks, syllabi, assignments, presentations,
etc.
OER is available via many websites.
Cite OER utilizing the proper attribution.
Many sites will provide the proper attribution
Creative Commons©
https://creativecommons.org
Provides free legal tools to utilize when sharing, distributing, and
reusing OER globally.
Attribution buttons can be downloaded and utilized by anyone to
communicate permissions.
Attribution buttons can be found:
https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/
OER Sites
OER Commons
www.oercommons.org
MERLOT
www.merlot.org
OpenStax (Rice University)
cnx.org
OER Sites (continued)
MIT Open Courseware (courses)
https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Cite: https://ocw.mit.edu/help/faq-cite-ocw-content/
Open Education Consortium (courses)
http://www.oeconsortium.org/#
OER Sites (continued)
TED-ED
Archive.org
Opencourselibrary.org
http://www.openculture.com/
Many more!
Resources to Begin
Not sure where to get started?
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/pathways/
Canvas Commons
https://iowacconline.instructure.com/
Questions about OER or Canvas?