Open Educational Resources (OERs)
OERs--What are they and why are they important?
Open Educational Resources, or OERs, can be materials, studies, tools, or learning opportunities that are free to the public and can be used and shared without the inhibition of copyright or access restrictions. In a field that demands quality content for meeting high standards while oftentimes on a tight budget of time and finances, educators and students alike benefit from OERs.
Where can I find OERs?
An American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share
Lesson plans, teachers guides, and media resources for the humanities
Teachers Pay Teachers Freebies
Online marketplace for teaching material. Link directs to all resources listed as "free"
A public digital library of open educational resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around the world to improve curriculum.
NHPBS and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more for subjects across the curriculum.
Project Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks
An educators’ guide to open educational resources with information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, and sources for lesson plans and activities.
How can I use OERs?
Attribution:
"tool box" by Stitch is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
The Council of Chief State School Officers (2016, Dec. 14). What is OER. Retrieved from You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=LDTCdMKlDQw
U of G Library (2018, Sept. 21). What are OER Licenses? Retrieved from You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srVPLrmlBJY