Resources

UNESCO adopted The Recommendation on OER at its 40th session on 25 November 2019 which was the first international normative instrument to embrace the field of openly licensed educational materials and technologies in education.

The OER Starter Kit provides instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). A workbook version with accompanying worksheets is also available, published in 2020. A version for Program Managers is also available, published in 2022. 

A curated list of places that open educational resources can be found. 

A spreadsheet of conferences that focus on open educational resources and open access topics. 

This portal contains case studies, student work product, and resources to support all of your open pedagogy needs faciliated through the Open Education Network. 

This website serves as a resource for educators interested in learning more about Open Pedagogy, including examples, which include both classroom-tested practices and budding ideas.

An openly licensed curriculum designed to help support staff facilitate learning circles around the topic of open pedagogy. Includes the curriculum and email/slide templates provided by the Open Education Network.

Affordable Learning Ohio is OhioLINK's series of initiatives to lower the cost of college for Ohio higher education students by assisting our member libraries and campuses in identifying strategies for Open and Affordable Learning textbook and course material adoption, and helping locate statewide shareable library materials as well as open educational resources that are no cost or lower cost to students. 

The Ohio Department of Higher Education awarded a $1,300,000 Innovation Grant in June 2017 to support the development of open educational resources (OER) and other materials to reduce the cost of textbooks for students. Faculty teams from Ohio's 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities, both public and private, assembled content packages as alternatives to commercial textbooks for Ohio students. The culmination of that work is presented here.

MHEC supports its member states as they increase their capacity to implement OER and establish sustainable use of them at the institutional, system, and state levels. If you'd like to join the Ohio OER State Action Team, reach out at: oer@mhec.org.