Coordinator of Research and Instruction
Why OER?
“Content is not the problem. Learning how to learn is the future of education.”
Ray Schroeder, “It’s Time for Open Educational Resources”, Insider Higher Ed, April 21, 2021. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/it%E2%80%99s-time-open-educational-resources
HBCU OER portal
- Teaching and Learning OnlineA collection of resources designed to assist with a transition to online learning.
What are Open Educational Resources?
" Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions."
(source: UNESDOC)
On using TSU library resources
Don't forget that in addition to using OERs, you can reduce materials costs by including resources that the library accesses through a subscription, such as journal articles, or by using free online materials. Consult your subject librarian for suggestions.
Also consider consulting this item from the library collection:
- Interactive Open Educational Resources byCall Number: ZA4228.S53 2014ISBN: 9781118277454Publication Date: 2014-01-21A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014! Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into the teaching and learning process. The author examines many of the best repositories and digital library websites for finding high quality materials, explaining in depth the best practices for effectively searching these repositories and the various methods for evaluating, selecting, and integrating the resources into the instructor's curriculum and course assignments, as well as the institution's learning management system.
Using open educational resources
Achieve OER Rubrics -- A guide to aligning OERs with standards
Videos on OER
MERLOT and TSU EXCEL4ed
MERLOT is a one-stop source for locating and creating educational resources.
A TSU-specific version of MERLOT is TSU-EXCEL4ed.
How-to videos for MERLOT
Creative Commons license
This guide is based on the Afforda
ble Learning Solutions: Open Educational Resources by College from San Jose State University, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Under this license, you are free to copy and redistribute the material it contains in any medium or format. Also, you may remix, transform, and build upon the material. Authors of the original include Adriana Poo, Linda Crotty, Ann Agee, Christina Mune, Cory Laurence, Markita Dawson, Marva Tomer, and Michelle Chimento.
Creative Commons Licenses
It's important to understand the different Creative Commons licenses.
Some OER collections allow searching by type of license.
- About the LicensesThe Creative Commons allows six types of licenses. Their website offers detailed explanations for the layperson, as well as legal descriptions.
- How and why to use Creative Commons licensed work by Jess WeichlerA slightly more accessible explanation of CC licenses from
OpenSource.com