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Intro to Open Educational Resources (OER)

Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open educational resources (OER) have received attention for their ability to serve as an equitable and accessible alternative to the rising costs and increased commercialization and privatization of education. For educators and students, the proliferation of OER collections and repositories has meant centralised access to materials and the possibility of collaborating and sharing with others.

Educational scholars and members of new OER communities have suggested several new models—ranging from “educational mashup” sites, which though common understanding and interfacing allow content to flow from place to place so that users can easily pull and integrate content across multiple collections, to “micro-sites” that serve as a single point of entry across multiple collections and allow educators and learners to impact educational resources with their own vocabulary, content, and metadata experience.

OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER)
ORGNISATION RESOURCES
BBC Open Archive Archive of multimedia and other content from several leading institutions across the U.K., most notably the BBC and BFI.
COSL Community of practice built around open source education.
OER Commons Teaching and learning network, from K-12 lesson plans.
Teachers TV Open video content for educators across the U.K. Includes footage for classroom use as well as on demand professional development courses.
Kitzu
Create multi-media content for your classroom.
Bookyards Thousands of online books, video, eBooks, links and access to online libraries.
Google Books Google has digitised many books from library collections, including hundreds of books related to Old English literature: editions, & translations.
International Digital Features children's books from around the world, Children’s Library selected by kids and adults.
The Oz Project This Australian site celebrates online curriculum projects and the world of unique learning opportunities.
Smithsonian.TV Live and archived events and multimedia at the Smithsonian Institution.
A web-based collection of approximately 1,800 books & pamphlets, 6,000 photographs, 200 maps, & 13,000 pages from manuscript & archival collections from Harvard's library, archives & museums.
Wikiversity Create and share open content multimedia.


Wikibooks Open content textbooks.
Connextions Founded by Rice University, this site is a place to share and create open educational resources (OER).
Librivox Digital library of free public domain audio books that are read and recorded by volunteers.
Open Source Teaching Project The Open Source Teaching Project is a volunteer collaborative focused on creating meaningful educational bridges among traditionally disconnected networks.



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