This guide houses information and links to open educational resources. If you use an open educational resource (OER) that is not on this list or have others to recommend, please share those with Breanne Kirsch (breanne.kirsch@briarcliff.edu) and she will add them to this guide.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others. UNESCO Recommendation on OER (2019
What can you do with OER?
See a more detailed overview at 5 R's framework by David Wiley
Examples of OER:
Openly licensed textbooks, articles, curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video, animation, MOOCs, e-modules, courseware, etc.
Using OER in Your Courses:
OER are becoming more prominent in higher education. Using OER leads to more equitable teaching since students do not have to pay for these resources, including open textbooks and other course materials.
