Library Guides: OER and other Open Resources: Open Educational Resources

The Big 5 Reasons for OER

Using OER offers a number of benefits to the faculty and students at PAC.

Where to find Open Source Textbooks and Course Material

Some search platforms contain more resources than others, some are easier to navigate, and some have more courseware than just textbooks. There is also a certain degree of overlap.

American Institute of Mathematics Open Textbook Initiative
AMSER - Applied Math and Science Education Repository
BCcampus OpenEd Resources
ChemCollective
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The ChemCollective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities, tutorials, and concept tests. Teachers can use our content for pre-labs, for alternatives to textbook homework, and for in-class activities for individuals or teams. Students can review and learn chemistry concepts using our virtual labs, simulations, and tutorials. The ChemCollective is organized by a group of faculty and staff at Carnegie Mellon who are interested in using, assessing, and creating engaging online activities for chemistry education.
COERLL - Center for Open Educational Resources in Language Learning
Engineering Technology Simulations for Learning
Find OER
Green Tea Press Textbooks
LibreTexts
Lumen Learning
MERLOT
Michigan State University OER
NOBA
Oasis
OER Commons resource search page
Open Geography Education
OpenStax
Open Textbook Library
Skills Commons SkillsCommons is a free and open online library containing free and open learning materials and program support materials for job-driven workforce development. The Open Educational Resources (OER) are produced by community colleges across the nation and can be found, reused, revised, retained, redistributed and remixed by individuals, institutions, and industry.

Where to find Open Source Textbooks and Course Materials presented by Achieving the Dream

Source/Title	Link and Description	Type of Resource	Course Topic	Submitted by
BCcampus Faculty Guide for Evaluating OER	https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca /facultyoertoolkit/chapter/evaluating-oer/ OER evaluation tool/checklist	Tool	Finding/Curating OER	Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
Creative Commons Licenses Chooser	https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/ Online tool to help creators choose and format open licenses for their works	Tool	Open Learning Experience	Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
Open Attribution Builder	http://www.openwa.org/attrib-builder/ Online tool developed by WA State Board of Career and Technical Colleges that helps users of OER create proper attribution	Tool	Finding/Curating OER	Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER)	https://www.cccoer.org/ This is primarily a vibrant community of open educators and practitioners, but CCCOER also offers monthly webinars and other events focused on open education.	Organization	Open Community	Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
Teaching and Learning with OER report (2022)	https://achievingthedream.org/teaching-and-learning-with-open-educational-resources/ Recent Achieving the Dream report from research partner, SRI, on the outcomes of teaching and learning OER study.	Research	Open Learning Experiences	Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream
UT Texas Scholar Works	https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/ Texas ScholarWorks was established to provide open, online access to the products of the University's research and scholarship, to preserve these works for future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community understanding of the value of higher education.	Repository	Finding/Curating OER	Laurie Lopez Coleman, San Antonio College
DigiTex	https://digitex.org/home/ DigiTex supports the adaptation, development, and implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) at colleges and universities in Texas, including organizing convenings and other professional development activities and conducting a statewide survey on OER policy and practice.	Organization	Open Community	Laurie Lopez Coleman, San Antonio College
Resource for Maps	https://www.geographic.org/maps/maps.html This site contains a variety of different maps. Some are world maps and others are of continents and individual countries.	Repository	Open Community	Barbara Wong, Alamo Colleges Onlne
Pixabay	https://pixabay.com/ Open repository for high-quality stock images, videos, and music contributed by the community. This repository is a very helpful resource when adding royalty-free images to a course.	Repository	Open Community	Amy Gates, Alamo Colleges Online
Smithsonian Open Access	https://www.si.edu/openaccess “Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.”	Repository	Finding/Curating OER	Jen-Beth Ball, Alamo Colleges Online
Accessibility for OER	https://www.oer.iastate.edu/accessibility-oer Iowa State provides a great website dedicated to making OER accessible along with links to tools and other resources.	Organization	Sustaining Open	Amy Gates, Alamo Colleges Online