Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The SPARC Libraries & OER Forum is a network of academic and research librarians interested in open educational resources (OER) connected through a public e-mail discussion list and monthly calls. The link includes information about joining the mailing list and calls as well as OER-related information.

http://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/

OERs by subject area from San Jose State University

An introduction to open educational resources: what open education resources are and how to discover and use them.

A very short course in OERs from Open Washington Open Educational Resources Network. Includes:
Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Copyright & License
Module 3: Understanding OER
Module 4: Open License
Module 5: Creative Commons Licenses
Module 6: Finding OER
Module 7: Public Domain
Module 8: Sharing OER
Module 9: Accessibility
Module10: Why OER Matters

Introductory guide for educators and learners, including resources and advocacy.

Excellent overview of what OERs are, where to find them, CC licensing, and recommendations by discipline.

A "getting started" guide overviewing open, editable, and lower-cost textbooks and open teaching & learning resources for faculty, students, and librarians.

Report on the state of OER by Babson Survey Group, published December 2017. Survey of 2700 U.S. faculty about textbook selection, awareness of OERs, etc.

Open Educational Resources (OER) have saved students millions of dollars in textbook costs and greatly expanded access to a wide variety of educational materials for countless numbers of students and life-long learners. OER have also saved teachers time and effort by allowing them to reuse, modify, and build on materials developed
by other teachers. After a brief discussion of OER and foundations of open licensing, this article presents a number of opportunities for libraries, particularly those situated at research universities.

Blog post discussing the role of traditional texts, OERs and/or library resources. (A good comparison of the three.)

Includes information about how Access Codes keep the cost of textbooks high. From The Atlantic

Report for Student Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) by Kaitlyn Vitez. An overview of the textbook problem and proposed solution of replacing textbooks in ten common core curriculum classes with OERs.