LibGuides: Open Education Resources (OER): Open Resources (General)

General Open Resources

On this page you'll find links to OER repositories that contain all different types of resources. These repositories are a good place to start searching for general OER for a course.

Find Open Resources

BC Open Collection
Find free, open, and customizable materials by course or subject. Contains all BCcampus open textbooks, which were previously held in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection.

The repositories below are all searchable by subject.

OER by Discipline (BCcampus)
A reference of OER listed by subject area and discipline.
Merlot
Provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
Open Oregon - Educational Resources
This page lists course materials that Oregon community college and university instructors are using to reduce textbook costs in their courses. Search by discipline.
Open Educational Resources Used in Various Colleges and Universities
These lists and links are harvested from the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources list serve (http://cccoer.org ) conversations and a few other sources. This is a work in progress and will grow as more suggestions come in.
OASIS
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 62 different sources and contains 160,785 records.
OER Commons
A public digital library of open educational resources (OERs). Search by subject or material type under 'Discover'.
SOL*R
SOL*R is a repository service provided by BCcampus that allows educators to access FREE online learning resources. It facilitates sharing, discovery, reuse, and remixing of a growing collection of content created by BC post-secondary educators.
Creative Commons Content Directories
A list of websites (for audio, video, image, text, other) powered with Creative Commons licenses.
The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM)
Search multiple OER platforms at one (including Merlot, BCcampus, OASIS, and more).
OER by Discipline Guide: University of Ottawa (Version 2.0 – June 2022)
A list of suggested open educational resources (OER) for courses at uOttawa.

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