Open Educational Resources (OER)
You can use and re-use open educational resources without charge. Just make sure you understand the licensing.
It’s true that many products in OER repositories have unrestricted licenses,
however, keep your eye out for digital content, which place limits on how you can use the material. Most OER publish online with a specific Creative Commons license notification.
Get Up-to-Speed on OER
Here's a news article that will introduce you to the OER phenomenon.
- T.H.E. Journal:
Driving Digital Change by Geoff Fletcher
Several states have taken steps to make adopting digital content easier for schools. Not all have been entirely successful yet, but their early mistakes can be guideposts for others considering the same thing.
OER Sites to Watch
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Flexbooks are open, customizable textbooks that teachers can work with online or in print form — a project of
CK-12 Textbooks.
- Two OER repositories that store teaching and learning products developed by the global community —
Curriki and
OER Commons.
- Connexions describes itself as a “digital educational ecosystem.” Check out the
repository, which houses more than 17,000 learning products, and 1,000 + collections of textbooks, journal articles and more. Contributors make a learning module from scratch or re-work an existing Connexions product into a new course.
OER in Other States
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