LibGuides: Education: OER for Education

NAC for Education

NAC = No Additional Cost, which includes library-licensed resources.

What is OER?

Open Educational Resources (OER) is defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as:

...any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.

Defining OER_NAC_LCCM
UIW defined terms for open educational resources (OER), No additional cost (NAC), Low-cost course materials (LCCM)

OER for Education

Curriki
K-12 resources
Directory of Open Access Books
Search by subject or by keyword
Lehman College - School of Education OER
OER Resources from the public domain or with Creative Commons licenses.
MERLOT - Education
Large curated collection of Education resources from the Cal State University System.
OER Commons - Education
OER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for studies in Education.
OER Commons Courseware - Education Pre-Service Teacher Educator Introduction to OER
Open Textbook Library - Education
Share My Lesson
Lesson plans for Pre-K to 12.
Teaching Commons - Education
The Teaching Commons showcases high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities and makes them available to educators and students around the world. Curated by librarians and their institutions and hosted by bepress, the Teaching Commons includes open-access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, lectures, k-12 materials, and more.
TedEd - Educator
TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative. TED-Ed’s mission is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world.
UnboundEd
Resources for K-12 teachers