Find OER
This site has been developed as a guide to help faculty, instructional designers, and all staff who work in developing and supporting courses at Penn State – adopting, adapting, and authoring OER. We have designed this site in hopes that it will be utilized as an easy to use resource where you can quickly find what you are looking for. This section focuses on obtaining the materials you need. Featured below are expandable sections with links to repositories of OER material.
Textbooks
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BC Campus OpenEd Open textbooks for the 40 highest enrolled first- and second-year subject areas in the British Columbia’s public, post-secondary system.
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Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) is a curated resource of free and online textbooks for use in teaching and learning.
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Provides college-level open textbooks from higher education institutions around the world. Search for the education level and subject area using the search features on the left side of the page.
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Initiated by Rice University, their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed to ensure they meet the scope and sequence requirements of college courses.
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State University of New York (SUNY) Open Textbooks
With the initiative of the SUNY Libraries, Open SUNY Textbooks publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed textbooks for use in higher education.
Course Materials
A great place to begin searching for open course materials is in OER Course Repositories. The following list contains resources that are free to use but the usage rights vary so please do pay close attention to the Creative Commons License.
- Openstax CNX (formerly Connexions) Textbooks, articles, supplements, and other learning resources that can be read online or downloaded for free.
- MERLOT II Free, peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials maintained by the California State University System.
- OASIS, SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library’s search tool, searches open content from 117 different sources and contains 388,707 records.
- Saylor Academy Free online, self-paced courses. Courses are displayed and organized based on the scope and level
Media
Check out the Creative Commons Search for all media types.
Video
Audio
Images
E-books and Other Resources at PSU
This link will take you to a library guide that contains links to e-books at PSU as well as free e-books from PA Public Libraries, and other free online e-books.
E-books, other course materials, and frequently asked questions can be found here
Open and Low Cost Materials Created Throughout the Penn State Community