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Open Educational Resources (OER): Resources

"Open education means my students don't have to choose between eating and being successful in their courses."

- Response at the 2020 Open Education Conference when participants were asked what open education means to them. From https://youtu.be/lEiUMkWAp6A

Library-Owned Resources

EBSCO eBook Collection
Over 100,000 eBooks on all subjects
Gale eBooks (formerly "Gale Virtual Reference Library")
All subjects; extensive collection of reference books

Learning Support Resources

MERLOT
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
Lumen Learning
A catalog of community-developed OER courses.

OER Task Force Report

OER Task Force Report, 2020/2021

Open Textbook Repositories

Open Textbook Library
Maintained at the University of Minnesota, this faculty-reviewed clearinghouse links to freely downloadable textbooks at various other sites.
OER Commons
Textbooks, plus a wealth of other open educational resources including labs, assignments, and lesson plans.
OpenStax
High quality textbooks in some subject areas.
Oasis
Curated collection of open textbooks and other OER managed by State University of New York
BC Campus OpenEd
Several of the books in the UMN collection are from this British Columbia initiative.
OpenALG
Georgia's affordable learning initiative resources and open textbooks.
LibreTexts
Open textbooks and other learning objects such as assignments and simulations

Finding Open Images

Pexels
Large collection of free stock photos, royalty free images and videos shared by creators
Creative Commons Search
After searching for your keywords, use the licensing filter to limit by use type

Diversity and Inclusion Image Repositories

Images of Empowerment
Free images of women’s lives and work, created by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Getty Images; License: CC-BY-NC-4.0
Allgo Plus-Size
Free stock photography collections featuring plus-size people; License: While attribution is not required, please credit.
Disabled And Here
Free stock photography featuring disabled BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color), varied body sizes/types, sexual orientations, and gender identities in the Pacific Northwest; License CC BY 4.0
The Gender Spectrum Collection
Free stock photos of trans and non-binary people, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Nappy
Free high-resolution photos of black and brown people, licensed Creative Commons Zero (CC0)
PICNOI
Free photos of people of color; no attribution required, but can give credit by linking to site
#WOCinTech
Free photos of women and non-binary people of color working in the Tech field; licensed CC BY #WOCinTech
Chat or wocintechchat.com

Last Updated: Dec 10, 2021 1:15 PM
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