LibGuides: Open Education Resources (OER): OER Repositories

OER collections

Open Educational Resource Collections

Open Educational Resource repositories listed here cover a wide variety of educational disciplines.

This is not a complete list, and this list will be periodically updated.

#GoOpenVA
Openly licensed digital resources by Virginia educators.
Mason OER Metafinder
Real-time federated search for OER content developed by George Mason University.
MERLOT
Free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services primarily for higher education.
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It is supported by the California State University System.
MERLOT does not house content, but is a collection of links to other content. The materials can be ranked and many are peer-reviewed.
You can create and share personal collections of content links.
Recommended for the Business, Education, Music, Political Science and Sociology subject areas
Open Course Library
Range of manterials including syllabi, course activities, and assessments created by faculty, instructional designers, librarians, other experts.
This is a smaller collection, but is sponsored by the Washington State Board of Education and therefore the materials have undergone testing for accessibility and assessed for quality.
Simulations and Virtual Labs
Listing of simulations and virtual labs grouped by academic discipline by the Colorado School of Mines.
OER Commons & Open Education
"From a single point of access in OER Commons, you can search, browse, and evaluate resources in OER Commons' growing collection of over 50,000 high-quality OER."
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The OER Commons is a single search source that pulls from multiple OER collections, including MERLOT and Connexions. It is a great first step in an OER search, but often more results can be found by searching the specific collection.
The OER Commons is a supported by ISKME (the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education).

Open Education Resources (OER): OER Repositories

OER collections

Open Educational Resource Collections

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