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Open Educational Resources

Introduction to open educational resources (OER) and provides basic info about finding, evaluating, adopting, adapting, and creating OER materials.

OER Directories and Repositories

General OER Repositories/Directories

Open education is a globally recognized approach to instruction, and numerous professionals around the world have developed OERs to support this pedagogical perspective. Agencies and organizations have developed extensive repositories of OERs, many of which include more than one document type or media format, to facilitate their discovery and use. Below are several for your consideration. Each is browsable by subject area and can be searched using keyword terms. [adapted from the UT Austin Libraries - https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/OER]

OER Search Tools

OER Collections by Subject

Open and Public Domain Image, Video, and Media Collections


Open and Public Domain Image, Video, and Media Collections

Use these links to locate stock photos, illustrations, videos, and other media resources that can be incorporated into textbooks or other course materials. Be sure to review the license and usage guidelines before adding them to your class materials.

Baylor Research Guides Containing OER Suggestions

The following guides include links to OER materials appropriate for the indicated disciplines. Some of the guides have OER suggestions explicitly identified in a separate box location whereas others have the materials integrated into the broad list of academic resources available.

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