Search for OER
Merlot
Very highly regarded aggregator of open resources available on many different platforms. Merlot also facilitates user reviews that can help you decide what you might want to use. https://www.merlot.org/
OER Commons
Similar to Merlot and also providing a space to customize resources for your course. To peruse available resources (note you’ll need to filter for educational level), visit https://www.oercommons.org/oer
Rebus
An excellent platform and community to search for (and build!) open resource projects. https://www1.rebus.community/#/open-textbook-directory
Libretexts
One of the oldest OER initiatives, Libretexts was built by math and science faculty on the West Coast and develops resources on a platform similar to the one used by Wikipedia. Within every subject area represented in the libretext catalog, you can choose to look at courses that have made use of open resources (helpful for examples of how one might combine resources) or you can search through the individual resources directly. https://libretexts.org/
Our Own Open Pedagogy Zotero Library
You can access curated resources about open pedagogy and open educational resources by clicking on the image below
Contribute to our Zotero Library
This library of resources linked above is made with Zotero,* a tool Mary introduces to students as “the best tool around for gathering, sharing, and citing courses.” You can find her video introducing Zotero on the “tools” page of this site. The library will grow with this project. Mary has used Zotero as an additional content management system in the classroom and, to introduce how this can work, fellows and other members of the community are invited create a Zotero account and join the public Zotero group associated with the library above to contribute sources relevant to our open pedagogy project.
*Other citation managers include Mendeley and Endnote (for a succinct discussion of the differences between the three, click here).
