Open Resources around the UA System
UAF – Elmer E. Rasmuson Library Open Textbook Options
UAS – Egan Library Open Educational Resources
UAA – Open Educational Resources
ScholarWorks@UA – University of Alaska’s institutional repository of works created by UA faculty, staff, and students. Not necessarily OER, but a good resource for finding sources within our system.
UAS – Module 6 of their OER 101 course walks you through the process of finding OER for specific types of items. Check out the step-by-step process here.
General Repositories
These repositories link to various types of OER – like textbooks, widgets, and whole courses. Some are peer-reviewed.
- MERLOT – a great place to start for peer-reviewed OER – textbooks, courses, more
- OER Commons
- BCcampus
- OpenCulture
- National Science Digital Library
- Saylor Guides
- VT Open Education Resources
Open Courses
Looking specifically for a whole course you could use parts of?
- Academic Earth
- Open Course Library
- Open Learning
- many universities worldwide
Open Textbooks
Looking for an open textbook specifically?
- OpenStax College
- College of Open Textbooks
- UMU Open Textbook Library
- Boundless
- WikiBooks
- Project Gutenberg
Open Media
Open Media Resources – links to over 40 sources for images, video, and audio.
Open Resources and Initiatives around the World
There are too many Open Education Resources to link to on this page but here are some major ones to help you get started with finding what you need for your course. You can also explore the map above to find filtered resources.