There are MANY repositories, or collections, of OER materials. This Guide lists just the tip of the iceberg. A simple Google search for "OER repositories" will yield many more. As with any research on the Internet, try to vet your findings for reputable authors and affiliations. Here is a list of resources to try:
California Open Online Library for Education (COOL4Ed) The COOL4Ed.org website provides Course Showcases of free and open educational resources aligned with 52 CID courses; over 70 teaching ePortfolios; comprehensive accessibility evaluations; almost 5,000 free and open etextbooks within a collection of over 70,000 free and open educational resources.
Looking for built-out modules or courses, ready to adapt to your needs? Try looking in the Canvas Commons. You can access it within your course shell from the left navigation menu:
Modules can be downloaded directly into your course. Watch a short video by Dave Giberson on that here.
Courses can also be downloaded BUT BEWARE you will need to do so into a NEW course shell otherwise you risk overwriting your existing course shell. Call Instructure's Canvas Faculty Support and ask them to create a new shell for you, THEN import the course cartridge it into that shell. See directions below:
Directions from the SDCCD Online Learning Pathways web site:
REQUEST A CANVAS DEVELOPMENT SHELL
SDCCD Online Learning Pathways staff have curated two OER repositories:
The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Open Education Resources Initiative (ASCCC OERI) has a Canvas course shell devoted to its activities. Its discipline page has resources available for the following subject areas:
Anthropology, Biology, Development & Early Childhood Education, Communication, Counseling & Student Success, Economics, English & Literature, Geography, History & Political Science, Math, Nursing, Psychology, Sociology
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Many of the links on this page are provided by Julia Nims, Scholarly Communications Librarian at Eastern Michigan University.
