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OER are:
There are five characteristics of OER that have been proposed which define how the material can be used or reused*. You can:
This definition is adapted from "Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resources" by David Wiley licensed under CC-BY 4.0 license.
Since OER can be found in many places, it can be a challenge to find new materials. This guide shares some of the places you may want to look for OER and when they may be best suited to your needs.
Aggregators allow you to search multiple platforms at the same time and link to content on these other platforms.
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These are created by higher education institutions as a place to host and share anything that has been created by instructors, staff, and students affiliated with the institution. Institutional repositories host a variety of different learning materials, from textbooks to quiz banks and videos.
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Open repositories contain learning material in a variety of formats from many different disciplines and institutions globally. You can download content straight from the platform.
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These are very similar to Open Repositories in scope and function. Rather than hosting content themselves, they curate OER collections and link to the websites where the material can be found.
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There are a few platforms that curate discipline-specific materials. Not all materials housed on these platforms are openly licensed, so review the terms and conditions of all search results.
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