Open Educational Resources (OER) for Faculty

Connect OER is a platform to share and discover information about OER activities at campuses across North America. Each participating institution maintains a profile page about local OER activities, which collectively populate a searchable directory that showcases trends, best practices, and collective impact being achieved through OER.

Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) is: A University System of Georgia (USG) initiative to promote student success by providing affordable textbook alternatives and provide a one-stop service to help USG faculty and staff identify lower-cost, electronic, free, and open educational resources (OER).

OER Course Example: An Open-Access course created at Valdosta State University.

OER implemented at California State University.

OER as implemented by the University of Oklahoma.

OER at California State University - San Marcos.

OER at Emory University.

OER implemented at Northern Virginia Community College.

OER textbook initiative at Kansas State University.

An OER initiative at the American University.

OER initiative at Fort Hays State University.

OER initiative at Lane Community College.

Open Oregon Educational Resources promotes textbook affordability for community college and university students, and facilitates widespread adoption of open, low-cost, high-quality materials.

OER textbook initiative at Oregon State.

The purpose of the Textbook Affordability Project (TAP) is to promote awareness of and access to textbook affordability issues and provide solutions to make course materials available that are up-to-date, satisfy academic needs, and are affordable to students.

OER Guide for supporting and selecting OER materials for courses.