Open Educational Resources

Open Education Global "envisions a world where everyone, everywhere has access to the high-quality education and training they desire; where education is seen as an essential, shared, and collaborative social good."

SPARC is a non-profit advocacy organization that supports systems for research and education that are open by default and equitable by design. SPARC believes everyone should be able to access and contribute to the knowledge that shapes our world.

A guide for authors, adapters and adopters of openly licensed teaching and learning materials

"This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education."

Understanding the difference between Inclusive Access and OER.

Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani explores the benefits of OER and the reasons faculty may be reluctant to adopt open education resources.

"A collection of readings on open education with commentary. Created for IPT 515R Introduction to Open Education, a graduate course at Brigham Young University."

From Penn State, this offers the roadmap towards creating an open course.

Article about ZTC courses and the impact on students.

Recorded webinar considering issues of equity when designing and delivering OER courses.

OE Global 2020 Panel hosted by Open Education Global. Panelists examine the promise of DEI in OER materials and the reality of the existing open resources. Panelists encourage listeners to rethink OER to make it better.