Harold L. Drimmer Library Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) at WCC: OER Repositories

Open Textbooks

Open Textbook Library
The Open Textbook Library at the University of Minnesota offers a catalog of open, peer-reviewed textbooks that can be downloaded for free.
OpenStax
OpenStax from Rice University offers free, online educational materials and textbooks, some of which can be printed at an affordable price.
BCcampus Open Ed
BCcampus has curated a collection of open textbooks that align with the top 40 highest enrolled first and second year post-secondary subject areas in British Columbia. Many books have been reviewed by faculty and include ancillary resources. Particular strengths include
Saylor Academy
In addition to other open educational content, Saylor Academy offers over 100 open textbooks under a variety of Creative Commons licenses.
American Institute of Mathematics
Open textbooks that have been approved by the American Institute of Mathematics.
InTech
InTech is the publisher of one of the largest open access collection of books in the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine.
BC Campus Open Textbooks
The B.C. Open Textbook Collection is home to a growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties. Discover open textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty, meet our accessibility requirements, and/or include ancillary materials (quizzes, test banks, slides, videos, etc.).
FLOSS Manuals
A free, collaboratively-built collection of manuals about free and open source software.
DOAB - Directory of Open Access books.
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. Academic publishers are invited to provide metadata of their Open Access books to DOAB. Metadata will be harvestable in order to maximize dissemination, visibility and impact.
GALILEO Open Learning Materials
This repository is administrated by Affordable Learning Georgia, an initiative of GALILEO and the University System of Georgia which aims to reduce the cost of textbooks to students and contribute to their retention, progression, and graduation.
Most works hosted in GALILEO Open Learning Materials have a Creative Commons license, allowing the reuse, redistribution, remix, and revision of these materials.

Open Software

Image Editing

GIMP https://www.gimpshop.com/
pixlr https://pixlr.com/
Fotoflexer https://fotoflexer.com/
Fotor https://www.fotor.com/
SVG Editor https://svg-edit.github.io/svgedit/editor/svg-editor.html

Sketching

Draw.to http://draw.to/

Page Layout

Scribus https://www.scribus.net/ (replaces InDesign)

Flowchart/ Diagrams

Draw http://www.openoffice.org/product/draw.html
Diagramly https://app.diagrams.net/
Gliffly (free accounts for students https://support.gliffy.com/hc/en-us/articles/217895678)

Audio / Music

Audacity- https://www.audacityteam.org/
Soundation https://soundation.com/ (web-based like Garage Band)
Beautiful Audio Editor https://beautifulaudioeditor.appspot.com/
Sodaphonic https://sodaphonic.com/
Multitrack DAW (for iOS) https://www.harmonicdog.com/

Video

Shotcut https://shotcut.org/
Hitfilm Express https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-express
Avid Media Composer https://www.avid.com/media-composer
Davinci Resolve 16
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

Blender https://www.blender.org/

Open Educational Resources Repositories

OER Commons
A collection of open education resources from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME).
Coerll
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning
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https://coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/materials/language-learning-materials
Open Course Library
A collection of shareable course materials, including syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments. Materials are licensed under CC BY unless otherwise noted.
Applied Math & Science Educational Repository
This repository deals heavily in math and science resources, but also gives users access to content dealing with subjects like history, education, and the fine arts.
Openstax CNX
Openstax gives educators and students access to tens of thousands of educational pages, which can be downloaded in the form of preexisting textbooks, or remixed by teachers into a unique collection designed specifically for their classroom.
Bookshelf (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
Bookshelf is a collection of free, openly published books and documents relating to healthcare and life science.
Education Resources from the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development resources to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.
New Literacies Alliance
A consortial curricular project led by librarians from K-State and KUMC, addressing the new literacies required for academic success and lifelong learning.
Merlot
Merlot is a repository of peer reviewed resources designed to aid in teaching, learning, and faculty development. To find the materials that are open access, use the advanced search link, then under license select Creative Commons.
Open Washington - OER Resource Guide
We’ve collected these resources by category with the intent of making the search process more efficient and effective. Hover over a resource tile for additional information about the resource.
Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning. We invite teachers, students, and researchers to join us in creating open educational resources and collaborative learning communities. To learn more about Wikiversity, try a guided tour, learn about adding content, or start editing now.

Open Images

Google Advanced Image Search
Use the "Usage Rights" filter to find images with Creative Commons licenses.
Creative Commons One Search
Browse over 500 million images, available for reuse
Pixabay
Over 1.8 million+ high quality stock images and videos shared by our talented community.
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Most are royalty free or CC licensed
New York Public Library Digital Collections
NYPL holds more than 180,000 public domain items in its digital collections. Easily limit your search to "public domain" images or explore the public domain collections.
Library of Congress Digital Collections
The Library of Congress provides access to noncommercial, high-quality content, from digitized photographs, manuscripts, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, and books, to "born digital" materials, like Web sites.
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Whenever possible, the Library of Congress provides factual information about copyright holders of the materials but it is up to the user to make decisions about fair use...
Art Images for College Teaching
The University of Michigan Library provides access to this collection for educational and research purposes.
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Allan T. Kohl, the creator of this collection, has dedicated any copyright he might hold in the collection to the public domain, via the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication. While the images in this collection are believed to be of public domain works, there is a remote possibility that secondary works still in copyright may have been incidentally documented as well. If you decide to use any of this collection, you are responsible for making your own legal assessment and securing any necessary permission. If you have questions about the collection, please contact Digital Content & Collections. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact Library Information Technology.
HISTORICAL IMAGES FOR EDUCATIONAL USE
For the first time, Granger's vast historical collection is available free of charge to teachers, librarians and students.
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We offer a one-stop resource for all your image needs, from lectures to handouts, student projects and research. Granger Academic has images for virtually every subject under the sun, from before the Stone Age to the dawn of the Space Age.
Flickr
Flicker is a photo management and sharing platform. Browse recently added photographs marked with Creative Commons licenses or used the advanced search to find photos released under a particular license.
Public Domain Pictures

Open Courses

Saylor Academy
Saylor Academy is a nonprofit initiative working since 2008 to offer free and open online courses to all who want to learn. We offer nearly 100 full-length courses at the college and professional levels, each built by subject matter experts. All courses are available to complete — at your pace, on your schedule, and free of cost.
The Open University.
The Open University. Are you looking for a new topic to explore, or want to dig deeper into something you've already discovered? Whether it’s a 60-second animated video or a 24-hour course you are after, you will find it on OpenLearn for free.
Lumen Learning
Lumen Learning supports OER adoption at K12 and higher education institutions in order to remove cost as a barrier to education. Lumen contributions to online open courses are licensed under CC BY.

The Courses below are NOT technically 100% OER but they can contain free content and great ideas about course structure and learning outcomes

Open Yale Courses
Each course includes a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video accompanied by such other course materials as syllabi, suggested readings, exams, and problem sets. The lectures are available as downloadable videos, and an audio-only version is also offered. In addition, searchable transcripts of each lecture are provided.
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All course materials are not free, please use discretion when selecting / linking to Open Yale
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers courses in a variety of subjects, including math, science, art, economics, and the humanities. It provides short but effective videos, practice problems and tests for users to learn core academic concepts from preschool to high school and beyond. Content is freely available for personal, non-commercial use.
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare offers full online courses which include insight from instructors, lecture notes, textbook materials, assignments, exams with answers, and multimedia resources. All course content is downloadable. However, not all textbooks are free or open source, so use this site for inspiration unless the materials are otherwise noted as sharable/reusable.

Open Videos

YouTube
Contributors to YouTube can license their videos for reuse or reuse with attribution. Users can use filters to find Creative Commons licensed videos.
Vimeo
Vimeo is a video-sharing website where users can upload, share, and view videos. Search filters allow users to find Creative Commons licensed videos.
TED
TED Talks are available under the Creative Commons license "Attribution - NonCommercial - NonDerivative" (BY-NC-ND).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers free practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard so that learners can study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. Khan Academy's content is available for personal, non-commercial purposes.

Diverse Open Images

nappy
Beautiful, high-res photos of black and brown people. For free.
https://www.nappy.co/

Women in Tech
We are Women of Color in Tech
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wocintechchat/

Createher Stock
Authentic Stock Images Featuring Melanated Women
https://createherstock.pixieset.com/

The Gender Spectrum Collection
Stock Photos Beyond the Binary
https://genderphotos.vice.com/

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