OAER Framework for Collaborative Identification

There are many platforms and resources to search as you try to identify OAER.  These search templates may be a help to you.

One tool that may help is based on a Course mapping form.  This can help you pair resources to your course and unit objectives.  This form is in a table format.

A second option of tools that you can use is our Course OAER Selection Guide.  It accomplishes the same thing as the Course Mapping Form but is linear instead of horizontal in its organization.

Use the tool that works for you.  Do not let the frustration of the form hinder you in identifying resources.

While we mostly think about substituting textbook for textbook, think of other OAER possibilities:

     Textbooks     

Videos

Simulations

Quizzes

Power Points

And Even More

There are many options of OER repositories.  Even a Google search that uses your topic plus the words Open Educational Resources can bring you results. 

HINT: If you start with Google or a basic search engine, use the term "Open Educational Resources" instead of "OER".

Here are a few places that we recommend you use to start your search for OER:

• OER Commons - https://www.oercommons.org

• MERLOT - https://www.merlot.org/merlot 

• OpenStax - https://openstax.org 

• Open Textbook Library - https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks 

• LibreTexts - https://libretexts.org

• BC Open Collection by BC Campus - https://collection.bccampus.ca/

Do not forget about Affordable (OAR) resources.  Depending on your topic area, this may be the place to start.

• Look through the catalog / discovery search using the filters to narrow results.
• If you know that you want to use articles, search within specific databases.
• There are also Open Access publications that you may want to look through.  These will be available to your students even after graduations.