"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER can be textbooks, full courses, lesson plans, videos, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge."
- SPARC "Open Education Fact Sheet"
This guide is part of Hunt Library's Open and Affordable Textbook initiative, which aims to help students succeed through equitable access to course materials. Hunt Library takes a holistic approach to textbook affordability, and open educational resources (OER) are an important part of this mission. For more information on the initiative, visit the Open & Affordable Textbook website, or the "OER at Embry-Riddle" tab.
This guide is designed to help faculty and students find and use OER in their classes or projects. It includes search tools, information on using library materials for courses, and helpful information for using or modifying OER.
Hunt Library supports the use, modification, and creation of OER at Embry-Riddle, and help is available for any questions that aren't answered in this guide.
This guide is created and licensed by the Hunt Library at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
