Open Educational Resources

"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 exists to help faculty, staff, and students learn about Open Education Resources (OER) and how to find additional support and services. Use this guide to learn about:

• Hunt Library's Open and Affordable Textbook Initiative, which aims to help students succeed through equitable access to course materials.
• What Open Education Resources are and where to find them.
• How to adopt, adapt, or create OER for your courses, including information on copyright and fair use.
• Advocating for students and faculty who want to use OER.
• OER events and learning opportunities.

If you have any questions that aren't answered here, please contact us at commons@erau.edu or email Heather Crane, Open Education Librarian, directly at heather.crane@erau.edu.