Research Guides: Open Educational Resources: Open Education Week

Open Education Week 2021 March 1 to 5, 2021

What is Open Education?

Open Education is both a philosophy that believes in more transparent, equitable, and accessible learning for all, and the actual practices, methods, and resources used to achieve those goals.

Beliefs	In Practice
Textbook costs should not be a barrier to student success.	The adoption and development of open textbooks or more affordable options.
Open sharing and collaboration between students, faculty, and experts results in better, more dynamic teaching and learning.	Open Pedagogy in the classroom, where students are active co-creators of knowledge and assignments are meaningful and reusable.
Open licensing and modern technology is the key to making education more affordable, impactful, and equitable.	Open Educational Resources (OERs) that are free, accessible, and licensed for reuse and adaptation around the world.

Open Education at ERAU

Hunt Library supports open education through the Open & Affordable Textbook Initiative, which helps faculty create, adopt, or adapt Open Educational Resources (OER) and other textbook affordability measures. Some recent highlights include:

Saving students an estimated $365,440.13 in textbook costs since the initiative launched.
Partnering with the Daytona Beach Campus Bookstore to expand course reserves during COVID.
Partnering with the Office of the Registrar to create the No/Low Cost Textbook course designation, which marks classes with a total textbook cost of $25 or less.
Helping faculty to publish or host open resources, textbooks, and videos in Scholarly Commons. OER created or adopted by our faculty have been downloaded over 23,000 times!

Explore this guide to learn more about OERs and the Open & Affordable Textbook Initiative, or scroll down for some highlighted resources for each college.

Check out the 2021 Faculty Spotlights to see the amazing work being done by ERAU faculty!

Resources to Explore - COA

Aviation Commons
Aviation- and aerospace-related journals, articles, conference papers, theses, dissertations, books, PowerPoint files, and other open access materials from the bepress Digital Commons Network.
FAA Regulations & Policies Library
Federal Aviation Administration regulations, forms, handbooks, manuals, policy statements, etc.
NASA Ebooks
A variety of ebooks published by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration covering manned and unmanned space exploration, systems engineering, flight, research and development, and more.

NASA 3D Resources
A collection of 3D resources, textures, and visualizations provided by NASA. They are provided as public domain items, or without copyright restrictions.
National Air and Space Museum 3D Scans
3D files for artifacts found in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This is just a small part of the Smithsonian's larger 3D scan collection.

FoilSim Student JS
NASA simulation to test airflow over various types of airfoils. Multiple versions are available, including a downloadable app.
Labs on the Physics Aviary
Dozens of easy-to-use physics simulation labs including traditional physics experiments, space simulations, drone simulations, and more. Most labs come with additional resources for classroom use.
WXWise Simluations
An extensive list of weather simulation applets, updated to HTML5 format. Sims include atmospheric conditions, temperature effects on flying altitude, and climatology.

AOPA Podcasts
Tune in to AOPA’s dynamic and exciting series of podcasts to learn, grow, and engage with aviation. Although not openly licensed, they are free to listen.
NASA Galleries
NASA's collections of images, video, and audio. Not all the images are in the public domain, but are generally available to use. For more information, see NASA's media usage guidelines at the bottom of their webpage.
NOAA Photo Library
NOAA's extensive collection of public domain photographs. All images are available for download for any use.

Hunt Library Aerospace & Aviation Guides
The Hunt Library's guides for Aerospace and Aviation. This page is a starting point for finding library resources on these topics, and includes a list of related databases.

Resources to Explore - COAS

Open Source Physics
This award winning project provides curriculum support, texts, simulations, tools, and more for free educational use.
OpenStax Mathematics
The OpenStax mathematics textbook series ranges from Prealgebra through Calculus 3. All books include solutions manuals and resources for both instructors and students.
OTN - Literature, Rhetoric, and Poetry
Open Textbook Library's list of books on literature, rhetoric, and poetry. Multiple compositions books are included on this list.
Standard Ebooks
Standard Ebooks are high-quality ebook versions of texts in the public domain, available for download in multiple formats. As a volunteer-run, nonprofit organization, all books are released back into the public domain by Standard Ebooks.

GeoGebra Apps
GeoGebra provides free graphing calculators, 3D calculators, geometric graphing tools, and more. Apps are available in browser, or as downloads for mobile platforms.
Museum of the World
A joint project of Google and the British Museum, this giant timeline puts artifacts from around the world in context with each other. Resources can be searched by time, area, or topics.
PhET Simulations
Over 150 free simulations in Physics, Chemistry, Math, Earth Science, and Biology.
WXWise Simluations
An extensive list of weather simulation applets, updated to HTML5 format. Sims include atmospheric conditions, temperature effects on flying altitude, and climatology.

CC0 Textures
High quality and detailed texture images released under a CCZero license for any reuse, including commercial. Use for creating games, simulations, images, and more.
Scan the World
An ambitious project to 3D scan as many cultural artifacts as possible. Scans are available under various licenses, and contributed by museums around the world.
Smithsonian 3D
The Smithsonian Collection of 3D models. These are not CC-licensed, but openly available to download and grant broad permissions for personal and educational use. See "Terms of Service" on their website for specific terms.

Freesound
A collection of openly licensed sound effects, samples, and some music.
The Mind of the Universe
VPRO, a Dutch public broadcaster, presents interviews and in-depth conversations with leading thinkers and scientists around the world to discuss our most pressing questions including robotics, space travel, and AI. All videos are available under a CC BY-SA license, and encourage users to edit, remix, and modify the videos.
Pexels
High quality stock images and videos that are free to use without attribution.

Hunt Library General Science Guides
A great starting point for many subjects including Human Factors, Meteorology, Biology, Astronomy, and more.
Hunt Library Humanities & Communication Guides
Explore library resources for Humanities and Communication courses, including literary criticism and controversial topics.
Hunt Library Security & International Relations Guides
Explore library resources and information on global conflicts, international relations, homeland security, and cybersecurity.

Resources to Explore - COB

OpenStax Business Textbooks
Business textbooks from OpenStax. All textbooks include instructor and student resources.
Open Textbook Library - Business Textbooks
Management, marketing, business, and Human Resources textbook collection from the Open Textbook Library.

LearningEdge Case Studies and Simulations
Free case studies and business simulations for individual and classroom use. Content created by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Case Studies
Markkula Center Ethics cases span a wide range of ethical concerns including business, leadership, technology, and engineering ethics. Cases often tackle recent events, such as the Wells Fargo banking issues and gender issues in Silicon Valley.
SAGE Business Cases
Hunt Library database that contains more than 1,000 multidisciplinary peer-reviewed business cases, many with teaching notes and discussion questions.

LearningEdge Case Studies and Simulations
Free case studies and business simulations for individual and classroom use. Content created by the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Wolfram Demonstrations Project: Business & Social Systems
A growing collection of expert reviewed simulations that can be downloaded, viewed online, or embedded from Wolfram Alpha with credit. Topics include economics, finance, law, and more.

Free Music Archive
CC-licensed music in a variety of genres and styles. It can be streamed online, or downloaded for use in projects.
The Noun Project
Over 2 million icons are available for free use with attribution.
TED Talks
TED Talks are short videos presentations from researchers, experts, and professionals on nearly any topic. The presentations tend to be idea focused rather than academic lectures. TED and TEDx videos are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and are free to access and share.

Hunt Library Business & Economics Guides
Interested in possible library resources for your class? See our business and economics subject guides to get started.

Resources to Explore - COE

Aerodynamics for Students
This interactive web textbook is designed for undergraduate engineering topics, and is focused on aircraft.
National Academy of Engineering
Reports and resources in engineering by the National Academies Press.
Open Textbook Library: Engineering
A collection of textbooks covering various engineering areas of study.

507 Mechanical Movements
An online catalog of all the images from the classical technical reference Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown. The still images are public domain for any use. The updated animations are under copyright, but freely available online.
Engineering Technology: Simluations for Learning
Engineering simulations for instructors and students.
HTML5 Physics Simulations
A list of HTML5 physics simulations covering a range of topics including thermodynamics, optics, gravitation, and more. Provided by Boston University Physics Department.

NASA 3D Resources
A collection of 3D resources, textures, and visualizations provided by NASA. They are provided as public domain items, or without copyright restrictions.
Sketchfab
Sketchfab offers both free, CC-licensed models, and paid models through their website.
Smithsonian 3D
The Smithsonian Collection of 3D models. These are not CC-licensed, but openly available to download and grant broad permissions for personal and educational use. See "Terms of Service" on their website for specific terms.

CC0 Textures
High quality and detailed texture images released under a CCZero license for any reuse, including commercial. Use for creating games, simulations, images, and more.
NASA Galleries
NASA's collections of images, video, and audio. Not all the images are in the public domain, but are generally available to use. For more information, see NASA's media usage guidelines at the bottom of their webpage.
Pexels
High quality stock images and videos that are free to use without attribution.

Hunt Library Engineering & Technology Guides
A good starting point for searching the library's resources for engineering.