OER Sources
General Repositories and Database/Search Engines
JorumOpen- UK Initiative- http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui
MERLOT- US Initiative- http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
LORN- Australian Initiative- http://lorn.lexiblelearning.net.au/repositories/
NDLR- National Repository for Ireland- http://www.ndlr.ie/
Globe- International- http://www.globe-info.org/
Ariadne- European- http://www.ariadne-eu.org/
Learning Resource Exchange (European)http://Ireforschools.eun.org/LREPortal/Index.iface
OERCommons- searchable directory of OER- http://www.oercommons.org/
Open Courseware consortium- http://ocwconsortium.org/aboutus
OCW- a search consortium for OER- http://www.ocwfinder.org/
Connexions- OER portal- http://cnx.org/
Temoa- OER portal- http://www.temoa.info/index.php?q=en
Owl Institute- OER portal- http://owli.org/
Creative Commons search- OER portal- http://search.creativecommons.org/
Institutional Repositories
UNow- Nottingham- http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/
Open Exeter-https://open.exeter.ac.uk/repository/search?query=ukoer&submit=Go
OTTER- Leicester = http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-researchalliance/projects/otter
Open University- http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
Labspace- Open University- http://labspace.open.ac.uk/
University of Catalonia- http://openaccess.uoc.edu/webapps/o2/?locale+en
MIT- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
JHBS- Public Health- http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
Utah State OCW – http;//ocw.usu.edu/
Carnegie Mellon- http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/
Open Michigan- http://open.umich.edu/
Leeds Met OER repository- http://repositoiry.leedsmet.ac.uk/main/index_oer.php
Some Subject Specific Sources
Humbox- Humanities- http://humbox.ac.uk/
True Project- Economics- http://www.economicsnetwork.ac.uk/projects/oer
Gees Project- Climate Change- http://gees.ac.uk/funding/oerpilot.htm (For
resources search JorumOPEN for ‘GEESOER’)
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)- http://nsdl.org/
Engineering Pathway- http://www.engineeringpathway.com/ep/
SMETE Digital Library- Science, Maths, English, Technologyhttp://www.smete.org/smete/
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BiosciEdNet (Ben)- biosciences- http://www.biosciednet.org/portal/
DLESE – Earth System Education- http://www.dlese.org/library/index.jsp
eLangdell- Eduaction commons for law schools- http://www.cali.org/elangdell
Cancer Nursing UK- http://cancerNursing.org
HEAL- health repository- http://www.healcentral.org/
Wikipremed- medicine- http://wikipremed.com/
Written Documents and Others
Slides
SlideShare- http://.slideshare.net
AuthorSTREAM- http://www.authorstream.com
Scribd- http://www.scribd.com//
Audio and Video
UoN Podcasts- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/podcasts/
OpenSpires- http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/openspires.html
ITunesU- http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/
Youtube Eduhub- http://youtube.com/edu
British Universities File and Video Council (BVFVC)- http://bufvc.ac.uk/
Music
CCMixter- http://ccmixter.org/
Jamendo- http://jamendo.com/en/?gclid=ClaL7aSU8acCFcoa4QodYhknaw
Incomtech- http://incompetech.com/
Freesound- http://www.freesound.org
Images
Flickr (Uismg ADvnaced Search)- http://www.flickr.com?search/?q=
FlickrCC- http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/
Google Images- (Advanced Search)http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search?hI=en
Welcome Images- http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/
Wikimedia Commons- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Creative Commons Search- http://search.creativecommons.org/
Fromoldbooks.org- http://fromoldbooks.org/
Freedigitalphotos.net- http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
FreePhotosBank- http://www.freephotosbank.org/main.php
Wikipremed images archive- http://www.wikipremed.com/image_archive.php
University of Minnesota Image Bankhttp://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/WEBANATOMY/image_database/default.htm
OpenClipart Library- http://www.openclipart.org/
Cadyou- http://www.dryicons.com/free-icons/
OERImages bookmark- http://www.delicious.com/bigchocolatecake/OERImages
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Finding CC Images
Xpert search engine- http://xpert.nottingham.ac.uk/
Development Tools (May also be useful in aggregation)
eXe- http://exelearning.org/wiki
GLOMAKER- http://www.glomaker.org
Labspace- http://labspace.open.ac.uk/
OERglue-http://www.oerglue.com
XERTE- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/toolkits.htm
PowerPoint Converters
Articulate- http://www.articulate.com
ISpring- http://wwwispringsolutions.com/
Developing OER
Open Engineering Guide to Creating OER:
http://www.slideshare.net/EngSC/creating-oer-project-material
OTTER Framework:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-researchalliance/projects/otter
OUmodule:
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/oucontent/view.php?id397777
Evaluation and Quality of OER
Australian Universities Quality Agency Report on OER quality:
http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/OER_OER_and_QA_Challenges.pdf
JISC evaluating user experiences:
https://mw.brookes.ac.uk/display/JISCle2g/For+researchers
JISC info kit- quality:
https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24838164/Quality
Non-scantlebury- evaluation framework:
http://www.slideshare.net/SCORE/finding-and-evaluating-oer-score-workshopactivity-non-scantlebury
Rice University peer review model:
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http://dsp.rice.edu/sites/dsp.rice.edu/files/publications/journalarticle/2008/peerreview-proieee-2008.pdf
STEM OER Suggestions for quality assurance:
http://stemoer.pbworks.com/w/page/6193992/Evaluation-and-Quality-Assurance
Copyright
JISC legal site for guidance on IPR:
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Projects/OpenEducationalResources/tabid/701/lapg1323/1/Default
Online copyright helper
http://labyrinth.sgul.ac.uk/openlabyrinth/mnode.asp?id==qwnw2gcf4jesnqajxhq1rx
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Content Packaging
Reload- http://www.reload.ac.uk
Guides to preparing and uploading content (to Jorum, but also general
tips)
Jorum user guides- http://www.jorum.ac.uk/help/guides
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