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Reach out to us at oer@usu.edu and we will find OER that fits your course's needs.
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The OER team will conduct a search for OER that fit your needs and send you a comprehensive list of existing OER that you can adopt for your teaching.
If you're interested in adopting or adapting OER, check out the below recommended repositories.
OpenStax is a collection of peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks across disciplines.
OER commons is a public digital library of open educational resources
MERLOT is a curated OER repository of online learning and support materials and content creation tools
Open Textbook Library is an OER repository supported by the Open Education Network and hosting over 1,500 open textbooks in a variety of subjects
Before incorporating OER into your course, consider referencing these rubrics and evaluation guides to ensure the resource will meet the needs of you and your students.
CUNY OER Evaluation and Selection Criteria
This rubric will help you evaluate any type of OER.
OpenOregon Checklist for Evaluating Open Educational Resources
This checklist can help you evaluate OER for accessibility, student engagement, and course alignment.
BCcampus Accessibility Checklist
This checklist focuses on helping you ensure that the OER you adopt for your course is accessible.
Adapting refers to the editing, altering, or remixing of existing OER content. To better understand how to adapt OER and ensure compliance with copyright watch the video below:
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