Open educational resources (OER) are tools that educators can use to supplement or build a course. OER are free for anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute and are a low-cost, tailored solution for faculty and students. 

This guide provides an overview of OER, how and why it is used, and resources to find OER for your courses.

Questions or comments? Contact  Leah Galka in Butler Library.

Further reading on open educational resources and open education in general.

• An Open Educational Resource Supports a Diversity of Inquiry-Based Learning
  There have been numerous calls for research that demonstrates how open education resources (OERs) are actually being used. This case study sought to shed light on the users of a well-visited set of modular music-education materials.
• 7 Things You Should Know About Flipped Classrooms
  The flipped classroom is a pedagogical model in which the typical lecture and homework elements of a course are reversed. OER can be beneficial in this style of teaching.