Open Educational Resources (OER)
Educational materials that are freely and openly shared under an open licence or are in the Public Domain which can be reused, repurposed, and redistributed by others for their own teaching and learning needs.
Why OER?
- Reduce financial barriers
- Increase access to learning
- Enhance Teaching and Learning Experiences
- Customize course materials
Types of OER
- Open Textbooks
- Open Courses
- Multimedia
- Simulations and Interactive Activities
- Assessments
- Case Studies
5R’s of Open and Open Licensing
- Retain: Make, own, and control copies
- Reuse: Use in multiple ways
- Revise: Change or adapt OER to suit needs
- Remix: Combine multiple OER together
- Redistribute: Share copies of original and adapted OER
Creative Commons open licenses supports the 5R’s of Open through copyright licensing where the copyright holder retains their rights to their work and applies an additional open licence that provides advanced permissions for how their work may be used and adapted by others.
About OER & Licensing
Open Educational Resources (OER) Research Guide
This guide provides information and resources to help support you learn about OER, find and evaluate existing OER, adopt OER, and create OER.
Copyright and Open Licensing Research Guide
This guide provides information and resources about copyright and open licensing, including Creative Commons licensing information.
Open Educational Resources FAQs
Look through commonly asked questions and answers about Open Educational Resources (OER).
OER Teaching & Learning Supports
Open Course Materials Matching Service (OCoMMS)
Save time searching for OER. This service supports the exploration of openly licensed teaching and learning materials that match the needs of a course.
OER by Discipline: University of Calgary
This guide organizes quality open educational resources (OER) according to the faculties, departments, and subject areas at UCalgary to easily locate potential OER.
Reading List Service
The service simplifies the creation and availability of Course Reading Lists in D2L from different sources including LCR’s collections, OER repositories, databases, and websites.
Open Services Suite for OER
Open Education Alberta
A collaborative, no-fee publishing service for book-like open educational resources available to educators at UCalgary to create and host OERs.
Open Services Suite
LCR’s other open repositories and publishing services are available to support a variety of OER format types.
OER Grants and Incentives
Teaching and Learning Grants and Scholars Program
This program supports an area of focus for OER adaptation and creation projects supported by the Students’ Union’s Quality Money fund.
BCcampus’ Review an Open Textbook
Available to faculty in Alberta, BCcampus is looking for qualified textbook reviewers for select open textbooks held within the B.C. Open Textbook Collection.
When faculty use OER, we aren't just saving students money on textbooks: we are directly impacting that students' ability to enroll in, persist through, and successfully complete a course.
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