Open Educational Resources (OER)
Courses:
- Coursera - free online courses
- Digital Library for Earth System Education
- Discovery Education - textbooks and resources
- edX - free online courses
- http://www.sciencecourseware.com
- National Science Digital Library
- Open Learning Initiative
- SkillsCommons
- The Ultimate MOOC Handbook
- Udacity - free online courses
Policy
- U.S. OER Policy Overview
- Creative Commons OER Licensing Policies
- Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access
- The Cape Town Open Education Declaration
OER Provider
Research
- 2013 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology
- Innovating Pedagogy
- Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Personal Learning Environments (PLEs)
- MOOC Handbook
- MOOC Quality Project
- Council of Chief State School Officers - Resource Library
- Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) Open Learning Analytics
- The Hewlett Foundation’s Education Program: Research on Open Educational Resources
Textbooks:
- Texas State Historical Association
- Openstax
- Top Hat Marketplace
- National Science Digital Library
- Discovery Education
- Open textbook Library
- SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
- Siyavula
Contact Us
Instructional Technology and Distance Education Services
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Envelope iconelearning@tamiu.edu
Dr. Billy F. Cowart Hall (CWT) 208
5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041