Marian University Library Resources

Open Educational Resources Repositories

• Openstax CNX
  Openstax give educators and students access to tens of thousands of educational pages, which can be downloaded in the form of preexisting textbooks, or remixed by teachers into a unique collection designed specifically for their classroom.
  
• OER Commons
  A collection of open education resources from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME). Projects, districts, states, and open initiatives make use of Hubs to bring groups of educators together to create, organize, and share OER collections that meet their common goals. A Hub would be the right fit for your organization if you wish to curate and collaborate around OER that is shared with the wider OER Commons audience.
  
• Merlot
  Merlot is a repository of peer reviewed, open access resources designed to aid in teaching, learning, and faculty development. It includes OER instruction and pedagogy resources for faculty & students of higher education from around the world and is maintained by the California State University System.
  
• Open Course Library
  A collection of shareable course materials, including syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments. Materials are licensed under CC BY unless otherwise noted.
  
• Education Resources from the Library of Congress
  The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development resources to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.
  
• New Literacies Alliance
  A consortial curricular project led by librarians from K-State and KUMC, addressing the new literacies required for academic success and lifelong learning.
  
• OER by Discipline Directory
  The BCcampus Open Education OER by Discipline Directory lists a wide range of open educational resources organized by discipline. This directory is updated as new resources are identified.
  
• LibreStudio's H5P Library
  LibreStudio is a free an open platform for creating interactive learning objects using the H5P technology.