OER Presentation Handout

Amy Schoppert

Below are some OER resource sites to explore on your own. They are divided by discipline for
ease of use, but any site can be searched by (almost) any discipline. This is just a small example
of OER resource sites:
GENETICS - Mouse Party From the Genetic Science Learning Center of the University of Utah School of
Health Sciences

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/
MATH OER Commons
https://www.oercommons.org/browse?f.featured_topic=mathematical-modeling
CHEMISTRY The Orange Grove
http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/hierarchy.do?topic=7970ce6d-728e-f860-a3c661a93d5e07bb&page=1
ENGINEERING -- Saylor
http://www.saylor.org/courses/me101/
BIOLOGY -- MIT
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/biology/7-013-introductory-biology-spring-2013/
PHYSICS -- PhET
http://phet.colorado.edu/
STEM (a good general page) Open Education Consortium
http://www.oeconsortium.org/projects/stem-for-girls/great-courses-and-teachers-in-stem/

These are two open textbook sources to explore:

Minnesota Open Textbook Library
http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/SearchResults.aspx?subjectAreaId=8
OpenStax Textbooks
https://openstaxcollege.org/books

 And this site is very good for locating course modules:

Merlot Course modules
http://www.merlot.org/merlot/materials.htm?category=2605&

If you are interested in hearing what some OER users have to say this link is to video success
stories of faculty and students from the OpenWA site:
http://www.openwa.org/stories/

This presentation is available on my website:

http://amysoer.weebly.com

To learn more:
Connect with faculty and students using OER
Explore on your own the resources in this handout are just a taste of what is available
Contact me anytime at amykingschoppert@gmail.com or 253-759-5467 or through my website:
http://amysoer.weebly.com
Join one of the many listservs or online communities relevant to OER

Please contact me with any feedback, suggestions, comments or questions:

amykingschoppert@gmail.com or 253-759-5467