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By UNESCO Chair in E-Learning, UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning Blog, April 4 2011. A very brief explanation of, and link to, the OER Matrix, "a collection of college-level OER links, organized by course and by repository."

This site offers a searchable database of materials in a variety of subject areas, from Arts to Social Sciences, in all grade levels (Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary). As the site notes, "OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know."

By Paul G. West and Lorraine Victor, prepared for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, May 2011. This paper appears to be an excellent resource for collections of OER, both in the US and around the world.

Along with the GSCC project, the Monterey Institute was also awarded a Gates Foundation technology-related grant. The Institute's grant is to produce developmental math materials that will be released as Open Educational Resources (OER).

A press release published by Creative Commons, January 20 2011. As part of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program (TAACCCT), over $2 billion will be invested over the next four years, part of the program to support President Obama's goal of increasing college graduates by 2020. This program is of interest to Creative Commons because all such projects must be released using a Creative Commons attribution (CC BY) license.

A learning object developed by Wisc-Online. This object, also titled Factoring a Quadratic Trinomial, was authored by Roy Peterson, n.d.

AH shared this object to the coffeeklatch, reflecting that many in her Circle were teaching polynomials this week.

Developed by Wisc-Online and authored by Tracy Helixon and Dan Rooney, n.d.

AH shared this example of a Wisc-Online offering for the English/writing folk.

Wisc-Online, developed by faculty form the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) is a "digital library of Web-based learning resources called 'learning objects'." Categories include Business, General Education, Health, Professional Development, Service and Technical, with sub-categories under each.

AH recommended this library of learning objects, also drawing attention to the "game builder area," in which you can create an account and save favorites which can later be compiled to resource lists.

Website offering a library of over 2,400 educational videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises.

AH offered Khan Academy exercises to students as an alternative to homework. In many cases, those who took the Khan option in parallel to their classroom work really improved.

According to their About page, "MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity." There is also a note on this page that each published course "requires an investment of $10,000 to $15,000....Courses with video content cost about twice as much...."

By Kevin Carey in the Commentary section of The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 15 2011. Carey cites a recent negotiation between the US Departments of Education and Labor in which community colleges can compete for federal funds "to serve students online" but, in exchange, will also provide those online tools, free, via Creative Commons license.

Produced by the Commonwealth of Australia, (c) 2008 (with regular updates). This site provides a repository of subject-area toolboxes which can be further customized as needed.