OER Resources

Kent State University's Research Center for Educational Technology site for K12 teachers, students and visitors to map out local history sites using wireless mobile devices and barcodes.

Emphasizing lecture capture tool as a cheaper way to gather presentational materials for students to access anytime/anywhere; touches on issue of intellectual property but no analysis; mentions in passing that most of the open material comes from one or two profs from University of South Florida; reminds us that foundational grants are crucial to large initiatives' success

One of my earliest efforts at offering an open education resource - posted long before UK was offering electronic dissertations.

An open educational resource modeling how to write an open educational resource... by having you read it and learn from it at your own pace you can write your own OER unit.

Intro with learning outcomes; Definition of open learning and OERs; Planning an OER unit; Creating an OER; Pedagogy inc social constructivism; Communicating; Evaluating open learning

Providing services and resources on copyright - by Benedict O'Mahoney, a lawyer.

This site was set up to help faculty with their decision-making on copyright when putting class resources on reserve. Includes next steps when needing to get permission from copyright holders.

A short section on copyright and fair use as part of the KYVL's tutorial on good practices in research strategies.

Blog entry that describes the Rice University's math department page of math resources that are free - look also at the related blog entries... loads more free resources there.

Links to free course collections (e.g., Annenberg Media) in the following disciplines: English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Health Education, Physical Education, Computers

Archive and collection presentations for scholars, museums and libraries from the Center for History and New Media - free, open source web-publishing platform. Can be used like a blog or to share collaborative work in digital scholarship. Used by Brown University's Center for Digital Scholarship

Cartoon videos (in Flash) with transcripts - and students log in to take quizzes

Video clips and discussion guide to help faculty, research assistants and students talk about the issues inherent to research that impact scholarly ethics and academic integrity.

Includes codes/policies, case studies, assessment guide for departments and other institutions to start their own plan of action in promoting integrity on campus, calendar of events, resource database

Goggle does more than offer search tools, maps, online docs or spreadsheets for collaborative writing and figuring - it can also offer online quizzes, map placemarking, embedding books in your blog, and more!

This is a quiz for University of Kentucky students to better understand how copyright works, their rights and responsibilities as scholars and the integrity of the historical record.

$3 per month allows anyone to get a site for educational use (no ads) - can get score data and user attempt data as well as keeping quizzes public - If free version, no user stats but quizzes are never deleted and you can continue to have unlimited quiz takers

I can't tell if this version uses Flash or any other programming that might interfere with accessibility... can you find the info on this aspect?

Free quiz generator for any not-for-profit use; Flash-based; 3 different quizzes (a) for whiteboard/projector use, (b) mini quiz with reading text, e.g., mini-webquest, (c) mini-quiz to be added to an existing page

Should I use this generator to build the copyright crash course? It's Flash-based so won't work on iPad/Touch/Phone, right?

Richard Byrne shares free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology - this blog entry includes Yarp, vorbeo, Urtak, Buzz Dash, Obsurvey, Fluid Surveys, Stellar Survey, Polldaddy, and Poll Everywhere (text messaging)

Open access to video or audio multimedia versions of lectures at UC Berkeley.