Open Education Resources (OER) at ISU

Search for Resources

• Google Advanced Search
  The Advance Search uses the power of Google to help narrow down results based on “Usage rights”. This allows you to scan multiple repositories for open content.
• Wikimedia Commons
  Multimedia repository with free-use images, sound, and video files.
• Openverse
  An extensive library of free stock photos, images, and audio, available for free use.
• Open Textbook Library: A curated collection that includes hundreds of complete, open, college-level textbooks. Includes reviews.
• Pressbooks Directory: Search cataloged Pressbooks made discoverable by their publishing institutions.
• BC Campus OpenEd Textbook Directory: Hand-picked open textbooks, many reviewed by British Columbia faculty. Some include supplementary materials.

Additional Resources:

• LibGuide: Common Search Problems
• LibGuide: OER Student Advocacy - Find Open Resources
• LibGuide: Other Open Content

Create Your Content

• ISU Pressbooks: ISU faculty, staff and students are publishing open textbooks and course materials on Pressbooks, providing digital access and increasing affordability.
  • Browse ISU's Pressbooks catalog
  • Getting Started: Requesting an account, creating your pressbook and content retention policy
• LibGuide: Creating & Modifying OER

Share Your Content

• Creative Commons: Use Creative Commons (CC) tools to help share your work. Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use your creative work with conditions of your choosing.
• OER Commons.org: A public digital library of open education resources for exploration, creation and collaboration with educators around the world.
• Idaho Teaching & Learning Community: (ITLC) is a network hub that promotes Idaho education by creating and sharing OER content through an interactive platform, fostering student-centered learning.
• LibGuides: Open Access Publishing

Find Help

• Meet with a librarian
  Oboler Library's Research Services can help you with your information needs.
  • Laura Gleason 
  • Spencer Jardine
• Resources for OER at ISU:
  • Academic Affairs: SBOE policy, course marking, and ISU OER Committee activities
  • Center for Learning and Instructional Excellence
• Instructional Design Consultation 
  Work with the ITRC for assistance with incorporating OER into your course.