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Librarian
Per the Puffin
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Contact:
302 Rolvaag Memorial Library
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
1510 St. Olaf Avenue
St. Olaf College
Northfield, MN 55057
OER Repositories
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MERLOT"A free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community."
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OASISA large user friendly OER search engine that allows for users to search by subject or by course material type (e.g. textbooks, simulations, audio).
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OER CommonsContains more than 50,000 examples of learning and teaching materials. The advanced search option allows you to limit to common-core standards, grade level, and primary user (teacher or student).
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Mason OER MetafinderThis search engine from George Mason University is connected to 15 major OER repositories.
Open Textbooks
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OpenStax TextbooksOpenStax, out of Rice University, publishes college-level open textbooks in a wide variety of subject areas. OpenStax textbooks are also discoverable in Catalyst.
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Open Textbook LibraryThe Open Textbook Library is operated by the Open Education Network (out of the University of Minnesota). The OTL provides access to hundreds of complete, open college-level textbooks from a variety of academic publishers.
OER by Subject
The links below list a number of academic disciplines and recommend specific OER for each discipline. In addition to these more comprehensive resources, you can find many "one-off" lists of discipline-specific OER online; for one example, see this list of biology OER from the Open Educational Resources Initiative. If you'd like help finding lists of OER for your discipline, contact your liaison librarian.
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Discipline-Specific OER from Virginia TechOn this pages you will find openly licensed textbooks along with supplemental material, interactive simulations, and other resources.
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Discipline-Specific Resources from VC/UHV LibraryOn this page, you will find the largest, most popular repositories of open educational resources separated by subject.
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OER by Discipline Directory from BCcampusThis directory lists a wide range of open educational resources organized by discipline and is updated as new resources are identified. BCcampus is funded by the government of British Columbia.
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Subject Resources from University of New HampshireA collection of resources divided into humanities, social science, and STEM categories.
Open Courseware
Several universities have made available the educational course materials developed by their faculty.
The educational materials for each course may include syllabi, lectures, notes, powerpoint presentations, readings, assignments, and video or audio lectures, depending on the course, the semester, and the professor.
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MERLOT Open CoursewareFind open courseware organized by subject, language, and hosting institution.
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MIT Open CoursewareFree and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum.
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Open Course Library - Washington State Community & Technical CollegesCollection of shareable course materials, including syllabi, course activities, readings, and assessments designed by teams of college faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and other experts.
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Open Michigan - University of MichiganTeaching and learning materials produced by U-M faculty, students, and staff that are licensed under a Creative Commons license that allow for redistribution, copying, and adaptation. Openly licensed teaching and learning objects from partner institutions may also be hosted on open.umich.edu.
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Open Yale CoursesFree and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University.
Resources for Students with Disabilities
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Bookshare"Students can find their course books in accessible formats in one place and read with powerful tools that make learning easier. They can listen to books in audio, follow along with karaoke-style highlighting, enlarge text sizes, read in braille, and adjust other settings to suit individual learning styles. Bookshare is free for all US college and graduate students with qualifying disabilities."
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St. Olaf Disability and Access CenterDAC staff can help with different formats available to St. Olaf students, from adding a Read and Write toolbar on your desktop, to providing help with accessing Bookshare ebook library, to other alternative formats for texts.