Edutopia’s Open Educational Resources (OER)

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Explore this educator’s guide to open educational resources for information about online repositories, curriculum-sharing websites, sources for lesson plans and activities, and open alternatives to textbooks.

Source: Open Educational Resources (OER): Resource Roundup | Edutopia

Open Educational Resources (OER) are resources that can be used in the classroom for free. They are published under licenses that allow copying, editing, and re-distribution.

This list is a great way to get started with OER!

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