LibGuides: ACRL/EBSS Resources for Curriculum Materials Professionals: Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Open Education Resources P-12

Open Education Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources is an educational initiative countering the inequities in access to curricular and instructional content. The following guide provides information about OER conceptually, content creation, evaluation, and licensing.

What is OER?

OER P-12 Teaching and Learning Materials Include:

Lesson plans
Tutorials
Videos
Images
E-textbooks
Worksheets
Activities
Tests & Assessments
Adaptation of Existing Openwork

Achieve The Core
K-12, ELA, Math, Copyright & Creative Commons License
AFT: Share My Lesson
K-12, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Professional Development, Copyright, Creative Commons & Free
Albegra2go
9-12, College, Math, Creative Commons License
American Yawp
9-12, U.S History Textbook, Creative Commons License
Big History Project
9-12, ELA, Social Studies, SEL, Creative Commons License
CK-12
K-12, Math Science, Social Studies, Multilingual, Textbook, Creative Commons License
COERLL: Language Learning Materials
K-12, Beginning-Advanced, Multilingual, Creative Commons License
CommonLit
3-12, ELA, Creative Commons License
Core Knowledge
PreK-8, ELA, History, Science, Music, Visual Arts, Textbooks, Creative Commons License
EDSITEment: Humanities Online
K-12, ELA, History, World Languages, Copyright, Creative Commons License
EL Education
K-8, ELA, Creative Commons License
EngageNY
PreK-12 ELA, Math, Creative Commons License
iCivics
6-12, Social Studies, Social Emotional Learning, Spanish, Free and Creative Commons License
K12 LibreTexts Library
6-12, Social Studies, ELA, Math, Philosophy, Photography, Creative Commons
Khan Academy
K-12, College, Adult Education, Math, ELA, Science, Economics, Arts, SEL
Match Fishtank
K-12, ELA, Math, Free, Creative Commons License
MIT: BLOSSOMS Science & Math Video Lessons
9-12, Math, Science, Multilingual, Free, and Creative Commons License
OpenStax: High School
9-12, Economics, Science, Creative Commons License
Open Up Resources
K-8, ELA, Math, Creative Commons License
PhET Interactive Simulations
K-12, Science, Math, Creative Commons License
SERP
ELA 4-12, Math 4-12, Science 4-8, Social Studies 6-8
Siyavula
4-7, 9-12, Math, Science, Textbooks, Creative Commons License
Smart History
8-12, Art, Art History, Social Studies, Textbooks, Multimedia, Creative Commons License
UnboundEd
PreK-12, ELA, Math, Creative Common License
Project Gutenberg
Primary source site

#GoOpen P-12 States and Districts

Free Government Sites

Creative Commons Licensing

Creative Commons
Use Creative Commons tools to help share your work. The free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use creative work— on conditions of your choice.

Open Pegagogy

Open Pedagogy Notebook
This site engages the discussion and sharing practices with students as creators of information rather than simply consumers of it.