Organizations
The following organizations are dedicated to supporting OER and facilitating their use in academia. If you'd like to further support open learning, please visit their websites. Some resources also go beyond the information on this guide to give more extensive information on OER.
- Open Education ConsortiumA global network of educational institutions, individuals and organizations that support open education.
- Creative Commons EducationThe Creative Commons OER program
- Hewlett Foundation OER InitiativeGoals, ideas, grants, and more from the Hewlett Foundation.
- The Cape Town Open Education DeclarationAn international declaration on Open Education.
- UNESCO Open Educational ResourcesUNESCO's OER initiatives and resources.
Research on OER
There is a solid body of research on Open Educational Resources. A few useful sites:
- OER HubA project funded by the Hewlett Foundation to "establish an evidence base for the many beliefs widely held regarding the benefits of OER."
- The Review ProjectThe Open Education Group's "summary of all known empirical research on the impacts of OER adoption."
- Open Education - OETThe U.S. Dept. of Education's Open Education website, with information about research projects, datasets & resources, and initiatives.
- The Review of the OER MovementWilliam and Flora Hewlett Foundation's 2007 review of the OER movement (historical).
- ERIC (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
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An excellent database to search for research articles and books about OER.
Librarian
This guide adapts and reuses major portions of the University of Pittsburgh and University of Illinois libraries' OER guides, with permission.
