The following tabs on this guide offer many individual places to search for quality OER journals, textbooks, courseware, videos and images. Below you can search many platforms at once using the OASIS search.
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 115 different sources and contains 440,380 records.
OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.
Just like when we evaluate online resources for reliability, credibility, and accuracy, it's best to do this with our OER materials as well. In the following tabs of this guide, you will find many places to search for different textbooks, articles, videos, and images. You can use the rubrics below to help evaluate them responsibly before deciding to use them in your course.
Achieve OER Evaluation Rubrics
To help states, districts, teachers, and other users determine the degree of alignment of Open Educational Resources (OER) to college- and career-ready standards and to determine other aspects of quality of OER, Achieve has developed eight rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community.
Checklist for Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER) [PDF]
"Checklist for Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER)" by ACC Office of Instructional & Faculty Development is licensed under CC BY 4.0
Another component of OER evaluation is making sure it fits your class needs. This Webinar from UBC offers great tips for evaluating your course materials with student input.