OER archive

The Internet and digital technologies have transformed how people learn. Educational resources are no longer static and scarce, but adaptable and widely available, allowing educational institutions, teachers, and learners to actively participate in a global exchange of knowledge via Open Educational Resources (OER). Creative Commons provides the legal and technical infrastructure essential to the long-term success of OER, making it possible for educational resources to be widely accessible, adaptable, interoperable, and discoverable.

What is OER?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning materials that are freely available for use, remixing, and redistribution.

Finding OER

• DiscoverEd
• CC Search
• OER Commons
• Other search
  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • Microsoft
• Interested in OER search and discovery issues? Be sure to visit the OER search and discovery community page.

Creative Commons and OER

Creative Commons licenses help educators to broaden the impact of their own educational resources, to customize resources made available by others, and to easily search for and find relevant OER.

Resources about OER

Browse or add to our wiki-database of resources about OER. There are {{#arraydefine: resourcesum|{{#ask:|format=count}}}}{{#arrayprint: resourcesum}} resources in the database.

Education Project Database

Browse or add to ODEPO, our wiki-database of projects and organizations involved in providing educational content online.

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