LibGuides: Open Educational Resources for Online Learning: School of Public and Environmental Affairs

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General Open Educational Resource Repositories

Open Textbook Library
Available resources in a variety of disciplines that have been reviewed by faculty.
Merlot II
A curated collection of Open Educational Resources, includes an ISBN search for material.
Oasis
(Openly Available Sources Integrated Search). Has gathered more than 155,000+ records from 52 different sources that have been carefully selected in collaboration with SUNY OER Services.
OER Commons
A collection of open education resources from the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME).
The Orange Grove
Florida's OER repository
Applied Math & Science Educational Repository
This repository deals heavily in math and science resources, but also gives users access to content dealing with subjects like history, education, and the fine arts.
NIH Bookshelf
Provides free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.
Education Resources from the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development resources to help teachers use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections.
BC Open Textbook Collection
BCcampus has curated a collection of open textbooks that align with the top 40 highest enrolled first and second year post-secondary subject areas in British Columbia. Many books have been reviewed by faculty and include ancillary resources.
Saylor Academy OpenTexts
Saylor Academy offers over 100 open textbooks under a variety of Creative Commons licenses.
InTech
InTech is the publisher of one of the largest open access collection of books in the fields of Science, Technology and Medicine.

Virtual Course Materials

Global Development Resource Center's Virtual Library
Collection of online resources for Environmental Studies.
MIT Open Courseware - Urban Studies and Planning
MIT's extensive list of open Urban Studies courses includes Environmental Justice, Policy and Planning materials. Lectures, quizzes, exams, problem sets and in some cases entire etextbooks are available for use in the classroom or as supporting materials.
MIT Open Coursware - Earth Sciences
MIT also offers a wide variety of open courses on earth and environmental sciences. Course component are available for reuse in the classroom or by students to review concepts.

Free, Open Access Textbooks

Environmental Science in the 21st Century
Free, online textbook for first year Environmental and GeoScience classes created by the GeoScience Department of Texas A & M.

Images, Videos and Animations

Story of Stuff
The Story of Stuff is an illustrated lecture by author and environmental activist Annie Leonard that examines the environmental and social repercussions of the U.S.s consumer culture. The Story of Stuff Prject has expanded with videos addressing environmental studies topics and solutions.