OER repositories
OER can be sourced using a large range of repositories and other websites. Of particular importance is Ireland’s national resource hub, which is maintained by the National Forum. This hub is a searchable collection of OER for teaching and learning from across the Irish HE sector. Using this hub, you can search, browse and submit creative commons licensed OER. This collection is continuously growing, so it’s a great resource to contribute to, and consult, regularly. Learn more about this resource using this video:
Video credit: National Resources Hub by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning. CC BY 4.0
Listed below are a selection of other OER repositories that we recommend:
- BC Open Collection: a curated selection of OER textbooks and courses from Canada.
- Mason OER metafinder: a tool that performs a simultaneous search across 22 different sources of open educational materials. Created by George Mason University, US.
- OASIS: searches open content from over 100 sources. Developed by SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library, New York.
- OER Commons: a searchable public digital library of open educational resources, features predominantly North American OER.
- OERSI: this tool searches a number of OER repositories simultaneously. It features predominantly European material as the project was initiated in Germany in 2020.
- OpenStax: a collection of peer-reviewed open licensed textbooks for many different subjects with additional learning resources.
- Open Textbook Library: a searchable resource where authors upload their OER textbooks. It features over 1,500 open textbooks on a range of topics.
- Research@THEA: an Irish open access repository containing research from Atlantic Technological University, South-East Technological University, and TUS.
