OER Resources
OER @ UNM
The UNM English Department has developed an OER textbook for all composition courses, English 1110, 1110X, 1110Y, and 1120. This textbook in its first semester of being piloted allowed more than 3,500 students to keep more than $96,000 in their pockets. The department worked with the library to support folks working to collaborate, collate, and adapt open materials to meet the needs of students at UNM.
Interested faculty can find a significant quantity of openly licensed and/or university licensed materials online that will meet a wide variety of instructional needs at no additional cost to students. The following page is a starting point for an educator's OER journey, but you can also reach out to the OER Librarian, Jennifer Jordan, to talk about OER projects UNM faculty need support to pursue.
OER LibGuide
UNM's OER Librarian has developed the following linked OER Library Guide with resources for faculty researching Open Educational Materials. This guide includes descriptions of open licenses; resources for adopting, adapting, and creating OERs; lists of repositories (even an OER Metafinder!); and information on evaluating the content and accessibility of OER.
University-Licensed Resources
The University of New Mexico Libraries licenses many books, journals, and online research databases that are freely accessible to students and may be incorporated into curriculum. Contact a librarian for help identifying, selecting, and incorporating licensed and open materials into your curriculum. Find contact information for subject specialists on the linked Subject Librarian page.
Open Resources
- Open Educational Resources Commons
- National Science Digital Library
- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
- Open Education Consortium
- Open Educational Resource University (OERU)
- Project Gutenberg
- California Open Online Library for Education
- Creative Commons Education / OER
Open Resources from Other Institutions
- University of Hawaii
- British Columbia
- Rice University
- Smithsonian Institute
- North Carolina Learning Objects Repository
- OpenSUNY
- MIT Open Courseware
Inclusive Access
The UNM Bookstore has negotiated inclusive access agreements with many publishers that allow you to incorporate reduced cost textbooks into your curriculum. More information about the Inclusive Access program is available from the Bookstore.
