Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Free & Open Textbook Alternatives at HSU

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Open Educational Resources (OER) are free online teaching and learning materials. They are videos, textbooks, quizzes, learning modules and more. This guide collects the best OER and organizes them by HSU department. If your discipline isn't listed, start with the general tab for multi-disciplinary OER resources.

Using OER in your classroom can save you time and your students money. Take a look and see what is available in your discipline!

CSU's Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) has CSU specific initiatives. CSU faculty and students have access to quality free and low-cost learning materials through a variety of ALS programs and partnerships. For more information about HSU and AL$ contact Kimberly Stelter, First Year Experience & Student Success Librarian, and Kyle Morgan, Scholarly Communications & Digital Scholarship Librarian by emailing to oer@humboldt.edu.

Workshop Materials

Sustainable Learning Workshop Handout
Includes a list of useful links, overview of creative commons licenses, and statistics about textbook costs as barriers to learning for students.
What, Why, and How of OER
A brief but dense infographic explaining the benefits of adopting OER into classes here on campus.

OER Canvas Course
A Canvas course dedicated to teaching you the ins and outs of OER as well as how to implement them into your class. We offer $300 stipends available for those who take the training course.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Free & Open Textbook Alternatives at HSU

Workshop Materials

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