Faculty Development
Affordable Content and Open Educational Resources
Lower Course Material Costs for Students
Day-One Access Program through the CSU Bookstore: Providing first-day access to digital course materials at a reduced cost.
Open Educational Resources
What is OER?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.
Where can I learn more about OER?
The CSU library has an extensive OER guide where you can learn more about OER at Colorado State University.
Where can I find OER?
Several OER catalogs are available for finding OER course materials and textbooks. A few are list below.
- Open Textbook Library: Colorado State University is a member of the Open Textbook Network, which “promotes access, affordability, and student success through the use of open textbooks” (Open Textbook Network).
- BC Campus OpenEd
- Directory of Open Access Books
- OASIS (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search)
- OER Commons
- OpenStax
- OER SUNY Catalog
- Pressbooks Directory
Where can I create and publish OER?
Course materials can be created and published using CSU’s Pressbooks publishing platform. Access to Pressbooks is another benefit of the university’s Unizin membership.
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