Finding

List of Tools and Resources for Finding Open Educational Resources

Scitable

www.nature.com/scitable

Scitable is a free science library and personal learning tool by the Nature Publishing Group.

Scitable currently concentrates on genetics and cell biology, which include the topics of evolution, gene expression, and the rich complexity of cellular processes shared by living organisms. Scitable also offers resources for the budding scientist, with advice about effective science communication and career paths.

OER Glue

http://www.oerglue.com/

Connecting teachers and students with Open Educational Resources

Leeds Met Repository Open Search

repository.leedsmet.ac.uk/main

Leeds met OER repository brings together material from all six faculties and student support services. Materials range from single lecturers to whole modules.

CURVE Resource Centre

curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/access/home.do

CURVE/open is Coventry University's repository for open access research outputs and educational resources; aiming to increase the accessibility to, and visability of their authors work.

Connexions

www.cnx.org

Connexions is a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organised as courses, books, reports, etc.

Curriki

www.curriki.org

The non-profit empowering educators to deliver and share curricula.

discovered.labs.creativecommons.org/search/en/

A search prototype developed by Creative Commons to explore metadata enhanced search, specifically for OER.

Jorum

www.jorum.ac.uk

Through Jorum, you can find, share and discuss learning and teaching resources, shared by the UK Further and Higher Education community.

NDLR

www.ndlr.ie

A free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty of higher education in Ireland to share their learning materials.

OCW Finder

www.ocwfinder.org

OCW Finder helps people find free online courses called OpenCourseWares (OCWs). Universities and other OCW providers can register their courses with OCW Finder to help people find them.

OER Commons

www.oercommons.org

The OER commons website was created to help educators, students and lifelong learners find Open Educational Resources that are already posted somewhere on the Internet.

Xpert

www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/

A growing database of open learning resources suitable for students at all levels of study in a wide range of different subjects.

Flickr

www.flickr.com

Flickr is a photo sharing and management site which is popular in the OER community because you can search for photos which are licensed under creative commons for reuse, and often allow adaptation (repurposing) also Karen Cropper (OLnet) provides useful advice (olnet.org/node/374) on how to reference pictures correctly using www.imagecodr.org/ to create code to embed into the presentation which also puts the relevant cc licence icon(s).

Cloudworks

cloudworks.ac.uk

Described as a place to share, find and discuss learning and teaching ideas and experiences Cloudworks is being developed by the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. It is part of the Open University Learning Design Initiative and is funded by both JISC and The Open University.

Cohere

cohere.open.ac.uk

Cohere is described as a visual tool ‘to create, connect and share Ideas. Back them up with websites. Support or challenge them. Embed them to spread virally. Discover who - literally - connects with your thinking.’ It was developed at the OU following experience using Compendium.

JISC Digital Media

www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk

JISC Digital Media exists to help the UK's FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are, innovative, practical and cost effective.