Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Keep Up With OER

Keep Up With OER

Research

Online Collections

The OER Knowledge Cloud
The OER Knowledge Cloud is a curated database and repository to identify, collect, preserve and disseminate documents related to open educational resources.
UofM OER Bibliography
Online Word document collecting OER research citations related to academic performance, faculty perceptions and behavior, student perceptions and behavior, textbook affordability, and equity and inclusion. UofM login required.
OER Research Toolkit
Resources for engaging in research on OER.
Open Research Toolkit
Resources for learning about and research Open Research in general, including OER. From the Center for Open Science.

Journals

OER research is widely published across general and discipline-specific educational research journals. However, the focus of these journals leads to especially extensive coverage of OER.

News

OER Digest
Bi-weekly OER newsletter from SPARC, Creative Commons USA, and Student PIRGs.
OER and Beyond Blog
Blog for sharing OER work from librarians, professors, instructors, and other educators. Sponsored by JOERHE.
OER Update
Daily blog aggregating OER news and research. Maintained by UPCEA.
OER State Policy Tracker
SPARC roundup of proposed bills in state legislatures related to OER and related educational policy.

Organizations

Tennessee Open Education
Task force and resource center for promoting OER and affordable educational resources in Tennessee. Includes resources, trainings, Tennessee Open Education Week, and the Tennessee Textbook Affordability listserv.
more...less...
Part of THEC's Bureau of Academic Affairs and Student Success.
TBR Tennessee Open Education
TBR OER resources page, with info on their Open Educational Resources Grant Program.
SPARC Open Education
Collection of resources and policies on OER and Open Education from the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.
DOERS3
Partnership of higher education systems and consortia developing projects to promote sustainable OER programs.
Open Education Group
Interdisciplinary research group studying OER implementation and outcomes.
Open Education Global
Member-based non-profit for networking and building support around OER and related affordable educational activities.

Professional Development

Webinars and Other Virtual Trainings

Open Education Week
Variety of in-person and virtual events held nationwide. Tennessee Open Education usually presents a webinar series for Open Education Week.
BCcampus Events
BCcampus, one of the leaders in OER, provides free virtual trainings on a variety of OER and other teaching and learning subjects. All sessions are recorded and made free online.
SPARC Events
Webinars and other events from SPARC, a leader in Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data.

Conferences

Open Education Conference
Virtual. Held annually in October.
Open Education Global Conference
In person. International. Held annually in May.
Textbook Affordability Conference
In person. Held annually, moving to November for 2022.
Open Education Southern Symposium
Virtual. Held annually in July.
Open Texas Conference
Virtual. Held annually in September.
Florida Virtual Campus OER Summit
Virtual in recent years. Held annually in May.

Fellowships and Institutes

SPARC Open Education Leadership Program
Two semester online program to empower academic professionals to lead open education programs.
AAC&U Institute on Open Educational Resources
Year-long, online institute for whole teams from a campus working to design, launch, or expand an OER program.
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation OER Research Fellowship
Year-long fellowship for those seeking to research the impact of OER using the COUP framework. Administered by the Open Education Group.

This guide was created by Dr. Meredith Heath Boulden on behalf of the University of Memphis Libraries and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise noted. This guide is currently maintained by Carl Hess.