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RESEARCH GUIDES

Open and Affordable Educational Resources

This guide supports UMD instructors and students with creating and using open educational resources (OER), affordable course materials, and open pedagogy.

Evaluating OER for Your Course

Faculty Checklist for Evaluating Course Materials
Source: Open Oregon Educational Resources

ELMS-Canvas

Integrating OER in Canvas

You can link to OER resources in Canvas just like any other external website or resource. Learn more:

OER 101 (Canvas course)
A guide on how to integrate OER into your courses.
Faculty Guide to OER and Canvas
Guide created by Tacoma Community College on how to integrate Open Educational Resources into courses on Canvas.

Course Design Resources

Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources (eBook) by Olena Zhadko; Susan Ko
ISBN: 9780429641985
Publication Date: 2019-12-05