Open Educational Resources (OER)
This guide is intended to provide SNHU faculty/staff information and support in researching open educational resources and copyright/licensing.
Questions?
If you have any questions, or if you would like more information, please contact:
Ellen Phillips - Director, Open Educational Resources & Intellectual Property, e.phillips@snhu.edu (603.652.1900)
License Information
All original content in this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 This link opens in a new window International License. 3rd-party content including, but not limited to images and linked items, are subject to their own license terms.
Search OER Courses
- Saylor Academy This link opens in a new windowIncludes online, self-paced courses in many subjects including, business administration, chemistry, psychology, and more. Created by Saylor Academy, a nonprofit initiative.
- Khan Academy This link opens in a new windowIncludes self-paced practice exercises and instructional videos in subjects including math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization.
- Skills Commons This link opens in a new windowContains learning materials and program support materials for job-driven workforce development. Created by The US Department of Labor’s Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) program.
- MIT OPEN CourseWare This link opens in a new windowMIT is credited with being the original Open CourseWare creator. Classes that have been created and taught for MIT are offered free of charge online for those interested in self-directed study. 2,000 courses with topics that include: Engineering, Health Sciences & Technology, Management, Humanities, & more.
- Academic Earth This link opens in a new windowThis website acts as a gateway to online courses and content offered by universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. Subjects included: Accounting, Art History, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Management, Mathematics, Marketing, Physics, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology.
- JHSPH OpenCourseWare This link opens in a new windowJohns Hopkins School of Public Health (JHSPH) makes course materials used in the teaching of courses freely and openly available on the Web. You may share and adapt the materials under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. Subject areas include: Health, Behavior & Society, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health Sciences, Epidemiology, Health Policy & Managment, and more.
- Open YALE Courses (OYC) This link opens in a new windowOpen Yale Courses (OYC) provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge online. The courses span the full range of liberal arts disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences.