This site showcases a collection of open online resources for learning and knowledge creation/dissemination at the University of Waterloo. Open resources are freely available to users online, accessible by anyone from anywhere without discrimination and can be found in many formats from text and data, to audio, video and multi-media.
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
LibreTexts hosts open courses and textbooks developed by a number of institutions. LibreTexts is an organization that was initiated by the University of California, Davis, and has since received support from the U.S. Government, as well as from a number of universities across the U.S. In particular, LibreTexts Engineering and Chemistry have been highlighted as containing particularly good resources.
This course is designed to provide engineering students with a fundamental knowledge of physical chemistry and to demonstrate the relevance of that knowledge to the practise of a variety of engineering disciplines. Some of the topics are: states of matter, equilibrium in non-reactive systems, and equilibrium in electrochemical systems.
Created by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences faculty at Penn State, over 70 courses and course materials are available for use, reuse, revise, remix and redistribute. Topics include GIS, environment, energy, sustainability and more.
Offers over 90 courses from the John Hopkins University (Bloomberg School of Public Health), complete with lectures and course material. License allows for free and open use, reuse, adaptation and redistribution of material, provided the source (JHSPH) is attributed and material is shared alike.
OERu, coordinated by the OER Foundation, is an independent Australian not-for-profit network that offers free online courses for students. Courses are developed by recognized universities and colleges and designed for formal academic credit. Several international organizations are partners, including ecampus Ontario, Ryerson, Penn State, and Athabasca University. Offers micro-open online courses which takes 2-3 weeks and is a small portion of a larger full course.
Contains several open courses (with course materials) for undergraduate and graduate students. Information given includes a summary of the course, instructor(s), academic level, and features (ie. lecture notes, assignments, exams, etc.). Subject areas include business, energy, engineering, fine arts, health & medicine, humanities, mathematics, science, social science, society, and teaching & education.
OASIS (Openly available sources integrated search) is a search tool for OERs that searches open content from 98 sources and contains over 350,000 records. It is developed by SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library. Results may be filtered by object type, subject, source, and CC license.
