Recently Announced OER (Unreviewed)

Announced in 2025

Dance Studies: Choreographing Dance and Life (Worth)

This OER is shared by Folsom Lake College Faculty. The resource can be used in variety of Dance courses, such as: World Dance History, Ballet, Jazz, Musical Theater, Hip-Hop, Modern, Dance Composition and Production, Kinesiology, and Dance Pedagogy. This book will survey many dance forms from around the world. But why study dance at all? [Description from resource]

Licence: CC BY 4.0

KPU HIST Open Encyclopedia: South Asia

This website is a value-neutral presentation of people, events, and policies from South Asian history. It is designed to be an ongoing and evolving site as more articles are included. The origin of these articles is student assignments for South Asian History and Asian Studies classes. Various submissions have been combined and edited to produce the final versions published on this website, and new articles will be added as future students complete the assignments [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Note: this is an open access resource that does not allow for remixing and adaptation)

La hora del cuento en español: Storytime in Spanish

La hora del cuento en español is a collection of children’s stories in Spanish authored by Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) students and edited by KPU Faculty Constanza Rojas-Primus and KPU alumna Sofía Rodríguez. Since the first publication of this OER, we have now converted the content onto a WordPress website and created H5P activities for each story to support language-learning [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0

Past Makes Perfect: A Mini Handbook for Student Historians

This open access textbook provides a foundation for history undergraduate and graduate students to perform research. It also includes interactive scenarios for students to test what they have learned [Description from resource].

Includes: interactive scenarios

Licence: CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0

Principles of Cultivar Development

Principles of Cultivar Development is intended to help you learn how to be a successful manager of a cultivar development program. In this text, you will apply the principles learned in Plant Breeding Methods to design a breeding program that makes effective use of available resources and alternative breeding strategies. By the end of this volume, readers will be able to describe the process for developing clonal, pure-line, hybrid, and synthetic cultivars. Each chapter includes additional readings and examples of how breeders have implemented the concepts in their breeding programs [Description from resource].

Includes: links to additional readings from publications shared openly by one of the co-authors, Walter R. Fehr

Licence:CC BY-NC 4.0

Previously Announced OER (Unreviewed)

The Ancient and Medieval World

The Ancient & Medieval World is a collaborative, open educational resource designed to help students better understand a world long removed from their contemporary experience. The text uses a modular format where students are provided with a brief introduction to each theme, several primary sources, interpretive material written by subject-matter experts, relevant maps and timelines, and visual sources, as well as a glossary of unfamiliar terms. Each module can be used as the foundation of a course assignment or thematic lesson [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare

Career Cornerstones: Establishing a Foundation for a Career in Healthcare is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on career skills required for students entering their respective health profession’s program. This book is designed to help students be successful not only in their health profession’s educational program, but also as they start to intern or work in healthcare settings. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.

Climate Justice in Your Classroom: Weaving Climate, Environmental Justice and Civic Engagement into Your Courses

As the inequitable impacts of climate change become more evident and destructive, it is essential for climate and environmental justice, as well as methods of civic engagement, to be taught at a high-level to college-level students. This book provides real examples of how professors at the University of Washington integrated these critical issues into their teachings, both in targeted lessons and as throughlines across an entire course. These samples of how environmental and climate justice have been successfully integrated into higher-level education can serve as both a record of the UW’s progress towards centering JEDI at the heart of all students, and as a model for future instructors to use as they work to incorporate more aspects of justice and engagement into their own material. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.

A CURE for Everyone: A Guide to Implementing Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences

In this book, I undertake a review of the literature on Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) and present original data from a survey of instructors at the Ohio State University. The main goal of this publication is to be a practical guide for teachers wishing to develop and implements this type of High-Impact Practice in their course. As such, I cover many aspects of the development of a CURE, including advice on research development, group formation and management, evaluation and grading, inclusive teaching, and assignment design. A large number of activity templates and resources accompany the text to facilitate classroom implementation. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC

Exploring Diversity with Statistics

These JASP walk-through guides meaningfully and purposefully integrate and highlight diversity research to teach students how to analyze data in an open-source statistical program. Guides with step-by-step instructions, including annotated images and examples of how to report findings in APA format, are included for the following statistical tests: independent samples t test, paired samples t test, one-way ANOVA, two factor ANOVA, chi-square test, Pearson correlation, simple regression, and multiple regression. Additionally, you will find instructor resources added with our Summer 2023 update. [Description from resource].

Includes: Downloadable PowerPoint Slides.

Licence: CC BY-NC-ND (Note: this is an open access resource that does not allow for remixing and adaptation)

Reviews: Available through OER Commons

Introducing Mathematical Biology

Mathematical modelling plays an increasingly important role in almost any area of life sciences, and this interactive textbook focuses on the areas of population ecology, infectious diseases, immunology and cell dynamics, gene networks and pharmacokinetics. It is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning about how to model biological systems, including undergraduate and postgraduate mathematics students who have not studied mathematical biology before, life-sciences students with an interest in modelling, and post-16 mathematics students interested in university-level material. Some mathematical knowledge is assumed, and the mathematical models used are all in the form of ordinary differential equations. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.

Introduction to Criminology

Although this open education resource (OER) is written with the needs and abilities of first-year undergraduate criminology students in mind, it is designed to be flexible. As a whole, the OER is amply broad to serve as the main textbook for an introductory course, yet each chapter is deep enough to be useful as a supplement for subject-area courses; authors use plain and accessible language as much as possible, but introduce more advanced, technical concepts where appropriate; the text gives due attention to the historical “canon” of mainstream criminological thought, but it also challenges many of these ideas by exploring alternative, critical, and marginalized perspectives. After all, criminology is more than just the study of crime and criminal law; it is an examination of the ways human societies construct, contest, and defend ideas about right and wrong, the meaning of justice, the purpose and power of laws, and the practical methods of responding to broken rules and of mending relationships. Special thanks to Leah Ballantyne, LLB LLM, a Cree lawyer from the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in Pukatawagan, Manitoba, who provided expert Indigenous consultation/editing for this textbook [Description from resource].

Includes: glossary, discussion questions

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Introduction to Psychology & Neuroscience (2nd Edition)

This text’s core content is built upon Psychology 2e from OpenStax, along with a combination of original material and resources. It includes selected works from Introduction to Psychology by Cummings & Sanders (University of Saskatchewan), Discovery Psychology 2.0 from Noba Project, and various upper-level Psychology courses from Lumen Learning. We’ve added an ‘Attributions & Acknowledgements’ section at the end of each chapter, to highlight the contributors of the new original material.

Licence: CC BY 4.0

In Your Eyes: Communicating in Close Relationships

This book was crafted for a new generation of people with an interest in communication studies, especially scholarship and concepts that speak to the role of close relationships in our lives and work. As you read through each chapter, you’ll meet new characters, ponder discussion questions, and interact with reflection activities that will get you to think deeply about various themes. This book is an entry-point into so many avenues for communication exploration and we hope you’ll see yourself reflected in the content. We encourage you to engage with this material with an open mind and heart—much awaits! [Description from resource].

Includes: Instructors can request access to ancillary materials, including test banks and slides.

Licence: CC BY-NC

Media and Power

Nutrition in Aging

The purpose of the textbook is to introduce students to the study of nutrition related to older adults. This text covers key topics surrounding the changes associated with aging, including demographic trends, theories of aging, ageism, physiological changes, nutrient requirements, nutritional assessment, and neurocognitive disorders. Social variables influencing nutrition, person-centered care, and eating issues in long-term care are also discussed. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Nutrition 100 Nutritional Applications for a Healthy Lifestyle

A primary goal of the course is to provide you with information backed by nutritional science, and a variety of resources that use scientific evidence to optimize health and prevent disease. This text was designed to support, enrich, and expand the materials provided in NUTR 100.  The text links to original research articles, reliable websites, and Wikipedia. If you are interested in a deeper dive into a specific topic, hopefully, you will find it here. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through Merlot.

Open Economic Guide

The Open Economics Guide is the central point of reference for researchers from the field of economics and business studies on the topic of Open Science. Practicing open research means basing one’s research on best practice procedures for scientific work and following good scientific practice. It enables higher quality, greater reliability and credibility, fairness and an increase of efficiency for scientific work. It can create new impetus for research and knowledge exchange, both within science as well as for the economy and society. The individual advantages that Open Science provides include greater visibility of scientific work as well as a greater impact in research and society. Open Science thereby leads to a number of improvements for individual researchers, the entire science system and society at large. In this guide, you can discover how openness can also enrich your research as an economic scientist. You will receive here an overview of the tools that make your work easier and receive support as well as useful tips to design your research so that it is open and to profit from the advantages [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY 4.0, unless otherwise noted

Our Voices: A Guide to Citing Personal Experience and Interviews in Research

Our hope is that this guide to citing personal experience and interviews meets our goal of supporting students to produce their own knowledge, as well as honoring the academic value of their lived experience and the experiences of their families and communities. Through the use of a set of guidelines we created for students to cite personal experience and interviews, we found students self-reported increase in engagement and success in academic assignments. We propose this set of guidelines are an important practical tool for critical, feminist, and anti-racist pedagogy, as well as a method for teaching ethical research. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through OER Commons. 

The Path to Funding: The Artist’s Guide to Building Your Audience, Generating Income, and Realizing Career Sustainability

Based on coursework developed at Peabody Conservatory, this book breaks down the process of developing an artist mission statement, generating new ideas for creative projects, and creating an engaging project description. It also covers methods for artists to identify their audience, generate a comprehensive project budget, collect compelling work samples, and identify potential funders to support their creative work. Written by a team of active artists and educators, this resource provides creatives with tools and strategies to communicate passionately and effectively about their work and take control of their financial and artistic future.

Includes: glossary, exercises, artist interviews

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Preparing to Publish

This book offers a wealth of instructional material on the topic of research article writing for publication and thesis or dissertation completion. The text provides graduate student writers with helpful information, strategies, and tips on navigating disciplinary writing in their fields and how to understand, dissect, and ultimately, construct their own research article. The text is organized according to a standard research article format, breaking down each section of the empirical research in a simple and straightforward manner to help graduate students build a quality, argument-driven manuscript as they write up their empirical study findings [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Rural and Northern Social Work Practice: Examples within a Canadian Context

This book highlights the contextual foundation of social work practice with rural and northern communities by addressing the importance of place using anti-oppressive perspectives. Practice competencies are presented, including an emphasis on trauma- and violence-informed approaches and the importance of addressing the mental wellness of social workers practicing in these communities. The book explores selected areas of social work practice including abuse and intimate partner violence, mental health issues and addictions, newcomers and immigrant populations, older adults, and child protection work [Description from resource].

Includes: supplementary materials (slide presentations)

Licence: CC BY 4.0

Social and Regional Dialects of Spanish

This book presents an intermediate-advanced level course that employs preexisting resources and materials created by the author, Dr. Emily Kuder, to facilitate the learning of topics related to hispanic dialectology and sociolinguistics through openly available content. The book can be used by learners as a self-guided course or by a group of learners in a conventional class as a textbook. [Description from resource].

Includes: Discussion questions, links to relevant Youtube videos.

Licence: CC BY NC-ND (Note: this is an open access resource that does not allow for remixing and adaptation)

Social Data Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Social data analysis enables you, as a researcher, to organize the facts you collect during your research. This book is meant to help you in your initial attempts to analyze data. In doing so it will introduce you to ways that others have found useful in their attempts to organize data. Our book is divided into two parts. One part focuses on what researchers call quantitative data analysis; the other, on qualitative data analysis. This 500-page book is designed for upper-level sociology students. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.

Sustainable Property Management

Sustainable Property Management is a 150-page, peer-reviewed open textbook intended for students majoring in property management and real estate at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. It can be incorporated into an existing property management operations course or used for a stand-alone course focused on sustainable property management. Although sustainability, as used in the real estate context, is about preserving the environment, it is about more than that. In sustainable property management, sustainability encompasses three spheres—environmental, social, and economic. Sustainable property management is about reconciling these three spheres throughout the operations and maintenance phases of the building lifecycle in such a way that a balance is achieved between economic development and the protection of environmental and social resources. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Reviews: Available through Open Textbook Library.

Ventanas abiertas I

This book is the first in our introductory sequence of the Spanish language. We designed it to accompany our Spanish 101 course at Gettysburg College. In it you will find sections on vocabulary, grammar, and culture, all with helpful links and videos to enhance student learning. Each chapter provides an introductory statement on its specific learning objectives as well as links to the individual lessons. In turn, at the end of each lesson there are communicative activities to work on in the classroom. [Description from resource].

Includes: Audio activities.

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Ventanas abiertas II

This book is the second in our introductory sequence of the Spanish language. We designed it to accompany our Spanish 102 course at Gettysburg College. In it you will find sections on vocabulary, grammar, and culture, all with helpful links and videos to enhance student learning. Each chapter provides an introductory statement on its specific learning objectives as well as links to the individual lessons. In turn, at the end of each lesson there are communicative activities to work on in the classroom.. [Description from resource].

Includes: Audio activities.

Licence: CC BY-NC-SA

Virtual Human Anatomy Lab Manual

This anatomy lab course is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge in human anatomy and identification of anatomical structure through engaging activities and clinical application. The course will take a regional approach, beginning with a brief introduction to histology, radiology, and body systems followed by three sections covering different body regions: thorax, abdomen, and pelvis; head and neck; and the lower and upper extremities. [Description from resource].

Includes: In text quizzes, interactive diagrams.

Licence: CC BY

Workplace Role Play Scenarios

This book has been designed to provide a range of workplace scenarios that can be utilised for experiential learning covering difficult conversations, negotiation and mediation. The scenarios provide learners with the opportunity to engage in different role-plays and provide learners with the opportunity to reflect on their experience with reflective questions. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-NC

Writing Arguments in STEM

The focus of this collection is on communication and argumentation in STEM fields. Students and instructors will find chapters on stasis theory, reasoning, elements of argument, information literacy, research writing in academic disciplines, data visualization, writing for STEM audiences, and specific genre conventions. This collection can be used in argumentation, writing, communication, and tech writing courses. [Description from resource].

Licence: CC BY-SA