Open Educational Resources (OER) Referatory

Welcome to the Open Educational Resources Directory

On August 15, 2013

Welcome to the Vancouver Island University Open Educational Resource Directory, a website which allows instructors and students to quickly access links to open educational content for course development, assignments, or creative projects. The sites are organized by the types of media you will find on them using categories and tags. Click on the image of a site to go to the resource.

To learn more about open educational resources see the About OER page.

If you know of a site which you find useful, please contribute it!

Test post!

by mpaskevi

On February 11, 2021

In Uncategorised

Test post!

Videvo: Free Stock Video Footage

by mpaskevi

On December 15, 2017

In Video

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A resource for finding high definition stock video footage and motion graphics for any creative video project. Videvo was set up in July 2012 as a resource for filmmakers from all backgrounds to have access to a large selection of high quality stock footage and motion graphics without the cost. Since then the website has been through many stages of development, with a number of new features added, including user accounts and a video production forum.

Strategies for Academic Success

by mpaskevi

On July 21, 2017

In ebooks, Textbooks

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Strategies for Academic Success accompanies the online first-year University of Saskatchewan Arts and Science course by the same name. The textbook has a reader-friendly format arranged to help you develop the essential skills and provide the information you need to succeed in university.

Soundcloud Creative Commons Search

by mpaskevi

On May 30, 2017

In Audio

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Search Soundcloud for music released under Creative Commons licences for use in multimedia projects.

YouTube Audio Library

by mpaskevi

On May 30, 2017

In Audio

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Creative Commons and public domain music and sound effects for use in multimedia projects. Comes with a robust search and filtering tool for finding the perfect audio file. Requires a Google account to access and download.

Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science

by mpaskevi

On February 10, 2017

In ebooks, Textbooks

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“Knowing Home attempts to capture the creative vision of Indigenous scientific knowledge and technology that is derived from an ecology of a home place. The traditional wisdom component of Indigenous Science—the values and ways of decision-making—assists humans in their relationship with each other, the land and water, and all of creation. Indigenous perspectives have the potential to give insight and guidance to the kind of environmental ethics and deep understanding that we must gain as we attempt to solve the increasingly complex problems of the 21st century.”

Course: OER-Active Learning with Liberating Structures

by mpaskevi

On January 17, 2017

In Learning Activities, Syllabi

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“Liberating Structures is a toolkit with 33 facilitation strategies that can be customized and used in your classrooms, meetings, strategic planning sessions, workshops, presentations and more. These strategies are open, inclusive and designed to help unleash, engage and harvest the best ideas from everyone.” -BCcampus

Open Case Studies from the University of British Columbia

by mpaskevi

On January 5, 2017

In Case Studies

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This project brings together faculty and students from across departments and Faculties to co-create an interdisciplinary, open educational resource on sustainability and environmental ethics.

National Gallery of Art: Public Domain Images

by mpaskevi

On October 7, 2016

In Images, Repositories

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NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 45,000 open access digital images up to 4000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use (mostly public domain). NGA Images is designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.

Pixabay: Free high Quality Images

by mpaskevi

On September 13, 2016

In Images

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All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required.