The document provides a compilation of 20 essential open educational resources (OER) sites that every educator should be aware of, highlighting their significance in reducing textbook costs and enhancing personalized learning experiences. It defines OER and lists various platforms like Khan Academy, e-PG Pathshala, and NROER that offer free educational materials for teaching and learning. The resources included cater to a variety of subjects and educational levels, promoting accessibility and engagement in education.

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20 Open Educational Resources
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20 Open Educational Resources OER Sites Every Educator Should Know
Open educational resources not only save students from triple-digit (or more!)
textbook costs,butthey alsoallow instructorsto mix-and-matchcontentfor a more
personalized,engaginglearning experience. Hereare20resourcesthatoffera wide
range of content and tools to help implement OER in just about any course.
What are Open Educational Resources?
There is no one, standard definition of Open Educational Resources. However, the
following broad definition of OERs from OER Commons seems to be generally
accepted by the community:
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are
freely available online for everyoneto use, whether you are an instructor, student
or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi,
lectures, homeworkassignments,quizzes,labandclassroomactivities, pedagogical
materials, games,simulations,and many moreresources contained in digitalmedia
collections from around the world.
What are educational resources?
Whilst purely informationalcontent has a significant role in learning and teaching,
it is helpfulto consider learning resourcesby their levels of granularity and to focus
on the degree to whichinformation content is embedded within a learning activity:
Digital assets –normally a single file (e.g. an image, video or audio clip), sometimes
called a ‘raw media asset’;
Information objects –a structured aggregation of digital assets, designed purely to
present information;
Learning objects – an aggregation of one or more digital assets which represents
an educationally meaningful stand-alone unit;
Learning activities – tasksinvolvinginteractionswith information to attain a specific
learning outcome;

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Learning design – structured sequences of information and activities to promote
learning.
(Adapted from Littlejohn, A., Falconer, I. and McGill, L. (2008) ‘Characterizing
effective eLearning resources’. Computers & Education, 50 (3), pp. 757-771.)
What are open educational resources?
The term Open Educational Resources (OER) was first introduced at a conference
hosted by UNESCO in 2000 and was promoted in the context of providing free
access to educational resources on a global scale. As mentioned above, there is no
authoritatively accredited definition for the term OER at present, with the OECD
preferring, ‘digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students
and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research’ (OECD,
2007).
List of 20 Open Educational Resources OER Sites Every Educator Should Know:
1. Arvind Gupta Toys: Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer
of science. As a studentin the 1970s in Indian Instituteof Technology, Gupta
became a socialist in belief but eschewed action-less discourse; he stated
that instead he "placed more faith in small positive action than empty
rhetoric." Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science
for kids. Creating simple toys out of trash and everyday goods, he illustrates
principles of science and design in a memorably hands-on fashion. Heworks
at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, India.
Website: http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/
2. National Repositoryof OpenEducational Resources: NationalRepository of
Open Educational Resources is initiated by the Department of School
Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India and the Central Institute of Educational Technology,
National Council of Educational Research and Training, the Repository
belongs to all of us. Anyone can participate in, contribute, curate and
organizeresourcesandactivities, growingit to reach everyteacher and every

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student in all languages. NROER Resource Library is organized in Videos,
Audios, Interactives, Images and Documents sections.
Website: http://www.nroer.in/
3. eBasta:eBasta is governmentsDigitalIndiainitiative, this projecthascreated
a framework to make school books accessible in digital form as e-books to
be read and used on tablets and laptops. Publishers can publish their
resources on the portal for use by the schools. Students can then download
such bastes from the portal, or the school may distribute them through
media like SD cards. eBasta App, downloadablefromthe portal, runs on any
Android tablet. Itcan access the eBasta created using the portal and render
it for easy navigation by the students.
Website: http://www.ebasta.in/
4. Online NCERTtextbook: This online serviceoffers easy access to the NCERT
textbooks. The service covers textbooks of all subjects published by NCERT
for classes I to XII in Hindi, English and Urdu. The Entire book or individual
chapters can be downloaded provided the terms of use as mentioned in the
Copyright Notice is adhered to. http://www.ncert.nic.in/index.html NCERT
homepage hasvariouslinksto downloadsyllabuses,booksoneducation and
other resources.
Website: http://www.ncert.nic.in/ncerts/textbook/textbook.htm
5. GeoGebra: GeoGebra is designed for Dynamic mathematics for learning and
teaching. GeoGebra is a multi-platform mathematics software that gives
everyone the chance to experience the extraordinary insights that math
makes possible. It makes math tangible. GeoGebra makes a link between
Geometry and Algebra in an entirely new, visualwaystudentscan finally see,
touch and experience math. GeoGebra doesn’t replace teachers. It helps
teachers do what they do best teach.
Website: https://www.geogebra.org/
6. Curriculafor ICTinEducation: ThepresentcurriculaforICTin Education aims
at realizing the goals of the National Policy of ICT in Schools Education and
the National Curriculum Framework. Given the dynamic nature of ICT, the
curricula, emphasizing the core educational purposes, is generic in
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enhancing creativity and imagination of the learners. Developed By CIET,
NCERT. Website: https://ictcurriculum.gov.in/
7. Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional
videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to
study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math,
science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more.
Our math missions guide learners fromkindergarten to calculus using state-
of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps.
We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern
Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized
content. Website: https://www.khanacademy.org/
8. TESS-India: The TESS-India project is led by The Open University in the UK
and is funded by UK aid from the UK government. It is working towards
improving the quality of teacher education in India. Initiated in November
2012, the project focuses on the professional development of teacher
educators and teachers in the states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar
Pradesh, Odisha, Karnataka, Assam and West Bengal. The TESS-India Open
Educational Resources (OER) comprise 105 units for classroom teachers in
elementary and secondaryschools(TeacherDevelopmentOER), and 20units
for schoolleaders (SchoolLeadership OER).The OERare available in multiple
versions for use in a range of linguistic and cultural contexts. Here you will
find the English language versions. TESS India has learning resources in
Elementary Maths, Elementary English, Elementary Science, Elementary
Language and Literacy, secondary English, Maths and Science. Website:
http://www.tess-india.edu.in/
9. EdX: EdX was created for students and institutions that seek to transform
themselves through cuttingedge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and
rigorous courses. Through our institutionalpartners, thexConsortium, along
with other leading global members, wepresentthe bestof higher education
online, offering opportunity to anyone who wants to achieve, thrive, and
grow. Our goals, however, go beyond offering courses and content. We are
committed to research that will allow us to understand how students learn,
how technology can transform learning, and the ways teachers teach on
campus and beyond. Website: https://www.edx.org/

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10. Google Books Library Project: Book Search works justlikeweb search. Try a
search on Google Books or on Google.com. When we find a book with
content that contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your
search results. Browse books online: If the book is out of copyright, or the
publisherhas givenus permission,you'llbe ableto seea previewof the book,
and in some cases the entire text. If it's in the public domain, you're free to
download a PDF copy. Buy books or borrow from the library: If you find a
book you like, click on the "Buy this book" and "Borrow this book" links to
see whereyou can buy or borrow the print book. You can now also buy the
ebook from the Google Play Store. Learn faster: We've created reference
pages forevery bookso youcan quickly find all kindsof relevantinformation:
book reviews,web references,mapsand more. GoogleBooksLibraryProject
– An enhanced card catalog of the world's books We'reworking with several
major libraries to include their collections in Google Books and, like a card
catalog, show users information about the book, and in many cases, a few
snippets – a few sentences to display the search term in context. Website:
https://books.google.co.in/
11. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Illuminations is a project
designed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and
supported by the Verizon Foundation. NCTM serves as a content partner for
Thinkfinity, the Verizon Foundation's free online professional learning
community, where Compiled by Santosh Tamboli, SCERT, C.G. India 8
Illuminations is the primary contributor of resources for teaching and
learning mathematics for grades pre-K—12. Website:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
12. VirtualLabs project:VirtualLabsprojectisan initiative of Ministryof Human
Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India under the aegis of
National Mission on Education through Information and Communication
Technology (NMEICT). This project is a consortium activity of twelve
participating institutes and IITDelhiis coordinating institute. Itis a paradigm
shift in ICT-based education. For the first time, such an initiative has been
taken-up in remote‐experimentation. Under Virtual Labs project, over 100
Virtual Labs consisting of approximately 700+ web-enabled experiments
were designed for remote-operation and viewing. Website:
http://www.vlab.co.in/

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13. SWAYAM by MHRD: SWAYAMis a programme initiated by Government of
India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education
Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take
the bestteaching learning resourcestoall, including the mostdisadvantaged.
SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto
remained untouched by the digital revolution and havenot been able to join
the mainstream of the knowledge economy. Website:
https://swayam.gov.in/
14. e-PG Pathshala: e-PG Pathshala is an initiative of the MHRD under its
National Mission on Education through ICT(NME-ICT) being executed by the
UGC. The content and its quality being the key component of education
system, high quality, curriculum-based, interactive e-content in 70 subjects
across alldisciplines of socialsciences, arts, finearts and humanities, natural
& mathematical sciences. Website: https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/Home
15. National Digital Library of India (NDLI): TheNational Digital library of India is
a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development, India. The
objective is to collect and collate metadata and provide full text index from
several national and international digital libraries, as well as other relevant
sources. Website: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
16. The pilot project SAKSHAT: A One Stop Education Portal launched on
October 30, 2006 by His Excellency, the then President of India to facilitate
lifelong learning for students, teachers and those in employment or in
pursuitof knowledgefree of costto them. The content development taskfor
‘SAKSHAT’ was looked after by the Content Advisory Committee (CAC) for
the respective subject, which consisted of representatives fromeducational
institutions like IGNOU, DelhiUniversity, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS),
Navodyaya Vidyalaya Sangthan (NVS), National Institute of Open Schooling
(NIOS) and National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
and prominent academicians in the field. In addition, some NGOs had also
provided the contents developed by them free of cost for this portal.
Website: http://www.sakshat.ac.in/
17.SWAYAM PRABHA : The SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 32 DTH channels
devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programmes on 24X7
basis using the GSAT-15 satellite. Every day, there will be new content for at
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students to choosethe time of their convenience. The channels are uplinked
from BISAG, Gandhinagar. The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITs, UGC,
CEC, IGNOU, NCERT and NIOS. The INFLIBNET Centre maintains the web
portal. Website: https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/index.php/about
18. Train 1000 Teachers: The T10kTproject (supported by National Mission on
Education through ICT) at IIT Bombay, permits thousands of teachers to
benefit from each of these programs. Use of online and blended approach
allows participants to complete a significant part of training online, thus
reducing the time which must be spent on face-to face synchronous
interaction. A Teaching learning Centre (TLC) has been setup at IIT Bombay
under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and
Teaching. Our Faculty DevelopmentPrograms(FDPs),approvedbyAICTEare
now conducted under the aegis of this scheme. Website:
https://www.it.iitb.ac.in/nmeict/home.html many more at MHRD website
https://mhrd.gov.in/e-contents
19.EntranceZone.com: EntranceZone is driven by data, tools & products. We
predict and recommend. We enable the best decision for every student,
every time. We are making "LinkedIn" like platform, where students can
managetheir educational identity. Build and engagewith educational, skill &
interest based networks. Access knowledge, insights and opportunities. Can
find a school, colleges, courses based on the eligibility, skill and interest.
Whereas Institutes can manage enrollment, offer a scholarship & admission
to suitable candidates by looking into their profiles. Website:
https://www.entrancezone.com/
20. OER Commons: OERCommons is a public digital library of open educational
resources. Explore, create, and collaborate with educators around theworld
to improve curriculum. Website: https://www.oercommons.org/