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Online learning resources

Teaching staff resources Online learning resources

With an overwhelming amount of teaching resources available, how can you ensure that you are providing equitable access to high quality material that supports students’ learning?

Below is a curated list of online learning and teaching resources, suitable for a range of learning outcomes and learning styles.

Need help?

The Library can help you find not only the most recent and accessible resources, but also a variety of material types to support the different ways in which students acquire knowledge and learn.

You can request support to find online content for your topics from Service One.

Quick links

     Open educational resources  Useful links and information  Request assistance to find online content for topics
Open educational resources (general)

OER platforms

OER Commons

Merlot

Curated online learning resources

OASIS

Search open content from a variety of OER platforms

Directories of OER sites

Open DOAR

Open Professionals Education Network

Textbooks

Open educational resources

Mason OER Metafinder
Searches open textbooks from a variety of OER platforms.

RMIT Digital Collections - Textbooks

Open Textbook Library

Directory of Open Access Books

LibreText

BCcampus Open Ed

Australian University Presses

These institutions provide free, online access to a range of textbooks and monographs.

Adelaide University Press (2009-2018)

Australian National University Press

La Trobe eBUREAU

UTS ePress

eBooks

The Library provides online access to an ever increasing collection of eBooks.

You can discover relevant titles by searching findit@flinders – filter your search to:

  • Availability – Available Online
  • Resource Type – Books or Book Chapters

Please be aware that some eBooks impose limits on how many people can view a particular book at the same time. If you have any concerns, please contact the Library.

Videos

Open educational resources

Ted and Ted Talks

Khan Academy

YouTube
Please note that YouTube may not be available in some countries.

Vimeo
After searching, click on ‘more filters’ and choose the appropriate ‘license’ type.

Video streaming platforms

The Library subscribes to a range of video streaming platforms. These platforms offer a variety of features, such as downloadable transcripts and the ability to create clips.

Many other multi-disciplinary and subject-specific databases also contain collections of videos (e.g. ProQuest and Ovid). Look for a filter for videos or multi-media.

Contact the Library for help searching for and embedding this content.

Images

Creative Commons Search

Google Images
After searching, click on ‘Tools’ to select the appropriate ‘usage right’.

Unsplash
Freely-usable photos

Noun project
Icons and photos

Copyright Free and Creative Commons Images (Monash University)
Comprehensive list of repositories of images.

Podcasts and audio

Podcasts

Most podcasts are discoverable from a Google Search – add ‘podcasts’ (and ‘australia’ if looking for local content).

Music and sound

Copyright Free and Creative Commons Music and Sound Effects (Monash University)
Comprehensive list of repositories of music and sounds.

Subscription sources

Many multi-disciplinary and subject-specific databases contain audio collections (e.g. ProQuest and Ovid). Look for a filter for audio or multi-media.

Contact the Library for help searching for and embedding this content.

Open educational resources

What is an OER?

Open educational resources (OERs) are any educational resources that are openly available for use by educators and students, without an accompanying need to pay royalties or licence fees.

[Unesco (2015) Open Educational Resources]

OERs can be online textbooks, streaming videos, podcasts, quizzes – any online content designed for learning and teaching.

Benefits of using OERs in teaching

For students

  • No cost
  • Easy online access, anytime, anywhere

For teachers

  • Can be used, re-used, edited to suit learning outcomes
  • Creation of OERs can be an effective learning tool – either throughout the duration of a course, or as an assessment piece.
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How can the Library help?

The Library can help you identify relevant, quality resources that are accessible and equitable for all students.

You can request support for finding online content (including OERs) through Service One.

Learn more about OERs

Educause, Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Includes 7 things to know about resources for open education policies, practices and content.

Unesco (2015) Open Educational Resources

Unesco (2015) Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education

OER Knowledge Cloud: A Survey and Repository of OER Research

 

COL, Open Educational Resources: Resources on the use, re-use and re-purpose of OER

Open Washington: Open Educational Resources Network, Learn OER

Community College Consortium for OER, OER Tutorials

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