The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative defines open educational resources as:
Open educational resources (OER) are freely available, fully accessible instructional materials that either reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits the use, revision, improvement, and redistribution by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support learning (adapted from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s definition).
OER are “openly licensed,” typically under a Creative Commons (CC) license, which enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.
Let your students know you're using OER in your course by adding a banner to your Blackboard site! You can download this file and use it as the Course Image.
If you'd like a customized version with your name, title, course, and/or section number, please contact us.
This guide is designed to help you find resources specific to your discipline. If you know of resources that are not listed here, let us know and we'll add them!
This OER guide, maintained by Stevenson University's Zirkin Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 
