From: Richard James <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:42:36 -0400

MERLOT II (http://info.merlot.org/merlothelp/index.htm#merlot_collection.htm)
lists OER of various media types that have been subject to its open
peer-review process. The quality of their resources seems uniformly
high, so you could do worse than select from what they have available.


On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 7:04 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Charlotte Roh <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 12:29:50 -0400
>
> Hm, this is interesting question. I know there are videos on how to evaluate
> websites or Wikipedia, but I don't know about OERs. This might be because
> there are so many different types of multimedia.
>
> We don't include evaluation on our libguide
> (http://guides.library.umass.edu/oer) but when I mention that certain
> resources are peer-reviewed, faculty definitely appreciate it.
>
> If you get any responses off list, I'd be interested to hear them!
>
> Best,
> Charlotte
>
>
> Charlotte Roh
> Scholarly Communications Resident Librarian
> W.E.B. Du Bois Library
> University of Massachusetts
> Amherst, MA  01003
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>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: "TAYLOR, TUCKER" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 14:28:54 +0000
>
> Hi all-
>
> I'm working on a libguide about open educational resources, mainly focused
> on materials used in teaching.  I wanted to include a page
> about how to evaluate open educational resources.   Can anyone point
> me to some good sources?  I'm particularly interested in short video, but
> would be happy for any information that could be useful for my faculty and
> students to use to evaluate this information.
>
> Thanks very much-
>
> Tucky
>
> Tucker Taylor
> Head, Circulation Department
> Thomas Cooper Library
> University of South Carolina
> Columbia, SC 29208
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