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Open Educational Resources: Humanities OER

Major Repositories

LardBucket 2012

Creative Commons-licensed copies of all the books which were available online from a specific publisher at the end of 2012.

Free and open learning materials for job-driven workforce development

Repository for the Open University in the United Kingdom.

Open Textbooks

Philosophy

Modern Philosophy by Walter Ott and Alex Dunn

Art and Graphic Design

Music

Languages

Literature

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
Authors: Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, and Laura Heston
This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.
Everyday Social Justice
Jimena Alvarado Chavarría built this website for people who want to learn about social justice as well as for those who teach it. It includes teaching materials for her courses on social justice and WGS.

Smarthistory

Smarthistory is a multimedia open educational resource from Khan Academy, developed in collaboration with art historians and museums around the world.
‘Smarthistory’ Rethinks the Art-History Textbook Online
Article in Chronicle of Higher Education

Resources for Languages Educators

Voices for Openness in Language Learning
Merlot World Languages Community Portal
The Mixxer
This social networking site allows users to find partners for language exchanges via Skype.

Videos

TedEd: The Big Questions
This TedEd collection in particular has a lot of sources on philosophy, ethics, and religion.

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Van Wylen Library LibGuide on Open Educational Resources (OER) is a derivative/remix of Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources (OER) by NMC Librarians.and Eastern Michigan University's Textbook Alternatives Library Research Guide by Kate Pittsley-Sousa.