Research Guides: Social Work: Open Educational Resources

What are Open Educational Resources?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational materials, and they are often compared to or used in place of textbooks. Typically available online, they are designed to provide support for both learning and teaching. If you are looking for resources to supplement your courses, browse through the websites or resources shown on this page, or contact your campus' Affordable Learning Georgia Champion (Mary Jo Fayoyin) or Library Coordinator (Louise Wyche) for more information.

Where Can I Find Open Educational Resources?

Affordable Learning Georgia
An initiative through the University System of Georgia to collect information about open educational resources by subjects taught within Georgia and provide grants for transforming textbooks to OERs
Open Textbook Library
This searchable library is a tool to help instructors and students find affordable, quality textbook solutions. All textbooks in this library are complete and openly licensed.
MERLOT
MERLOT is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services contributed and used by an international education community.
OpenStax
OpenStax is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable and accurate.
OER Commons
Website offering a suite of OER resources, from roadmaps to training to tools.
Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources
The primary goal of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) is to create awareness of OER and help colleges to identify, create and/or repurpose existing OER to improve teaching and learning and make education more accessible for all learners.

OERS for Social Work

Click on the titles to access these selected sources related to the field of Social Work. This list only features a few examples, so be sure to try your own search.

Social Problems: Continuity and Change- Open Textbook

Rebecca's Story: Family Violence Interventions and Strategies- Workshop/Training Material

Social Work Learning Practice- Course developed by The Open University