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Nursing 101: Open Educational Resources

A guide to resources in Nursing

What is OER?


Open Educational Resources (OER) are any resources available at little or no cost that can be used for teaching, learning, or research. The term can include textbooks, course readings, and other learning content; simulations, games, and other learning applications; syllabi, quizzes, and assessment tools; and virtually any other material that can be used for educational purposes. OER typically refers to electronic resources, including those in multimedia formats, and such materials are generally released under a Creative Commons or similar license that supports open or nearly open use of the content. OER can originate from colleges and universities, libraries, archival organizations, government agencies, commercial organizations such as publishers, or faculty or other individuals who develop educational resources they are willing to share.


For more information, see NCC's OER LibGuide.

Nursing OER


Published by Open SUNY Textbooks, Milne Library State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 14454.
Nursing Care at the End of Life by Susan E. Lowey is licensed under a Creative
CommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.