OER & Teaching Resources

This page provides some starting points and examples of OER and other free instructional materials for this subject. See our Open Educational Resources & Textbook Alternatives page for more on how to find and use OER in your classes, or contact your Liaison Librarian for help locating and using OER.

OER by Subject: Literature
From Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)
OER by Subject: Humanities
From Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)
OER by Subject: Philosophy
From Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)
OER Commons: literature-related materials for college students
An example of a subset of the OER Commons repository. You can select subject areas, kinds of materials, and education level, for example.

Project Gutenberg
A library of over 60,000 free ebooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download or read them online.
Librivox
A collection of public domain audiobooks, read aloud by volunteers. Most titles are downloadable as .MP3s.

BCcampus Open Collection: Humanities textbooks
Literature, rhetoric and poetry textbooks
From the Open Textbook Library
Philosophy textbooks
From the Open Textbook Library
Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind
An anthology. Surveys the central themes in philosophy of mind and places them in a historical and contemporary context.

Philosophy Lesson Plans (OER Commons)
Philosophy lesson plans from OER Commons.
Literature Lesson Plans (OER Commons)
Literature lesson plans from OER Commons.
Philosophy Learning Objects (OER Commons)
Open learning objects related to philosophy from OER Commons. Includes class activities, games, simulations, assessments and assignments.
Literature Learning Objects (OER Commons)
Open learning objects related to literature from OER Commons. Includes class activities, games, readings, simulations, assessments and assignments

MIT OpenCourseWare: Humanities
Syllabi and other resources taught in humanities courses at MIT. Use the filters on the left side of the page to further narrow your search by sub-topic and type of resource.
MIT OpenCourseWare: Literature
Learning materials from MIT courses. Free and open to access at any time. Includes syllabi, reading lists, lectures, and more.
MIT OpenCourseWare: Linguistics and Philosophy
Literature learning materials from OpenLearn
Includes whole courses

English, Literature & Humanities Subject Guide

OER & Teaching Resources

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