Achieve OER Rubrics and Evaluation Tool Virtual Tour by Achieve is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
When considering an OER for a course, there are a few things to consider. Just like selecting a textbook, you should evaluate the OER to make sure it is meeting the needs of the course, yourself, your students, and our institution. Achieve, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization, has established rubrics for evaluating OER, and these rubrics are used in the OER Commons website to evaluate OER. They have identified eight areas to consider:
Degree of Alignment to Standards, Quality of Explanation of the Subject Matter, Utility of Materials Designed to Support Teaching, Quality of Assessment, Quality of Technological Interactivity, Quality of Instructional and Practice Exercises, Opportunities for Deeper Learning, Assurance of Accessibility
Below are links to rubrics aligned to and adapted from the Achieve rubrics that you can use that will help you evaluate OER.