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OER Commons
What it is
OER Commons is a free web library where educators can find open educational resources and collaborate on their use, evaluation, and improvement. It serves K–12 and higher education educators, librarians, and homeschooling parents. A free account provides access to the library, Open Author for creating or publishing resources, groups, tools for curating or remixing content, and a profile for saving resources. Organizations can use Hubs to assemble collections, manage content, support discussions, and share information about their work. Custom microsites can have their own libraries and domains, tailored metadata and content creation, and analytics dashboards. Open Author includes an accessibility checker, requires alt text for embedded images, and automatically captions videos uploaded to a resource. ISKME offers data and API integration services for learning management systems; its tools can receive and provide harvestable feeds in Dublin Core, IEEE Learning Object Metadata, and RSS. ISKME says it has completed two full accessibility audits meeting WCAG 2.1 AA standards and is conducting another review. Authors and users remain responsible for resource accessibility, and many indexed resources are hosted by external providers. Legacy Open Author 1 resources are scheduled for removal on December 31, 2026; Open Author 2 resources are unaffected.
For and against
For
- Free account includes Open Author and collaboration tools
- Organizations can create Hubs and custom microsites
- Open Author checks accessibility and captions uploaded videos
- LMS data and API integration services are offered
Against
- Legacy Open Author 1 resources are scheduled for removal
- Authors and users are responsible for resource accessibility
- Many indexed resources are hosted by external providers
The verdict
OER Commons combines a resource library with tools for creating, curating, and sharing materials. Check whether any resources you depend on were made with the legacy Open Author 1 editor.
Who it suits
OER Commons suits educators, librarians, and homeschooling parents looking for open learning materials. Organizations can use its Hubs and microsites to manage and share collections.
Plans and prices
OER Commons free account
Access the digital library · Open Author · Create groups · Collaborate to curate or remix content
Read 30 Sep 2026 · iskme.org
On the record
- Accessibility
- Open Author includes an accessibility checker, requires alt text for embedded images, and automatically captions videos uploaded to an Open Author resource.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Accessibility responsibility
- ISKME states that authors and users are responsible for ensuring resources meet accessibility requirements, and that many indexed resources are hosted by external providers.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Accessibility review
- ISKME says it has completed two full platform accessibility audits meeting WCAG 2.1 AA standards and is conducting another review.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Audience
- The library serves K–12 and higher education educators, librarians, and homeschooling parents.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Hubs
- Hubs let organizations develop collections, manage content, facilitate conversations, and share information about their work.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Legacy content limit
- OER Commons says it will remove resources created in the legacy Open Author 1 editor on December 31, 2026; Open Author 2 resources are not affected.help.oercommons.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- LMS integration
- ISKME offers data integration and API integration services to connect OER Commons with learning management systems.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Maker
- OER Commons was created by ISKME, which describes itself as a global nonprofit.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Metadata formats
- ISKME says its tools can receive OER feeds in Dublin Core, IEEE Learning Object Metadata, and RSS, and provide targets for harvesting content in those formats.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Microsites
- Custom microsites can have independent libraries and domains, tailored metadata and content creation, and analytics dashboards.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Open Author
- A free account enables users to create or publish open educational resources using tools such as Open Author.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- OER Commons is an openly accessible digital library for educators to find high-quality open educational resources and collaborate around their use, evaluation, and improvement.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- ISKME provides content curation by digital librarians and directs organizations to contact [email protected] about product and service offerings.iskme.org · read 30 Sep 2026
