OER Commons

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Score6.8

Rank#6 of 30

PriceFree

Free planYes

Runs onWeb

Summary

OER Commons is a free web-based library where educators can find open educational resources and collaborate around 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, collaboration tools for curating or remixing content, and a personal profile for saved resources. Organizations can use Hubs to organize collections, manage content, and facilitate conversations. Custom microsites can have independent 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, while its tools can receive and provide harvestable content feeds in Dublin Core, IEEE Learning Object Metadata, and RSS. Accessibility audits have been completed, with another review underway, but authors and users remain responsible for accessibility; many indexed materials are hosted elsewhere. Resources made with the legacy Open Author 1 editor are scheduled for removal on December 31, 2026; Open Author 2 resources are unaffected.

Who it is for

OER Commons suits educators, librarians, and homeschooling parents looking for open learning materials. Organizations can also use its hubs and microsites to curate and share collections.

What is good

Free account includes Open Author and groups.
Hubs support collection management and conversation.
Open Author provides an accessibility checker.
Tools support Dublin Core, IEEE LOM, and RSS feeds.

What to know first

Legacy Open Author 1 resources are scheduled for removal December 31, 2026.
Authors and users are responsible for resource accessibility.
Many indexed resources are hosted by external providers.

Verdict

OER Commons combines a free resource library with tools for creating, curating, and sharing materials. Check the editor version and accessibility of resources you plan to rely on.

OER Commons plans and pricing

All plans

OER Commons free account Free Access the digital library · Open Author · Create groups · Collaborate to curate or remix content · Save resources to a personal profile iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026

Compared on teacher resource libraries

Free plan: Yesoercommons.org

Facts

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 · 30 Sept 2026
Audience: The library serves K–12 and higher education educators, librarians, and homeschooling parents.iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026
Open Author: A free account enables users to create or publish open educational resources using tools such as Open Author.iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026
Hubs: Hubs let organizations develop collections, manage content, facilitate conversations, and share information about their work.iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026
Microsites: Custom microsites can have independent libraries and domains, tailored metadata and content creation, and analytics dashboards.iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026
LMS integration: ISKME offers data integration and API integration services to connect OER Commons with learning management systems.iskme.org · 30 Sept 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 · 30 Sept 2026
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 · 30 Sept 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 · 30 Sept 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 · 30 Sept 2026
Support: ISKME provides content curation by digital librarians and directs organizations to contact [email protected] about product and service offerings.iskme.org · 30 Sept 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 · 30 Sept 2026
Maker: OER Commons was created by ISKME, which describes itself as a global nonprofit.iskme.org · 30 Sept 2026