Metadata Descriptions and Vocabularies

Metadata
OER Commons uses a variety of categories and labeling to organize our resources and help you find what you need. These descriptions are referred to as Metad...
Thu, 3 Jan, 2019 at 5:50 PM
Education Levels
On OER Commons we use a broad set of education levels to describe resources, rather than listing a specific grade. This improves the portability of data a...
Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 at 3:47 PM
Subjects
The subjects used to describe resources on OER Commons are designed to cover Pre-K-12 and Higher-Education settings within the US and internationally. Our ...
Mon, 12 Nov, 2018 at 3:47 PM
Material Types*
Material Type Description Activity/Lab Supplemental, student-facing resource requiring students to provide answers or feedback based on taking specif...
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Accessibility Tags
Term Category Description Visual Access Mode Content contains images, video or graphics. Learner must be able to see to use this content. Auditory ...
Tue, 26 Nov, 2019 at 11:13 AM
Pressbooks in OER Commons FAQs
OER Commons will begin receiving regular updates of resources that are available in the Pressbooks Directory thanks to an agreement with the team at Pressb...
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