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OER GIS Resources

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OER GIS Resources Page. Open Educational Resources (OER) are a growing set of resources which allows educators and students the flexibility to use and reuse educational resources at no additional cost. Please review this video on OER basics: OER Basics if you are unfamiliar with OERs. On this page, participants can access and explore a set of OER GIS Resources. While reviewing different resources, participants should think about the structure, applicability, and potential use of each in an instructional context. The following list is not exhaustive but is meant to give an overview; participants should review a resource in each category.

Resource List: Portals

OER Commons: GIS Search List

OpenGeoPortal.org

GeoHive


Resource List: Data

Open Mapping Education Series

OpenFlights: Airport and airline data

OpenLandMap

OpenAerialMap

GIS Climate Change Scenarios

Climate Data Library

The OCC Environmental Data Commons

Natural Earth Data Repository

Atlas of the Biosphere

Biodiversity Hotspots


Resource List: Applications

OpenStreetMap

Gapminder

The QGIS Project


Resource List: Teaching with GIS

GIS Analysis and Design

Making Maps with GIS

GIS in the Humanities: Lessons for poets, historians, and scientists

Using Maps to teach Mathematics

Open Geography and GIS

Open GIS Courses Penn State


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