Distance Education Resources for Instructors

Distance Education Resources for Instructors

Your Distance Education classes and students (with a name.#) have access to the same OSU Libraries resources and services as Columbus Campus classes.  We have collected the following links below to assist with your course design and implementation.

Instructional Support

• Carmen
  • Using Carmen Library Links – Integrate library resources, compiled by OSUL Librarians, in your Carmen course page.
  • Linking to Library Licensed Resources – Integrate library resources into your Carmen courses.  This is the DIY option.

• Free/Low-Cost Textbooks
  • OpenStax
  • Flat World
  • MIT OpenCourseware
  • California Learning Resource Network
  • For additional information about free/low-cost scholastic resources, please contact Aaron Olivera.

• Subject Librarians – Contact your subject expert librarian.

• Setting up off Campus Access

• Copyright Assistance – Help with all things copyright, from course design and delivery to your students’ concerns.

• CIO Licensed software – Software you and your students can install on your personal computers.

• Recommend a Purchase – Don’t have the materials you need?  Let us know!

• ODEE – Office of Distance Education & eLearning.

• UCAT – University Center for the Advancement of Teaching

General Resources

• E-Journals – Browse and search the electronic journal holdings of OSU Libraries.
• E-Books – Find ebooks held by OSU Libraries.
• OSU Libraries homepage
• ODEE – Office of Distance Education & eLearning.
• Health Sciences Library Homepage  - resources and services for faculty in the health sciences