MERLOT
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
Overview
MERLOT is a program of the California State University system that provides a free and open, peer-reviewed collection of online learning materials, learning exercises, and content builder webpages, together with faculty development services. The collection is curated for higher education and is contributed to by an international community of educators.
✨ Key Features
- Peer-reviewed collection of learning materials
- Content Builder tool for creating websites
- Personal collections and bookmarking
- Peer review and member comments
- Directory of members for networking
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Strong emphasis on peer review by discipline-specific editorial boards
- Focus on a wide variety of material types beyond textbooks (e.g., simulations, tutorials, assignments)
- Community-driven with a large member directory
Unique Value: Provides a layer of quality control and trust for educators through its extensive peer-review process, making it easier to find and adopt high-quality, discipline-specific OER.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Used by faculty in the California State University system and other institutions worldwide for finding and evaluating OER.
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- A K-12 resource repository
- An interactive content authoring tool like H5P
- A publisher of open textbooks
🏆 Alternatives
Distinguishes itself through its formal peer-review process, which is more structured than the user-rating systems on many other OER platforms.
💻 Platforms
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
Free tier: All access and use is free.
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