Open Educational Resources: Social Work

A collection of open textbooks from British Columbia, this site provides access to a support/caregiving title.

This book was written by by MSW students as their final project for their Capstone class at Ferris State University.

A collaborative project dedicated to creating open educational resources for all standard courses social work by 2025.

The Open Textbook Library provides a growing catalog of free, peer-reviewed, and openly-licensed textbooks. A growing network of higher education institutions and systems are supporting the library and the adoption of open textbooks. Text books for scientific inquiry in social work and other related topics.

"The book is a realistic but motivating look at the many issues that are facing our society today." University of Minnesota Libraries

Here you will find links to such collections as Kanopy, Films on Demand, and much more.

TED Talks by experts.

Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.
Hidden Brain links research from psychology and neurobiology with findings from economics, anthropology, and sociology, among other fields.

Free online lectures, courses, and journals.

MIT Open Courseware has undergraduate and graduate courses in public policy. Course formats vary, but some include, lecture videos, activities, assignments, discussions, and online resources for further study.

MIT Open Courseware has undergraduate and graduate courses in social welfare. Course formats vary, but some include, lecture videos, activities, assignments, discussions, and online resources for further study.

MIT Open Courseware has undergraduate and graduate courses in sociology. Course formats vary, but some include, lecture videos, activities, assignments, discussions, and online resources for further study.

Courses, lessons, textbooks, simulations, and more.

Over 180 social work results- lectures, modules, etc.

Social Work education collection resources from OER Commons (reader, simulation, syllabi, modules, etc.)

A collaborative project dedicated to creating open educational resources for all standard courses social work by 2025.

The Open University (OU) Learning Space has, social work units to explore. The units have user ratings, time it takes to complete the unit, and level of use indicated on the page. In order to use the complete courses and users need to sign in to keep track of courses. This site offers learning tools, such as knowledge maps and journals and students can print materials to view them.