Open Educational Resources by Discipline

A short textbook on writing analytical essays.

A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that you can download and use for teaching. All content is stored in Google docs making it easy to access, browse and download.

A collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that you can download and use for teaching. All content is stored in Google docs making it easy to access, browse and download.

A free writing instruction textbook designed for Oregon first-level composition courses.

From an English professor at EMU who is especially interested in connections between writing and technology.

This book is written as a practical guide for students struggling to improve their writing to meet the standards expected of them by their professors, instructors, employers and co-workers. We have avoided complicated "textbook language" and jargon in favor of plain, easily understood language.

Writing by Charles Bazerman, Professor of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Follows the Little Red Schoolhouse principles developed at the University of Chicago.

A free, comprehensive, peer-reviewed, award-winning Open Text for students and faculty in college-level courses that require writing and research.

Clear exercises teach sentence and paragraph writing skills that lead to common English composition and research essays.

For students who have largely mastered high-school level conventions of formal academic writing and are now moving beyond the five-paragraph essay to more advanced engagement with text.

"A collection of Creative Commons licensed essays for use in the first year writing classroom."

Colorful graphics make the point.

UNC has an extensive number of handouts, each with subdivisions that pull the reader forward. Those handouts that use flash are also listed under Video Channels.

This website explains everything a student could want to know. Link to its 174 interactive quizzes from the Interactive Resources tab.

No matter what career you pursue, you must be able to communicate effectively and clearly if you want to be successful. This course will enhance your ability to do so by sharpening your critical thinking and writing skills.

The ability to research topics and incorporate information from your sources into your work is an important skill both in college and on the job. This course will reinforce the concepts you practiced in English Composition I by introducing you to basic research concepts and techniques.