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AI Tools for OER

While the breadth of AI tools changes on a seemingly daily basis, this chapter offers some tools that may* pose useful for creating, revising, or remixing OER.  In the ‘spirit of Open,’ we’ve noted the tools that are open-source as of publication of this text.
*Note that the authors do not directly endorse these tools.  This serves merely as a compilation for potential use.  

Text and Writing Assistants

  • ChatGPT: Useful for drafting textbook chapters, summarizing complex concepts, and generating prompts for discussions.
  • Claude: Offers AI-driven text refinement with a focus on clarity and coherence.
  • Google Gemini: Provides text-based AI assistance integrated into Google Docs and Sheets for real-time content generation.
  • GPT-NeoX – [Open-source] AI model for text generation, summarization, and rewriting.

 

Summarizing and Note-Taking

  • Elicit: Helps quickly summarize and extract key points.
  • TL;DR AI: Provides concise summaries of long documents, making it easier to condense large volumes of content into OER-friendly formats.
  • BART (by Meta AI): [Open-source] A transformer model for text summarization and comprehension, which can be used for OER applications.

 

Multimedia Creation Tools

  • DALL·E: Generates high-quality images from text descriptions, supporting visually engaging OER materials.
  • Canva AI: Uses AI to suggest designs and layouts, enabling educators to create visually appealing open resources.
  • Adobe Firefly: Offers generative AI features for creating and modifying images, useful for instructional design.
  • GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): [Open-source] A powerful open-source alternative to Photoshop for editing and creating visual OER content.
  • Inkscape: [Open-source} A vector graphics editor ideal for designing educational diagrams and infographics.
  • Stable Diffusion: [Open-source} Image generator for creating OER visuals.
  • Whisper AI: {Open-source} OpenAI’s speech-to-text tool for transcribing lectures or videos.
Image generated using Adobe Express (Premium) from the prompt interstellar purple and orange space squid.

 

Accessible Content

  • ElevenLabs: Provides AI-driven voice synthesis for converting OER text into natural-sounding speech.

  • Whisper AI: {Open-source} Enables audio editing and transcription for creating accessible lecture recordings.

  • Mozilla TTS: {Open-source} Text-to-speech engine for creating accessible educational resources.

  • DeepL: Produces high-quality translations, making OER content available in multiple languages.

  • Microsoft Immersive Reader: Supports text-to-speech, reading assistance, and accessibility features to enhance learning.

  • Argos Translate: {Open-source} A lightweight, open-source alternative for offline AI-driven translation.

  • Otter Voice Notes : Free speech-to-text transcription (useful for creating accessible OER).

 

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University of Virginia OER Learning Community Guide Copyright © 2025 by Bethany Mickel and Emily Scida is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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