American Sign Language & Deaf Studies: Open Educational Resources

Mason OER Metafinder -- this resource, offered by George Mason University, "...launches a real-time, simultaneous search across 21 different sources of open educational materials as you hit the Search button..."

• See which repositories are being searched, and read more about the Mason OER Metafinder here. 

American Sign Language

• American Sign Language University -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission. 
• ASL by Topic -- from Gallaudet University. There are multiple non-captioned videos on a range of subjects. See "Videos- ASL" below.
• ASL I -- Open Course Library.
• ASL I -- from the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges. 
• ASL II -- Open Course Library.
• ASL III -- Open course Library.
• ASL-LEX 2.0 -- the world's largest ASL database that deaf studies researchers at Boston University indicate "...could aid ASL learners and lead to new ASL-based technologies akin to Siri, Alexa..."
• ASLized!
• Basic Introduction to American Sign Language -- from Sign Media.
• Dr. William Vicars --  tenured, (full) Professor of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies at California State University, Sacramento.
• Fingerspelling -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission.  
• Fingerspelling Practice -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission.  
• Kindergarten Readiness for Deaf Children/Basic Communication Skills
• Numbers Practice -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission.  
• Using American Sign Language to Improve Comprehension and Vocabulary -- geared toward elementary aged student learning; from ReadWriteThink.

American Sign Language - English Interpreting

• Interpreting for the Deaf -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission. 
• Street Leverage

Deaf Studies and Sign Language Glossary

• Deaf Studies and Sign Language Glossary -- Material courtesy of Dr. Bill Vicars (www.lifeprint.com). Used with permission. 

Journals

• Deaf Studies Digital Journal
• Journal of American Sign Languages & Literatures
• Journal of Interpretation

Language Development

• DeafVIDEOTV -- very grassroots.
• OIC Movies
• The Daily Moth

Videos--  ASL by Topic

• ASL by Topic -- There are multiple ASL by Topic (non-captioned) videos on a range of subjects from Gallaudet University. Several are listed below.