Resources for Adopting, Adapting, & Creating OER
- Adopting Open Educational Resources in the Classroom (e-book)Lumen Learning course that provides faculty with an introduction to the laws that influence the use, re-use, and distribution of content they may want to use in a course. Activities include finding openly licensed content for use in a class and publishing openly licensed works created by faculty. At the end of the course, students will have openly licensed content that will be ready for use in a course.
- Adopting Open Educational Resources in the Classroom (online course)This course provides faculty with an introduction to the laws that influence the use, re-use, and distribution of content they may want to use in a course. Activities include finding openly licensed content for use in a class and publishing openly licensed works created by faculty. At the end of the course, students will have openly licensed content that will be ready for use in a course.
- Authoring Open TextbooksFrom the Open Textbook Network, this guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.
- Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and ExamplesInspiration and guidance for those beginning work on affordable course content.
- A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with StudentsA handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.
- How to Use Open Educational ResourcesSelf-paced workshop from Open Washington
- Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to KnowThis is a five-step guide for faculty, and those who support faculty, who want to modify an open textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.
- OER Accessibility ToolkitThe goal of the OER Accessibility Toolkit is to provide the needed resources needed to each content creator, instructor, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open and accessible educational resource - one that is accessible for all students.
- OER Handbook for Educators 1.0This handbook is designed to help educators find, use, develop and share OER to enhance their effectiveness online and in the classroom.
- OER Commons. Open Educational Resources 101.Through OER Commons, you can search, browse, and evaluate resources in OER Commons' growing collection of over 50,000 high-quality OER. All of these resources are free, customizable, and high-quality.
- Rebus CommunityThe Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation is made up of faculty, students, and staff from schools, colleges, and universities around the world. This is a project of the Rebus Foundation – another piece of the project is the Rebus Community Press (an open textbook production and formatting system).
- Support for Adapting an Open TextbookGuides and tools from BCcampus OpenEd (British Columbia).
Tools / Software
- PressbooksPressbooks is easy-to-use book writing software that lets you create a book in all the formats you need to publish. Pressbooks delivers print-ready files for CreateSpace, IngramSpark and Lightning Source, as well as ebook files optimized to look great in all ebook stores: Amazon Kindle, Apple iBooks, Nook, Kobo, Google Play and more.
- ScalarScalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that’s designed to make it easy for authors to write long-form, born-digital scholarship online. Scalar enables users to assemble media from multiple sources and juxtapose them with their own writing in a variety of ways, with minimal technical expertise required.