Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OERs): Additional Resources

Additional Resources

The resources on this page provide additional information about Open Educational Resources: How To guides, workshops, and fact sheets are provided below.

7 Things You Should Know About OER
A brief guide to common questions asked about OER, such as "What are the downsides?" and "Who's doing it?"
Open Washington OER Modules
An open workshop available online through Open Washington, the modules include information on licensing OER, the public domain, accessibility, and more.
Open Attribution Builder
OpenWashington's Attribution Builder tool allows users to generate a line of text to paste onto their resource to indicate what CClicense they have applied.
Rebus Projects
Our platform guides open textbook projects through the publishing workflow and makes it easy to find, recruit, and organize collaborators. Find a project you can help, or start one of your own.

OER Author Guides

Open Educational Practice
OER Commons' Open Educational Practice Hub includes resources for educators about how to find, curate, evaluate, share, and license OER. Other topics, like OER Advocacy, are also covered.
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
A brief, 5-step guide on how to edit an open textbook for use in your course.
Authoring Open Textbooks
A guide for the production of open textbooks, published by the Open Textbook Network.
Guide to Developing Open Textbooks
This guide was created to assist instructors on creating and maintaining open textbooks.
How to Use Open Author on OER Commons
This video resource provides information on how to create an open educational resource on OER Commons' Open Author platform.
BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit
The BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit provides information for authors on how to create an open and accessible textbook for all users.
Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students
"A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources."