Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Create/Adapt OER

Accessibility Resources

Whether creating a new OER or adapting an existing resource, make sure to make your OER accessible to your potential audiences. There are many different ways to go about this, including offering different formats and using clear organization. The resources below provide guidance on creating accessible OER.

Create/Adapt OER Resources

BCCampus Open Education has a series of support resources for faculty interested in finding, using, creating, and adapting OER. See below for a small sample of these helpful guides.

Create Open Textbooks
This page provides a brief overview of creating an open textbook.
Adaptation Guide
The Adaptation Guide is a practical reference about how to customize — or adapt — an open textbook so that it better fits your needs in the classroom and elsewhere. This guide defines the term "adaptation" and discusses reasons for revising a book, why this is possible with an open textbook, and the challenges involved.
Faculty OER Toolkit
The Faculty OER Toolkit is an information resource about and guide to adapting and adopting Open Educational Resources. Included are definitions and examples, information about Creative Commons licensing, and tips on how to adapt and/or adopt OER for classroom use.
Self-Publishing Guide
The BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide is a reference for individuals or groups wanting to write and self-publish an open textbook. This guide provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook.

Additional resources

Creating and Modifying Open Educational Resources
Created by Affordable Learning Georgia, this in-depth, step-by-step tutorial walks faculty through the process of creating/adapting OER.
Authoring Open Textbooks
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.
The Open Faculty Patchbook
Fleming College faculty and peers around the world are building a community patchwork of ‘chapters’ into a quasi-textbook about pedagogy for teaching & learning in college. Each patch of the quilt/chapter of the book (let’s call it a patchbook) will focus on one pedagogical skill and be completed and published by an individual faculty member.
A 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. This is a first edition, compiled by Rebus Community, and the editors welcome feedback and ideas to expand the text.

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