Open Textbooks and Open Educational Resources (OERs)
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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.
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7 Things You Should Know About OERA brief guide to common questions asked about OER, such as "What are the downsides?" and "Who's doing it?"
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Open Washington OER ModulesAn open workshop available online through Open Washington, the modules include information on licensing OER, the public domain, accessibility, and more.
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Open Attribution BuilderOpenWashington's Attribution Builder tool allows users to generate a line of text to paste onto their resource to indicate what CClicense they have applied.
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Rebus ProjectsOur 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
OER Author Guides
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Open Educational PracticeOER 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.
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Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to KnowA brief, 5-step guide on how to edit an open textbook for use in your course.
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Authoring Open TextbooksA guide for the production of open textbooks, published by the Open Textbook Network.
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Guide to Developing Open TextbooksThis guide was created to assist instructors on creating and maintaining open textbooks.
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How to Use Open Author on OER CommonsThis video resource provides information on how to create an open educational resource on OER Commons' Open Author platform.
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BC Open Textbook Accessibility ToolkitThe BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit provides information for authors on how to create an open and accessible textbook for all users.
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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."