LibGuides: Open Education and Textbook Affordability at Oregon Tech: Create or Modify OER

Creating and Modifying

If you don't find OER that are useful for you, you might consider modifying an existing OER to meet your needs, or authoring a completely new work. Below are some guides to help.

Creating an OER OneSheet
A non-exhaustive list from CUNY.
Open Curriculum Development Model
Step by step creation of an open education curriculum from Open Oregon Educational Resources.

OER Publishing Workflow

Creating OER

Pressbooks

Do you want to write your own ebook, book chapter, study guide, lab manual, or other materials? Open Oregon has provided Oregon Tech with access to an online publishing platform called Pressbooks which will help you format and publish your materials on the web (or publish your materials privately).

You can even use Pressbooks to create interactive H5P elements to include in your text, such as multiple choice questions or interactive images. Contact Loree Hyde if you are interested in getting access to Pressbooks.

The OER Starter Kit
Need a quick overview? This free textbook contains a section on the basics of OER creation.
BC Open Textbook Self-Publishing Guide
Guide to writing and self-publishing an open textbook. Provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook. Copyright, open-copyright licences, and the differences between citation and attribution are discussed as well as the importance of copy editing and proofreading. Checklists and templates are also provided
Authoring Open Textbooks
For faculty authors, librarians, project managers, and others involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.
A Guide to Making Open Textbooks With Students
For faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.
BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit
Aids each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, teaching assistant, etc. in creating an ADA-accessible textbook.

Modifying OER

Modifying an Open Textbook
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.
BCOpen Textbook Adaptation Guide
Though meant as a guide to adapting or revising open textbooks using the PressBooks platform, most of the information is helpful for adapting any OER.

Open Education and Textbook Affordability at Oregon Tech

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Creating and Modifying

OER Publishing Workflow

Creating OER

Pressbooks

Modifying OER