Authoring Your Own OER Materials
Faculty can develop their own resources -- consider your own work as an OER by licensing it appropriately. Below are some resources to aid in the development and customization of OER.
Affordable Learning Georgia Tutorial is a partnership between A University System of Georgia and California State University that provides resources regarding creating your own and adapting others’ OER content to your courses. Highlights include:
- Creating and Modifying Open Educational Resources is an excellent tutorial: https://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/help/creating-1
- Customizing and Authoring Content provides tips for OER authors: https://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/open_resources/customizing_and_authoring_content
BC Campus, sponsored by the government and Universities in British Columbia, supports projects to creat Open Educational Resources.Some helpful resources from BC Campus include:
- Open Education Self-Publishing Guide covers preparing, planning, writing, publishing, and maintaining an open textbook:https://bccampus.ca/2018/02/20/introducing-the-bccampus-open-education-self-publishing-guide/
- Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit provides best practices for making OERs accessible:https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/