LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Creating &amp; Adapting OER

Creating and Modifying

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

Pressbooks at ISU

Want to write your own ebook? ISU now has an ebook publishing platform called PressBooks which will help you format and publish your work. Contact RyanRandall@isu.edu or SpencerJardine@isu.edu to get started with Pressbooks at ISU.

You can also self-enroll in ISU’s OER Moodle course to receive announcements about upcoming Pressbooks trainings. The enrollment key is OAERISU.

Creating OER

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.

Incorporating OER

You've found some great OER. Now what? Meet with an instructional designer at the ITRC for help determining the accessibility of the OER you locate, incorporating OER into your course, and/or editing or remixing OER to work for your course.

Your Subject Librarian

Spencer Jardine

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Contact:

Eli M. Oboler Library, Room 327A
850 S. 9th Ave.,
Pocatello, ID, 83201-8089

(208) 282-5609

Subjects: Military Science, Political Science

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