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Open Educational Resources (OER) for Faculty

The nuts and bolts of OER-- what it is, how to use it, and why.

Creating OER

If you are interested in creating your own OER, feel free to use any of these resources:

Accessibility Toolkit, 2nd Edition

Guidelines on how to create an open textbook accessible for all learners.

Authoring Open Textbooks

A book designed for authors of open textbooks. Includes checklists and tips on how to produce your own textbook.

Five Rules of Textbook Development

Manifold Scholarship

A digital book publishing platform for open texts and for the creation and sharing of student work.

OER Commons Hubs

A customized space for groups to create and share collections associated with a project or institution.

OER Commons Open Author Tool

Guidelines for publishing your own OER, with editing and remixing features.

The OER Starter Kit

This book will help you get started in designing and publishing OER.

Open Washington

Provides a short workshop to learn about OER, links to OER resources (many already on this LibGuide), an attribution builder, and OER stories.

Pressbooks

Learn how to publish an open textbook on your own server.

Licensing Your OER

Ensure that your work is appropriately licensed through Creative Commons.

There are 6 types of Creative Commons licenses. Use the Creative Commons License Chooser to help decide the best license for your work. 

OER Funding Opportunities

Hewlett Foundation

Awarding large-scale OER grants since 2002

Open Educational Resources Grant Program

Funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Open Textbooks Pilot Program

Awards from the U.S. Department of Education