LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Free the Textbook: Evaluating &amp; Creating OER

Using OER

Set aside time: Searching for OER takes time & persistence, just like research.
Look at your current text: Is your current textbook available through the library databases?
Locate an OER text: Check to see if a whole OER textbook already exists for your course.
Browse open repositories: Browse several repositories to see what content is available
Supplement: Look at your learning objectives and find different materials for different topics.
Ask for help: Call a librarian to get help. You can do this at anytime!

Faculty Evaluation Guide
From the BC Open Campus, provides an excellent checklist and suggestions for evaluating OER in your course.
OER Evaluation Tool Handbook (from Achieve)
This handbook has been designed to walk a user through the process of evaluating an online resource using the Achieve Open Education Resources Rubrics.
Open Educational Resources: Selection Criteria & Evaluation of OER
Includes sample rubrics and evaluation tools

6 Steps to Modifying an Open Textbook
Creating and Modifying OER (Tutorial)
The OER Starter Kit Workbook
The OER Starter Kit Workbook is a remix of the OER Starter Kit to include worksheets to help instructors practice the skills they need to confidently find, use, or even create open educational resources (OER). We welcome instructors, librarians, instructional designers, administrators, and anyone else interested in OER to explore the OER Starter Kit Workbook.
OER Handbook for Educators