Open Educational Resources: OER Training Resources

From EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, this short flyer covers a wide range of topics providing an introduction to OERs.

Covering a wide range of topics concerning OER, everything from the history of OERs to finding, assessing, creating and using OERs.

Developed by OpenStax, this brief lesson contains introductory information and tips for finding and creating OERs and resources that can be used.

This course covers introductory aspects including open licensing and public domain, provides practical guidance on locating and applying OER resources, and techniques for using OER in the classroom.

This course provides an introduction to the laws related to the use of OERs in a course. Includes activities such as finding OER content for use in a class and publishing OER works.

Interactive tool that estimates the influence that the adoption of OER will have on a number of variables for a university.

Developed by Maricopa Community Colleges, this short guide covers the important concept in the world of Creative Commons licenses of the difference between “collective works” and “derivative works.” Distinguishing between these types of use helps you determine how to provide appropriate attribution and licensing information.

NPC document providing basic info on how to create and use EPUBs in OERs.

This brief document was developed at NPC and contains introductory information to Open Education Resources as well as several well regarded sites to begin exploring OERs.

Tutorial for faculty to adopt OER. Maricopa Community College, Open Content to Transform the Classroom by Matthew Bloom.

List of resources for Creative Commons Licensing.

Groups within OER Commons, broken down by type, subject, and grade level.

This group is for all LibreNet consortium members. Main forum is for announcements only (users can't post). Each consortium member has a private subgroup where they can post.

Free webinars to help educators gain the skills necessary to shift to an open practice.

A first round of projects aimed at updating existing open textbooks authored in Pressbooks with infusions of interactive practice activities created with H5P software. The metaphor of “cooking with H5P and Pressbooks” in a kitchen was designed to reinforce the experimental practice, working / deviating from recipes, and the communal attributes of these familiar spaces. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and share examples from the first “spiced up” textbooks now available for use and reuse. What can be better than home cooking?

Libretexts Youtube channel which includes general tutorials, webinars from specific events, and more.

This website is designed to serve as a resource for educators interested in learning more about Open Pedagogy. We invite you to browse through the examples, which include both classroom-tested practices and budding ideas, and to consider contributing examples of your own experiments with open pedagogy.

CCCOER has an extensive archive of webinars about OER. New webinars are held in the spring and fall.

A five-step guide to adapting an open textbook, created by the Open Textbook Network.

This well-designed course by the Austin Community College District consists of 10 modules providing a detailed introduction to OER and can be completed in one sitting.

Includes sessions on OER Design, Authoring, and Remixing, as well as Including Students as Course Creators and Contributors, focusing on the free authoring environment, Open Author. Included are templates for design and authoring, as well as instructions for using the Open Author tool.

The goal of this accessibility toolkit is to provide resources for each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open textbook--one that is free and accessible for all students.

These handbooks help support the creation of accessible content and include resources for creating accessible web pages, presentations, documents, and more.

The Library Publishing Coalition's Professional Development Committee coordinates a regular webinar series to provide opportunities to share knowledge, discuss on-the-ground experiences, and build on community expertise.

Includes video, matrix of selected platforms, and links mentioned in the video. This session features live demos by expert users or creators of a selection of no-cost (some freemium) platforms and/or collaborative communities, including: VTechWorks, Merlot, Open Textbook Library, OER Commons, VT’s Odyssey learning object repository, Overleaf, Pressbooks, and Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation. 2 Hours.

From the College Libraries Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, this text details notable examples of the application of OER in higher education.

This is a 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.

This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.

The BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide is a reference for individuals or groups wanting to write and self-publish an open textbook. This guide provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook.

This practical guide created by BCcampus walks you through how you can customize an open textbook for your course. Read online or download a PDF.

The Open Education Conference (“OpenEd”) is an annual convening for sharing and learning about open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. This dynamic gathering celebrates the core values of open education that strive to realize education ecosystems that are accessible, affordable, equitable and inclusive to everyone, regardless of their background.

An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide. Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum.

A community for creating and modifying open textbooks.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation sponsors OER Research Fellowships to do research on the impact of open educational resources on the Cost of education, student success Outcomes, patterns of Usage of OER, and Perceptions of OER.

The OEN is a vibrant and supportive community that advances the use of open educational resources and practices. Members benefit from and contribute to the global open education ecosystem.