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OERs: College of Health Sciences and Human Performance

Adapt OER

BCCampus OpenED: 6 Steps to modifying an Open Textbook , Six steps and detailed instructions on how to modify an open textbook for your course.

BCcampus : Faculty OER Toolkit, “The Faculty OER Toolkit is an information resource about and guide to adapting and adopting Open Educational Resources. Included are definitions and examples, information about Creative Commons licensing, and tips on how to adapt and/or adopt OER for classroom use.”

Rebus Community: Modifying an Open Textbook: What you need to know , “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.”

SUNY OER Services: SUNY OER ready-to-adopt courses

LUMEN: Catalog , “Looking to replace expensive textbooks? Explore our ready-to-teach OER courses:”

Create OER

Iowa State University Digital Press: The OER Starter Kit , “This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER).”

CUNY : 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.”

Rebus Community: Authoring Open Textbooks , “Book Description: 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.”