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Guide to using Pressbooks OER creation platform for URI faculty and staff.

Open Educational Resources (OER) Guides

For developing your OER knowledge, check out these freely available guides:

 

The OER Starter Kit, by Abbey Elder 

https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/ 

 

University of Toronto Open Textbook Toolkit

https://openetext.onlinelearning.utoronto.ca/ 

 

Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far) 

https://press.rebus.community/the-rebus-guide-to-publishing-open-textbooks/

 

Rhode Island College OER LibGuide, by Dragan Gill 

https://library.ric.edu/oer 

 

College of the Canyons Guide to OER/ZTC for Faculty (ZTC=Zero Textbook Cost) 

https://www.canyons.edu/academics/onlineeducation/ztc/ztcforfaculty.php 

 

CC ECHO OER Specialist Course – Case Study

https://www.cccoer.org/case-studies/cc-echo-oer-specialist-course-case-study/ 

 

BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide 

https://opentextbc.ca/selfpublishguide/ 

 

OER 101: How to Use Open Educational Resources 

Public-facing version of an online course from Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. 

https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1530850 

 

UBC Open Textbook Publishing Guide 

https://open.ubc.ca/open-textbook-publishing-guide/

 

 

Musselman Library Libguide: Open Education, by Janelle Wertzberger 

https://libguides.gettysburg.edu/opened/home 

See especially, Accessibility guide: https://libguides.gettysburg.edu/c.php?g=1025503&p=9511330

 

 

University of Minnesota Open Textbook Publishing Orientation

https://canvas.umn.edu/courses/377173

 

 

Authoring Open Textbooks, by Melissa Falldin and Karen Lauritsen

https://pressbooks.pub/authoropen/

 

Georgia State University Library OER Course

https://research.library.gsu.edu/OERcourse

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