Armacost Library: Faculty Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER): Adopt OER

Here are just a few resources to get you started. There are many, many more that your liaison librarian might recommend, but aren't listed here to prevent information overload.

OpenStax
Based at Rice University, OpenStax publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are free online and low cost in print. Texts are used in 56% of college and universities in the U.S. and over 100 countries.
Open Textbook Library
Inclusion Criteria:
-- Affiliated w/an academic institution, scholarly society, etc.
-- Downloadable (and thus uploadable to Moodle, printable, accessible offline and in perpetuity)
-- Textbooks may be changed and adapted
OASIS
Searches over 50 collections and includes textbooks, podcasts, audiobooks, and other course material. Searches can be limited by CC licenses and items reviewed by faculty.
BC Campus OpenEd
The B.C. Open Textbook Collection is home to a growing selection of open textbooks for a variety of subjects and specialties. Discover open textbooks that have been reviewed by faculty, meet our accessibility requirements, and/or include ancillary materials (quizzes, test banks, slides, videos, etc.).
MERLOT
A vast collection of OER
Cool4Ed
Primarily serves the educational needs of CA community colleges

Guidebook to Research on Open Educational Resources Adoption

Intended to provide ideas for how individual faculty and library faculty, instructional designers, etc. can research the effect of their adoption of open educational resources (OER). Summarizes and critiques several OER studies that have been done and may be a helpful additional resource for designing your own research study. Updates are available at http://openedgroup.org/review

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.