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Cerritos College Library Resources & Support

ADAPTING & CREATING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (oer)

Creating OER and Combining Licenses

This video is intended to help you choose compatible resources and choose a valid license for your work.

OER Authoring Tools (UT Austin)

List of different platforms you can use to create your OER, ranging from beginner-friendly to more advanced. This list was curated by the UT Austin Library, but still applies to any faculty interested in developing OER.

OER Starter Kit Workbook (Iowa State University)

This workbook provides instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. The text is broken into five sections:

Getting Started
Copyright
Finding OER
Teaching with OER
Creating OER.

Authoring Open Textbooks

Includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.

ASCCC OER Style Guide

Comprehensive style and resource guide for creating OERs, with best practices for creating open textbooks, courses, videos, and other formats. It also includes an introduction to copyright and Creative Commons licensing.

LibreTexts Monthly Webinars

Free monthly webinars on the basics of how to LibreTexts resources. This is helpful because using LibreTexts has a little bit more of a learning curve compared to other OER platforms (OER Author, Canvas, etc).

LibreTexts Basics for Beginners
Authoring Your Own OER with OER Conductor
Customizing Existing OER for Your Courses Using LibreTexts
Introduction to ADAPT (free online homework and assessment platform)

Openstax Webinars

OpenStax, hosted by Rice University, publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed college textbooks that are absolutely free online and low cost in print. They regularly host webinars teaching you how to use their platform that are geared for beginners. They also have discipline-specific tutorials.

FINDING Open Educational Resources (OER)

The following OER collections are curated by California Community College faculty at different campuses:

ASCCC OERI Open Educational Resources by Discipline	List of open textbooks by discipline, curated by CCC faculty.
CC ECHO (California Consortium for Equitable Change in Hispanic Serving Institutions)	CCC faculty-created OERs for subjects that previously had zero or limited OERs available.
College of the Canyons OER Textbooks	A highly relevant collection of free online textbooks written by CCC faculty, divided by subject.
COOL4Ed (California Open Online Library for Education)	Find OERs for your specific course, either by searching its C-ID, or browsing the faculty showcase by discipline/institution.
OER Commons CA Community Colleges Hub	Searchable repository of OER textbooks and supplemental materials such as primary source resources, canvas shells, and activities. Most suitable for supplementing course material. All resources include the corresponding California Community Colleges C-ID number.