LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Adopting OER

OER Evaluation Resources

Achieve Rubric for Evaluating OER Objects
This is a summary of various rubrics from Achieve.org, a non-profit committed to raising graduation rates and getting graduate career ready.
AEM: What is Accessibility?
This site from the National Center on Accessible Education Materials provides information on accessibility considerations to take into account when selecting classroom materials.
CCCOER: Equity & Openness: Perspectives from North American Colleges and Universities
This site provides a series of blog posts from CCCOER on Equity considerations to take into account when adopting OER.
CCCOER: Five Steps to OER Adoption
This quick guide from CCCOER on selecting and adopting OER. Please note that some links are broken in the guide but tracked down and placed on this list.
Faculty Guide for Evaluating OER (PDF)
This handy checklist was created by the OER Librarians at BC Campus.
OER Evaluation Criteria (PDF)
This rubric was developed by Affordable Learning Georgia, adapted from College Open Textbooks.
Open Textbooks Review Criteria
This rubric was initially developed by BC Campus for peer review of OER, but is an excellent resource for evaluating textbooks for classroom adoption.

Print Books

Some of the hesitation with adopting OER is the belief that everything is online only. However, print books are still an option and they are typically low cost! For example, OpenStax books can be found on Amazon. Other large repositories work with publishers or make their books available through print-on-demand. The ASCCC-OERI has information on different printing options, including print-on-demand options. For more information about your options at CCC, contact Brooke Ramos.

Choose One Thing!

Adopting a new text can be overwhelming, especially if you also need to consider new homework systems, test banks, and other ancillaries. Start off by choosing one thing to change. It will still make a huge difference!

"How to Find and Evaluate OER" by Abbey Elder is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources

Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources by Olena Zhadko; Susan Ko
Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources is a practical guide that assists faculty and institutions looking to adopt and implement open educational resources (OER) and to foster meaningful, effective learning experiences through the course design process. Chapters loaded with tips, case examples, and guidance from practitioners advise readers through each step necessary for sustainable OER initiatives, from preliminary planning and course redesign through teaching, learning, and faculty development. Written by two authors with direct experience in training higher education professionals to use OER, this is a comprehensive resource for faculty, instructional designers, course developers, librarians, information technologists, and administrators hoping to rethink and refresh their curricula by moving beyond traditional textbooks.

Creative Commons License Information

Examples of Creative Commons Licenses
Creative Commons licensing provides various permissions for use, distribution, and the various 5R activities of OER under copyright law. This means that works are typically considered, "Some rights reserved," with these licenses. This link provides information on the different licenses and the various permissions they allow. If you have further questions about Creative Commons Licensing, contact Brooke Ramos - she's Creative Commons Certified!