Creating OER
Affordable Learning Georgia Tutorial: Creating and Modifying Open Educational Resources - this is an excellent tutorial on how to create your own OER and adapt others' OER to your course.
- Six Steps of Modifying an Open Textbook
- By Clint Lalonde, Aug 21, 2013 in Adapting & Adopting, BC Campus.
Guides on Creation Tools
- Open Education Self-Publishing GuideThe BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide is a reference for individuals or groups wanting to write and self-publish an open textbook.This guide provides details on the preparation, planning, writing, publication, and maintenance of an open textbook. Copyright, open-copyright licences, and the differences between citation and attribution are discussed as well as the importance of copy editing and proofreading. Checklists and templates are also provided. This guide replaces the BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide.
- Authoring Open Textbooks by the Open Textbook NetworkThis 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 organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.
- A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students (from the Open Textbook Network)A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources. This is a first edition, compiled by Rebus Community, and we welcome feedback and ideas to expand the text.
- SUNY Empire Authoring Tools GuideA clearinghouse of OER, including learning object repositories, open course repositories, scholarly repositories, open textbooks, and information about open learning/education in general.
- 80 Open Educational Resources toolsIncludes 80 online resources that you can use to learn how to build or participate in a collaborative educational effort that focuses on publication and development of those materials. Although some choices focus solely on publication, development, or tools used to accomplish either effort, some provide multifaceted venues that offer communities in which to collaborate on one or all of these efforts.
- Guide to Tools and Resources for OER Authors from the Open Access Textbooks projectA guide to authoring tools focusing on whether tools are free, allow collaboration, can create multiple kinds of outputs, and other important logistical questions.
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Creation Tools
- PressBooks"Easily create e-books, typeset PDFs, and web books. Choose from professionally designed book themes. One button publishing." Free and priced options.
- SoftChalkCan be used to create interactive tutorials and mash up text/media.
- Screencast-o-maticEasily record and edit videos of action on your computer screen.
