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Open Educational Resources

Guide for SPU faculty to use in considering, adopting, revising, evaluating, and creating OER for their courses.

Adapting OER to Your Needs

One of the benefits of OER is that because of their open license, they can be customized to meet your course needs.

What might this look like for you?

Reorganize chapters in one open text to align with your content plan
Pull together chapters from several open texts to meet your course objectives
Add photos or examples to reflect local context and/or cultural heritage
Add your own content to a chapter, perhaps integrating the content with Christian faith in some way
Invite students to write examples/scenarios for an open text that reflect their local environment and/or heritage

Adaptation Guide
"A reference to adapting or revising an open textbook" by BCcampus Open Education
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need To Know
This short, open access book from the Open Education Network, walks faculty through the 5 steps of modifying/adapting an OER for your course.

Creating/Adapting Open Educational Resources

Interested in creating your own open textbook or other open educational resources?

Connect with John Robertson in Educational Technology and Media.

Authoring Open Textbooks
From the Open Education Network, this resource is an extensive manual for faculty authors, librarians, and anyone else working to create open textbooks.