Open Educational Resources (OERs)

This 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 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.

The 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.

Libretexts is a repository and editing layer that allows users to quickly adapt existing OERs for use and export to pdf. Widener faculty may use their SSO to get started

Companies like Motorola and ARM and educational organizations like the University of Minnesota use Foswiki (short for "free and open source") for its collaboration platform services, which are fully supported and integrated with bonus features like email, RSS, and MySQL

"Easily create e-books, typeset PDFs, and web books. Choose from professionally designed book themes. One button publishing." Free and priced options.

PubPub is a collaborative writing and publishing platform from MIT's Knowledge Futures group. The basic level for free allows for robust drafting, editing, and publishing features, as well as a URL at pubpub.org and e-mail support.

DSpace is an open source digital repository software system for research institutions. Sponsored by MIT Libraries & Hewlett-Packard Company, developers can use the DSpace Wiki to keep in touch with one another and to share and contribute code fixes and enhancements.