Resources

Case Studies

• Canadian Health Geographers Share Virus Risk Maps with Public Before Publishers | SPARC
• The Evolution of Affordable Content Efforts in the Higher Education Environment: Programs, Case Studies, and Examples | University of Minnesota
• Guidelines on the development of open educational resources policies
• Open Educational Resources and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice | UNESCO & Commonwealth of Learning
• Reports and Case Studies

Testimonials

• Aila Khan (video testimonial)
• Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu (video testimonial)
• Jess Richards (video testimonial)
• Jess Richards (written testimonial)

Books

• Accessibility Toolkit | BCcampus Open Education
• Adaption Guide | BCcampus Open Education
• Adoption Guide | BCcampus Open Education
• Authoring Open Textbooks | Open Education Network
• Demonstration Book for the Publishing Open Textbooks Workshop | Iowa State University
• Enhancing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) in Open Educational Resources (OER) | University of Southern Queensland
• Faculty OER Toolkit| BCcampus Open Education
• A Guide to Creative Commons | Western Sydney University Library
• A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students | Rebus Community
• OER Activity Sourcebook | University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know | Open Education Network
• Pressbooks User Guide | Pressbooks
• The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far) | Rebus Community
• Self-Publishing Guide | BCcampus Open Education
• Western Open Book Open Textbook Style Guide | Western Sydney University Library

Guides

• Australian Government Style Manual
• The CAUL OER Collective Publishing Workflow
• Open Educational Resources (OER) guide

Websites

• Western Open Books – Learn about this Western Sydney University initiative, the benefits of adopting or creating an open text, and browse the catalogue.
• Pressbooks Directory – Free, searchable directory of public books created and published via the Pressbooks Authoring and Editing Platform. The Directory includes public domain literature, CC BY open textbooks, and a vast variety of Open Educational Resources (OER) published along the licence spectrum. Learn more about using the Pressbooks Directory.
• Library catalogue – Discover WSU open textbooks via the Library catalogue, e.g., search for the title ‘Customer Insights’ (by Aila Khan) and filter it by ‘Books, eBooks, Videos, and more’. You should see it listed in the search results as an Open Educational Resource or ‘Book’ type
• The Mason OER Metafinder (MOM) – This search tool allows users to perform a real-time, federated search of more than 20 different sources of open educational materials, including OpenStax, OER Commons, MERLOT, and other repositories that contain public domain and openly licensed material. The search tool is maintained by librarians at George Mason University.

Forms

• Checklist for Accessibility (Word download)
• Checklist for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (Word download)
• Checklists for planning your project (Word download)
• Initial Consultation Checklist (Word download)
• OER Content Tracker (Excel download)
• OER Development Worksheet (Word download)
• OER Evaluation Checklist
• Open Textbook Checklist (Library FAQ)
• Record of Permissions (Excel download)
• Self-Publishing Checklists
• Western Open Books Initial Consultation Checklist (Word)
• Western Open Books Pre-Publication Checklist for Authors (Word)

Support

• Introduction to PressbooksEDU and CC Licensing (PowerPoint)
• Library FAQs
• Multimedia Exemplars
• Pressbooks Knowledge Base

Further reading

• Create Interactive Content with H5P | Pressbooks
• The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics | International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• Licensing and attribution | Western Sydney University Library
• Mythbusting Open Educational Materials | Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
• OER Activity Sourcebook: an Interactive Resource Guide (in progress) | University of Wisconsin
• OER Mythbusting | SPARC
• OER in Tenure and Promotion Matrix | DOERS3
• Open Educational Resources Mythbusting | Creative Commons
• Pressbooks Guides and OER Resources | Pressbooks
• Pressbooks Template: Post-Formatting | IAState
• Support Multilingual Publications | Pressbooks
• Use Shortcodes | Pressbooks

Communities of Open Educational Practice (CoP)

• Academic Authors Community of Practice | CAUL OER Collective
• Australasian Open Educational Practice SIG (OEP-SIG) | ASCILITE
• OER Digest | SPARC
• Pressbooks Community Forum | Pressbooks
• Scholarly Communication Discussion Group | ACRL
• SPARC Open Education Forum | SPARC