Open Educational Resources (OER)

There are three important steps involved with adopting an OER for your class:

eCampusOntario's Open Library is a great place to start if you are looking for textbooks.

There are a number of rubrics available to help you choose an OER, here are a few evaluation tools to consider:

• BCOER Librarians: Faculty Guide for Evaluating Open Education Resources (pdf)
• Achieve.org: Rubrics for Evaluating Open Education (OER) Objects (pdf)
• Open Oregon Educational Resources: Faculty checklist for evaluating course materials

Visit the "Find OER by Subject" section of this guide to find OER specific to your program area.

Every OER will outline the permissions granted for its reuse. Frequently, a Creative Commons licence is attached to OER:

Make sure you provide any attributions that may be required by the licence or creator.

There are different ways to share OER with your students.  Although linking to a resource is the most common, you may also be able to embed media resources, upload pdf versions, even order low-cost print copies!