Libraries + Learning Commons: Open Educational Resources (OER): Create OER

There are two important steps to get started with creating your own OER:

1. Gather your ideas.

Begin by formulating a plan for the content you would like to develop and what format you will use (online module, textbook, etc.). Investigate what related OER already exists, visit the Find OER by Subject section of this guide or contact your library for help locating resources.

2. Contact your campus library.

Your campus library can advise you on how to get started and move through the creation process. We can help connect you with the right contacts, advise you on Creative Commons licensing, assist you with software, such as Pressbooks, and our Exploratory Digital Media Lab can provide equipment and space so you can create your own content.

More information on creating OER is available in the College Libraries Ontario's OER Faculty Toolkit

Tools for Creating OER

The following tools are useful for creating your own OER:

Open Author
Open Author provides a place where educators can build and share high-quality open educational resources (OER), such as courses, units, lessons, activities and presentations, to meet teaching and learning needs around the globe.
Pachyderm
Pachyderm is an easy-to-use multimedia authoring tool. Designed for people who have little or no multimedia authoring experience, Pachyderm is accessed through a web browser and is as easy to use as filling out a web form.
Pressbooks
Easily create ebooks, typeset PDFs, and webbooks. Choose from professionally designed book themes. One button publishing.
The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far) is a living repository of collective knowledge, written to equip all those who want to publish open textbooks with the resources they need. Representing two years of collaboration, innumerable conversations and exchanges, and a wide range of collective knowledge and experience, the Guide is a book-in-progress and will evolve and grow over time.
Softchalk
Create custom lessons by combining your own materials with interactive learning content. The mixture of personalized content, embedded assessment, and interactivity will increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes.
Steps to Submitting Your Material to eCampus' Open Library
Instructions on how to submit your material to eCampusOntario's Open Library
TED-Ed
Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk or YouTube video.
Versal
Versal is an open publishing platform for anyone to create interactive online courses - no coding required.
The Internet has connected all of us like never before. And yet, online learning is often one-dimensional - limited to videos and slide decks. It doesn’t have to be that way. Computers, and the modern Internet, are designed for interactivity.
WikiEducator
The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:
-planning of education projects linked with the development of free content
-development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning
-work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create OERs
-networking on funding proposals developed as free con