Embedded Files
Have you adopted or created an OER? Let the library know through the OER/Library-Licensed Material (LLM) Reporting Form!
Have you adopted or created an OER? Let the library know through the OER/Library-Licensed Material (LLM) Reporting Form!
Understanding Creative Commons
Understanding Creative Commons
Image Attribution: Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons (CC) is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creative works and knowledge through their CC licenses. They allow work to be reused without permission when certain conditions are fulfilled. There are four conditions (BY, SA, NC, and ND) and their works can be licensed in six different ways. See the chart to the left to learn more.
CC for Adopting: You are allowed to reuse an OER or other work with a CC license without permission as long as conditions of the license are followed.
CC for Creating: You can freely share your work and keep your copyright. The most common way to make your work an OER is to add a CC license to it. The license you choose describes conditions for your work to be shared, distributed or remixed.
{Florida Atlantic Unversity Libraries. (2022). Open Educational Resources. https://libguides.fau.edu/c.php?g=687775&p=9088379}
{Florida Atlantic Unversity Libraries. (2022). Open Educational Resources. https://libguides.fau.edu/c.php?g=687775&p=9088379}
OER Repositories
OER Repositories
These repositories are full of OERs waiting to be adopted and used for your classes:
These repositories are full of OERs waiting to be adopted and used for your classes:
Multidisciplinary:
Multidisciplinary:
Specialized Repositories:
Specialized Repositories:
COERLL: Focuses on open source language resources
NOBA: Focuses on open source psychology and human development resources
SmARThistory: Focuses on open source art history resources
Authoring OERs
Authoring OERs
Platforms
Platforms
Pressbooks: Create eBooks and books in print
Open Author (OERCommons): Create OERs, lesson plans, and courses
Overleaf: Free basic book template services
Guides to Authoring OERs
Guides to Authoring OERs
Authoring Open Textbooks by Melissa Falldin and Karen Lauritsen
The OER Starter Kit by Abbey Elder
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know by Cheryl Cullier, Amy Hofer, Annie Johnson, Kathleen Labadorf, Peter Potter, Richard Saunders, and Anita Walz
Guide to Developing Open Textbooks by Andrew Moore and Neil Butcher
BCcampus Open Education's Self-Publishing Guide by Lauri Aesoph
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