Creating an OER learning object can be as easy as typing text into a word document, attaching a Creative Commons (CC) license, and publishing on a digital platform. There are many free tools to create original OER that can enrich your courses.

OER Commons Open Author is a free online suite of OER lesson development tools offered by OER Commons. It is one of the easiest ways to get started in creating your own open educational resources.

OER created with Open Author reside in OER Commons, a teaching and learning network that provides organized access to high quality resources, information and tools. Open Author resources may be exported in a variety of formats for use in a course management system (CMS) or for presentations, and they may be printed for easy reference.

Self-Publishing Guide a BCcampus Open Education reference for writing and self-publishing an open textbook by Lauri M. Aesoph

H5P is a web-based application that allows you to create rich interactive, gradable activities. Cal State Fullerton has adopted H5P content authoring as an integral part of TITANium.

With H5P you can engage more of your learners' interest, senses, and learning styles to improve academic outcomes by easily using text and multimedia in unique ways! H5P gives images, videos, and text-based quizzes INTERACTIVITY! For example, build fully interactive video lessons using YouTube source material, complete with branching navigation and knowledge checks; image-and/or- text-based games, modules, and quizzes; or more robust applications, such as complete presentations and lessons rich in multimedia and built-in quizzes.

Benefits of H5P

• Integrated into TITANium (can be used several ways)

• Completely FREE, stable and open source

• Usable outside of TITANium by registered users at NO COST

• A large array of useful applications, from the simple to the multi-functional

• Shallow learning curve; easily create and use H5P apps

• Based completely on responsive HTML5 and JavaScript code!

Use H5P as part of your course and grade book (TITANium integration) or simply use it to spice up your course materials. Visit H5P's website getting started to learn more about how to use the free program.

eXeLearning website is a streamlined and user-friendly open source e-Learning authoring software. It is free for anyone to download and use. eXeLearning is a versatile lesson building environment, with many of the same features found in SoftChalk or similar expensive commercial software. With eXeLearning, you can create rich, interactive, SCORM-compliant lessons that leverage the power of HTML5, and there is no cost to use it! Here is a simple example tutorial that explains eXeLearning in more detail, which was created with eXeLearning, to demonstrate some the capabilities of this authoring software. Click eXeLearning website link to open resource.

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