EGCC Libguides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Adopt

Open Textbook Adoption

The following resources provide guidance for effectively adopting open textbooks.

Adoption Guide – 2nd Edition by Lauri M. Aesoph
Publication Date: 2017
A reference guide for instructors, institutions, and students on adopting open textbooks

Adopt OER - CCCOER
This webpage from the Community College Consortium of OER (CCCOER) reviews five steps to OER adoption.

Open Textbook Adoption Worksheet
Created by Dr. Judy Baker, Director of the Community College Consortium for OERs, this worksheet offers a step-by-step process of finding and adopting an open textbook.

These resources relate to remixing or adapting OER for your specific course needs by revising or reordering content.

Adapt (Modify) an Open Textbook - BCcampus
A collection of guides, toolkits, and resources to help you modify your open textbook to fit your teaching goals
Creating a Remix on OER Commons
Demonstrates how to modify original OER in the OER Commons platform using the Open Author tool.
Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
A five-step guide for modifying an open textbook which includes instructions for importing and editing common open textbook platform types

EGCC librarians can help you find relevant OER and will work with you to determine their suitability for your course.

For additional assistance with OER, please contact library staff at libhelp@egcc.edu.

Open Attribution Builder
This is a tool to help you build attributions for OER provided by Open Washington.