If you would like support on how to use OER in your course or if you're interested in adapting, adopting or creating an open textbook, email oer@mcmaster.ca. You can also use these faculty toolkits and resources to get started.
This practical resource from BCcampus Open Education provides information on how to adapt or revise an open textbook so that it better fits an instructor's course needs.
This webinar presented by Cheryl Cuillier, Open Education Librarian, University of Arizona, shares a wealth of resources on adopting, adapting or creating OER.
A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.
This is a five-step guide for faculty, and those who support faculty, who want to modify an open textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.
This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER.
The OER Starter Kit Workbook includes worksheets to help instructors practice the skills they need to confidently find, use, or even create open educational resources (OER).
This toolkit, available from The Learning Portal, College Libraries Ontario, provides information and tools to help faculty and library staff across all publicly funded colleges in Ontario to understand, engage with, and sustain OER in their work and practice.
This guide will familiarize users to Pressbooks, an online software that enables authors and publishers to format any kind of book or similar resource e.g., textbooks, style guides, workbooks, etc.
"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."