About this Guide

This guide is a comprehensive roadmap and resource hub for educators and content creators working with Fanshawe’s OER Design Studio to create, adapt, and share high-quality open educational materials. This guide offers instructions, best practices, and insights on designing, developing, and distributing OER.

This guide is a work in progress and will be continually updated. This guide is one of a series of resources to support the development of OER at Fanshawe. See our other publications below.

A six-module introduction to open educational resources. This is the place to start if you are new to OER.

The Journey to Open is a resource cataloging the development and implementation of Fanshawe College’s Open Educational Resource initiative.

Accessibility Statement

We are actively committed to increasing the accessibility and usability of the textbooks we produce. Every attempt has been made to make this OER accessible to all learners and is compatible with assistive and adaptive technologies. We have attempted to provide closed captions, alternative text, or multiple formats for on-screen and offline access.

The web version of this resource has been designed to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, level AA. In addition, it follows all guidelines in Appendix A: Checklist for Accessibility of the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition.

In addition to the web version, additional files are available in several file formats, including PDF, EPUB (for eReaders), and MOBI (for Kindles).

If you have problems accessing this resource, please contact us at oer@fanshawec.ca.

Please include the following information:

  • The location of the problem by providing a web address or page description
  • A description of the problem
  • The computer, software, browser, and any assistive technology you are using that can help us diagnose and solve your issue (e.g., Windows 10, Google Chrome (Version 65.0.3325.181), NVDA screen reader)

 

Feedback

Please share any feedback you have about this guide with us at oer@fanshawec.ca

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