9 Content for Module 4
Image for Module 4
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Warm-Up Activity
Please watch this video and complete the following questionnaire before viewing the pre-recorded lecture for Module 4. This task is recommended, but not required and will take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
Video Attribution: Elder, A. (2017, December 28). Creating open educational resources: Tips for new creators [Video file]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV-HiWtMq1U / Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license
Questionnaire Questions
Your answers to this brief questionnaire will only be viewed by the program facilitators.
1. Have you ever adapted an OER?
- Yes
- No
2. Have you ever created an OER?
- Yes
- No
3. List any questions you have about adapting or creating OER that you hope will be answered in this module:
- Allow for open-ended responses
Pre-Recorded Lecture for Module 4: Adapting and Creating OER
After you complete the pre-recorded lecture content, you will be able to:
- Describe a structured project management framework for creating or adapting an OER
- List accessibility best practices for creating digital materials
- Describe common technologies used to develop or adapt OER
- Identify provincial and campus supports for OER projects
- Transcript to videos in pre-recorded lecture (new tab)
- Slides for Pre-recorded lecture (Google Slides – new tab)
Building Block Activity
Introduction:
During the pre-recorded lecture for Module 4, we discussed a common OER project management framework.
We would also like to highlight another set of OER project management resources that have been developed by the Rebus Community.
The Rebus Community is a non-profit organization that supports the development of OER, specifically open textbooks. They run the Textbook Success Program (new tab), which helps faculty, librarians, and other academic professionals learn how to manage large-scale OER creation projects.
Instructions:
For your last Building Block Activity, please review the following Rebus Community templates for managing an OER project (new tab). Select one of the templates and answer the following questions:
Questions for York Instructors:
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Which template did you select and why did it interest you?
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How would this template help you with managing your OER project?
Optional:
Please consider posting any questions that arise while completing the template to the below Forum.
Recommended Due Date:
[Due date]
Additional Resources
Creating OER:
- Aesoph, L.M. (2016). Adaptation guide. BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/
- Ashok, A., Wake Hyde, Z., & Schilling, K. (2022). The Rebus guide to publishing open textbooks (so far). Rebus Community. https://press.rebus.community/the-rebus-guide-to-publishing-open-textbooks/
- Elder, A. (2019). The OER starter kit. Iowa State University Digital Press. https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/
- Elder, A. (2019). Production of OER. Iowa State University. https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1Fn8ZnewHFLCqtwJaIPcajpbLMCH4jUkzk6KzzssPB44/edit
- Mays, E. (Ed). (2017, August 29). A guide to making open textbooks with students. Rebus Community. https://press.rebus.community/makingopentextbookswithstudents/
Accessibility and Inclusivity:
- BC Open Textbook Accessibility Toolkit:
- This open textbook helps OER content creators develop accessible resources. Of particular interest may be Appendix C: Inclusive Design Webinar Series & Appendix A: Checklist for Accessibility.
- Accessibility Fundamentals Course for Microsoft Products
- Introduction to Web Accessibility Course (free, by W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
Accessibility and Usability Considerations:
- Elder, A. K. (n.d.). Accessibility and Usability. In The OER starter kit. Iowa State University Digital Press. https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/chapter/accessibility/
Diversity and Inclusion:
- Elder, A. K. (n.d.). Diversity and Inclusion. In The OER starter kit. Iowa State University Digital Press. https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/chapter/diversity-inclusion/