Why adaptation or adoption?

Many educators feel driven to create the “perfect” resources for their classes and it can be difficult put aside that perfection and use other people’s creations. However, the number, variety, and quality of OER available freely is such that any educator should be able to find resources they can readily (with or without adaptations) put to use within their classrooms. And adaptation or adoption of OER will almost always be more efficient than creating teaching materials from scratch.

Jan M. Pawlowski addressed one of the reasons behind this reluctance in his article, Emotional Ownership as the Key to OER Adoption.

More resources

For more information about how to adapt an open textbook from eCampusOntario’s Open Library, please visit the eCampusOntario Adapt an OER page by eCampusOntario.

For more complete information about and instructions on how to adapt an open textbook from BCcampus, please visit the BC Open Textbook Adaptation Guide by BCcampus.

For more complete information about and instruction on how to adopt an open textbook from BCcampus, please visit the BC Open Textbook Adoption Guide by BCcampus.

To search for open textbooks at eCampusOntario that are available for adoption and adaptation, please visit eCampusOntario’s Open Library.

For a list of open textbooks at BCcampus that have been evaluated and are available for adoption and adaptation, please visit BCcampus’ OpenEd.