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Also see Pedagogy and Instructional Design<\/a>, Copyright<\/a>, and Open Education and Open Pedagogy<\/a> in this directory.<\/div>\r\n
This chapter presents practical resources about the adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER. It also has a cross-disciplinary lens, rather than being subsumed within Education.<\/div>\r\n
Last update: Mar 11\/24<\/div>\r\n

Case Studies<\/h1>\r\n\"This Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process<\/a> (CC BY 4.0)\r\n\r\nThis book of case studies is meant to aid faculty, librarians, administrators, and staff members as they attempt to make their work or others' work on Open Educational Resources (OER) matter in the tenure, promotion, and reappointment process at their institutions.\r\n

Guides<\/h1>\r\n\"\" Code of Best Practices in Fair Dealing for Open Educational Resources<\/a> (CC BY 4.0)\r\n\r\nThe Code of Best Practices in Fair Dealing for Open Educational Resources: A Guide for Authors, Adapters & Adopters of Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials in Canada was adapted from its U.S. counterpart, the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Open Educational Resources. The authors of the Canadian Code are indebted to the work of our U.S. colleagues and those who contributed to their process. While the Canadian Code has adopted the formatting and style of the U.S. version and is similar in scope and purpose, significant changes were necessary in order to address the Canadian legislative and legal context. As a result, the Canadian version is more than an adaptation, it is a new work that owes its underlying context and inspiration to the U.S. version.\r\n\r\nA Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students<\/a> \"This(CC BY)\r\n\r\nA handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.\r\n\r\n\"ThisZero Textbook Cost Degree Toolkit<\/a> (CC BY)\r\n\r\nA resource that provides an introduction of how to create a zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) program in Canada.\r\n

Monographs<\/h1>\r\nUsing Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice<\/a> (CC BY-NC)\r\n\r\nThis book explores the opportunities and challenges of moving the discussion about open educational resources (OER) beyond affordability to address structural inequities found throughout academia and scholarly publishing. OER have the potential to celebrate research done by marginalized populations in the context of their own communities, to amplify the voices of those who have the knowledge but have been excluded from formal prestige networks, and to engage students as co-creators of learning content that is relevant and respectful of their cultural contexts. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach and is filled with examples of the ways OER and open pedagogy can be used to support social justice in education. It covers a wide range of topics from theoretical critiques to multidisciplinary examples of OER development in practice to examinations of institutional support for OER development. The five sections of this book talk about theory and problematizing; open praxis; decolonizing learning in the Global South; scaling up with institutional policies (approaches); and building and decolonizing OER platforms. This book has print copies available for purchase, as well as a free digital edition.\r\n

Supplemental Resources<\/h1>\r\n\"\" Open Education Leadership Essentials Workshop-in-a-Box (CC BY 4.0)\r\n\r\nIn January 2020, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries\u2019 Open Education Working Group (CARL OEWG) held a two-day in-person Open Education Leadership Essentials workshop. This event brought together academic librarians from across Canada for an opportunity to build their open education leadership skills.\r\n\r\nThe CARL OEWG has repurposed the training materials and created the\u00a0Open Education Leadership Essentials Workshop-in-a-Box (OeLE WIAB)<\/a>. This\u00a0openly-licensed\u00a0<\/b>curriculum can be\u00a0adapted<\/b>\u00a0in whole or in part\u00a0<\/b>at the regional or institutional level.\r\n\r\nThe OeLE WIAB\u2019s learning materials currently exist on Google Drive to allow librarians and library workers to easily create copies and adapt the resources. The OeLE WIAB includes:\r\n