Open Educational Resources (OER), Information for Faculty

Faculty Guide for Evaluating Open Educational Resources

• This checklist of features to consider when selecting an OER is provided by the BC (British Columbia) OER Librarians.

Open Textbook Quality Criteria / Ancillary Material Quality Criteria

• Affordable Learning Georgia provides a slightly longer checklist that also includes ancillary materials.

OER Evaluation and Selection Criteria

• Zhadko & Ko from CUNY provide this list of criteria. 

Course Material Evaluation Worksheet

• Anita Walz of Virgina Tech put together this robust rubric for OER course material selection and evaluation.

Open Textbook Library Criteria for OERs

• The Open Education Network (OEN) provides this list of 10 criteria to apply to textbooks under consideration for adoption.