Open educational resources (OER)
Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials that are licensed in ways that allow individuals and institutions to reuse, adapt and modify the materials for their own use.
OERs can and do include full courses, textbooks, streaming videos, exams, software and any other materials or techniques that support learning.
Where to find open educational resources
- Open Education database resources
- Open Education textbook resources
- Contact your Liaison Librarian to assist you.
How to use open educational resources
Learn about Creative Commons license options, ask copyright@swinburne.edu.au if you're not sure
Depending on the licence, you can adopt or even adapt an open textbook (Cuillier, C. 2016. Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know. Open Education Network.)
How to create an OER
- Ask your publisher to make your ebook openly available
- Publish with Swinburne Studium (Pressbooks User Guide)
Swinburne is part of a group of 14 Universities, CAVAL Studium, publishing open textbooks using the Pressbooks platform - Contact your Liaison Librarian if you would like to know more.
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