Open Educational Resources: OER Authoring & Citing

Simple advice from an OER content creator

List of tools for development, publication, and/or collaboration in the creation of open educational resources

Tips for authoring or customizing OER content. Focused on University of Southern Georgia, but applicable for any higher education environment

Includes links and descriptions for both free and commercial online authoring tools, with a focus on accessibility. Free tools include FLOE, Pachyderm, MERLOT Content Builder, Connexions Authoring, and Open Author. Commercial tools include SoftChalk and the Soomo Learning Environment

This research guide contains links to tools and resources for creating open educational resources. One can also connect to OER authoring and publishing tools from the navigation links on the left side of the page.

This research guide thoroughly covers the topic of OER creation. Navigation links on the left side of the home page go to information on accessibility, finding open images & multimedia, using existing content, tracking an OER's impact, etc.

This guide contains step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types.

This website by OER Commons provides a platform on which educators can create or remix open educational resources.

This blended content learning platform provides tools and content so that educators may create unique, engaging learning experiences.

This page from the University of Hawaii (UH) OER Training Workbook shows the OER creator how to license a work with a Creative Commons license.

As the name implies, this guide is under continual modification and is, according to the website, "...a living repository of collective knowledge, written to equip all those who want to publish open textbooks with the resources they need."

An especially useful feature is the OER Authoring Tools tab located near the top of this LibGuide. It contains links for creating text, image, or audio open educational resources.