Modular OERs: Designing Open Textbooks for Flexibility and Adaptability
Channel: ISU Libraries
Date: 2021-03-04

In this session, the authors of Write What Matters, OPAL fellows for the Idaho State Board of Education, share best practices for creating a modular open education resource. We used the state general education outcomes and partnered with the Idaho State Board of Education and Rebus to create a resource in Pressbooks that is modular, open, accessible, and relatable to a variety of audiences including students in first year composition courses, dual credit students, and students in first year experience courses as well as more advanced students in literature and analysis courses. Rather than focusing on an institution-specific resource with a single “voice,” we chose to create a book that incorporated a variety of existing open education resources while also preserving the original authors’ voices. The book is enhanced with H5P exercises, ready-made essay and discussion prompts for instructors, and video resources helpful to students. The book (still in beta form) is available here: https://idaho.pressbooks.pub/write/. We created and piloted the book in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are excited to share what we learned in the process and to explain how OERs like the one we created can benefit students in rural states, especially in times of crisis.

Presenters: Amy Minervini, Lewis-Clark State College; Liza Long, College of Western Idaho; Joel Gladd, College of Western Idaho

This video was recorded 3/4/21 as part of Idaho Open Education Week.

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