This work constitutes a collection of guidance documents on all aspects of Open Educational Resources (OER) prepared by the STEM project teams from a number of Higher Education Academy/JISC OER pilot projects. These projects ran from May 2009 to April 2010, and this guidance is based on the teams' combined experiences working with practising academics over that time, to explore the issues surrounding OER production and release.

Though prepared by STEM subject centres, we believe the information here is suitable for all disciplines.

OER Guidance Documents

• User Guide to OER

• General introduction/FAQ and overview

• IPR Clearance

• Issues to consider on intellectual property rights, ownership and licensing

• Preparing, Packaging and Uploading Resources

• Steps required and guides on uploading to appropriate repositories

• Evaluation and Quality Assurance

• Why and how you should evaluate and QA your materials before release

• Release, Dissemination and Sustainability

• Information on releasing and ensuring long-term sustainability of your resources and the OER movement

There is also a release checklist for you to use before you release your resources as OER. 

Other Information

Resources produced through Phase I of the contributing projects

Contributing projects

JISC Infonet Open Educational Resources InfoKit [External link]

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