Resources to help make OERs accessible through methods like optimizing for screen readers, using accessible fonts and colors, and other best practices.
A platform for sharing open educational resources created and adopted by faculty from Massachusetts Public Higher Education Institutions. Excellent support content, including tutorials on how to create OER using the Open Mass platform.
Very popular decentralized platform that uses a simple book formatting software. There may be some cost involved - check with your library to determine whether UMass Lowell has a subscription. Includes ability to add quizzes and format books for print.
Another popular platform developed by the CUNY Graduate Center, the University of Minnesota Press, and Cast Iron Coding. Open source underneath, and used by some large systems to host their textbooks.
Another popular platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER); also used by many school districts and higher ed organizations.
The Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative grew out of recommendations from the Commissioner’s OER Work Group and aims to expand OER use on campuses and provide advice and counsel to the DHE for statewide implementation.
Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens.
Culturally Relevant Open Textbooks for High Enrollment General Education Courses and Career and Professional Courses at Six Public Massachusetts Colleges
