Book Title: Open Voices, Just Choices: OER for Social Justice Faculty Handbook
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Book Description: Open Voices, Just Choices: OER for Social Justice Faculty Handbook is a practical guide for faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and educational developers creating or adapting open educational resources (OER). Covering every stage of the OER lifecycle—from planning and copyright to accessibility, inclusive design, Pressbooks, H5P, open pedagogy, publishing, and sustainability—the handbook combines evidence-based practices with practical tools, templates, and examples to help educators create engaging, student-centered learning experiences.
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Open Voices, Just Choices: OER for Social Justice Faculty Handbook is a comprehensive guide to designing, developing, adopting, and sustaining open educational resources that promote accessibility, inclusion, and student success. Created through the OER for Social Justice (OERFSJ) initiative, the handbook supports faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and educational developers with practical guidance for every stage of the OER lifecycle, including instructional design, copyright and open licensing, accessibility, Pressbooks authoring, H5P interactive learning activities, implementation, assessment, open pedagogy, and continuous improvement.
Designed for both experienced and first-time OER creators, the handbook includes adaptable templates, checklists, examples, and faculty resources that simplify the development process while encouraging equitable, learner-centered teaching practices. Whether creating a new open textbook or adapting an existing resource, readers will find practical strategies for developing engaging, inclusive, and sustainable OER that support diverse learners and expand access to education.
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This book is a cloned version of Doing the Work: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Open Educational Resources by Heather Blicher, Abbey Gaterud, Valencia Scott, Veronica Vold, Michaela Willi Hooper, and Stephanie Lenox, published using Pressbooks under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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Open Voices, Just Choices: OER for Social Justice Faculty Handbook Copyright © 2025 by Theresa Huff and Karna Younger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Open learning, distance education
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Open Voices, Just Choices: OER for Social Justice Faculty Handbook Copyright © 2025 by Theresa Huff and Karna Younger is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.