This edition of Foundations of OER by Jessica Norman, is made available in 2022 by the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. The SAIT name and SAIT logo are not included within this licence and may not be reproduced without the prior and express written permission of Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.

The cover image was adapted from a wavy dots vector graphics file from publicdomainvectors.org available under a Creative Commons No Rights Reserved licence.

This work was adapted from The OER Starter Kit by The University of Alberta Library and  The OER Starter Kit, by Abbey Elder, Iowa State University, both available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Additional adapted resources

Introduction to Open Educational Resources, “Benefits for Instructors” was adapted from the SUNY OER Community Course, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Copyright & Open Licensing, “Licensing” and “Public Domain” were adapted in part from UH OER Training by Billy Meinke, University of Hawai’i Outreach College, and collaborators, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Evaluating OER was adapted from the Affordable Learning Georgia Selecting Textbooks webpage.

Diversity & Inclusion was adapted from Including all students by SUNY OER Services, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Planning & Completing Your OER Project was adapted from UH OER Training by Billy Meinke and University of Hawai’i Outreach College, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Tools & Techniques for Creating OER was adapted from the SPARC Open Education Primer by the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Accessibility & Usability was adapted from the Affordable Learning Georgia Accessibility webpage and UH OER Training by Billy Meinke and University of Hawai’i Outreach College, licensed CC BY 4.0.

Teaching with OER was adapted from the University of British Columbia’s Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE), licensed CC BY 4.0

Licences for images, videos, and other resources are noted within each chapter.