Welcome
Welcome to NSCC Libraries Pressbooks.
NSCC encourages the adoption, adaptation and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in order to increase innovation in teaching and learning while decreasing costs for students.
OER DEFINED
Creative Commons defines OER as teaching, learning, and research materials that are either (a) in the public domain or (b) licensed in a manner that provides everyone with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:
Retain / Reuse / Revise / Remix / Redistribute.
Find an Open Textbook
Search the collection of NSCC Open Textbooks.
Search for books on all Pressbooks Networks
[includes other post-secondaries]
Email copyright@nscc.ca for more information about open textbooks and Pressbooks at NSCC.
We would love to help you learn more about Pressbooks and how you can become a NSCC OER Champion.
Find OER to Adopt or Adapt
REQUEST A CURATED LIST OF OER — Complete the NSCC Curated OER List Request Form
Start Searching Yourself: Links and Search Tips
Or try this OER search tool!
Resources for Adopting, Adapting or Creating
Helpful how-to guides published by BCcampus & Rebus:
Adopting
Adapting
Writing
- Self-Publishing Guide (Writing an Open Textbook)
- The Rebus Guide to Publishing Open Textbooks (So Far)
- A Guide to Making Open textbooks with Students
Accessibility