Licensing and Attribution

Attribution and Adaptation Statement

Palomar Guide to OER and Pressbooks was developed from a combination of previously adapted open educational resources and newly developed content based on Palomar College’s OER and instructional design work.

This statement identifies the openly licensed resources that were adapted and distinguishes that material from the new content created specifically for this guide.

Resources Adapted for This Guide

Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Introduction to Open Educational Resources, adapted by Kelly Falcone for Palomar College, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), except where otherwise noted.

This resource provided foundational content related to open educational resources, including concepts such as finding OER, evaluating resources, Creative Commons licensing, attribution, adaptation, and remixing.

Introduction to Open Educational Resources was itself adapted from earlier openly licensed works. Its complete attribution history is available in the attribution statement for Introduction to Open Educational Resources.

Palomar Pressbooks User Guide

Palomar Pressbooks User Guide is a Palomar adaptation of the Pressbooks User Guide created by Pressbooks and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), except where otherwise noted.

This resource provided foundational information related to developing, organizing, formatting, and publishing content in Pressbooks.

New Content Created for This Guide

This guide is not simply a combination of the two resources above. Substantial new content was created specifically to support Palomar College faculty.

The new content was informed by:

• questions faculty frequently ask about finding, adopting, adapting, creating, and using OER;
• feedback and experiences shared by Palomar faculty and OER authors;
• professional development workshops offered at Palomar;
• Palomar’s CALM OER training course;
• existing Palomar faculty guides and support resources; and
• the instructional design and OER experience of the author, Kelly Falcone.

The organization of the book around faculty questions, the course-first approach to OER development, the Palomar-specific workflows and resources, and the integration of OER development with course design were developed specifically for this guide.

Adapted and Newly Developed Content

This guide incorporates and adapts content from existing open educational resources while adding substantial new content developed specifically for this guide. The following provides a concise overview of the primary sources and new contributions within each chapter.

• Chapter 1: Why Should I Consider Using OER in My Course?
  • Adapted: OER definitions, benefits, open licensing, and the broader practice of sharing and adapting educational resources from Introduction to Open Educational Resources.
  • Newly developed: Course-first framing, faculty control of learning materials, Palomar context and support, publishing-team approach, and AI guidance.
• Chapter 2: What Should I Do Before I Look for an OER Textbook?
  • Newly developed: COR-first course planning, course mapping, identifying learning needs before selecting materials, and using the course map to guide the OER search.
• Chapter 3: Where Can I Find OER for My Course?
  • Adapted: OER repositories, search strategies, and evaluation concepts from Introduction to Open Educational Resources; Pressbooks discovery concepts from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Course-map-driven searching, Palomar resources, finding OER beyond the Pressbooks Directory, tracking resources, and AI-assisted comparison.
• Chapter 4: How Do I Know If I Can Use and Change an OER?
  • Adapted: Creative Commons licenses, attribution, TASL, attribution versus citation, adaptation, remixing, and license compatibility from Introduction to Open Educational Resources.
  • Newly developed: Practical licensing workflow, attribution record, decision checks, and AI-assisted license interpretation and verification.
• Chapter 5: Should I Adopt, Adapt, Remix, or Create OER?
  • Adapted: Concepts of adapting, remixing, creating, and building upon OER from Introduction to Open Educational Resources.
  • Newly developed: Adopt-adapt-remix-create decision process, use of existing faculty materials, AI-assisted comparison, and OER Development Plan.
• Chapter 6: How Do I Develop My OER?
  • Adapted: OER project planning, creation, attribution, and accessibility concepts from Introduction to Open Educational Resources; content preparation concepts from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Platform-neutral development workflow, four-pass development process, collaboration, front and back matter planning, and AI-assisted development.
• Chapter 7: How Do I Build My OER in Palomar Pressbooks?
  • Adapted: Pressbooks organization, cloning, importing, Word workflows, book structure, publishing formats, and related platform concepts from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Palomar Book Template workflow, production-strategy guidance, AI-generated Pressbooks HTML workflow, and Palomar-specific support pathways.
• Chapter 8: How Do I Make My OER Accessible?
  • Adapted: Accessibility and usability concepts from Introduction to Open Educational Resources; Pressbooks accessibility practices and tools from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Integrated accessibility workflow, multiple-format considerations, human and automated review, Palomar support, and AI-assisted accessibility review.
• Chapter 9: How Do I Know My OER Is Ready?
  • Newly developed: Comprehensive pre-publication review, course alignment, peer review, publishing-team review, licensing and accessibility verification, and final readiness checklist.
• Chapter 10: How Do I Publish and Share My OER?
  • Adapted: Pressbooks publishing, public access, export, and distribution concepts from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Palomar publishing and sharing workflow, discoverability, student access, departmental and OER-community sharing, and AI-assisted communication.
• Chapter 11: How Do I Turn My OER Into a Complete Learning Experience?
  • Adapted: Broad teaching-with-OER concepts from Introduction to Open Educational Resources.
  • Newly developed: Course-map-driven ancillary development, human interaction, Canvas integration, Palomar course-design resources, AI-assisted ancillary creation, and complete-learning-experience framework.
• Chapter 12: How Do I Keep My OER Current?
  • Adapted: Ongoing revision and updating concepts from the Palomar Pressbooks User Guide.
  • Newly developed: Student-informed improvement, maintenance routines, revision tracking, accessibility and attribution rechecks, collaborative maintenance, and AI-assisted review.