Library: OER: Open Educational Resources: OER Evaluation Criteria

At a glance

Formal rubrics can help you determine whether an open educational resource is right for your purposes.

At first glance, however, keep the following elements in mind:

Quality	Appropriateness	Technical
Peer Review available or used	Content is accurate	High technical quality (clear visuals, high production value)
Reputation of author/ institution is transparent	Sources are identified and cited	Stable access to content (no broken links or barriers to access)
Pedagogical methods are sound	Some alignment with a learning outcome or course objective	Clear licensing declaration (Creative Commons License present, in the Public Domain, etc.)
Allows for customization or refinement	Appropriate reading/ domain level for your students	License to remix or share again

This resource was adapted from Kirkwood Community College Library's guide on open textbooks and Sarah Crissinger's OER Evaluation Checklist.

Austin Community College OER Checklist
BC Campus Faculty Guide for Evaluating Open Educational Resources (PDF)
This guide is a creation of the BCOER, a group of BC postsecondary librarians working together to support the use of quality Open Educational Resources (OER). It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Pierce College POP Rubric
Click on the link for POP Rubric. These are criteria for evaluating an open course, not a single resource.

Achieve OER Rubrics
"To help states, districts, teachers, and other users determine the degree of alignment of Open Educational Resources (OER) to college- and career-ready standards and to determine other aspects of quality of OER, Achieve has developed eight rubrics in collaboration with leaders from the OER community. "

Rubric: Questions to Ask About the OER...
This rubric is developed by Sarah Morehouse with help from Mark McBride, Kathleen Stone, and Beth Burns is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.