Below are each accessibility checklists created by various organizations and institutions. You can use one or all of these checklists to determine whether the OER you are creating or adopting is accessible. It is recommended that you check for accessibility as you go rather than at the end to avoid having to redo your work.
The quality and accuracy of an open textbook can be addressed in a variety of ways. Here are some models that are currently used:
By Author Invitation: Authors invite and coordinate peers to review their work before publication. This review can be private or public, for example in the form of letters that are published with the text. There may be modest funding to pay reviewers for their time.
Via Publisher: Project managers send the textbook, or portions of the textbook, to reviewers. There may be modest funding to pay reviewers for their time. Common turn-around times range from 2 weeks to one month. The process may be blind or open.
Student Tested: Some faculty test their textbook in the classroom and incorporate student feedback. This method means that authors can hear directly from their key audience about what’s working and what isn’t.
Open Textbook Library: Faculty who teach at Open Textbook Network member institutions are invited to review published textbooks using a rubric. The reviews are public and unedited.
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