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Keith Kurtz Post 1

• 11 June 2018, 2:15 AM

Adapting by Editing and Merging Resources

I teach a course in Technology Project Management. We are looking at replacing our textbook with OER Resources. So far, none that I have looked at seem quite right (for me, anyway).  Many are quite good.  It looks like I will be combining various resources in order to fit the course that I think I should be teaching.  

I like to incorporate a certain amount of case study in this course and will be on the lookout for well written cases to support and illustrate the topics being presented.

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Steven Secord Post 2 in reply to 1

• 11 June 2018, 4:53 PM

Keith, I am in a similar situation for some Faculty of Education courses I'm teaching this coming year with the exception that I cannot find anything that already exists, good or bad. 

Like you I'm planning on combining various resources, which I've done in the past using a website. I'm thinking of doing something similar this year, possibly with a Pressbook. Do you have any plans on how to put it all together yet?

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Keith Kurtz Post 3 in reply to 2

• 12 June 2018, 11:53 PM

No specific plans.  I would like to keep it simple.  I have an idea how I would like for the course to be organized.  Perhaps I can find text material on each of those topics and put it all together in Microsoft Word.  I could then distribute it in a variety of ways, including as a downloadable PDF.  

My best guess is that it won't be that easy, but we will see.  I have a colleague who is interested in this approach and will be teaching the course in the fall, online.  I teach the course in the spring, on the ground.


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Jenni Hayman Post 4 in reply to 3

• 13 June 2018, 1:25 AM

Hi Keith there might be some useful parts from the Project Management for Instructional Designers open resource. You can download the parts that are useful and mix and match.

https://pm4id.org/front-matter/about-this-book/

There is also a Canadian textbook (new) on straight up Project Management

https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8678fbae-6724-454c-a796-3c6667d826be&contributor=&keyword=&subject=