{"id":1004,"date":"2022-11-23T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=1004"},"modified":"2022-11-23T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:11:50","slug":"appendix-1","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/back-matter\/appendix-1\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 1: How to Canadianize an OER","rendered":"Appendix 1: How to Canadianize an OER"},"content":{"raw":"For authors wishing to adapt an existing OER from another country and revise the content so it aligns with Canadian curricula, consider the following steps.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><strong>Add or change instructional content so it includes Canadian perspectives, significant figures, examples, and case studies<\/strong>. As an example, see Chapter 9 in the OpenStax'<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/introduction-sociology-3e\"> Introduction to Sociology, 3e,<\/a> entitled \"Social Stratification in the United States\" and how, in the Canadian adaption of this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.bccampus.ca\/textbooks\/introduction-to-sociology-2nd-canadian-edition-bccampus-191\/\">Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Canadian edition<\/a>, the same chapter covers <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/introductiontosociology2ndedition\/chapter\/chapter-9-social-inequality-in-canada\/\">Social Inequity in Canada<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Use Canadian spelling <\/strong>(see <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/selfpublishguide\/back-matter\/appendix-3\/\">Canadian Spellings and Word List<\/a>)<strong>, idioms, measurements <\/strong>(metric vs. imperial)<strong> and grammatical structure and style.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Include Canadian Indigenous content, perspectives, and examples<\/strong>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"<p>For authors wishing to adapt an existing OER from another country and revise the content so it aligns with Canadian curricula, consider the following steps.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Add or change instructional content so it includes Canadian perspectives, significant figures, examples, and case studies<\/strong>. As an example, see Chapter 9 in the OpenStax&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/openstax.org\/details\/books\/introduction-sociology-3e\"> Introduction to Sociology, 3e,<\/a> entitled &#8220;Social Stratification in the United States&#8221; and how, in the Canadian adaption of this book, <a href=\"https:\/\/collection.bccampus.ca\/textbooks\/introduction-to-sociology-2nd-canadian-edition-bccampus-191\/\">Introduction to Sociology, 2nd Canadian edition<\/a>, the same chapter covers <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/introductiontosociology2ndedition\/chapter\/chapter-9-social-inequality-in-canada\/\">Social Inequity in Canada<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use Canadian spelling <\/strong>(see <a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/selfpublishguide\/back-matter\/appendix-3\/\">Canadian Spellings and Word List<\/a>)<strong>, idioms, measurements <\/strong>(metric vs. imperial)<strong> and grammatical structure and style.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Include Canadian Indigenous content, perspectives, and examples<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"back-matter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1004","back-matter","type-back-matter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/back-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1004\/revisions\/1008"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter\/1004\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"back-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/back-matter-type?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/adaptopentextbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}