This paper builds on student-instructor partnerships by describing how an instructor, students, program coordinator, and members of a research team were involved in the co-design of an open educational resource in a graduate program in education. A four-part open learning design framework was used to guide the course design: (a) clarifying the co-design process; (b) building and sharing knowledge, and making thinking visible; (c) building relationships; and (d) sustaining learning beyond the course. The framework, along with the collaborative team effort that was part of a larger research project, enabled the development of an openly licensed and accessible digital book. The project brought together a collaborative team who were passionate about learning more about open education and a small grant supported the additional expense of professional copyediting to refine the book.