In the 2019/20 academic year, an estimated 18,440 UBC students enrolled in courses using open resources in place of paid textbooks or readings. Read More
Over $220,050 has been awarded to support the development and implementation of a wide range of open projects. Read More
The UBC Senate has endorsed principles for digital learning materials used for assessment that address affordability and support open resources and platforms. Read More
For Cindy Underhill empathy supports open learning. Questions like, “how would students relate to this? What would this mean to students?" helps the creation of practical, open content. Read More
UBC geography professor Siobhán McPhee is using technology to expand traditional learning spaces and make education accessible and relevant to more students. Read More
Janette Bulkan, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, is initiating student-led projects on the UBC Wiki, an open-source platform, to facilitate students as producers of knowledge. Read More
For David Gaertner, it is important that his students have the opportunity to create work with a broader impact, that can live beyond the classroom walls. Read More
For Jonathan Verrett, the use of open source tools is important as they allow others to build upon previous work and resources. "That allows educators to have access to more powerful tools to train students.” Read More
According to Tara Robertson, accessibility librarian at CAPER-BC, accessibility can help push the open education movement even further forward. Open educational resources and content should be accessible to all people. Read More
For Christina Hendrics the value of "peer to peer connecting is partly that students will learn a lot not just from what they hear from other people but from what they tell to other people. Conversations with other students bring such different perspectives and interpretations." Read More
