Will Engle
Significant Commitments to Open Educational Resources at UBC
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.
Open UBC Snapshot 2020: Significant Commitments to Open Resources
In the 2019/20 academic year (September 2019 to April 2020), an estimated 18,440 students enrolled in courses using open resources in place of paid textbooks or readings. This replacement of traditional textbooks with open resources has potentially saved UBC students an estimated $1.8 to $2.5 million this academic year.
Announcing the 2020/21 Open Educational Resources Fund awarded projects
Over $220,050 has been awarded to support the development and implementation of a wide range of open projects.
The OER Fund
New funding to support affordable & inclusive access to learning materials through the integration of open educational resources within UBC credit courses.
Science Writing Resources for Learning (ScWRL)
The Science Writing Resources for Learning (ScWRL) provides students with the resources they need to learn – and educators the resources they need to teach – the most important skills associated with good science writing.
LAW424: Commercial Law
This course covers the legal and regulatory aspects of telecommunications, broadcasting and the Internet. The instructors are providing open access to course content, including lecture notes and slides, as well as open discussion on the course site.
Multilingual Forestry Dictionary
An open, online, multilingual forestry dictionary that students can grow and refine. The dictionary caters to the diversity of languages in our UBC Faculty of Forestry and provide a BC forestry context to key terms and their definitions. This dictionary is a tool for international students as they transition to UBC, making it easier to learn and thrive.
OpenChemE
Open chemical engineering resources for everyone. It includes open textbooks, course materials, and Jupyter notebooks for chemical engineering topics aligned with UBC CHBE courses.
Call for Applications for Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants
New funding to support affordable & inclusive access to learning materials through the integration of OER within UBC credit courses.
AMS Calls for Nominations for OER Champions
The AMS has issued an open call to nominate OER Champions — the faculty, staff, and administrators who dedicate so much of their time to fostering accessible education at UBC.
