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UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report – 2022/2023

By Leila Malkin on July 5, 2023 in Campus, Reports, UBCO, UBCV, Updates

A highlight of UBC Library’s combined impact on open educational practices at UBC for 2022/2023.

OER Grant Support for Affordable Course Materials – Deadline Jan. 19, 20

By Will Engle on November 3, 2022 in Funding Updates, UBCV, Updates

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC Vancouver community to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants.

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An Open Letter to UBC

By AMS on September 13, 2022 in Events, UBCV, Updates

Dear Educators at UBC Vancouver,
The AMS would like to commend you for all of the extra hours and hard work put into the restructuring of curriculum and adjusting to online platforms since earlier this year.

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AMS Announces Call for 2022 Nominations for OER Champions

By Dana Turdy on September 9, 2022 in Events, UBCV, Updates

The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is excited to announce that on November 30th, 2022, we will be hosting an event to honour those who work in Open Education at UBC. The call is now open for students and other members of the UBC community to nominate OER Champions

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BCcampus Adoption Finder tool

By Rie Namba on March 15, 2022 in Access, Instructor, Toolkits:Access, UBCO, UBCV

Tool that helps identify open textbooks used at colleges, institutes, and universities in B.C.

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OER Fund(ed): Bringing culture and community to online language learning

By Will Engle on October 12, 2021 in Profiles, UBCV, Updates

Last year, Dr. Mark Turin and other faculty members from the UBC Himalaya Program received an Open Education Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation Grant for their proposal: Nepali and Tibetan Language in a Community Context. The resulting project created two OER courses, developed by UBC Himalaya Program and Asian Studies language instructors Binod Shrestha (Nepali) and […]

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2021/22 Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants

By Will Engle on September 22, 2021 in Funding Updates, Slider, UBCV, Updates

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBCV, is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply funding to support the use of OER in UBCV courses.

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AMS Announces Call for 2021 Nominations for OER Champions

By Eshana Bhangu on September 15, 2021 in Events, UBCV, Updates

The AMS is excited to announce a call to nominate and honour OER Champions — those members of the UBC community who foster open education at UBC.

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Open UBC Snapshot 2021: Open Strategies for Remote Teaching and Learning

By Will Engle on May 10, 2021 in Open UBC Snapshot, Reports, UBCV, Updates

The 2020/21 academic year brought a transition to remote learning and delivery of online courses. This transition, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exposed the importance of student ease of access to textbooks and other course materials. One strategy for ensuring students had barrier free access to learning materials was the use of open educational resources […]

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UBC Library – 2020/2021 Open Education Impact & Activity Report

By Erin Fields on May 7, 2021 in Reports, Slider, UBCO, UBCV, Updates

UBC Library’s open education supports play an active role in moving forward UBC Library’s Strategic Framework vision to be leaders and experts in open scholarship.

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