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Open Education Week 2021
By alexandra alisauskas on February 8, 2021
As we head closer towards Open Education Week 2021 (Mar 1-5), here’s what UBC has planned.
Honouring Indigenous Writers on Wikipedia 2021
By alexandra alisauskas on February 8, 2021
Join us throughout the month of March 2021 with author readings, panels, and Wikipedia editing challenges that seek to highlight the diversity and excellence of Indigenous writers.
OER Fund(ed): complex concepts, simple English
By Sheridan Powell on November 6, 2020
Georg Rieger is customizing an open physics textbook in such a way that it will be a great learning resource for anyone, but especially for international students.
OER Fund(ed): real-world problems for biomechanics students
By Sheridan Powell on October 15, 2020
Robyn Newell is part of a group that received an OER Fund grant to create open biomechanics problems that are closer to real-world applications in order to help their students succeed.
OER Fund(ed): diverse voices and ‘beyond the classroom’ projects
By Sheridan Powell on October 8, 2020
In 2020, Surita Jhangiani was awarded an OER Fund Grant and she explains the advantages of collaborating to create OER and why they’re moving away from commercial textbooks.
UBC Senate Endorses Principles for Learning Materials for Assessment
By Will Engle on May 24, 2019
The UBC Senate has endorsed principles for digital learning materials used for assessment that address affordability and support open resources and platforms.