OER Grant Support for Affordable Course Materials – Deadline Jan. 19, 20
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.
2022 OER Fund Evaluation Snapshot
The UBC Vancouver Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adoption, adaptation, development, and integration of open educational resources in UBCV credit courses. In 2019, UBCV initially committed $1 million over four years to the UBCV OER Fund. As of spring 2022, […]
2021/22 Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants
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.
UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research
The UBC Open Access Fund for Humanities and Social Sciences Research will support open access charges for faculty researchers in SSHRC-aligned disciplines.
OER Fund(ed): real-world problems for biomechanics students
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
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.
Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation and Implementation Grants. The UBC Vancouver OER Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund in 2019, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through […]
UBC OER Match Funding Available for UBCV Faculty Members
BCcampus recently announced a call for proposals targeting the development of formative activities for open homework systems. Successful proposals from faculty members at UBC Vancouver are eligible for match funding…
Announcing the 2019/20 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.
2019 OER Faculty Panel Roundup
On October 1, 2019, UBC hosted an Open Education Resources (OER) Faculty Panel where faculty talking about past and current OER projects, the difficulties and challenges they faced, and the success and impact they achieved. Previous discussions and advocacy around Open Educational Resources (OERs) (such as the AMS Textbook Broke Campaign) have highlighted the […]
