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Live Now! Open Scholarship in Practice Recordings
By Erin Fields on November 12, 2021
Missed Open Scholarship in Practice? Catch-up with video recordings of the sessions. Read More...
Registration for POSE is now Open!
By Rie Namba on November 9, 2021
We are excited to announce that the next session of POSE will run again from January to April 2022. Please register to join us! Read More...
OER in STEM: Opportunities & Challenges
By Dr. Agnes d’Entremont on November 8, 2021
Open resources can be an important tool for reducing student textbook costs. Dr. Agnes d’Entremont from UBC Mechanical Engineering explains why it’s harder to develop or adapt them for STEM — and the opportunities if we do. Read More...
OER Fund(ed): Using Open Educational Resources to Support Student Learning Inside and Outside of Class
By Wil Engle on November 1, 2021
Jonathan Verret received a 2019/20 OER Implementation Grant for a project that resulted in the creation of a “Foundations of Chemical and Biological Engineering” open textbook. This resource, which provides an introduction to foundational topics of chemical engineering... Read More...
Join Us! Open Scholarship in Practice 2021
By Erin Fields on October 20, 2021
Join us for webinars and presentations exploring the practice of open scholarship. Read More...
OER Fund(ed): Bringing culture and community to online language learning
By Wil Engle on October 12, 2021
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 […] Read More...
2021/22 Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants
By Wil Engle on September 22, 2021
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. Read More...
AMS Announces Call for 2021 Nominations for OER Champions
By Eshana Bhangu on September 15, 2021
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. Read More...
Open UBC Snapshot 2021: Open Strategies for Remote Teaching and Learning
By Wil Engle on May 10, 2021
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 […] Read More...
UBC Library – 2020/2021 Open Education Impact & Activity Report
By Erin Fields on May 7, 2021
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. Read More...