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The UBC OER Collection Challenge
By Erin Fields on March 2, 2022
Kicking off Open Education Week at UBC, the Alma Mater Society, Student’s Union UBC Okanagan and Open UBC invite UBC faculty, staff, and students to contribute open educational resources (OER) to the newly launched UBC OER Collection as part of a multi-campus challenge, starting March 7. Read More...
H5P Symposium: Feb 22-23
By Will Engle on February 2, 2022
In this multi-day H5P symposium, we will introduce you to H5P, demonstrate its strengths and limitations, and highlight successful examples of implementation and course integration for various content types (e.g. multiple choice question sets, auto-graded essays, drag and drop, and interactive videos). Read More...
Join Us! Fair Dealing Week
By Erin Fields on January 26, 2022
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines. Read More...
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 Will 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 Will 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 Will 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...