Resources

Please share any resources you find helpful or that we should be aware of…Add your own categories if you have new ones and help organize this better!

BC OER Guides

• UFV http://libguides.ufv.ca/OpenAccessandOpenEducationalResources

• KPU http://libguides.kwantlen.ca/OER

• Camosun http://camosun.ca.libguides.com/open

• UBC http://open.ubc.ca — portal for all things open at UBC (see list of OER-related guides on Ideas page)
• BCIT http://libguides.bcit.ca/content.php?pid=494210

OER Portals & Repositories (that you like)

Articles

• UBC LOOC
  • http://news.ubc.ca/2013/10/30/loocing-into-the-future-of-digital-learning/
• Educause article on OER and impact on teaching/learning
  • http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/oneclick-digital-and-medrano-project-oer-content-oer-pedagogy
• Jan 10, Press Release from Ministry http://www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2014/01/students-saving-money-with-open-textbooks.html
• http://www.haikudeck.com/p/9Dk71icuWg/how-to-hack-ebooks-in-the-public-domain#slide-39
• Lumen Learning & Open Stax partnership http://www.lumenlearning.com/openstax
• http://www.sfss.ca/news/sfss/sick-of-paying-up-to-150-for-a-textbook

Groups

• CCCOER has a list that is very active and informative. Una Daly is the facilitator and manager of this list.
  • Una Daly, MA
  • Community College Outreach Director
  • Open Courseware Consortium
  • http://oerconsortium.org
  • unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org
• Toward Open Education – informal BC open education community involved in a creating a set of resources and conversations in a format that encourages an open approach and collaboration

Institutional resources and information — our (and other) libraries’ guides of interest

• SFU’s Reference (Information and Instruction) blog one-pager on OERs and this group, aimed at liaison librarians: http://blogs.sfu.ca/departments/library/i-and-i/?page_id=38

 

Events

• BC Open Textbook Summit http://otsummit.bccampus.ca/ April 16 and 17th (See speakers & agenda http://otsummit.bccampus.ca/files/2014/03/Open-Textbook-Summit-Agenda.pdf)
• SFU’s E-Textbooks, Adaptive Platforms and Open Education Resources event, planned for January 27th 2014. (will see if there is a recording)
• OCL4Ed 2014.02Open content licensing for educators (OCL4Ed) is a free OERu micro Open Online Course (mOOC) designed for educators and students who want to learn more about open education resources, copyright, and Creative Commons licenses Course summary: See OERu website
• KPU meeting on March 10th
• On now (March 10-14th) is Open Education Week: http://www.openeducationweek.org/

 

BC Open Textbook project (BCampus)

• BC Open Textbook Project Backgrounder/Narrative – See PDF as uploaded under “Files on this wiki.
• Top 40 Open textbooks with BC Faculty reviews: http://open.bccampus.ca/forums/topic/list-of-textbooks-with-review
• Call for Reviewers for Open Textbooks is ongoing and Call for Adaptations for Open Textbooks is still open. Go to open.bccampus.ca
• Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop – online workshop SEE archives http://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=374
  • This course was held last Fall and was based on the content used in our f2f workshops delivered at UNBC, TRU, Kwantlen and Camosun in the 2013. Would it be useful for this course to be tweaked as a set of resources for librarians and faculty? Or just promoted as is so people are aware of it? I would like feedback on the course resources and think we could improve on it some more! It is available for all to use. – Leva
• Adapting Open Textbooks – online workshop http://scope.bccampus.ca/course/view.php?id=384