Will Engle

The following is an excerpted article from the CTLT Edubytes newsletter about open educational practices and open pedagogy, along with tools faculty can use to make teaching and learning more accessible and affordable for students. Open education is an umbrella term that includes both the creation and use of open educational resources (OER), which are […]

Since January 2024, the OER Fund has awarded over $350,000 to support 26 open educational resource (OER) projects. In 2024, 16 projects received funding—six through OER Affordability Grants and ten through Rapid Innovation Grants. In the first half of 2025, an additional ten projects were funded, including eight OER Affordability Grants and two Rapid Innovation […]

Bringing an innovative approach to course design Designing a course in a traditional way can be a challenging experience, where instructors work on their own programs relying on hard-copy textbooks that students have to purchase. This approach can be limiting to instructors – especially from a collaboration standpoint. Thanks to the innovation brought by OER, […]

Faculty and staff in Vancouver are invited to submit proposals for grants that support the use of open educational resources (OER) in UBC Vancouver credit courses. OER are freely accessible educational materials that permit open use, modification, and adaptation. Since 2019, over $991,000 in OER grant funding has been awarded to 96 projects across 12 […]

Evaluation activities are important to think about throughout the life of an OER project as they allow grant holders project teams to monitor and refine the development of the project. Evaluation also allows reporting on the project impact, which will help project teams to engage others in better understanding the potential of the project for […]