2024-2025 OER Fund Overview
By Will Engle on July 7, 2025
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 […] Read More...
Announcing the 2025 OER Affordability Grant Recipients
By Will Engle on April 17, 2025
UBC is committed to making education more affordable and accessible by supporting the integration of open educational resources (OER) into credit courses. This year, eight projects have been awarded OER Affordability Grants through the OER Fund to reduce the cost of learning materials and enhance access for students. Funded initiatives span a range of activities, […] Read More...
OER in Focus – Open textbooks and curriculum development
By remy corbet on April 12, 2025
Open Educational Resources (OER) revolutionize higher education by democratizing learning materials for students and instructors alike. OER at UBC embody this vision and transform the way knowledge is shared, making it more dynamic, accessible, and easily adjustable across many disciplines. One of the most significant barriers to knowledge acquisition in higher education is the high […] Read More...
2025 OER Project Posters
By Will Engle on April 1, 2025
The OER Project Showcase is unique opportunity to learn about projects funded by the OER Fund and the impact of those projects on student learning at UBC Vancouver. Browse the links below to view posters about current and past OER Fund Projects. Poster Title Project Leads / Presenter(s) Subject/Dept. Speaking and Writing Physics 101: The Language […] Read More...
OER in Focus – Bringing an Innovative Approach to Course Design
By Remy Corbet on December 4, 2024
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, […] Read More...
OER Fund General Info Session – October 21, 2024
By Will Engle on October 1, 2024
Do you have an idea for an open education resource project? Are you thinking about applying for an OER Fund grant? Join us for an online UBCV OER Fund general information session on October 21st at 12:30pm. In this session, you will receive information about how the OER Fund can support your OER project and […] Read More...
Call for Proposals for OER Grants
By Will Engle on September 23, 2024
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 […] Read More...
UBC OER Excellence and Impact Award Nominations Now Open
By Will Engle on September 10, 2024
The offices of the Associate Provost, Academic Operations and Services, UBC Okanagan and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver, are pleased to announce a call for nominations for the Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards. These awards are open to faculty members at both campuses. The OER Excellence and Impact Awards recognize outstanding work done […] Read More...
OER Project Evaluation Workshop – August 8
By Will Engle on July 3, 2024
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 […] Read More...
UBC OER Excellence and Impact Award Recipients Announced
By Will Engle on April 3, 2024
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, at UBC Vancouver recently announced the recipients of the inaugural UBC Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards. These awards recognize outstanding work by faculty who materially advance the use and impact of open educational resources in credit courses at UBC. Recipients, which included several OER […] Read More...