Registration for POSE is now Open!
By Will Engle on November 9, 2021
Interested in learning more about open education and how it fits into scholarship? The Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) is a four month flexible and blended program that will help you develop foundational knowledge of Open Scholarship, Open Education, and Open Research. In POSE, we’ll be exploring how open copyright licenses, collaborative practices, […] Read More...
OER Fund(ed): Using Open Educational Resources (OER) 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, is used in UBC’s CHBE 220 “Founding Principles in Chemical and Biological Engineering I” course. Previously, this […] 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, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply for the UBC Vancouver Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund Rapid Innovation and Implementation Grants. Read More...
Open UBC Snapshot 2021: Open Strategies for Remote Teaching & Learning
By Will 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. In 2020/21, an estimated 19,152 students enrolled in courses using OERs in place of paid textbooks or readings. One […] Read More...
OER Fund(ed): complex concepts, simple English
By Sheridan Powell on November 6, 2020
For international students who aren’t native English speakers, there’s so much more to learn than just their classwork. Earlier this year, Georg Rieger and colleagues from the Department of Physics & Astronomy along with Vantage College received an OER Implementation Grant for the proposal, Enhancement and Customization of an Open Physics Textbook for International Students, […] Read More...
OER Fund(ed): real-world problems for biomechanics students
By Sheridan Powell on October 18, 2020
Earlier this year, Robyn Newell was part of a group of six faculty members granted an Open Education Resources (OER) Implementation Grant for their proposal, Creation of an open source, WeBWorK based, problem library for undergraduate biomechanics courses. With this year’s call for applications for OER Fund grants now open, Robyn shared why they chose […] Read More...
OER Fund(ed): diverse voices and ‘beyond the classroom’ projects
By Sheridan Powell on October 8, 2020
In February 2020, Surita Jhangiani and colleagues from the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education were awarded an OER Implementation Grant for their proposal, Opening Educational Psychology: Pathways to inclusivity and student centered practices. With applications now open for 2021’s OER Fund grants, Surita explains the advantages of collaborating to create open […] Read More...
Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants
By Will Engle on September 13, 2020
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation and Implementation Grants. The UBC Vancouver OER Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund in 2019, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through […] Read More...
UBC OER Match Funding Available for UBCV Faculty Members
By Will Engle on May 15, 2020
BCcampus recently announced the first of two calls for proposals targeting the development of formative activities for open homework systems. The intent of these grants is to develop activities in which students can practice applying new concepts and skills that align with content within the selected open textbook. Successful proposals from faculty members at UBC […] Read More...