Presentation at OER Librarian Event, Centennial College, hosted by HLLR June 8, 2017

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The Librarian link
Dri ving O p e n Ini tiati ves in Ontario
Slides available:
http://bit.ly/2qUfibX
Ontario OER Libraries Event
Centennial College
June 8, 2017

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Lena Patterson
Operations Director, eCampusOntario
lpatterson@ecampusontario.ca
Twitter: @lpatter10
Slides reused, remixed, and re-engineered from original slides by
David Porter ecampusontario.ca. Unless otherwise noted, this work
is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
License. Feel free to use, modify, reuse or redistribute any or all of
this presentation

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Enhance student experience
STUDENT
Support faculty development
FACULTY
Enhance member capacity and
participation.
INSITUTIONS
Build eCampusOntario’s
organization capacity
eCAMPUSONTARIO
Four Pillars of 2016-18 Strategic Plan

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Rethinking
Rethinking learning resources
Rethinking the learning experience.
Rethinking recognition of learning.

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Rethinking Learning Resources
What happens when we bring teaching and
learning into the open?

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Beyond Free
Giving instructional resources expanded power to
enable learning and teaching, beyond being just
free or low cost

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Full Legal Control
• to customize
• to localize
• to personalize
• to update
Some Rights Reserved
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14. Simon Bates
UBC CTLT

16. How is academia responding?
180 open textbooks
1244 adoptions
310 faculty members adopting
33 institutions
41,399 students served
$4M+ in student savings
25 open proposals funded
Open Textbook Stats https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/ BCcampus, accessed 05/06/2017

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Rethinking Learning Resources

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Rethinking Learning Resources

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Ontario Needs OER… Storage
Distribution
Authoring
Incentivized review
Training and support

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openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca
• Find
• Adopt
• Adapt
• Review

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RFP released to Ontario Colleges and Universities May 18, 2017
Launch of the Ontario Open Textbook Library June 6, 2017
Proposals due to eCampusOntario June 19, 2017
Final Project Reports due March 15, 2018
Open textbook initiative: $1,000,000

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Adapt / adopt
an existing
OER for your
course
ADAPTATION / ADOPTION
• Textbooks for high-enrolment first and second year
courses
• Original French-language content
• Indigenous studies content
• Trades and technical skills content
• Content supporting the settlement of Immigrants and
Refugees
• Max budget: $15,000

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Create a new
OER for your
course
CREATION
• Original French-language content
• Indigenous studies content
• Max budget: $40,000

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Beyond textbooks
Teachers also need OPEN
• Power point decks
• Assessments
• Learning activities
• Homework help

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open by default
Check our Open
Licensing policy
for more detail

31. Thank you VERY MUCH
Questions?