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SUPPORT

Contacts

For assistance with adopting, adapting, or creating an open textbook, please contact:

  • Brenda Smith, Open Education Librarian
    Email: brsmith@tru.ca
    Phone: 250-828-5098

For assistance with Pressbooks, contact:

  • Ken Monroe
    Email: kmonroe@tru.ca
    Phone: 778-471-8440

For assistance with TRU OER grant projects, contact:

  • Christine Miller, OER Development Grant Project Coordinator
    Email: cmiller@tru.ca
    Phone: 250-371-5597

Adoptions

To report an adoption in a TRU course or make inquiries, please contact:

  • Brenda Smith, Open Education Librarian
    brsmith@tru.ca

USING OER

Documentation – OER Resources

Canadian repositories

TRU Libraries

ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) programs

OER from TRU

Also see TRU’s Pressbooks Catalogue.

Open textbooks – new

Open textbooks – adapted

Open case studies

Open courses

Supplemental materials

Support resources

Learning activities

CREATING OER

Publishing

Grants and projects

REVIEWING OER

Open textbooks reviewed by TRU faculty

OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION

TRU Student Union

Working group

Research and presentations

  • DeVries, I. (2013). Evaluating open education resources: Lessons learned. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 83(4), 56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.012
  • DeVries, I.J. (2019). Open universities and open educational practices. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 20(4). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v20i4.4215
  • Earle, S. (2019). What students like and dislike about open textbooks. BCcampus Open Education Research Fellows Report.
  • Harrison, M. (2021). Learners navigating open spaces. BCcampus News. https://bccampus.ca/2021/01/12/learners-navigating-open-spaces/
  • Harrison, M., & Devries, I. (2019). Open educational practices advocacy: The instructional designer experience. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 45(3). https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27881
  • Maultsaid, D., & Harrison, M. (2023). Can Open Pedagogy Encourage Care? Student Perspectives . The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 24(3), 77–98. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v24i3.6901
  • Smith, B., Lee, L. (2017). Librarians and OER: Cultivating a community of practice to be mroe effective advocates. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, 11. doi: 10.1080/1533290X.2016.1226592
  • Weller, M., Jordan, K., DeVries, I., & Rolfe, V. (2018). Mapping the open education landscape: citation network analysis of historical open and distance education research. Open Praxis, 10(2), 109-126. doi:10.5944/openpraxis.10.2.822

Blogs and news

BEYOND TRU

BCcampus Open Education

Advisory Board

  • Michelle Harrison (2019-20)

Advocacy and Research Fellows

  • Michelle Harrison (2019-20)
  • Steve Earle (2018-19)

BCcampus Open Education

ABE ZTC Programs Advisory Group

  • Izabela Mazur (2019-21)

Business ZTC Programs Advisory Group

  • Brenda Smith (2019-21)

Open Homework Systems Advisory Group

  • Michelle Harrison (2019-20)

STEM ZTC Programs Advisory Group

  • Steve Earle (2019-21)

Trades Advisory Group

  • Haileigh Shanks (2019-21)
  • Paul Simpson (2019-21)
  • Darren Watt (2019-21)

BCOEL Membership

  • Brenda Smith

OERu

  • Member of OERu, an international network of recognized partner institutions from five continents – providing top-quality tertiary courses to students everywhere.
Last update: Mar 19/24

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