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SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Greg Hutton, Collections & Cataloguing Librarian
Email: ghutton@okanagan.bc.ca
Phone: 250-762-5445 ext 4490
Web page
- Library: Open Education Resources
Strategy plan
Adoptions
If you are using an open textbook in an Okanagan course, please contact:
- Greg Hutton, Collections & Cataloguing Librarian
Email: ghutton@okanagan.bc.ca
OR
- Gord Stefansson, Bookstore – Kelowna
Email: gstefansson@okanagan.bc.ca
USING OER
Canadian repositories
Okanagan College Library
OER from Okanagan College
Open textbooks – new
- British Columbia in a Global Context contributing author Arthur (Gill) Green
- Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, Second Edition contributing authors Terence Day, Todd Redding, Chani Welch
- Profession Cook series contributing author Stuart Klassen
Open textbooks – revised and relicensed
- Data Analysis by Paul Grinder
- Financial Mathematics by Paul Grinder
Supplemental materials
- Principles of Marketing – test bank by Michael Orwick
On-campus OE Sustainability
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by Okanagan faculty
- BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Course Pack 3
- British Columbia in a Global Context
- Line B: Employability Skills Competency B-1: Apply Study and Learning Skills (replaced by 2nd edition)
- Line D: Organizational Skills Competency D-2: Apply Science Concepts to Trades Applications
- Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Okanagan College Student Union (OCSU)
Working group
- For information see The OC Open Education Working Group.
Events
Research and presentations
McKerlich, R. C., Ives, C., & McGreal, R. (2013). Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(4). https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v14i4.1573
Blogs and news
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education Recipient: Stephen Brown – June 19, 2023 (BCcampus News)
- Taking the Time: How Okanagan College Used the Time Investment Grant – November 17, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- Open education efforts continue to enhance access for OC students – February 25, 2021 (OC News)
- Announcing the Time Investment Grant Recipients – February 1, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- Textbook project celebrated during Open Access Week – October 20, 2020 (Okanagan College News)
- Okanagan College prof leads the way in developing new open educational resources
– April 15, 2020 (Okanagan College News) - Cornering the Open Market: Announcing the Recipients of the Marketing OER Grants – March 15, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Are you using an open textbook? – February 19, 2019 (Inside OC)
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OC profs’ approach to texts ease student costs – December 3, 2018 (Okanagan College News)
- The open educational resources movement is redefining the concept of online textbooks – April 4, 2017 (University Affairs)
- Employee publishes timely journal article about open education resources – November 19, 2013 (Inside OC)
BEYOND OKANAGAN
BCcampus Advisory Group
- Ross McKerlich (2017-2019)
BCcampus Open Education
Faculty Fellows
- Arthur “Gill” Green (2016-17) [1]
Secondee
- Ross McKerlich (2019-2021)
Advisory Board
- Arthur “Gill” Green (2019-20)
Trades Advisory Group
- Ross Tyner (2019-21)
BCOEL Membership
- Roen Janyk
Open Education Group OER Research Fellowships
- Arthur “Gill” Green (2016-17) [2]
Last update: Jun 20/23
