British Columbia
19 Royal Roads University (RRU)
SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Ken Jeffery, Associate Director
Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies
Email: ken.2jeffery@royalroads.ca
Phone: 250-391-2600 ext 4446
OR
- Keith Webster, Associate Director
Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies
Email: keith.webster@royalroads.ca
Website
USING OER
Canadian repositories
- RRU Open Educational Resources
- Royal Roads Library: OER at RRU Library
- B.C. Open Collection
- Open Library (Ontario)
RRU Centre for Teaching & Educational Technologies (CTET)
RRU Courses
RRU Library
ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) programs
Students can access all of the course materials for the below programs through open educational resources, e-books, journal articles, and other free digital resources.
- Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT)
- Graduate Diploma in Learning and Technology (DipLAT)
- Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Management (MAELM)
- Graduate Diploma in Educational Leadership and Management (DipELM)
OER from RRU
Open textbooks – new
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in B.C. contributing authors Geoffrey Bird, Ray Freeman, Eugene Thomlinson, Rebecca Wilson-Mah
Open textbooks – adapted
- Introduction to Psychology – 1st Canadian Edition by Jennifer Walinga
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC – 2nd Edition contributing authors Geoffrey Bird, Tania Loken, Moira McDonald, Eugene Thomlinson, Rebecca Wilson-May
Support
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by RRU faculty
- Principles of Social Psychology (archived)
- Teaching in a Digital Age – Second Edition
- Understanding Media and Culture
- Writing for Success
- Writing for Success – 1st Canadian Edition
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Research and presentations
Barker J., Jeffery, K., Jhangiani, R.S., Veletsianos, G. (2018). Eight patterns of open textbook adoption in British Columbia The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(3).
Childs, E., Axe. J., Veletsianos, G., & Webster, K. (2020). Fostering Openness Within a higher education institution: tensions, opportunities, and a work in progress. In Prinsloo, P. & Conrad D. (Eds), Open(ing) Education (pp. 345-363). Brill | Sense Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004422988_016
Paskevicius, M., Veletsianos, G., & Kimmons, R. (2018). Content is king: An analysis of how the Twitter discourse surrounding open education unfolded from 2009 to 2016. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(1). doi: 10.19173/irrodl.v19i1.3267
Veletsianos, G. (2015). A case study of scholars’ open and sharing practices. Open Praxis, 7(3), 199–209. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.7.3.206
Blogs and News
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Elizabeth Childs – Oct 16, 2023 (BCcampus News)
- Sources of inspiration: Mary Burgess – Sept 14, 2019 (Owen’s Blog)
- No textbooks? No problem – May 14, 2019 (RRU News)
Videos
- A review of the effectiveness and perceptions of open educational resources as compared to textbook – December 2, 2016
BEYOND RRU
BCcampus Advisory Group
- Mary-Anne Neal (2017-2019)
BCcampus Open Education
Advisory Board
- George Veletsianos (2019-20)
Advocacy and Research Fellow
- George Veletsianos (2017-18)
OTESSA
- George Veletsianos, Publications Coordinator (founding member)