British Columbia
21 Simon Fraser University (SFU)
SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian
Email: hpower@sfu.ca
For questions about grants, contact:
- oer-grants@sfu.ca
Website and information
Key documents
- Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants: Year Three Summary Report
- OER Grants: Year Two Summary [Word]
Events
- Open Educational Resources (OER) for Remote Instruction (July 8, 2020)
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Open Education 2019: Transforming Teaching & Learning at SFU (May 27, 2019)
- Open Education 2018: Transforming Teaching and Learning at SFU (May 24, 2018)
Adoptions
If you are using an open textbook or other OER in an SFU course, please report it to:
- Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian
Email: hpower@sfu.ca
USING OER
SFU Repositories
- SFU Archaeology Press (CC BY-NC-ND)
- Public Knowledge Project
Canadian Repositories
SFU Library
OER from SFU
Also see SFU Funded OER Projects
Open books and textbooks – new
- British Columbia in a Global Context contributing authors Cristina Temenos, Britta Ricker
- Ethics in Law Enforcement by co-author Rick Parent
- Introduction to Criminology by contributing authors Gail Anderson, Sheri, Fabian, Zachary Rowan
- Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, Second Edition contributing author Andrew Perkins
- The Web, Publishing, and Ourselves by Sophie Mackenzie, Juan Pablo Alperin
Open textbooks – adapted
- Calculus Early Transcendentals: Differential & Multi-Variable Calculus for Social Sciences (CC BY-NC-SA) by Dr. Petra Menz, Nicola Mulberry – used in MATH 157
- Calculus Early Transcendentals: Integral & Multi-Variable Calculus for Social Sciences (CC BY-NC-SA) by Dr. Petra Menz, Nicola Mulberry – used in MATH 158
- Forensic Psychology and Law: A Canadian Perspective by Ronald Roesch, Patricia Zapf, Stephen Hart, Deborah Connolly
- Graduate research methods in Education (Leadership): A project-based approach by Dan Laitsch
Supplemental materials
- Drawing in Class: Activities for Post-Secondary Educators and Students by Jason Toal and Susan Clements-Vivian
- Virtual and Augmented Reality field trips, contributor Brent Ward
Support resources
- Educational Media Program by draggin and Shantala Singh
- Faculty OER Toolkit by Shannon Moist
- OER Student Toolkit contributing author Brady Yano
SFU Digital Publishing
Our projects: Digital Publishing
- Journals
- Student journals
- Books
- Public Service Media Initiatives in the Global South (CC BY-NC-ND)
- History of Community Mental Health in the Vancouver Area (1973 – 2000) by L. Ralph Buckley
- Souvenirs d’Émigration: Lettres à Madame de Montijo en 1801 et 1803 by Rosena Davison
- Canada 150 Conference Proceedings: Migration of Bengalis
- Course journals
- Archived journals
SFU Theses
- Exploring the practices of educators using open educational resources (OER) in the British Columbia higher education system – November 13, 2013 (David Porter)
Other OER used in SFU courses
- CMPT 165: CMPT 165 Study Guide
On-campus OE Sustainability
- SFU: OER Protege Program
CREATING OER
Publishing
Scholarly publishing & open access
Digital publishing
Open monograph press
Open textbooks
- If you require assistance or have questions about writing or revising an open textbook, please contact:
- Kate Shuttleworth, Digital Publishing Librarian
Email: kshuttle@sfu.ca
- Kate Shuttleworth, Digital Publishing Librarian
Grants and projects
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by SFU faculty
- Canadian History: Pre-Confederation (archived)
- Concept Development Studies in Chemistry (archived)
- Concepts of Biology (OpenStax)
- Democracy in Brief
- Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version
- Good Corporation, Bad Corporation: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Economy
- Human Rights in Brief
- Introductory Statistics (OpenStax)
- Introductory Statistics (Saylor)
- IoT Use Cases and Technologies
- Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity
- Macroeconomics: Theory through Applications
- Modern Philosophy
- Nationalism, Self-determination and Secession
- Precalculus (Stitz-Zeager)
- Presentation Software
- Principles of Microeconomics (Saylor)
- Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World (archived)
- Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation
- Technical Writing Essentials
- Understanding Media and Culture
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Working group
- Information on the SFU OER Working Group
- For more information about this group, email: oer-working-group@sfu.ca
Research and presentations
Alperin, J.P., Morales, E., & McKiernan, E. (2019). Academic review promotion and tenure documents promote a view of open access that is at odds with the wider academic community. LSE Impact Blog. Retrieved from https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2019/07/17/academic-review-promotion-and-tenure-documents-promote-a-view-of-open-access-that-is-at-odds-with-the-wider-academic-community/
Alperin, J.P., Nieves, C.M., Schimanski, L.A., Fischman, G.E., Niles, M.T. & McKiernan, A. (2019). Meta-research: How significant are the public dimensions of faculty work in review, promotion and tenure documents? eLife, 8(e42254), doi: 10.7554/eLife.42254.
Belikov, O., & Bodily, R. (2016). Incentives and barriers to OER adoption: A qualitative analysis of faculty perceptions. Open Praxis, 8(3), 235-246. http://doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.8.3.308
Maxwell, J.W., Hanson, E., Desai, L., Tiampo, C., O’Donnell, K., Ketheeswaran, A., Sun, M., Walter, E., Michelle, E. (2019). Mind the Gap: A Landscape Analysis of Open Source Publishing Tools and Platforms (1st ed.). Retrieved from https://mindthegap.pubpub.org/
McClure, M. & Belikov, O. (2020). A qualitative analysis of open textbook reviews. The International Journal of Open Educational Resources. https://www.ijoer.org/a-qualitative-analysis-of-open-textbook-reviews/#1604854405843-39f2027e-d600
Blogs and news
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Joel Heng Hartse – March 20, 2025 (BCcampus News)
- An Interview with Juan Pablo Alperin and John Willinsky of PKP – November 7, 2023 (Scholarly Kitchen)
- Removing barriers: Three scholars talk about open education at SFU – February 28, 2023 (Scholarly Publishing Resources)
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Hope Power – July 12, 2022 (BCcampus News)
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Petra Menz and Nicola Mulberry – March 24, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- This math lecturer developed her own open textbook – now thousands are using it – January 31, 2021 (SFU News)
- Comment, reply, repeat: Engaging students with social annotation – September 4, 2019 (Hypothes.is Blog)
- PKP joins OPERAS – May 27, 2019 (PKP News)
- OPERAS welcomes PKP as a new member – May 27, 2019
- Opening the door to life beyond textbooks – May 10, 2019 (Teaching and Learning Centre, News)
- Open Education Week: Spotlight on Open Educational Resources (OER) at SFU – March 4, 2019 (SFU Library Blog)
- What do trade agreements have to do with copyright? The Canada-US-Mexico Agreement and fair dealing – February 25, 2019 (SFU Library, Jennifer Zerkee)
- Opening Education: How OER Can Make Education More Accessible and Transformative – May 24, 2018
- A growing appreciation for open textbooks – May 18, 2018 (SFU News)
BEYOND SFU
BCcampus Open Education
Advisory Board
- Hope Power (2019-20)
Health ZTC Programs Advisory Group
- Brad Mladenovic (2019-21)
STEM ZTC Programs Advisory Group
- Taco Niet (2019-21)
- Gaitri Yapa (2019-21)
BCOEL Membership
- Hope Power
- Kevin Stranac
- Janis McKenzie
SPARC
2018-2019 Open Education Leadership Mentors
- Hope Power
