British Columbia
29 University of Victoria (UVic)
SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer/Scholarly Communications Librarian
Email: ikehoe@uvic.ca
Events
- October 21, 2019, 11am-noon – Public event: Honorary resident Wikipedian, Dr. Erin Glass: Open access in the age of surveillance technology: Fighting for ground in the public imagination
Adoptions
To report an open textbook or other OER usage in a U.Vic. course, contact:
- Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer/Scholarly Communications Librarian
Email: ikehoe@uvic.ca
Information about adoptions at the University of Victoria
USING OER
UVic repository
Many works in this collection are covered by an open-copyright (CC) licence. It is the user’s responsibility to check the licence and terms of use for each item.
UVic Online Academic Community
Canadian repositories
UVic Libraries
UVic Bookstore
- The UVic Bookstore sells paperback copies of books and textbooks published by the University of Victoria’s ePublishing service which has adopted an open access business model by using a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org), where authors retaining copyright. All of their open access books are available as free PDFs on UVicSpace (UVic’s institutional repository).
- Other open educational resources (OER)
OER from UVic
Open books and textbooks – new
- Feminist Adult Educators’ Guide to Aesthetic, Creative and Disruptive Strategies in Museums and Community edited by Darlene E. Clover, Suriani Dzulkifli, Hannah Gelderman, Kathy Sanford
- Global Corruption: Law, Theory & Practice by Gerry Ferguson
- Guidelines for Improving the Effectiveness of Boards of Directors of Nonprofit Organization by co-author Vic Murray
- Handbook of eHealth Evaluation: An Evidence-based Approach edited by Francis Lau, Craig Kuziemsky
- Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 1 by Gloria Snively, Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams
- Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 2 by Gloria Snively, Wanosts’a7 Lorna Williams
- Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, First British Columbia Edition contributing author Gillian Krezoski
- Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, Second Edition contributing author Gillian Krezoski
- Narratives of Memory, Migration, and Xenophobia in the European Union and Canada by Helga Hallgrimsdottier, Helga Thorson (Eds.)
- Reflecting with Purpose: A Research-Backed, Educator’s Guide to Fostering Student Reflections by Benjamin Storie
- Technical Writing Essentials: Introduction to Professional Communications in the Technical Fields by Suzan Last
- Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada by Nancy Ami, Natalie Boldt, Sara Humphreys, Erin Kelly, Shailoo Bedi, Jemma Llewellyn, Monica Conners
- Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada 2nd Edition by Nancy Ami, Natalie Boldt, Sara Humphreys, Erin Kelly, Shailoo Bedi, Jemma Llewellyn, Monica Conners
Open textbooks – relicensed
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- Greek and Latin Roots: Part I – Latin by Peter Smith
- Greek and Latin Roots: Part II – Greek by Peter Smith
- Toward a Moral Horizon: Nursing Ethics for Leadership and Practice by Rosalie Starzomski, Janet L. Storch, Patricia Rodney
Open textbooks – adapted
- Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition by co-author Jane Gair
- Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today – Extended version by Janni Aragon, Mariel Miller
- Principles of Microeconomics (UVic) by Emma Hutchinson, Maxwell Nicholson, Ben Lukenchuk
- Complexities, Capacities, Communities by Alan Pence and Allison Benner (French edition)
- Technical Writing Essentials – H5P Edition original author Suzan Last; adaptation contributors Candice Neveu and Monika Smith
Supplemental materials
- From Family to Philosophy: Letter-Writers from the Pastons to Elizabeth Barrett-Browning by Henry Summerfield
- PPT, quizzes, questions by Janni Aragon and Melissa Hamer for Democracy in Brief
- Reflection exercises (12 sets) for Teaching in a Digital Age
- Web of Performance: An Ensemble Workbook by Monica Prendergast and Will Weigler (Eds.)
Support resources
- Facilitating online learning with the 5R’s: Embedding Indigenous pedagogy into the online learning space by Joanna Lake and Hayley Atkins
- Learning to Learn Online by Nicole Crozier and Joanna Lake
- OER by Discipline Directory (adapted) by ePublishing Services, UVic Libraries
On-campus OE Sustainability
University documents
CREATING OER
Publishing
This service is primarily a digital open access publishing program, the service aims to explore new modes of scholarly publishing, while making works available simultaneously in print and digital formats, for a varied audience.
Grants and projects
Projects in Progress
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by UVic faculty
- Introductory Chemistry (archived)
- Media, Society, Culture and You
- Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
UVic Student Society (UVSS)
- Referenda proponents make their cases for Open Educational Resources, end to PIRG fee at Oct. 30 forum – November 4, 2020
- UVSS Elections: Open educational resources referendum – February 24, 2020
- Textbook broke
- Free textbook adopted by Earth & Ocean Sciences course at UVic – August 31, 2016
Research and presentations
- Bozkurt, A., et al. (Contributing authors included Michael Paskevicius and Valerie Irvine from U.Vic.) (2020). A global outlook to the interruption of education due to COVID-19 Pandemic: Navigating in a time of uncertainty and crisis. Asian Journal of Distance Education, 15(1). http://asianjde.org/ojs/index.php/AsianJDE/article/view/462/307
- Paskevicius, M. & Irvine, V. (2019). Practicalities of implementing open pedagogy in higher education. Smart Learn. Environ. 6, 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-019-0110-5
- Paskevicius, M. & Irvine, V. (2019). Open education and learning design: Open pedagogy in Praxis. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, (1), p.10. doi: http://doi.org/10.5334/jime.512
Blogs and news
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Maximizing UVic Libraries eBooks for Students: eTextbooks for Students (2021-2022) – March 15, 2022 (Scholarly Communication @UVic)
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Valerie Irvine – January 24, 2022 (BCcampus News)
- Making textbooks free – September 23, 2021 (UVic News)
- Creating OER Awareness at UVic – September 20, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- The Best-Laid Plans: How COVID-19 Hindered (and Helped) One Open Education Project – July 7, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Sara Humphreys – October 28, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Announcing BCcampus’ 2020 Open Education Grant Recipients: Laying Foundations and Sustaining Futures – June 25, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Econ grad hired by top global consulting firm – June 6, 2019 (UVic News)
- Award for Excellence in Open Education: Inba Kehoe – March 27, 2018 (BCcampus News)
- UVic students save money with open textbooks – March 8, 2017 (BC Gov News)
- UVic students make push for open textbooks – January 9, 2017 (Saanich News)
- UVic’s Student Society brings OER awareness to campus with #TextbookBroke social media campaign – August 31, 2016 (BCcampus OpenEd)
BEYOND UVIC
BCcampus
Advisory Group
- Mariel Miller (2017-2019)
Educational Electronic Health Record System (EdEHR) Project
- Andre Kushniruk, Elizabeth Borycki (2018)
Research Fellows
- Leanne Kelly and Christina Chakanyuka (2020-2021)
BCOEL Membership
- Inba Kehoe
OTESSA
- Valerie Irvine, President (founding member)
SPARC
2018-2019 Open Education Leadership Mentors
- Inba Kehoe