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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
- Narratives of Memory, Migration, and Xenophobia in the European Union and Canada by Helga Hallgrimsdottier, Helga Thorson (Eds.)
- Technical Writing Essentials: Introduction to Professional Communications in the Technical Fields by Suzan Last
- Why Write? A Guide for Students in Canada by ancy Ami, Natalie Boldt, Sara Humphreys, Erin Kelly, Shailoo Bedi, Jemma Llewellyn, Monica Conners
Open textbooks – relicensed
- Greek and Latin Roots: Part I – Latin by Peter Smith
- Greek and Latin Roots: Part II – Greek by Peter Smith
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)
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
- Learning to Learn Online by Nicole Crozier and Joanna Lake
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
OE Sustainability Grant (2020)
- Develop a new Open Education Digital Initiatives Grant (OEDIG) program. The program will aim to build a team of up to 10 faculty members from across campus. It will include a variety of university supports, such as librarians, education technologists, book production specialists, and students.
- Create an Open Education Faculty Fellows program that aims to reduce student barriers to accessibility and learning by increasing adoptions of OER at UVic.
UVic Open Hub project (2022)
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
Last update: Nov 2/22
