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Finding, Adopting, Modifying<\/h2>\n

Getting started with OER<\/p>\n

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Adopting open educational resources<\/strong> means that you are selecting openly licensed free resources (like textbooks) to use \u201cas is\u201d in your classroom.<\/p>\n

Adopting open educational practices<\/strong> means that you are teaching, learning and working in the open, making the fruits of your labour accessible for others to learn from and engage with.<\/p>\n

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\"Source: Source: BC Campus<\/p>\n

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Hundreds of thousands of words have been written about open educational resources, but precious little has been written about how OER \u2013 or openness more generally \u2013 changes the practice of education. Substituting OER for expensive commercial resources \u2026Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n

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Find an open textbook<\/p>\n

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Review and Evaluate<\/p>\n

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Supplementary Resources<\/p>\n

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Supplementary Resources<\/p>\n

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Distribute Resources<\/p>\n

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Apply to Review an Open Textbook<\/h2>\n

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BCcampus is looking for qualified textbook reviewers from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon to review existing open textbooks in the BC Open Textbook<\/span><\/u><\/a> collection. Where appropriate, we are also asking faculty to consider adopting the textbook they review in their courses, should the textbook meet their need.<\/p>\n

An honorarium of $250 will be provided to eligible and qualified individuals who complete and submit a review on an open textbook in the BC Open Textbook <\/span><\/u><\/a>collection.<\/p>\n

The resulting reviews will be published on the BC Open Textbook website and will be publicly available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Derivative (CC-BY-ND<\/span><\/u><\/a>) 3.0 Unported license.<\/p>\n

More information<\/a><\/p>\n

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Inba Kehoe
Copyright Office\/Scholarly Communication\/Publishing Librarian
University of Victoria Libraries
PO Box 1800 STN CSC
Victoria BC\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>V8W 3H5
Canada<\/p>\n

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