by ikehoe | Dec 12, 2016 | News, Open access, Open education
Call for Open Textbook contributions: An Introduction to Philosophy Re-posted from the Rebus Foundation: https://about.rebus.community/2016/11/call-for-open-textbook-contributions-an-introduction-to-philosophy/ Would you like to help create and publish an Open...
by ikehoe | Sep 9, 2016 | Events, News, Open education
UVic Undergraduate Society (UVSS) The UVSS has launched a #TextbookBroke campaign that aims to “bring awareness to the problems in the publishing business, where students are captive consumers and there is little correlation between product value and price. In...
by jzilm | Oct 10, 2014 | Open access, Open education, Publishing
October 10, 2014, BC Campus New Open Textbook! English Literature: Victorians and Moderns English Literature: Victorians and Moderns is an anthology with a difference. In addition to providing annotated teaching editions of many of the most frequently-taught classics...
by jzilm | Jan 16, 2014 | Open access, Open education
“The Ministry of Advanced Education, assisted by BCcampus, is contributing to the development of an open future for educational resources and teaching practices by providing funding to develop open textbooks. To that end, we are pleased to announce the third...
by jzilm | Jan 10, 2014 | Open access, Open education
BC Ministry of Education | January 10, 2014 British Columbia’s open textbooks project already has helped almost 300 post-secondary students, who saved an average of $146 each on their textbook costs for the fall 2013 semester. “In just a few months since...
by jzilm | Oct 17, 2013 | Open access, Open education
Open Session for Faculty at the University of Victoria Date: October 25, 2013 Time: 1-2pm Place: Room 210, Library Speaker: Clint LaLonde Title: The BC Open Textbook Project: More than Saving Students Money Abstract: In the fall of 2012, the BC Ministry of Advanced...
