Open educational practices (OEP) have seen a significant growth in integration in Canadian post-secondary institutions in the past decade. It began in British Columbia and the ripple effects have brought the creation, adaptation, and adoption of OER and other OEP across the Rockies, through the Prairies and Central Canada, to the North, and to the shores of Atlantic Canada. And we’ve done this without a federal Department of Education.
Each provinces’ and territories’ work on OEP is unique to their region and circumstances. While British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario have central organizations (BCcampus, CampusManitoba, and eCampus Ontario respectfully), others have launched, and are sustaining, OEP initiatives at the individual institutional level.
Even with these differences, cross institution and Canada-wide collaborations have been occurring. Resources are shared widely and there are monthly virtual meetings of leaders in open from across the country where we share current projects and look for opportunities to assist and partner with one another.
This panel will be feature some OE leaders from across Canada who will share the challenges, successes, and vital partnerships that have been formed to improve access to, and the quality of, educational materials for students in post-secondary institutions throughout Canada.
After participating in this session, attendees will be able to:
- Understand the challenges, successes, and vital partnerships that have been formed to improve access to, and the quality of, educational materials for students in post-secondary institutions throughout Canada
- Describe the open education practices occurring in Canada
- Understand each provinces’ and territories’ work on OEP is unique to their region and circumstances and be able to describe the uniqueness
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