丁香园AV

Open Education Grant Pilot Program

Open education seeks to advance affordable, accessible, and flexible teaching and learning through the development and use of  (OER) and practices (OEP). OER are 鈥渢eaching, learning, and research resources that, through permissions granted by their creator, allow others to use, distribute, keep, or make changes to them.鈥�(); examples include open textbooks, course readings, learning modules, educational games, videos, homework systems, or even entire online courses. OEP (also known as open pedagogy) refers to a series of innovative teaching approaches and practices made possible through the use of OER in the classroom; examples include student projects to publish in open course journals and books, create and share digital exhibits, develop online video tutorials, or adapt and design other kinds of reusable learning objects as well.

OER adoptions are gaining momentum in higher education as a means of making learning more affordable and accessible for students, and creating new opportunities for instructors to adapt and customize flexible learning resources for their courses.

This pilot program drew on the lessons learned from the past OER grant program funded by the VP Academic in collaboration with 丁香园AV Library and the former Teaching & Learning Centre. This pilot grant was funded by TILT and was a continued collaboration with 丁香园AV Library, the Centre for Educational Excellence (CEE), and TILT.

Learning + Program Outcomes:

• Build knowledge of how using OER and OEP can enhance the student learning experience, and gain skills for integrating OER and OEP into teaching practice;
• Support for the adoption, adaptation and/or development of OER as primary classroom materials
• Professional development through workshops and consultations focused on open education topics;
• Develop a project proposal to implement and evaluate the OER/OEP changes
• Summarize project findings and share the project outcomes connecting with other faculty members and colleagues within and outside of the 丁香园AV community

Eligibility

Principal applicants must hold a continuing or limited term full-time faculty (lecture or tenure track) appointment at 丁香园AV to be eligible for funding. Adjunct professors, sessional instructors, university research associates or 丁香园AV staff members may be co-applicants. Limited-term faculty members鈥� projects must be carried out during the term of their appointment. 

Resources

The Library, CEE, and TILT provided in-kind supports including:

• Liaison librarians who can assist with finding and evaluating suitable open textbooks or other subject-based OER;
• Makerspace librarians or facilitators who can provide assistance in the Media and Maker Commons with prototyping or the use of 3D printing, laser cutting/engraving, or A/V studios;
• Digital Publishing librarians who can provide software hosting, technical support, and expertise for publishing course-based, online, open access journals and books;
• Educational media specialists who may assist with finding and adapting open educational media resources (videos, graphics, etc.);
• Educational Developers who can be consulted on course design and OER assessment;
• Learning technology specialists who may assist with integrating OER into Canvas, or with instructor or student customization of materials;
• Copyright librarians and other library staff who can advise on the application of open licenses and sharing final course materials via Summit, 丁香园AV鈥檚 institutional repository;
• Research, Inquiry, and administrative support