There’s an old saying – that a great way to learn about people is to get to know their bookshelves. For many faculty in higher education, our bookshelves are transforming …
New search widget, more item details, and more! It’s been a busy year for the eCampusOntario Open Library! We have been hard at work developing a better user experience with …
March 7-11, 2022 Celebrate Open Education Week (OE Week) with us! Open Education Global launched OE Week back in 2012, and has since become an annual open forum for sharing and learning …
By Lillian Hogendoorn Acting Manager, Digital Access & OER As we move into another semester of remote learning, students across Ontario continue to face challenges accessing the required resources they …
By Lillian HogendoornActing Manager, Digital Access and OER Ontario has a thriving community of open educators writing openly-licensed textbooks, experimenting with open pedagogy, and supporting their colleagues in their pursuit of more …
By Lillian HogendoornActing Manager, Digital Access and OER And Rama Kaba-DemaninOpen Library Coordinator What’s new with eCampusOntario’s publishing infrastructure?This September, 12 Ontario postsecondary institutions are starting the school year with …
From reporting almost $10 million in Ontario student savings to sustaining an engaged community of researchers and collaborators, the eCampusOntario Open Library has had a year of action, impact and …
By Krista McCracken Archives Supervisor at Algoma University and eCampusOntario Open Education Fellow While at the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) annual meeting in British Columbia this past June, I had the opportunity …
Searching for a way to make course materials more affordable, useable and exciting for her microbiology students, University of Guelph instructor Wendy Keenleyside decided to adapt a digital textbook and …
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels A new initiative developing high-impact educational resources will strengthen Ontario nursing programs, save students money and provide new graduates and practicing nurses with a broadened …
2018 was a year of exploration and revelation for eCampusOntario’s inaugural cohort of Open Education (OE) Fellows. The OE Fellows were brought on board to lead inquiry projects and contribute …
Photo: Rawpixel via Pixabay By Bianca Parisi MLIS, Library and Learning Commons Technology Coordinator at Niagara College In this Ranger Report, Bianca Parisi, a technology coordinator at Niagara College and …
Photo by Josh Sorenson from Pexels The Open at Scale approach originated through conversations with passionate practitioners and leaders who saw an opportunity to pursue open education at a systemic …
Open Ed Week 2019 Roundup In Ontario, 2019’s Open Education Week was full of learning, engagement and discussion among open education enthusiasts at public post-secondary institutions across the region. Almost 60 events were listed on the Open Education Week Ontario calendar, …
Photo by Rodolfo Clix from Pexels Building on the success of the first cohort of Open Education Fellows, eCampusOntario proudly announces the names of the five OE Fellows for 2019: Tricia Bonner (Loyalist), …
Helen DeWaard – Lakehead University Helen DeWaard teaches digital and media literacy at the Faculty of Education, Lakehead University, Orillia. She has completed a Masters of Educational Technology from the …
Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels Survey sponsored by eCampusOntario highlights benefits, barriers to online learning Canadian universities, colleges and CEGEPs continue to embrace online learning as a key part of …
Open Education Week is a global celebration of the open education movement. An initiative of the Open Education Consortium–a non-profit, global members-based network of open education institutions and organizations—this week …
Last month, eCampusOntario sat down with Alan Davis, President and Vice-Chancellor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University from Surrey, British Columbia. Under Davis’s leadership, Kwantlen has grown its influence in open education, …
eCampusOntario Open Education Fellows Fall Webinar Series This year, eCampusOntario welcomed six new partners, the Open Education (OE) Fellows, to lead action research focused on open education and contribute to …
Photo by Kristopher Kinsinger on Unsplash On Sunday, November 11, 2018, at the second Open Education Ontario (OEO) Summit, thirty-plus pairs of experienced and rising Ontario Open Rangers generously shared their time and …
Photo by New Data Services on Unsplash. eCampusOntario is committed to raising awareness and increasing the use of open educational resources (OER), including open textbooks, across our member institutions. This …
Photo by Raw Pixel on Unsplash. The past seven years have seen the development of provincial funding programs and individual projects across Canada aimed at lowering the cost of student …
Photo by Christian Hume on Unsplash. If you have not explored open publishing platform Pressbooks in the last few months, you are in for a few lovely surprises. New features …
Deadline extended: Friday, September 7th Sunday, November 11, 2018 from 1 pm – 6:30 pm at The George Conference Centre 80 Cooperage St. Toronto ON, Canada eCampusOntario is hosting the second …