The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the 2024 Fall term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ACCT 3008 sections 004, 050,… Continue Reading →
Sam Schechter’s Path to OER
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Sam Schechter is faculty in the Communications Department at Douglas College and was formerly President of the Douglas College Faculty Association. Before that, he was Chair of the Communications Department and a member of the Education Council. He also continues… Continue Reading →
Winner of the OER Incentive Grants – Fall 2023
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Congratulations to our Fall 2023 winners who received the OER Incentive Grant or the No-Cost/Low-Cost (NC/LC) Supplementary Materials Incentive Grant. From Applied Community Studies Tricia Rachfall, Therapeutic Recreation Elisabeth Hagerty, Social Work From Commerce & Business Administration Barbara Fellnermayr, Accounting Jack Lin, Accounting From Language, Literature and Performing Arts… Continue Reading →
In the Fall 2020 semester, the Douglas Students’ Union launched the Academic Materials Survey to learn about student experience with academic materials. We gathered information from students that included how much tuition and textbooks cost, the cost and usage of… Continue Reading →
Douglas College students Mehre Dlir and Doyin Agbaje share their experiences with Open Educational Resources in support of Open Textbooks Now! Open Textbooks Now! is a campaign led by the Douglas Students’ Union and the British Columbia Federation of Students… Continue Reading →
A Strategic Plan for OER at Douglas
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Douglas College champions OER adoption for students, so much so that one of the initiatives in its 2020 – 2025 Strategic Plan is to expand the availability of OERs at the College. This will reduce costs for textbooks and related… Continue Reading →
With the rapid growth in our textbook adoptions at Douglas College, we’ve taken the opportunity to look back and share this increase through data visualization from 2014 to 2020. OER use at Douglas College has steadily increased, with a notable… Continue Reading →
We are proud to report that the Fall 2020 term shows the biggest increase in open textbook adoptions since 2013 (the first year that OER data was recorded at Douglas College). To illustrate, In 2013, we had 6 course adoptions of… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the 2024 Summer term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ANTH 1111 section 001, taught… Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the 2023 Fall term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ACCT 1110 section 070, taught… Continue Reading →
Congratulations to our Winter & Summer 2023 winners who received the OER Incentive Grant or the No-Cost/Low-Cost (NC/LC) Supplementary Materials Incentive Grant. From Applied Community Studies · Jason Lam, Child and Youth Care · Cal Oliver, Social Work From Commerce & Business Administration · … Continue Reading →
The following courses have replaced a commercial textbook with an open textbook and/or open educational resources for the 2023 Winter term at Douglas College. This list does not include the courses that require no textbooks: ANTH 1100 ALL SECTIONS ANTH… Continue Reading →
While students have been steadily saving money thanks to the continued introduction of Open Educational Resources (OER) at Douglas College, 2021 was a milestone year: Douglas College Students saved over $1 Million on textbooks. Those savings are just in one… Continue Reading →
