Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Programs

Province-wide

Institution-specific

Open Textbooks – New

Open Textbooks – Adaptations/New Editions

Adult Basic Education (ABE)

TEXTBOOKS

Trades

Open Course Packs

Supplemental Materials

Also see Homework section

Aligned by Textbook

 Stand Alone

Homework

Guides and Toolkits

OER Toolkit for Trades Instructors (aligned with Common Core Trades series) – Camosun, KPU, UFV

Pulling Together series (the result of the Indigenization Project; led by a steering committee of Indigenous education leaders; authored by Indigenous and ally writers)

Open Applications

Sustainability: Open Events, Practices, Tools, OER

BCIT:

  • Distributed OER grants for multiple projects using institutional support, part 1; developed OER sprints for supplemental materials or course redesign, part 2
  • Provided on-campus training, workshops, and infrastructure for Pressbooks
  • Completed an assessment of nursing OER (aligned those from eCampusON with B.C. competencies)
  • Completed an evaluation of RN Pharmacology open textbook
  • Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2020-2021) projects

Camosun College: Created an OER workshop specific to trades

Camosun College: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2019-2022) projects

Capilano University: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2019-2021) projects

Coast Mt College: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2019-2021) projects

College of the Rockies/Selkirk College (joint project): Completed Open Education Foundation Grants for Institutions (2020-2021) projects

Justice Institute of B.C.: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2019-2022) projects

KPU: Distributed OER grants for multiple projects using institutional support, part 1; OER adaptation and open pedagogy workshops, course-specific adaptation project, part 2

KPU: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2019-2022) projects

SFU: OER Protege Program

TRU: STEM review for open homework systems

UBC-Okanagan: Completed Open Education Foundation Grants for Institutions (2020-2021) projects

UNBC: Built an institutional open infrastructure: review, revise, write open textbooks/OER

UFV: Completed Open Education Foundation Grants for Institutions (2020-2023) projects

UVic: Completed Open Education Sustainability Grants for Institutions (2020-2023)

VIU: Exploring an open path for first-year engineering 

Time Investment Grants