Completed Projects

Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Programs

Province-wide

Institution-specific

Certificate in Arts – KPU
Certificate in General Studies – TRU
Law Enforcement Studies Diploma – JIBC
- Note: This diploma will be a complete ZTC program upon the completion of a first-year Criminology textbook (in progress).

Supplemental Materials

Also see Homework section

Aligned by Textbook

Anatomy and Physiology: OpenStax: Health Case Studies – BCIT
Astronomy: OpenStax: Digital diagrams – Douglas
British Columbia in a Global Context: Open case studies (Climate Change; Illegal Logging) – UBC
British Columbia in a Global Context: Set of five open case studies (Sustainable Food Systems on Campus) – UBC
Canadian History: Post-Confederation: Videos (YouTube) and editable video files -TRU
Canadian History: Pre-Confederation: Videos (YouTube) and editable video files -TRU
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care: Health Case Studies – BCIT
College Physics: OpenStax: Videos (YouTube), editable video files, and Instructor testbanks (request this resource)
Common Core Trades: 23 self tests – Camosun
Common Core Trades: 3D images and videos to accompany – Camosun
Common Core Trades: OER Toolkit for Trades Instructors – Camosun
Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition: Lab manual and prep sheets (request this resource), 10 text-based assignments (request this resource), PowerPoint slides, instructional videos (YouTube) and editable video files – Camosun
Culinary Arts: Testbank (request this resource) – BC Cook Articulation Committee
Democracy in Brief: PPT, quizzes, questions – UVic
Education and Career Planning Open Course: Instructor assignment guide – CotR
Introduction to Psychology-1st Canadian Edition:
- Testbank – multiple institutions (request this resource)
- Open courseware – KPU (request this resource)
- Open case study (Climate Change) – UBC
Introduction to Sociology-2nd Canadian Edition: Open case studies (Climate Change; Trawl Fishery) – UBC
Introductory Chemistry-1st Canadian Edition: PowerPoint slides – VIU
Mechanics: Learning logs, learning evaluation, tutorials
Mechanics Map: OER mechanics images – Douglas, UBC
Physical Geology: Embedded exercises (questions and answers) – TRU
Principles of Economics: OpenStax: Open case studies (Enbridge; Illegal Logging; Trawl Fishery) – UBC
Principles of Marketing: Testbank – Okanagan
Sustainability: A Comprehensive Foundation: Set of five open case studies (Sustainable Food Systems on Campus) – UBC
Teaching in a Digital Age: Reflection exercises (12 sets) – UVic

Stand Alone

Education and Career Planning (EDCP) online course – CotR, Camosun, Douglas, NLC, Coast Mt College (NWCC), Selkirk, VCC;
- Instructor’s manual – CotR
Nursing Skills Videos – BCIT
Open Case Studies – UBC
Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plan Simulator – BCIT
Stanley Park Geography VR Field Trip – UBC
WeBWork Online Homework Problems for Mechanical and Chemical Engineering courses – UBC

Homework

Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition (80 interactive activities) – Camosun, KPU
Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC-2nd Edition – Capilano, CotR, Selkirk, RRU, TRU
Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis – Volumes I & II (practice problems and answers) – VIU
Principles of Social Psychology-1st International H5P Edition – Capilano, KPU
Psychology – H5P Edition – UBC
Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan – 2nd Cdn Ed (over 120 interactive activities) – Douglas, UFV, VIU, Centennial College (ON)
Writing for Success, 1st Cdn H5P Edition – Douglas, TRU

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

Educational Electronic Health Record
Open Modernisms Anthology Builder – UVic.

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

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