Did you know McMaster has single-sign on to Pressbooks, an easy-to-use open content publishing platform for creating (or adapting) online resources such as textbooks, guidebooks, modules, lab manuals, student-generated assignments, and more? This session will provide an overview of Pressbooks and the dynamic features that are natively baked in – including H5P interactivity, Hypothes.is annotation […]
This event features McMaster faculty and instructors who are incorporating open education into their teaching. Hear from some of the 2025-2026 OER Grantees as they update us on their awarded projects. Learn about the open resources being created for McMaster courses and hear about experiences in creating open and accessible content. Gather ideas for possible […]
Pressbooks is an easy-to-use open content publishing platform for creating (or adapting) online resources such as textbooks, guidebooks, modules, lab manuals, student-generated assignments, and more! This session will provide an overview of Pressbooks and the dynamic features that are natively baked in – including H5P interactivity, Hypothes.is annotation and embedded multimedia. If you’re looking to […]
One of the biggest barriers to OER adoption and use is finding the right resource. In this session, we will look at some McMaster-specific resources that will help you in your search (including McMaster’s OER by Discipline Guide version 2.0 and the OER Finding Service), explore some OER repositories, and consider some strategies to fine […]
eCampusOntario offers free access to H5P, a powerful tool for creating interactive learning elements? H5P allows you to design engaging activities—such as quizzes, drag-and-drop exercises, interactive videos, and more—that can be seamlessly embedded into Avenue to Learn. This session will provide an overview of H5P and showcase a variety of interactive elements that instructors can […]
We typically associate the word “curation” with art galleries and museums, but with the burgeoning availability of open education resources, it can also be part of a content creation strategy. Sifting through the vast amounts of relevant content online can be challenging, but also presents opportunities to selectively collect astonishing and high-quality pieces, carefully authored […]
This event features McMaster faculty and instructors who are incorporating open education into their teaching. Hear from some of the 2024-2025 OER Grantees as they update us on their awarded projects. Learn about the open resources being created for McMaster courses and hear about experiences in creating open and accessible content. Gather ideas for possible […]
One of the biggest barriers to OER adoption and use is finding the right resource. In this session, we will look at some McMaster-specific resources that will help you in your search (including McMaster’s OER by Discipline Guide version 2.0), explore some OER repositories, and consider some strategies to fine tune your results. We will […]
Approximately 2.2 million learners were enrolled in post-secondary institutions in Canada in the 2021/22 academic year (Statistics Canada, 2023). That number is likely relatively similar for 2023/24. If each of those learners were enrolled in 3 courses per semester, and each course required one hour of homework and assignment time per week (over 15 weeks) […]
Did you know the Ontario post-secondary community has free access to Pressbooks, an easy-to-use open content publishing platform for creating (or adapting) online resources such as textbooks, guidebooks, modules, lab manuals, student-generated assignments, and more? This session will provide an overview of Pressbooks and the dynamic features that are natively baked in – including H5P […]
