Behind the Scenes OER (Open Educational Resources) Pressbooks Projects at Concordia

Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Concordia University fosters open education to enhance access to quality educational resources. Part of Open Education Month at Concordia University, Behind the Scenes offers insight into several open textbooks and open guidebook projects, namely: Department of Art History, Create Grant Project, Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art and Society in the Nineteenth Century by Loren […]

Free Books: Open Publishing at Concordia

Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

To celebrate Open Education Month, Concordia Library is pleased to present a new display highlighting open publishing at the Library and Concordia University Press (CUP). Together, the Library and CUP collaborate to make scholarship and education free and accessible within and beyond the university. Open Educational Resources (OER) are digital resources for teaching, learning, and […]

Hunting for Open Educational Resources Suited to Your Discipline (In Person)

Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Open Educational Resources (OER) are free learning materials for students, which can easily be adapted or tailored for accessible, course-specific learning. This workshop introduces OER basics such as renewable assignments and open textbooks and their place in the open ecosystem. You will learn to search for and discover OER relevant to your courses and disciplines. In […]

Open Educational Resources (OER) Discovery Minute (In Person)

Concordia University Montreal, Quebec, Canada

OER Discovery Minute is an opportunity to discover what your student peers at Concordia are doing to help you find and access free textbooks and learning materials.  Only have a minute, no problem. Drop by at any time during our event for a minute, two, or the whole session.  Activities include: Button making Trivia Searching […]