Online texts saving Okanagan College students money - InfoNews.ca
lterrat's bookmarks 2016-12-29
Summary:
"Okanagan College ranked third in open textbook adoptions out of 31 participating post-secondary institutions in BCcampus’s 2015-16 Annual Review of their Open Textbook Project. (Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Camosun College ranked first and second, respectively.)
BCcampus’s Open Textbook Project, an online repository of open educational resources (OERs), allows students and educators to use textbooks at no cost under a Creative Commons license. It currently has more than 170 books on a wide range of common post-secondary course subjects – everything from social science and business to trades and adult literacy upgrading courses.
'Okanagan College is committed on a number of fronts to minimizing barriers to post-secondary education,' explains Okanagan College President Jim Hamilton. 'It’s encouraging to see our professors supporting the Open Textbook Project and helping students save on the cost of their education.'"