The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation supports the B.C. Open Textbook Project | BCcampus

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-12-03

Summary:

"BCcampus is the proud recipient of a grant from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in the amount of $525, 000 USD over three years to support the Open Textbook Project in British Columbia.  This grant gives us the ability to keep providing open education materials and support to post-secondary institutions in B.C. Being recognized by such a well-known and highly regarded organization, such as The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation shows that we are on the right path, and we’re excited to continue to build the foundation for the open education movement in Canada  BCcampus activities will focus on developing support for faculty to find, adopt and adapt open resources to better meet the needs of students. These funds will be used to develop ancillary resources to accompany open textbooks (such as presentations, test banks, videos and homework systems). We will also be funding additional faculty reviews of our materials to ensure quality and developing and delivering workshops to support faculty and academic staff in learning how to use and adopt open educational resources for their classrooms.  British Columbia was the first jurisdiction in Canada to launch a government-sponsored open textbook project. It is estimated that more than 8,000 students in B.C. have saved more than $1 million with the open textbooks. With this funding, we are optimistic for what this will do for students both in terms of access and better learning experiences.  More than 135 open textbooks are now available in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection, with titles ranging from popular first and second-year subjects such as math, chemistry and business, to skills and technical subjects including trades, tourism, hospitality, healthcare and adult upgrading ..."

Link:

http://bccampus.ca/2015/12/01/the-william-and-flora-hewlett-foundation-supports-the-b-c-open-textbook-project/

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

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oa.new oa.bccampus oa.textbooks oa.hewlett_foundation oa.funders oa.education oa.students oa.economics_of oa.books oa.announcements

Date tagged:

12/03/2015, 09:10

Date published:

12/03/2015, 04:10