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Get Involved
Students are advocating for OER across Canada through textbook broke campaigns, respectfully speaking with or writing to their teachers, championing teachers who are going the extra mile with open educational resources.
OER Work-Study Students at Concordia
OER Work-Study Students gain practical and professional experience while working within a team aimed at serving the wider student body. Keep an eye out for OER related work-study student job posting as part of the Work-study program and learn more about our OER Team at Concordia University Library.
Faculty-Student Collaboration Opportunities
Open textbook grants not only provide faculty with funding but also create valuable opportunities for students. Using these grants Faculty members can hire students to assist with various aspects of open textbook projects—such as conducting research and working within Pressbooks—these grants have a direct impact on student learning and professional development. You will notice student assistants listed in our projects. If you are interested in getting involved, learn how to approach your instructors and familiarize yourselves with Concordia's OER program.
Concordia Students Nominate a Course
You can help our OER community grow and thrive by nominating a course that you believe would benefit from an OER. Simply fill out the "Concordia Students Nominate a Course" form to submit your suggestion and contribute to expanding the availability of valuable educational resources for everyone. Your input plays a crucial role in shaping the future of open education!
Student Advocacy Resources for Promoting OER on Campus
- BC Campus OER Student Toolkit contains a one-pager on "How to Advocate on Your Campus: For Student Societies and Student Leaders."
- BC Campus Adoption Guide contains a one-page sample script for "Talking with Instructors."
- For more sample scripts and ideas on textbook affordability campaigns, see Textbook Affordability Student Toolkit (2018) pdf.
- Nominating a course at Concordia University can help facilitate the work of promoting OER on this campus.
Student OER Involvement in Canada
| Students involved at: | Student Actions: |
|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | Open Letter |
| University of British Columbia | Textbook Broke Call to Action |
| University of Victoria |
Textbook Broke Call to Action |
| University of Victoria | OER Advocacy Letter |
| University of Guelph | Student Textbook Survey Report |
| McGill University | McGill News |
| McGill University | OER Report |
| Ontario Undergraduate Alliance | Textbook Broke Call to Action |
Professors across the main faculties at Concordia University are getting involved in Open Education
Discover professorial colleagues leading the way to open education at Concordia University by working on open-textbooks or by using their projects in Concordia courses.
Department-wide open educational project made possible
Paving the way to what a department-wide open education collaboration is the Department of Journalism at Concordia University. Project leads, Andrea Hunter and Cristina Sanza discuss JOUR 443: The Digital Magazine Open Textbook as part of the Behind-the-Scenes Event in March 2024.
Already using an open educational resource for your course?
If you're a professor already using an open textbook, you're leading the way in making education more accessible and affordable. Contact us to share details about the open textbook you're using, and we'll add your course and textbook to our OER library. Connect with us today to become part of the growing OER community.
Ways to get involved
- Reach out to colleagues working on an OER projects.
- Ask your students about how textbooks impact them.
- Learn about leveraging OER in the tenure process (either for yourself or colleagues), i.e. See video recording of Making OER Count: Incorporating OER into the Tenure and Promotion Process
- Apply for an open textbook grant during the October or March grant cycles.
- Discuss within your departments. See resources on Communicating the Value of OER at Illinois and BC Campus news on Deans of Arts and Science: A Unified Front to Support OER.
- Know that small steps towards the accessibility of education make a difference over time.
- Make an appointment with your subject librarian and or Scholarly Publishing Librarian. Bring your questions and syllabi. We can help you find and explore OER resources.
Librarians at Concordia University are geting involved by:
- Leading Concordia University's OER Program
- Keeping up to-date with OER knowledge.
- Consulting with professorial colleagues and students in their subject areas, including those already involved in OER and the curious amongst us.
- Considering whether their instructional materials could become OER.
- Transforming their insturctional materials into OER.
- Communicating the value of OER amongst colleagues.
Concordia's Centre for Teaching and Learning Participates in Open Education
Paving the way to making best practices in teaching and learning openly available, Ariel Harlap from the Concordia's CTL presents several open guide projects in Behind-the-Scenes Event in March 2024.
Explore the open guidebooks by Concordia's CTL in our Pressbooks catalogue.
