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Support for Open Educational Practices at KPU

A brief overview of the supports available for open educational practices at KPU.

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What is the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative?

A brief explanation of the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative.

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What are Open Textbooks?

A brief explanation of open textbooks.

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The Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Initiative

KPU is home to Canada’s first Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative. Instead of textbooks, we use library and open educational resources (OER) in around 20% of course sections that are offered.…

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Webinar recording: Using the LibreTexts to Create, Curate and Disseminate your Course Textbooks

This is a recording of a webinar given by Dr. Delmar Larsen (University of California, Davis) on June 11, 2019. Abstract: It is becoming ever clearer that new and innovative educational efforts are…

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Print on demand setup tutorial

A brief video tutorial for setting up print-on-demand for open textbooks

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KPU faculty describe their experiences with using open textbooks

Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) Instructors Takashi Sato (Physics), Fiona Whittington-Walsh (Sociology), Farhad Dastur (Psychology), Bob Fuhr (History), and Kurt Penner (Psychology) discuss…

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Beyond OER with Dr. Robin DeRosa: Promises, Pitfalls, and Potential of Open Education

March 20, 2017. This video is openly licensed under a CC-BY 4.0 license

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Open Technology: The 3rd Pillar of Open Education

Clint Lalonde, Manager of Educational Technology, BCcampus. March 30, 2017. This video is openly licensed under a CC-BY 4.0 license.

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