Open educational resources in Canada 2015

Rory McGreal, Terry Anderson, Dianne Conrad

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    Abstract

    Canada's important areas of expertise in open educational resources (OER) are beginning to be built upon or replicated more broadly in all education and training sectors. This paper provides an overview of the state of the art in OER initiatives and open higher education in general in Canada, providing insights into what is happening nationally and provincially. There are growing examples of OER initiatives from several Canadian institutions offering free courses to Canadians and international learners. National open education initiatives include the federal government's Open Data pilot project and the Council of Ministers of Education of Canada (CMEC) support for the Open Educational Resource Paris Declaration, as well as Creative Commons Canada. Regionally, the western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta are supporting OER as part of major open education initiatives.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)161-175
    Number of pages15
    JournalInternational Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning
    Volume16
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • Canada
    • MOOC
    • OER
    • Open educational resources
    • Policy

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