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CCH and the evolution of fair dealing in higher education
Zerkee, Jennifer
CCH directly paved the way for post-secondary institutions in Canada to manage copyright in-house, providing a viable alternative to increasingly expensive yet less and less valuable institutional licences from Access ...
Posted October 18, 2025
Building trust in open educational resources for multiliteracies in English and Applied Linguistics
Hautemo, Aletta Mweneni; Iithindi, Sylvia
The paper examines the issue of trust in adopting open educational resources (OER) to develop multiliteracies in the field of English and Applied Linguistics. The goal is to intentionally integrate best practices in ...
Posted October 18, 2025
A National Advocacy Framework for Open Educational Resources in Canada
McNally, Michael; Ludbrook, Ann
Canada’s Open Educational Resource (OER) landscape has known many successes, but manifests one notable gap. While provincial initiatives such as BCcampus and eCampusOntario are world leaders, Canadian academics are ...
Posted October 18, 2025
A User’s Guide to Open Educational Resources in Medical Education
Chan, Teresa M; Trueger, N Seth; Maggio, Lauren A; Ting, Daniel K; Sherbino, Jonathan; Thoma, Brent
Open educational resources (OERs) such as blog posts, podcasts, infographics, and videos focusing on medical topics are frequently published online. Their objectives are variable and include the critical appraisal of ...
Posted October 18, 2025
Open Access in Education: Unlocking Quality Learning for All to Achieve SDG 4
Chugh, Mitali; Keoy Alan, K. H.
Ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and Lifelong Learning is one of the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals 4 (SDG 4). However, in higher education, a lack of equity in resource ...
Posted October 18, 2025
Gains and Gaps in OER: Using Rubrics to Assess the Impact of OER on Writing and Information Literacy Skills in the Literature Classroom
Bankston, Sarah; LeMire, Sarah; Cooper, Rich Paul; Carly-Miles, Claire
Open educational resources (OER) reduce the textbook cost burden for students, but we must examine whether students using OER are learning the necessary skills to succeed in their academic work. This study used rubrics ...
Posted October 18, 2025
Association Between Embedded No-Cost Materials and Student Success for Undergraduate Students in For-Profit Universities
Johnson, Denice Gabriela
Purchasing educational materials adds to college costs. The problem addressed in this study is the lack of research on the association between student success and the use of no-cost educational materials in for-profit ...
Posted October 15, 2025
Open Educational Resources: Teachers’ Perception and Impact on Students’ Motivation and Meaningful Learning
Romero-Ariza, Marta; Quesada, Antonio; Abril, Ana M.; Rodríguez-Ortega, Pilar G.; Martín-Peciña, María
Open Educational Resources (OER) are increasingly recognized as key tools for promoting quality, inclusive, and equitable education. Their ease of access and the possibility of free adaptation to different contexts ...
Posted October 1, 2025
Open educational resources in epidemiology: a case study of student perceptions
Padamsey, Kiam
Textbooks are fundamental in epidemiological education, but their rising costs and static nature present challenges in an ever-evolving academic landscape. Open Educational Resources (OER) offer a potential solution by ...
Posted September 26, 2025
How to Maximize the Use of OER in 2025
McGreal, Rory
Dr. Rory McGreal discusses how to maximize the use of OER in courses using AI. Faculty can begin by identifying reputable OER repositories, such as BCcampus, OpenStax, MERLOT, and OER Commons, to locate relevant ...
Posted September 20, 2025
