1. A view from Canada on open educational resources (OER) David Porter, Executive Director BCcampus, British Columbia, CANADA

2. BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. British Columbia - Canada 25 autonomous public post-secondary institutions High-speed networks connect all BC regions, cities and communities Online learning is considered a requirement for providing access, choice, flexibility and mobility for BC citizens 2 Page |

3. 3 BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. BCcampus mission “BCcampus is a collaborative online learning initiative...” BCcampus is a publicly-funded organization that uses information technology to connect the expertise, programs and resources of all British Columbia post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework. Berdea [CC-BY-SA-3.0] via Wikimedia Commons

4. New drivers of strategy require us to consider new patterns for digital content use 4 01 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.

5. 5 Jobs, programs and courses... Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate.

6. Open Curricula Development $9.5M CA in grants 144 grants awarded 100% participation 83% partnerships BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Online Program Development Fund 2003 – 2011 6 Page |

7. Open Curricula Development Development across all academic domains BCcampus OPDF contributed in whole or in part to 47 credentials 355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course components BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 7 Page |

8. BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 8 Page | http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca Open Science Instrumentation

9. 02 There are multiple entry points for “open” thinking and open practices 9 Page |

10. Open access - research 10 Page |

11. Open access publishing 11 Page | Athabasca University has been a leader in Canada in modeling open access publishing of scholarly journals both online and in print The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning

12. Communities of practice 12 Page | Open pedagogies and open teaching practices Open textbook development consortia

13. 03 Some important principles, policy directions and practices remain as targets 13 Page |

14. We are recommending to governments and colleagues across Canada that they: 14 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Principles, policies and practices Adopt the principle that curriculum resources paid for with public funds should be open and reusable Use Creative Commons licenses as the basis for licensing open content

15. 04 Innovative ideas and practices are also blossoming over the horizon 15 Page |

16. Washington State in the USA has recently passed legislation supporting open resource use in its K-12 schools Its Open Course Library is building 81 open resources to support high-enrollment courses and reduce student costs These practices serve as exemplary models for us all 16 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Close neighbors provide new models

17. BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. OER university On a global stage, OERu is seeking to make post-secondary education more accessible and more affordable 17 Page |

18. OERu – a global opportunity The OER university is building a sustainable OER network among accredited educational institutions to provide access to the formal system with pathways to academic credit. Athabasca University Thompson Rivers University BCcampus (non-teaching) Empire State College (SUNY) Southern New Hampshire University BAOU Gujarat's open university Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology NorthTec Open Polytechnic Otago Polytechnic University of Canterbury University of South Africa University of Southern Queensland University of Wollongong Commonwealth of Learning UNESCO, Pacific States BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 18 Page |

19. 05 The need to socialize open practices and actively build partnerships continues to grow BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. 19 Page |

20. David Porter Executive Director BCcampus.ca dporter@bccampus.ca 20 Page | BCcampus | connect. collaborate. innovate. Principles and policies