In order to determine what OER is available and what gaps might exist, BCcampus conducted a gap analysis and mapping of OER to the common first-year curriculum for engineering. The analysis was led by Brian Dick, Chair, Department of Physics, Engineering, and Astronomy at Vancouver Island University.<\/p>\r\n
The table below lists available OER for the CFYEC \u2013 some of which have already been adopted by Engineering programs in B.C. It also includes some free resources which are not openly licensed but are available to students at no cost and are already in use at some institutions. An openly licensed resource carries a Creative Commons licence or other open licence that permits users to copy, remix, and distribute a resource, with few (if any) restrictions, depending on the specific licence.<\/p>\r\nThose resources that are openly licensed have either the abbreviated name of the licence next to the name of the resource or a link to a page that describes the resource\u2019s licensing if that is available. For more information about the permissions granted by\u00a0Creative Commons licences<\/a>, visit the Creative Commons website.\r\n\r\nMany of the resources identified in the table have been reviewed by faculty with experience teaching these courses for first-year engineering - see the 'About the OER Reviews' section to read the reviews. If you do adopt any OER for your courses, please let BCcampus know about it by completing the adoptions tracking form<\/a>.\r\n