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Open Education Resources (CC BY 4.0)

Dedicated to the exploration and promotion of OERs. A list of Textbook Adaptions and Adoptions at UVic is available on this site.

Open Educational Resource Grant

The University of Victoria provides grants for the purpose of the adoption, adaptation or development of Open Educational Resources (OERs), with the aim of replacing existing textbooks or other types of educational resources that can be prohibitively expensive. Ideally, the completed OERs will be useable not just at UVic, but other post-secondary institutions.

Scholarly Communications at UVic

The Scholarly Communications unit at the University of Victoria Libraries includes helpful information on Open Education.

UVic Bookstore (with an account)

The Campus eBookstore at the University of Victoria offers a substantial list of free, Open Educational Resources available for download by registered UVic community members. In order to access these resources, the user must add the resource to their cart and checkout (no credit card required).

From the Bookstore:

“‘Why do I need to add a free item to my cart?'”

Campus E-Bookstore provides free eBooks for download. In order to maintain your bookshelf, we require that you create an account through the cart/checkout process. Creating an account only requires you to enter your email address and create a password. We do not require any additional information. Your bookshelf will allow you to re-download any files in case you lose them, or get a new computer.”

Users can copy content to their clipboard and print pages with no restriction. Resources download as PDF files and are available for life.

UVic Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons – Creative Commons Licensed Workshop Curriculum (CC-BY)

Workshop curricula that the staff in the Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) have created and released using a Creative Commons License (CC-BY). Workshops are available in the following categories: Makerspace Tools; Data Analysis, Visualization, & Mapping; Research, Writing, & Communication Tools.

UVicSpace (various licenses)

UVicSpace is an open access learning and research repository for published and unpublished digital scholarly works by the UVic community and its partners.