This is FANTASTIC news! And how wonderful that this could be shared during OE week. Congratulations to everyone involved. I can only imagine how much labour went into this over
a long period of time.
Rajiv
Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
(he/him/his)
Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning
Brock University
Niagara Region | 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way | St.
Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
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rjhangiani@brocku.ca | w
brocku.ca
Executive Assistant: Lara Martin
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lmartin7@brocku.ca
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Brock University is located on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. The territory
is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties and is within the land protected by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Agreement. Today these lands are the home to many First Nations, M��tis and Inuit peoples and acknowledging them reminds us that our great standard of
living is directly related to the resources and friendship of Indigenous people.
From:
Canada Open Education Resources <canadaoer@lists.bccampus.ca>
Date: Friday, March 8, 2024 at 4:00���PM
To: Cynthia Holt <execdir@caul-cbua.ca>
Subject: [Canadaoer] OER Regional Funding Announcement / Annonce de financement r��gional pour les R��L
Le fran��ais suit
CAAL Strategic Plan: Strategy 6.0 Advance awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in the Atlantic Region.
The
Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL)1 is pleased to announce that the governments of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island will provide funding for the next three years in support of
AtlanticOER.
AtlanticOER is a service developed and led by CAAL that supports the hosting and creation of open educational resources (OERs) 2, such as quality open (free) textbooks and other course materials, by educators in the region. These open textbooks
have already saved students in the region almost $900,000 in textbook costs.
AtlanticOER includes:
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A digital publishing platform (Pressbooks), as a place to create and house OERs;
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A staff position, the AtlanticOER Lead, that already provides a pivotal leadership role in advancing the Service and OERs in the Region; and
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AtlanticOER Development Grants for faculty and instructors to encourage and support educators in the Atlantic Region in the adaptation, adoption, creation, and curation of OERs, and
to improve access to course materials for students.
This initiative has been a long time in the making. It was developed through the hard work and commitment of librarians, faculty, and staff at post-secondary institutions in the region in partnership
with dedicated student advocacy organizations such as StudentsNS.
A more formal announcement will follow once details are finalized.
Sincerely,
Cynthia
1 CAAL is a vibrant regional network of Atlantic Canada���s public university and college libraries leveraging community and collaboration to advance scholarship, innovation, diversity,
and accessibility in teaching, learning, research, and student experiences.
2 The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) defines OERs as ���free to use and openly licensed teaching and learning materials." As stated by leading open education proponent
David Wiley, ������open content��� describes a copyrightable work that is licensed in a way that ���provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities which are retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute.���
Plan strat��gique du CBPA : Strat��gie 6.0 Faire progresser la sensibilisation et l���adoption des ressources ��ducatives libres (REL) dans la r��gion de l���Atlantique.
Le Conseil des biblioth��ques postsecondaires de l���Atlantique (CBPA) 1
est heureux d���annoncer que les gouvernements de la Nouvelle-��cosse, de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, du Nouveau-Brunswick et de l�����le-du-Prince-��douard fourniront un financement pour les trois prochaines ann��es �� l���appui de l���initiative RELAtlantique. RELAtlantique
est un service d��velopp�� et dirig�� par CBPA qui soutient l���h��bergement et la cr��ation de ressources ��ducatives libres (REL)2, telles que des manuels de qualit�� ouverts (gratuits) et d���autres mat��riels de cours, par des ��ducateurs de la r��gion.
Ces manuels libres ont d��j�� permis aux ��tudiants de la r��gion d�����conomiser pr��s de 900 000 $ en co��ts de manuels.
RELAtlantique comprend :
- Une plateforme de publication num��rique (Pressbooks), comme lieu de cr��ation et d���h��bergement des REL ;
- Un poste d���employ��, le responsable RELAtlantique, qui joue d��j�� un r��le de premier plan dans l���avancement du service et des REL dans la
r��gion ; et
- Subventions de d��veloppement des RELAtlantique pour les enseignants et les formateurs et formatrices afin d���encourager et d���appuyer les
��ducateurs de la r��gion de l���Atlantique dans l���adaptation, l���adoption, la cr��ation et la conservation des REL, et d���am��liorer l���acc��s aux documents de cours pour les ��tudiants.
Cette initiative a pris beaucoup de temps. Il a ��t�� ��labor�� gr��ce au travail acharn�� et �� l���engagement des biblioth��caires, du corps professoral et du personnel des ��tablissements postsecondaires
de la r��gion, en partenariat avec des organismes vou��s �� la d��fense des int��r��ts des ��tudiants comme StudentsNS.
Une annonce plus officielle suivra une fois que les d��tails seront finalis��s.
Cordialement,
Cynthia
1 CBPA est un r��seau r��gional dynamique de biblioth��ques universitaires et coll��giales publiques du Canada atlantique qui mise sur la communaut�� et la collaboration pour faire progresser
les bourses d�����tudes, l���innovation, la diversit�� et l���accessibilit�� dans l���enseignement, l���apprentissage, la recherche et les exp��riences ��tudiantes.
2 L���Association des biblioth��ques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) d��finit les REL comme �� l���utilisation gratuite et ouverte de mat��riel d���enseignement et d���apprentissage ��. Comme l���a
d��clar�� David Wiley, le principal promoteur de l�����ducation ouverte, le �� contenu ouvert �� d��crit une ��uvre prot��g��e par le droit d���auteur qui fait l���objet d���une licence d���une mani��re qui �� donne aux utilisateurs la permission gratuite et perp��tuelle de participer
aux activit��s 5R qui sont de conserver, de r��utiliser, de r��viser, de remix et de redistribuer ��.
Cynthia Holt
Executive Director / Directrice g��n��rale
Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries / Conseil des biblioth��ques postsecondaires de l���Atlantique (CAAL-CBPA)
120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS B4B 0V2 |
W: caul-cbua.ca |
T: 902-830-6467 | E: execdir@caul-cbua.ca
CAAL-CBPA represents member libraries across the region, all of whom sit on the unceded and traditional territories of First Peoples. In Newfoundland and Labrador, our libraries sit on the homelands of
the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, the Innu of Nitassinan, the Beothuk and the Mi���kmaq peoples. In Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we find our friends and colleagues situated on the territory of the Mi���kmaq. In New Brunswick, libraries are found
on the land of the W��last��kwiyik, Mi���kmaq, and Passamaquoddy Peoples. We at CAAL-CBPA wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the First Peoples who share their ancestral homelands with us all.
CAAL-CBPA repr��sente les biblioth��ques membres de la r��gion, qui sont toutes situ��es sur les territoires non c��d��s et traditionnels des Premiers Peuples. �� Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, nos biblioth��ques
sont situ��es sur les terres des Inuits du Nunatsiavut et du NunatuKavut, des Innus de Nitassinan, des B��othuks et des Mi���kmaq. �� l�����le-du-Prince-��douard et en Nouvelle-��cosse, nous retrouvons nos amis et coll��gues situ��s sur le territoire des Mi���kmaq. Au Nouveau-Brunswick,
on trouve des biblioth��ques sur les terres des peuples W��last��kwiyik, Mi���kmaq, et Passamaquoddy.
Nous souhaitons exprimer notre plus sinc��re gratitude aux peuples autochtones qui partagent avec nous leurs terres ancestrale.