SFU’s Commitment to Open Education & OER

In June 2022, SFU Senate endorsed a statement in support of open educational resources (OER) and open education more broadly, developed by SFU Library with support from the past OER Working Group and the Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL).

For more information, check out this article on the impact of SFU’s statement in support of open education and OER.

SFU Open Education Community of Practice

Stay tuned - more information coming soon!

SCUTL's Open Education Advisory Committee

This committee aims to provide strategic direction and high-level coordination for Open Education initiatives on campus; and to gather information, develop expertise, and make recommendations around best practices related to Open Education at SFU. 

For more information, contact the Chair: Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian.

Open Education Organizations Beyond SFU

BCcampus
A publicly funded organization that uses information technology to connect the expertise, programs, and resources of all B.C. post-secondary institutions under a collaborative service delivery framework. Their BC Open Collection is a curated selection of OER that can be accessed by educators in BC and beyond to use in the classroom, in an institutional learning management system, or on other teaching and learning platforms.

Creative Commons
A California based organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share through their release of copyright licenses available free of charge to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.

OTESSA 
The Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association in Canada provides an "inviting community to drive innovation, research, and practice in areas where either technology or openness intersect with education, research, and, more broadly, within society."

SPARC
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication.

Canada OER
Each province and territory in Canada is responsible for managing its own education requirements – there isn’t a federal body to connect the educational initiatives across the nation, but the Canada OER mail list allows members to share information about open education, across the country.