You’ve likely heard of open textbooks. These are textbooks that are free to access, and are licensed under some kind of open license (e.g. Creative Commons). Open textbooks can be found in a variety of places across North America, for example: BCCampus Open Textbooks University of Saskatchewan OpenPress Manitoba Open Textbook Initiative Open Textbook Library […]

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Here we want to learn about Nordic berries. I could read about the berries. I could view images of berries. I could reflect on what I’ve seen and read (even better if there are questions provided to provoke my reflection). But I want something that supports student learning, and supports open educational practices. Something that: […]

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Finding open images might be the first challenge. They are available on so many different websites, and sites all have different terms of service and license options. Grabbing an image from Shutterstock? Maybe not. Just going to pull images down from Google? Not so fast! There are lots of places where you can find openly […]

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