The document summarizes eCampusOntario's strategic focus and funding plans to support open education initiatives in Ontario colleges and universities. It outlines three main strategies: 1) lead through open and collaborative practices by funding open resources and system-wide initiatives, 2) build capacity through shared and collaborative services, and 3) inspire innovation through research and development in technology-enabled learning. Specific initiatives discussed include open textbook sprints between college faculty, funding targets totaling $11.45 million for the 2018-19 year across the three strategies, and translating the strategies into funded actions like calls for proposals.

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David Porter, Ed.D.
CEO, eCampusOntario
davidp@ecampusontario.ca
Twitter: @dendroglyph
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Heads of
Business
Centennial College
May 31, 2018

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45 institutions
16,000+ courses
700+ programs
Resources for students
Resources for faculty
Opportunities for engagement

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Extending
practice is a guiding principle

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Rethinking
Needs to be at the core of our practice

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Rethinking AS a Theme
to guide our program designs
Rethinking learning resources
Rethinking the learning experience
Rethinking recognition of learning
Designs

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Rethinking Learning Resources
What happens when we bring teaching and
learning into the open?

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Grant freedoms instead of imposing restrictions
Sharing is fundamental to teaching
Collaboration is a good thing
Assumptions about Openness

16. Open Education encompasses resources, tools
and practices that are free of legal, financial
and technical barriers and can be fully used,
shared and adapted in the digital
environment.
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition- sparcopen.org

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ontario
Rethinking Learning Resources

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22. A simple,
standardized
way to grant
copyright permissions
to your creative work.

23. Some Rights Reserved
Creative Commons logo by Creative Commons used under under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

24. Open thinking is spreading worldwide

25. Vital Sign Measurement
Across the Lifespan –
1st Canadian Edition

26. Choices for students

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2014
Data

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2016
Data

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learner savings in Ontario to Date
Total savings for Ontario: $543,877
Fall 2017 savings: $218,201
Total learners impacted: 5,518

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34. Publish Many
Write Once

37. Library sprints

38. Test bank
sprints
2 Days
17 Psych Faculty
6 Institutions
850 Questions

39. Textbook
sprints

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From the arrival of its first human inhabitants tens of thousands
of years ago to its increasingly globalized modern population,
the Canadian state has undergone numerous transformations.
This course will examine the history of Canada from its earliest
times to the present focusing of key transformations in the
country’s environmental, social, political, economic and
cultural history.
Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Pre-Confederation
Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation
Bumsted, J.M., Len Kuffert, and Michel Ducharme. Interpreting
Canada’s Past: A Pre-Confederation Reader. Fourth Edition
Bumsted, J.M., Len Kuffert, and Michel Ducharme. Interpreting
Canada’s Past: A Post-Confederation Reader. Fourth Edition
Nelles, H.V. A Little History of Canada. Second Edition
Organization of
the Course
Course Description
Course Schedule
Assignments
and Evaluation
Readings
(Required Textbooks)
5% Written Assignment 1
10% Written Assignment 2
10% Written Assignment 3
15% Written Assignment 4
5% Weekly Quizzes
15% Midterm Exam
20% Final Exam
20% Tutorial Participation
Department of History • Instructor: Sean Kheraj
Kheraj Office: Vari Hall 2124
Office Hours: Wednesdays 9:30am-11:30am
Email: kherajs@yorku.ca
@seankheraj #yorkhist2500 @YorkHist
5%
5%
10%
10%
20%
20%
15%
15%
LECTURES TUTORIALS READINGS ASSIGNMENTS
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
HIST 2500:
Canadian History
WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8
WEEK 9 WEEK 10
Why
Canadian
History?
Indigenous
America and
Global Human
Migrations
French
Colonial
Society
Furs and
the French
Empire
Remaking
the Atlantic
Colonies
The Fall
of New
France
The
Revolution
of British
America
Fur Trade
Frontier
Colonial
Life and
Empire
Politics,
Conflict, and
Rebellion
WEEK 11 WEEK 12 WEEK 13 WEEK 14 WEEK 15 WEEK 16
WEEK 17 WEEK 18 WEEK 19 WEEK 20 WEEK 21 WEEK 22 WEEK 23 WEEK 24
Confederation
and the Idea
of Canada
Consolidating
the Canadian
Empire
Labour
and
Capital
Reform
Movements
War
Society
The Farmer-
Labour
Revolts
Depression
and Dissent
Total
War
Post-War
Society
Next to an
Elephant
Limited
Identities
Aboriginal
People in the
Twentieth
Century
Neo-Liberalism
and the History
of Stephen
Harper
Twenty-First
Century
Canada
Visual Course Syllabus by Ken Hui and Sean Kheraj is licensed using a CC-BY-SA 4.0 International License
Textbook Sprints +
ancillary teaching
resources
Open Textbook Seminar Handbook
Visual Course Syllabus
+ +

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• 7 college faculty
• Nitsa Andres, Michelle Grimes, Matt Hutchinson, Jim
Johnston, Shauna Roch, David Simon, and Anela Tomac
• 3 Ontario colleges
• Conestoga, Fanshawe, Lambton
• 2.5 days face-to-face
• With follow-up editing and creating interactivities
(approximately 4 weeks of post-sprint editing with
eCampuOntarios team)
• 2 books
• Communication for Business Professionals and
Fundamentals of Business
Open textbook Sprint 1: college business

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Sprint
Highlights:
Content
• Aligned to Ministry Program Standards
for colleges
• Updated for currency
• Sourced Canadian statistics
• Canadian contexts and examples
• Complementary visual elements
• e.g., infographics, charts, tables

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SPRINT
Highlights:
Format
• Embedded videos and podcasts
• Created and embedded formative
interactive elements
• Designed for notetaking with hypothes.is
• Improved accessibility
• e.g., alt tags and descriptions
• Enhanced design structure
• e.g., learning outcomes, diagnostics, scenarios,
reflections

44. Don’t reinvent it Adopt and adapt

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Moving forward…

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Focus on Three Strategies
STRATEGY 1
LEAD THROUGH
OPEN AND
COLLABORATIVE
PRACTICES
STRATEGY 2
BUILD CAPACITY
THROUGH
SHARED AND
COLLABORATIVE
SERVICES
STRATEGY 3
INSPIRE INNOVATION
THROUGH
INVESTMENT IN
APPLIED RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT
FOR TECHNOLOGY-
ENABLED LEARNING

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Translating strategy
into action
Open Innovation as a guiding
principle
Funding calls for two focus areas:
open resources, and research and
innovation
Funding to support development of a
shared service structure for
educational applications to support
institutions, faculty and students

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funding targets for 2018-19
For Investment in open + collaborative initiatives,
Shared services and research and innovation ACTIVITIES
Investments in collaborative and
shared services that benefit
institutions, faculty and students.
Services aimed at reducing costs
while increasing capabilities.
1.3M
S 2 : S H A R E D S E R V I C E S
Investments in open and
collaborative programs, localized
in institutions and as system-wide
initiatives . Funding to flow as
grants (RFPs).
6.65M
S 1 : O P E N I N I T I A T I V E S
Funding for research and innovation
initiatives that further our knowledge in
emergent areas of practice including AI, VR,
AR, authentic assessment, prior learning
assessment, microcredentials (RFPs)
3.5M
S 3 : R E S E A R C H A N D I N N O V A T I O N

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