Open education week, held every March, is a global call to make learning more accessible, inclusive, and affordable. One key way to do this is through Open Educational Resources (OERs), freely available teaching and learning materials that can be used, adapted or shared at no cost.
For faculty and instructors: Explore our Open Educational Resources guide to learn how you can incorporate or build on OERs in your courses.
For students: You can save hundred of dollars every year by using OERs instead of expensive textbooks. Ask your professors if they'e considering OERs for your courses. VIU Student Union has more information on how you can support Open Textbook initiatives.
The featured books in this display showcase just a few of the incredible OERs that are already available out there!
“This first-year geography textbook takes a holistic approach to geography by incorporating elements of physical, human, and regional geography, as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science.”
“Building Blocks of Academic Writing covers typical writing situations for developing academic writers, from prewriting and research through expressing themselves online.”
"Building Blocks of Academic Writing covers typical writing situations for developing academic writers, from prewriting and research through expressing themselves online.”
“This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements.”
“Financial Empowerment is designed for a single-semester introduction to financial planning and decision-making, in order to provide first and second-year students with the necessary financial literacy and skills needed to make sound financial decisions, assess financial risk, and achieve financial success.”
“This book covers basic concepts in human nutrition, key information about essential nutrients, basic nutritional assessment, and nutrition across the lifespan.”
“This textbook — written by a group of select experts with a focus on different aspects of the design process, from creation to production — addresses the many steps of creating and then producing physical, printed, or other imaged products that people interact with on a daily basis.”
“Algebra and Trigonometry 2e provides a comprehensive exploration of mathematical principles and meets scope and sequence requirements for a typical introductory algebra and trigonometry course.”
"While understanding and respecting the individual nature of teaching, Tony talks theory, options, best practices, point-by-point strategies - offering clear, practical, and actionable advice and guidance based on research and extensive professional experience in 30 countries. The second edition includes more recent research, and sections on open pedagogy and emerging technologies, plus more activities and feedback for readers or students using the book.”
“Canadian History: Pre-Confederation is a survey text that introduces undergraduate students to important themes in North American history to 1867. It provides room for Indigenous and European agendas and narratives, explores the connections between the territory that coalesces into the shape of modern Canada and the larger continent and world in which it operates, and engages with emergent issues in the field.”
Sweaters He and She by American Thread Company is a collection of knitting patterns likely created in the mid-20th century, during a time when knitting became a popular pastime for home crafters.”
“Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing is a celebration of the diversity of ways in which humans can relate to the world around them, and an invitation to its readers to partake in planetary coexistence.”
“Engaging With Everyday Sounds is a rich and inspiring exploration of the role of sounds in everyday life, including their impact on human actions, emotions, and imagination.”
“Here I will survey some of the basic topics of chemistry. This survey should give you enough knowledge to appreciate the impact of chemistry in everyday life and, if necessary, prepare you for additional instruction in chemistry.”
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