In 2018, CARL identified open education leadership as an important area for capacity building within its institutions. In 2019, CARL issued a Statement on Open Education that describes its commitment to building capacity for open education (OE) within Canadian libraries and advocating for funding for open educational resources (OER).
From 2019 to 2024, CARL coordinated the Open Education Working Group (OEWG), a group of Canadian librarians working in and committed to open education. The group was brought together to offer experienced insight towards ensuring ongoing relevance of CARL’s open education activities, and towards creating high-quality opportunities for librarians to develop capacity and leadership skills in open education. After three mandates, the OEWG concluded its business in June 2024.
The Open Educational Resources (OER) National Strategy – Stratégie nationale en matière de ressources éducatives libres (REL) group was formed in June 2021, facilitated by CARL to engage diverse stakeholders, including national student groups, representatives from provincial open education organizations, scholars and advocates in open education, and individuals and groups representing institutions of higher education, to develop a strategy for open educational resources in Canada.
Publications and Other Resources
- OER Data Collection Toolkit – via Pressbooks (2024)
- OER Policy and Infrastructure Summit Report 2022 (2024)
- CARL Statement on Automatic Textbook Billing Models (March 2024)
- Francophone OER Summit Report (2023)
- Open Education Leadership Essentials Workshop in a Box (2023)
- Institutional OER Policies: A Literature Review and Environmental Assessment (2022)
- Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada (2020)
- Equitable, Affordable Access to Digital Course Materials for University Students: Issues and Solutions (2021)
- The Time Is Now for Open Educational Resources (2020)
- FAQ on Open Education (2020)
- Getting Started with OER (2020)
- CARL Statement on Open Education (2019)
- Open Textbooks: Opportunities for Research Libraries (2014)
Webinars and Events
- May Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) (May 22, 2024) > Details
- April Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) (April 17, 2024) > Details
- March Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) (March 20, 2024) > Details
- February Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) (February 14, 2024) > Details
- Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series: A Question of Value – Indigenous Students’ Perspectives on Open Education (February 12, 2024) > Details > Recording
- Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series: Indigenous Open Educational Resources in Practice (February 7, 2024) > Details > Recording
- Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series: The Practices of Indigenous Knowledge in Open Educational Resources (January 29, 2024) > Details > Recording > Slides
- Webinar: Introducing the Open Education Leadership Essentials Workshop-in-a-Box – Stephanie Quail, York University, and Nicole Askin, University of Manitoba (December 13, 2023)
> Details > Recording - Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) (January 2020) > Details
- Appel de la communauté des ressources éducatives libres francophones [Community Call for the French OER Community] – facilitated by Mélanie Brunet (University of Ottawa and Jean-François Durnin (Université de Montréal) (June 10)
> Details > Recording - Webinar: Discoverability and Sharing Open Educational Resource – Erin Fields, University of British Columbia (May 21, 2020)
> Details > Recording > Slides - Community Call on OER Findability Issues – facilitated by Ali Versluis, University of Guelph, and Lise Brin, CARL (April 29, 2020)
> Details > Recording > Slides - Webinar: Open Education Support Models: The Canadian Post-Secondary Landscape – Laurie Morrison, Brock University and Mélanie Brunet, University of Ottawa (January 15, 2020)
> Recording > Slides > Details - Webinar: Introduction to Canadian Copyright and Open Licensing for OER – Amanda Wakaruk, University of Alberta (December 10, 2019)
> Recording > Slides > Details - Webinar: Supporting Open Educational Practices from the Library – Rajiv Jhiangiani, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (December 5, 2019)
> Recording > Slides > Details - Webinar: How to Create Inclusive and Accessible OER – Josie Gray, BCcampus (October 6, 2019)
> Recording > Slides
