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Indigenous Canada: A Massive, Open, Online Course (MOOC) worth taking

What do the library at the University of Ottawa and Dan Levy, who played David on Schitt’s Creek, have in common? The Indigenous Canada MOOC! Librarians at the University of Ottawa also provided opportunities for colleagues to complete the MOOC in 2019 – 2020.

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Grey is the new black: Changing library instruction virtually

Our experience in designing and delivering a grey lit workshop tells us that grad students are eager to learn these skills and put them to use in either a face-to-face or a virtual classroom.

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APA tutorial take two: The benefits of OERs and Pressbooks across sectors

Open educational resources (OERs) can facilitate the creation of online tutorials and helpful resources—across sectors. And platforms like Pressbooks help create effective OERs.

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New interactive APA tutorial: Use it, adapt it!

A team at the University of Alberta (UAlberta) Library in Edmonton, Alberta has created an OER in Pressbooks to support students learning to use the American Psychological Association academic style.

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Knowing ourselves: How the Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples can help us learn who we are

Online reference materials have huge value for teaching and learning, For librarians grappling to give access to comprehensive online resources the Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples is a "tertiary source" worth considering.

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Phone-a-friend: SOLS helps libraries (pandemic or not)

Remember the TV game show, Cash Cab? Contestants could try to answer questions on their own, but if they got stuck, they could phone a friend. The Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) is like that friend who you can call or turn to for an answer.

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Ryerson, eCampusOntario Join Forces to Enhance OER Infrastructure in Ontario

By Fangmin Wang, Ann Ludbrook and Sally Wilson Through the summer of 2017, a cross-functional team of Ryerson Web developers, IT application services professionals,…

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From Student to Scholar: Building Capacity for Graduate Student Academic Literacies and Research Skills

A team from OCUL institutions has created a new, highly interactive and media-rich online resource to help graduate students in the social sciences develop…

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The Learning Portal: Equitable access to open learning resources

Imagine you’re a college student taking an online course or an in-person class. It’s your first class and you’re working on an assignment, but…

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Open Digital Badges: the New Education Credential

You may have earned a badge in your life. Often when people think of badges, they think about the Girl Guides or Boy Scouts…

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Reflections of Humber College’s OCULA New Librarian in Residence

Since joining Humber College as the OCULA New Librarian in Residence, I have had the opportunity to take a deep dive into a variety…

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Toon power: creating awesome animated instruction videos

Animated instructional videos are short film clips that explain ideas or illustrate processes and procedures. In the marketing industry, they are also known as…

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OCULA 2014 Special Achievement Award Winner: York University’s e-learning tool SPARK

The Student Papers and Academic Resource Kit (S)ARK), is a pan-university online learning resource intended for students at York and anywhere else. Spark is…

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