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Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>Open Education Strategist Amanda Grey will answer your query.
Website
Open Education at KPU
Open Education Strategic Plan 2018-2023 at KPU
Policies and procedures
- Intellectual Property Procedure
- 5d, iii. Copyright: “University Members are encouraged to submit a copy of their copyrighted work in an appropriate repository operated or endorsed by the University, such as Kwantlen Open Resource Access (KORA) or Kaltura. University Members may note that submitting to an open repository may limit the author’s ability to publish the same work in another medium.University Members are encouraged to consult with the Office of the University Librarian to determine and label with appropriate licenses (e.g. Creative Commons) to enable wider reuse of their work while imposing certain conditions on its reuse.”
Events
- Open Education Week (March 4, 2020)
- OER for Trades Summit: April 22, 2020
- Open Education Research Institute at KPU (May 14, 2020)
Adoptions
If you are using an open textbook or other OER in a KPU course, please report it to:
-<EMAIL_ADDRESS>USING OER
KPU provides KORA, an institutional repository for collecting, preserving, and providing free online access to scholarly and creative materials created by the Kwantlen community.
- Kwantlen Open Resource Access (KORA)
- KPU Pressbooks Catalogues:
- Open Education
- Continuing & Professional Studies – coming soon
Canadian repositories
KPU Library
KPU Bookstore and Printshop
- Video tutorial: On-campus print-on-demand service
ZTC (Zero Textbook Cost) programs
- Adult Graduation Diploma, equivalent to the BC grade 12 graduation diploma, with Academic & Career Preparation courses that help you prepare for university studies, career pathways, and trades entry by upgrading English, math, and science skills
- Arts: Certificate, a flexible yet foundational one-year program based on the completion of 30 credits of coursework (approximately 10 courses)
- Foundation in Design: Diploma, a one-year full-time program offered by the Wilson School of Design
- General Studies: Diploma, an exit credential designed as a more flexible and personalized alternative to the Associate or Bachelor degrees.
- General Studies: Associate of Arts Degree, a two-year program based on the completion of 60 credits of coursework (approximately 20 courses)
- General Studies: Bachelor of Arts Degree, a four-year university degree based on the completion of 120 credits of coursework (approximately 40 courses)
- Sociology: Associate of Arts Degree, a provincially recognized two-year academic credential program (60 credits) with an entry point into a Bachelor of Arts degree program
For more information, see ZTC: Zero Textbook Cost.
Use the new Registration Application at ONE.KPU.ca to search for course sections with zero textbook costs
OER from KPU
Open textbooks – new
- Academic Integrity by Ulrike Kestle