Month: May 2017

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Meet Our Partner – Rebus Foundation

A shelf of books stacked with their spines up.

Ryerson, will collaborate with open education resource (OER) experts at Rebus Foundation, Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and the Ontario College Library Service (OCLS) in their capacity as advisory partners for the design and development of the prototype. 

Rebus Foundation is driving the project’s work on Pressbooks, a  technology platform based on Pressbooks, a industry-standard book writing solution.

Our Montreal-based Rebus Foundation Pressbooks team has been blogging about our joint project. Learn more

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Ryerson Project Team Members

The top of the Student Learning Centre building at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Wendy Freeman
Director, Office of E- Learning
wfreeman@ryerson.ca

Naza Djafarova
Director, Digital Education Strategies
ndjafaro@ryerson.ca

Fangmin Wang
Head, Library Information Technology Services, Toronto Metropolitan University
fwang@ryerson.ca

Ann Ludbrook
Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian
aludbrook@ryerson.ca

Sally Wilson
Web Services  Librarian
swilson@ryerson.ca

Trina Grover
Metadata Specialist, Librarian, Toronto Metropolitan University
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eCampus Ontario Awards Grant to Toronto Metropolitan University

eCampusOntario Announces Toronto Metropolitan University to Manage Prototype Development for Open Publishing Infrastructure of Curriculum Resources in Summer 2017

This summer, eCampusOntario and Toronto Metropolitan University will be spearheading an open publishing infrastructure project designed to enhance and expand eCampusOntario’s planned Open Textbook Library. This library, developed and shared by BCcampus, will provide access to over 180 high-quality, academically reviewed textbooks and open education resources (OER) for Ontario post-secondary students.

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