Congratulations to Charlotte Lee, Kateryna  Metersky, Chris MacDonald and Lee Eldridge on receiving 2024 Open Education Resource (OER) Library Grants.

The successful projects include:

Enhancing the Student-Preceptor Relationship: Improving Feedback Processes in Nursing Education Using Virtual Simulation, led by Charlotte Lee.
This project will address the needs of nursing students and preceptors by developing a virtual gaming simulation (VGS) to enhance the student-preceptor feedback process in clinical placements.

Preparing Undergraduate Nursing Students of Licensing Examination Success: Redevelopment of Existing Nursing Theory OERs, led by Kateryna Metersky
This project will redevelop of two OERs used in Year 2 nursing theory courses (PPN 201 and PPN 202) to create Next Generation National Council Licensure Examination – Registered Nurses (NGN) style questions to accompany weekly case studies.

Modernizing Wealth of Nations, led by Chris MacDonald
Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations will be annotated to include an online glossary of terms.

Pixel Perfect: Transforming Images with Photoshop, led by Lee Eldridge
An existing text will be revised with diverse and inclusive examples, incorporating key lecture information and updated content for greater accessibility. The new text will be licensed as an OER.

Ryerson Pressbooks titles are now accessible in the recently released Pressbooks Directory.  The Pressbooks Directory pulls together titles published on various Pressbooks networks and provides an easy-to-use interface to aid in the discovery of Open Educational Resources (OER).  Ryerson Library has made a considerable investment in OER through several years of grant funding which has greatly benefited Ryerson students.  By being included in the directory, books produced at Ryerson are now more easily discoverable beyond the institution.

In the Pressbooks Directory you can search for books by keyword and then filter the results by Creative Commons license type, publisher, presence of interactive content (H5P) and other facets.  You can also see what books have been adapted and revised with additional content and supplementary materials.

The most recent Ryerson titles to be added to the Pressbooks Directory include 360 Essentials, a book about 360 degree journalism by Adrian Ma, Joshua Cameron and Gary Gould and Mediaucracy, by Irene Berkowitz which discusses Canada’s national TV policy and it’s failure to adapt to the global, online era.