Open educational resources News Archive
Libraries
New UM open publishing platform encourages collaboration and openness
October 17, 2025 —
Readers anywhere can now freely access University of Manitoba research and educational resources on its new digital publishing platform, eScholarship. Hosted by University Manitoba Libraries, the site provides readers access to a variety of open publications, open educational resources and more.
Libraries
New UM publishing platform makes sharing research online easy
June 13, 2025 —
The University of Manitoba Libraries is now accepting proposals for publishing on its new open digital publishing platform, eScholarship.
Libraries
Apply now for funding to create free educational resources
May 23, 2025 —
UM Libraries is providing funding to help faculty, instructors, and librarians create, adapt, and/or adopt an open educational resource (OER).
Libraries
Impact the future of education in Manitoba at Manitoba’s first Open Education Symposium
April 30, 2025 —
The Manitoba Open Education Symposium is a free two-day event with panels, discussions and talks by leaders in open education in Canada. The event is hosted at the University of Manitoba, and is open to faculty, instructors, students and open education advocates in Manitoba and beyond.
Libraries
Build interactivity into your courses with new Pressbooks, H5P UM Learn integration
April 23, 2025 —
Pressbooks, an open-source platform that can be used for developing instructional content, is now easier than ever to integrate into UM Learn.
Libraries
The Future is Open: Director of world’s largest OER publisher to speak at UM
February 10, 2025 —
This Open Education Week, March 7-11, 2025, the University of Manitoba will be hosting an event featuring keynote speaker Richard Baraniuk, Director of OpenStax, the world’s largest open educational resource (OER) publisher, and professor of computer and electrical engineering at Rice University.
Libraries
Educators make resources open and free for students
October 17, 2024 —
Now in its second year, the Advance Open Ed project with UM Libraries is providing grants and practical support for faculty who want to create and adapt open educational resources for use in the classroom. Here are two resources already being used by students.
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Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education
February 20, 2024 —
6 R’s of Indigenous OER provides an Indigenous-focused framework for incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into openly-licensed teaching and learning materials.