Share An Adoption

Please fill out the following form if you have adopted an OER (open educational resource) from eCampusOntario’s Open Library. While eCampusOntario is keen to report students’ savings, we are also looking to connect successful OER adopters with educators considering the option.

Guidelines on completing the adoption report:

Please fill out the form below with as much detail as you can provide. The information that you provide allows the Open Library to calculate the total number of students and total savings made possible by your adoption of OER.

Course Information

  • Course Name & Course Code: Information about the specific course that you are reporting. E.g., Introduction to Business; BUS1001.
  • Subject Area: The broad subject area that this specific course falls under based on the Open Library subject categorizations. See here for full chart.
  • Semester, Year: Specific semester and year of the course that you are reporting. E.g., Fall 2024.
  • Number of Students: Total number of students (estimated or actual) for the semester that you are reporting. This field only accepts a number. E.g., 80 students total are estimated for BUS1001 in Fall 2024.
  • Total Sections: Total number of course sections during the semester that you are reporting. This field only accepts a number. E.g., 4 sections for BUS1001 in Fall 2024.

OER Information

  • OER Title & Link to resource: Title and link to the OER that was used in the course being reported. E.g. “Fundamentals of Business, Canadian Edition”.
  • Cost of replaced textbook/course/resources: If the OER is not replacing an existing resource, please provide an estimate based on the cost per student for a comparable resource in the market. This field only accepts a number. E.g., 80 CAD per student.
  • You can add in more rows to capture all the OER that you have adopted into the course that you are reporting.

Why are we asking this information?

Assigning a value to OER allows eCampusOntario to calculate learner savings as a result of providing access to these free resources. This information supports a value proposition for future OER creation and adoption programs at eCampusOntario and across the province.

Not sure how to get started? Check out this short video on how to fill out the adoption form.

Contact the Open Library if you have any questions at open@ecampusontario.ca.

Adoption Report 2024

Your Information

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Sharing & Connections

May we publish your name, institution, course title and student savings data as part of our adoption reporting? (i.e., in the library, social media, or news items)
May we share your contact & name with other educators who want to adopt?

Course & Student Information

The information you provide here will help us calculate the impact of using OER through total students impacted and total savings on educational resources for students.
Semester and year for the course being reported that used the OER listed below.
Number of sections for the semester being reported that used the OER listed below. This field only accepts numbers.
Estimated or actual number of students for the semester who used the OER listed below. This field only accepts numbers.

OER Information

Please share with us the details about all the OER used in the course that you are reporting.
For PER STUDENT. If exact cost is unknown, please estimate using a commercial equivalent. This field only accepts numbers.
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