The BCcampus OER Portal is an initiative by BCcampus to create awareness of the availability of high-quality freely available open educational resources from both BC and beyond.

Open Educational Resources are a global movement which seek, in the words of one UNESCO report, the “open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes.”

There are many places to learn more about OERs. A few of our favourites:

• UNESCO OER Wiki
• WikiEducator

Educators interested to learn more practical advice about working with Open Educational Resources may wish to consult the newly published OER Handbook for Educators.

The recently formed Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) has a fantastic kit for introducing OERs into your college campus – http://cccoer.wordpress.com/campus-kit/