WHAT?

  • Title: Liberated Learners: An Open Educational Resource.
  • Description: A dynamic and collaborative open textbook created in February 2022 by students and lecturers from five universities and two colleges in Ontario, Canada. It goes beyond traditional textbooks, incorporating multimedia elements like a musical playlist and graphics.

WHO?

  • Authors: Students and lecturers from various educational institutions in Ontario, Canada.
  • Collaborators: Teachers and experts joined students in the creation process.

WHY?

  • Innovation: Liberated Learners transforms the traditional textbook model by actively involving students in the creation process. It reflects a shift towards dynamic, multimedia-enhanced, and collaborative learning.
  • Empowerment: The project originated from students' views on the role of teachers, aiming to enhance the "Empowered Educator" training pathway.
  • Openness: Released under the CC BY NC license, Liberated Learners promotes open access, allowing for the reuse, adaptability, and sharing of educational materials.
  • Winner of the OE Award of Excellence for OER.

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