OERs, BOILR, Leganto | Faculty of Arts | Seneca Polytechnic

Open Education Resources (OERs) high-quality course content that has often been developed by college and university professors. OERs include text-based content, videos, audio, case studies, question pools, homework problems and more. The content is shared online, usually under a Creative Commons license, and can be reused and modified under certain conditions (such as non-commercial use). In addition to being useful for professors, OERs make courses more affordable for students, as they do not need to purchase costly texts when OERs for content. To see Seneca’s faculty guide to OERs and alternatives for textbooks, please visit The Teaching & Learning Centre .

BOILR is a bank of interactive learning resources (ILRs) that have been reviewed and selected by librarians and faculty for use in courses. BOILR is useful for faculty so that they can access and utilize approved and appropriate content for their courses to enhance student learning. For information on BOILR and instructions on how to use it in your course, please visit Seneca Libraries.

Leganto is a resource list management system at Seneca. It is integrated with both Learn@Seneca and the Seneca library's search and resource management system. Faculty will be able to create custom course materials lists and add a direct link within their Learn@Seneca course. For information on Leganto and instructions on how to use it in your course, please visit the space.