After searching over 100 resources collections and lists from Canada, the U.S., U.K. and Australia, we have developed a fully vetted collection of workbooks, modules and activities that address a range of instructional topics in our Open Educational Resources and Instructional Materials Collection.

OER collection

To build the collection, Christine and Guylaine assembled a group of instructors from school boards and community groups, representing urban and rural communities across the province. Members work in program areas ranging from workforce development to academic, with diverse learner groups. They provided guidance to ensure the materials are

Take some time to explore the collection. You’re sure to find some gems that you can use right away.

Here’s what you need to know about our new open educational resources library

Half the planned topics in the library are focused on developing overall literacy and numeracy capabilities, many of which introduce innovative instructional approaches. Other topics will address learner interests and goals such as supporting children with their learning or preparing to write the food handler’s test to gain a certificate.

You’ll be able to supplement published workbooks with PDF workbooks, interactive digital activities, online courses and lessons presented in Slides. Modifiable resources allow you to change the content to reflect an Ontario context and better reflect student experience and interests.

We’ve also made it easy for you to build your collection by setting up folders in Google Drive that contain many of the resources. You’re sure to find at least one new gem that you can add to your personal collection. 

Photomath reads and solves math problems ranging from arithmetic to calculus. The math problems are solved instantly by using the camera on your mobile device. Math problems are then explained through animated steps or detailed instructions.  

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Flipp enables users to browse local retail flyers from hundreds of retailers based on your postal code. Users can also browse by product or brand name. This app is useful in itself, but is also a useful resource for learning activities related to budgeting, shopping, price matching, and money math and management.  

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Mathopia+ is  tile- matching game focused on basic math drills. Similar to jewel swapping games such as Bejeweled.  As numbers appear on the screen users swipe to make matches. When a match is made the row disappears and harder numbers appear.The game is quite fast paced, but users can choose the level of difficulty.

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$5.49

A simple yet challenging math game focusing on operations and times tables. The game offers 4 modes – Children Mode ( the easiest), Hardcore Mode ( most challenging), Operations, users choose the operations they want to practice, Times Tables, for multiplication practice.  There is also a Multiplayer option which allows  a two player game on the same iPad.

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A practical App for learning about and practicing Fractions.   

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$4.99

Daily budget is a simple app that helps create a budget. The users enter their regular income, their montly recurring expenses, and their saving goal. With the balance, the app calculates a daily budget. The user is then invited to add expenses, on a daily basis, as they come in.  

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$11.99

This  free App is a simple visually based tool to enable students to practice identifying  simple fractions using pizza picture examples.  Adjustable levels of difficulty, from easier to more complex fractions.

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A fast-paced set of Math Games focused on the basics – although designed for K-12 the design and layout of Math King makes it appropriate for adult students.  

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