eCampusOntario (eCO) hosts one of the largest Open Educational Resources (OER) repositories in Canada and provides its member institutions with free access to OER authoring tools. Leveraging these resources depends on capacity and expertise in OER within post-secondary institutions. To develop this capacity, eCO launched the OER Ranger programme and its companion professional development programme, Mastering Open Ed.

The overarching objective of the programme is to place OER Rangers in eCO member institutions across Ontario. Possible Ranger activities include hosting training sessions on OER topics and supporting OER adoption and creation through conducting sprints. Having Rangers embedded in institutions allows them to promote OER use generally while also being responsive to the unique needs of the learners and educators within their institutional context.