[Bcoel] BCcampus Open Education: news and updates (July 4, 2019)

[Lauri Aesoph]

Hello Everyone,


Happy July 4th to our American colleagues! Here are the latest updates from our team to yours.


Books under consideration and review<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collection-books-under-review/> for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection are now posted in the OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/>.


The Pressbooks Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/> is now an ongoing resource to which information will be updated as needed. Each chapter includes a “Last update” box at the top of the page.


See updates about the retirement of the Pressbooks Open Textbook theme and other Pressbooks news on the Pressbooks Upgrades<https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/> web page.


For B.C. post-secondary institutions only:

  *   Call for Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions<https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/open-education-sustainability-grant-for-institutions/>


Ongoing


  *   We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collection-books-under-review/>. Contact bookreviews at bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews at bccampus.ca> if you are interested in providing an SME review.

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Help us identify the gaps

Contact opentext at bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.


  *   For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously updated directories:
     *   Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions
     *   Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> - an inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.
     *   OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/> - a wide range of open educational resources organized by subject area


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     *   Other BCcampus OpenEd support resources
        *   Create/Adapt OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Create/Adapt%20OER>
        *   Open Education - General<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Open%20Education%20-%20General>
        *   Use OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Use%20OER>

Lauri Aesoph

Manager, Open Education

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