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Practical "How to use this OER" info for students with new textbook?
by Jessica Norman 09 Apr '19

09 Apr '19

This past semester, we ran approximately 80 Communications classes with an OER PDF textbook. Late in the semester, we surveyed the students about their use of and satisfaction with the textbook and the results were, well, lackluster. The results seemed to show that a significant number of students didn't know they were using an OER, they just thought it was an online book. They didn't understand what an OER was and what they could do with it, therefore they didn't see much value. After talking to the course coordinator, I realized that the faculty had not been given any specific information about the OER nor were they asked to talk to the students about this new OER textbook and how it could be used. Lesson Learned: We can't just add this new type of learning material to a course and assume that the students and faculty understand the value and significance of the change. I'd like to craft some standard messaging - text, video, infographic? - that can be included in all fall LMS course shells to make sure that students understand what they can do with this OER. I'm wondering: A) did anyone else have this occur in a course, where OER was introduced but the students (and maybe faculty too) didn't recognize the significance of the change? B) has anyone else crafted a message like this that they would be willing to share? Cheers, Jessica [cid:image004.png(a)01D18F19.9217E950] Jessica Norman, MLS eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446> Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Stan Grad Centre, MC113 1301 - 16 Avenue NW, Calgary AB, T2M 0L4 (Office) 403.210.4073 jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman(a)sait.ca> Preferred pronoun: She/Hers/Her

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New Open Textbook / Open Pedaogy Project From USask
by Ross, Heather 26 Mar '19

26 Mar '19

Good afternoon. I’m very excited to announce our first open textbook written by students at the University of Saskatchewan. This is also the first open textbook from our College of Education. Please see Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools. https://openpress.usask.ca/ealbestpractices/ Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Re: [Canadaoer] New Open Textbook / Open Pedaogy Project From USask
by Rajiv Jhangiani 25 Mar '19

25 Mar '19

This is really tremendous work, Heather. Congratulations! Rajiv From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of "Ross, Heather" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca> Date: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 2:01 PM To: Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca>, CCCOER Advisory <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: [Canadaoer] New Open Textbook / Open Pedaogy Project From USask Good afternoon. I’m very excited to announce our first open textbook written by students at the University of Saskatchewan. This is also the first open textbook from our College of Education. Please see Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools. https://openpress.usask.ca/ealbestpractices/ Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Announcing CARL VPO and WG in open ed – Annonce de notre équipe en éducation ouverte
by Lise Brin 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Message bilingue – bilingual message. Please share widely – veuillez SVP distribuer largement. *********** Announcing CARL’s Visiting Program Officer and Working Group for Open Education http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/announcing-open-ed-vpo-and-wg/ Ottawa, March 8, 2019. – CARL is pleased to announce the knowledgeable and diverse team that will support its program of bilingual initiatives to strengthen the open education community within Canada’s academic libraries. First, we would like to welcome Erin Fields, who will be leading CARL’s open education efforts while on a one-year part-time secondment in the newly created role of Visiting Program Officer for Open Education. For the past four years Erin, who is Liaison Librarian in the humanities and social sciences and Flexible Learning Coordinator at the University of British Columbia, has engaged in partnerships related to open education including open badge credentials, Wikipedia-based assignments and edit-athons, open education practices, and content curation for open repositories. She has played an important role in the BC Open Education Librarians network, a service for librarians and academics requesting guidance and support in engaging in open education practices including open textbook adoptions and creation. Erin was one of the 2018 BCcampus Research and Advocacy Fellows and is currently finishing her research on critical information literacy intersections with open pedagogy. As part of her role as VPO, Erin will work closely with Joy Kirchner (Dean of Libraries, York University), who will chair CARL’s equally new Open Education Working Group. This group, which brings together librarians from post-secondary institutions across the country, will provide experienced input and advice to guide CARL’s open education initiatives. Members of the CARL Open Education Working Group: Joy Kirchner, Dean of Libraries, York University Nicole Askin, Liaison Librarian – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Virtual Library, University of Manitoba Michelle Brailey, Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian, University of Alberta Lise Brin, Program Officer, CARL Mélanie Brunet, Copyright Services Librarian, University of Ottawa Dianne Cmor, Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning, Concordia University Rosarie Coughlan, Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Queen’s University Caroline Daniels, Systems Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Jean-François Durnin, bibliothécaire | sciences de l’éducation, Université de Montréal Erin Fields, Liaison Librarian in the humanities and social sciences and Flexible Learning Coordinator, UBC, and CARL VPO for OER Christie Hurrell, Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Calgary Manisha Khetarpal, Continuing and Open Education Team Lead, Maskwacis Cultural College Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Ryerson University Laurie Morrison, Head, Liaison Services, Brock University Olga Perkovic, Research and Advanced Studies Librarian, McMaster University Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Simon Fraser University Stephanie Quail, Business Librarian, York University Ann Smith, Academic Librarian, Acadia University Ali Versluis, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of Guelph Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC (resource) Lillian Hogendoorn, Digital Access and OER Lead, eCampus Ontario (resource) ******* Présentation de l’agente de programme invitée et du groupe de travail sur l’éducation ouverte de l’ABRC http://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/nouvelles/presentation-equipe-educ-ouverte/ Ottawa, le 7 mars 2019. – L’ABRC est heureuse d’annoncer la composition de l’équipe compétente et diversifiée qui appuiera son programme d’initiatives bilingues visant à renforcer la communauté de l’éducation ouverte au sein des bibliothèques post-secondaires du Canada. Tout d’abord, nous souhaitons la bienvenue à Erin Fields, qui mènera les activités liées à l’éducation ouverte de l’ABRC dans le cadre d’un détachement d’un an à temps partiel dans le nouveau rôle d’agente de programme invitée pour l’éducation ouverte. Au cours des quatre dernières années, Erin, qui est bibliothécaire de liaison en sciences humaines et en sciences sociales et coordonnatrice de l’apprentissage souple à l’University of British Columbia, s’est engagée dans des partenariats liés à l’éducation ouverte, dont les badges ouverts de compétences, les travaux et les marathons d’édition sur la plateforme Wikipédia, les pratiques en éducation ouverte et l’organisation des données pour les dépôts en accès libre. Elle a joué un grand rôle au sein du réseau desBC Open Education Librarians, un service à l’intention des bibliothécaires et des universitaires à la recherche de conseils et de soutien pour la mise en œuvre de pratiques en éducation ouverte, y compris l’adoption et la création de textes en libre accès. Boursière en recherche et en défense des intérêts du BCcampus en 2018, Erin termine actuellement ses recherches sur les rapports essentiels entre la culture informationnelle et la pédagogie ouverte. À titre d’agente de programme invitée, Erin travaillera en étroite collaboration avec Joy Kirchner, doyenne des bibliothèques, à la York University, qui assurera la présidence du tout aussi nouveau Groupe de travail sur l’éducation ouverte de l’ABRC. Le groupe, qui réunit des bibliothécaires d’établissements postsecondaires de tout le pays, fournira des commentaires et des conseils avisés afin de guider les initiatives d’éducation ouverte de l’ABRC. Membres du Groupe de travail sur l’éducation ouverte de l’ABRC: Joy Kirchner, Dean of Libraries, York University Nicole Askin, Liaison Librarian – Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Virtual Library, University of Manitoba Michelle Brailey, Digital Initiatives Projects Librarian, University of Alberta Lise Brin, Agente de programme, ABRC Mélanie Brunet, Bibliothécaire des droits d’auteur, Université d’Ottawa Dianne Cmor, Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning, Concordia University Rosarie Coughlan, Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Queen’s University Caroline Daniels, Systems Librarian, Kwantlen Polytechnic University Jean-François Durnin, bibliothécaire | sciences de l’éducation, Université de Montréal Erin Fields, Liaison Librarian in the humanities and social sciences and Flexible Learning Coordinator, UBC, et Agente de programme invitée en éducation ouverte de l’ABRC Christie Hurrell, Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Calgary Manisha Khetarpal, Continuing and Open Education Team Lead, Maskwacis Cultural College Ann Ludbrook, Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian, Ryerson University Laurie Morrison, Head, Liaison Services, Brock University Olga Perkovic, Research and Advanced Studies Librarian, McMaster University Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian, Simon Fraser University Stephanie Quail, Business Librarian, York University Ann Smith, Academic Librarian, Acadia University Ali Versluis, Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of Guelph Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC (ressource) Lillian Hogendoorn, Digital Access and OER Lead, eCampus Ontario (ressource) -- Lise Brin, MLIS Program Officer / Agente de programme [cid:image001.png(a)01D30653.78740D00] Canadian Association of Research Libraries Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada 309 rue Cooper Street, Suite 203 Ottawa Ontario K2P 0G5 T 902.318.4485 E lise.brin(a)carl-abrc.ca<mailto:lise.brin(a)carl-abrc.ca> W www.carl-abrc.ca [cid:image002.png(a)01D30653.78740D00]@carlabrc

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Instructor support materials for Intro to Business text?
by Jessica Norman 08 Mar '19

08 Mar '19

Hi All, I've been given the opportunity to pitch an OER textbook for an Intro to Business class alongside the typical publishers. I know that this committee's biggest issue with OER is the (perceived) lack of instructional materials (instructor test bank, student self-tests, simulations, slide sets, etc.). I'm aware of materials from OpenStax, eCampusOntario, and BCcampus but I'd really like to wow the committee with other possible solutions. If you know of any additional ancillary materials for Intro to Business topics (esp. the OpenStax text), I would love to hear about them! Thanks for your time, Jessica [cid:image004.png(a)01D18F19.9217E950] Jessica Norman, MLS eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446> Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Stan Grad Centre, MC113 1301 - 16 Avenue NW, Calgary AB, T2M 0L4 (Office) 403.210.4073 jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman(a)sait.ca> Preferred pronoun: She/Hers/Her

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OE Global Summit 2019 - who wants to co-present?
by Lauri Aesoph 05 Mar '19

05 Mar '19

Hello Everyone, I'll be attending the [ https://conference.oeconsortium.org/2019/ | OE Global Summit in Milan ] this coming November, and am wondering if anyone else is going and would like to potentially co-present with me? My idea is to give an overview of open education in Canada, piggy-backing off the tremendous response I received for our recently published article: [ https://bccampus.ca/2019/02/19/canada-oer-group-2019-update/ | Canada OER Group - 2019 update ] . The summit's call for proposals is now posted with a May 1 deadline though I'd like to start working on the proposal soon as it requires both an abstract and extensive narrative (to be considered for publication). If you're interested or have questions, please let me know by Friday, March 8. Thanks, Lauri Lauri Aesoph, BSc Manager, Open Education BC campus | Learning.Doing.Leading. Cell: [ tel:250-580-6949 | 250-893-0258 ] • Email: [ mailto:laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca ] Twitter: [ https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph | @lauriaesoph ] • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/ | lauri.aesoph ] [ https://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] • [ https://twitter.com/BCcampus | @BCcampus ] • [ https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash | #BCcampus ] I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.

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Re: [Canadaoer] Instructor support materials for Intro to Business text?
by Rajiv Jhangiani 04 Mar '19

04 Mar '19

Hi Jessica, Anita Walz from Virginia Tech recently organized a sprint to develop a question bank for this textbook for Fundamentals of Business: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/fundamentals-of-business I believe that should be available soon. Cheers, Rajiv [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. Please note, all Kwantlen email addresses and url’s have been changed recently. Please update your records accordingly. From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Jessica Norman <jessica.norman(a)sait.ca> Date: Monday, March 4, 2019 at 11:28 AM To: "cccoer-advisory (cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com)" <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com>, Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] Instructor support materials for Intro to Business text? Hi All, I’ve been given the opportunity to pitch an OER textbook for an Intro to Business class alongside the typical publishers. I know that this committee’s biggest issue with OER is the (perceived) lack of instructional materials (instructor test bank, student self-tests, simulations, slide sets, etc.). I’m aware of materials from OpenStax, eCampusOntario, and BCcampus but I’d really like to wow the committee with other possible solutions. If you know of any additional ancillary materials for Intro to Business topics (esp. the OpenStax text), I would love to hear about them! Thanks for your time, Jessica [cid:image004.png(a)01D18F19.9217E950] Jessica Norman, MLS eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation Specialist in: Distance Education, Open Educational Resources Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446> Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Stan Grad Centre, MC113 1301 – 16 Avenue NW, Calgary AB, T2M 0L4 (Office) 403.210.4073 jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman(a)sait.ca> Preferred pronoun: She/Hers/Her

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Environmental Science: a Canadian Perspective
by Geoffrey Brown 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

Hi everyone, Just thought I'd share news of the recent release of our first open textbook at Dalhousie University. Hopefully this is the first of many more to come. Additional background information on the project can be found here https://www.dal.ca/news/2018/11/27/the-future-is-open.html [cid:image003.jpg(a)01D4B193.203C7950]Environmental Science: a Canadian Perspective by renowned conservation biologist Bill Freedman (1950-2015) https://digitaleditions.library.dal.ca/environmentalscience/ Geoff Brown, MLIS Librarian -------------------------------------------- Digital Scholarship and Government Information Dalhousie University Libraries Halifax, NS, Canada (902)494-2826 gsbrown(a)dal.ca

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Business OER environmental scan
by Stephanie L. Quail 20 Feb '19

20 Feb '19

Hi everyone, Sorry in advance if you've already seen this...but we're just trying to get the word out as much as possible! I'm part of a research team doing an environmental scan of business open educational resources (OER). This scan is part of eCampusOntario's<https://www.ecampusontario.ca/> "Open at Scale" initiative. This scan is meant to identify existing (and soon-to-be released) business OER that can be used in college and university-level business courses by post-secondary institutions based in Ontario, Canada. The first step of this project involves reaching out to librarians, instructional designers, faculty, and other OER advocates to identify if there are any: a) pre-existing environmental scans of business OER that can be updated by the research team; b) core sources of business OER for the post-secondary level We've created a survey and we'd love to receive some input from you. It should take approximately 5 to 15 minutes to complete: https://goo.gl/forms/55gmkso00lqHKmFK2 We would appreciate a quick turnaround on responses - ideally by Wednesday, February 27, 2019. Final thing: Please help us get this survey into the hands as many people as possible by forwarding it to your colleagues and relevant listservs (please note, this survey has already been sent to the following listservs - SPARC OER, ABEL, BUS-Lib, Ontario’s LibOER). Thanks, Stephanie -- Stephanie Quail | Business Librarian York University Libraries | 416-736-2100 x 22747 | quailste(a)yorku.ca<mailto:quailste(a)yorku.ca> S237V, Seymour Schulich Building, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3

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Canada OER Group 2019 Update blog post
by Josie Gray 19 Feb '19

19 Feb '19

Hi all, I am happy to announce that the Canada OER 2019 blog post has been posted. Please read and share widely: [ https://bccampus.ca/2019/02/19/canada-oer-group-2019-update/ | https://bccampus.ca/2019/02/19/canada-oer-group-2019-update/ ] Best, Josie Josie Gray, BA (Hons.) Coordinator of Collection Quality, Open Education Cell: [ tel:250-588-2141 | 250-588-2141 ] • Pronouns: She/her Email: [ mailto:jgray(a)bccampus.ca | jgray(a)bccampus.ca ] Twitter: [ https://twitter.com/josiea_g | @josiea_g ] • Skype: jgray(a)bccampus.ca [ https://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] • [ https://twitter.com/BCcampus | @BCcampus ] • [ https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash | #BCcampus ] I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.

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