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Criteria For Choose OER and Supporting Tools
by Ross, Heather 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hello all. Our College of Engineering is doing a major revamp of their first year curriculum. As part of that they have set a goal to reduce textbook costs for students and will be considering OER when they can find appropriate materials. They are also looking for a homework system(s). I’m trying to persuade them to avoid commercial systems since that will simply replace money going to publishers for textbooks with money going to publishers for homework systems. I’m wondering if anyone might have some criteria that they provide instructors / departments with for determining if the OER available will meet their NEEDS (wants are another story) and what modifications might be necessary, as well as what criteria they might use for determining appropriate ancillary resources and tools. Their existing criteria for the homework system would not be found in any existing systems, so I need to show them some more realistic criteria. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide. 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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Position: OER Librarian, LTA, Concordia
by Dianne Cmor 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hello, Concordia University Library in lovely Montreal is seeking a librarian to help us kick-start our OER path! We are ready to move on this, and looking for just the right person ... Please share. https://library.concordia.ca/about/jobs/ https://library.concordia.ca/about/jobs/oer-librarian.pdf Many thanks! Dianne Cmor Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning Concordia University Library 1455 de Maisonneuve West, LB-331 Montréal (Québec) Canada H3G 1M8 (514) 848-2424 ext.7693 library.concordia.ca orcid.org/0000-0001-6374-892X

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Canada National OER Strategy- Second meeting
by Amanda Coolidge 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

The following is a new meeting request: Subject: Canada National OER Strategy- Second meeting Organizer: "Amanda Coolidge" <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Location: zoom link via eCampus Ontario Time: Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 9:00:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Invitees: canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

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Canada OER National OER Strategy- meeting notes, documentation
by Amanda Coolidge 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Thank you friends for a great conversation today about developing a National OER Strategy. As mentioned at our meeting there is interest in identifying our collective goals that will help us form a National OER Strategy. I have created a [ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M76v2RClvHcoLOzQ_UABqS5NBzidsIhR?us… | Canada OER Folder in Google. ] Within this folder you will find: * [ https://drive.google.com/open?id=11HZA7mq81njP5A4C1LzDQiOcHQwGrKuaqeYKQL6TP… | October 1, Meeting notes ] * [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6Qog0SWWbPGbJSThL5q8ezfvvdSfp2H2WQDbhl… | What are our Collective Goals? Document ] In addition this was just released today: [ https://creativecommons.org/2018/10/01/new-nafta-would-harm-canada-and-shri… | New NAFTA Would Harm Canadian Copyright Reform and Shrink the Public Domain ] Please add your thoughts/ideas/suggestions to the Collective Goals document by Friday October 26th. Jenni Hayman has offered to start us off with an Appreciative Inquiry exercise in the document. If you were unable to attend the meeting today we welcome your input as well! Please feel free to review the meeting notes and the collective goals. I will be sure to forward this on to CASA, CFS, and CC Canada. Also, please fill out the [ https://doodle.com/poll/b3istwi9pav2nc8q | doodle poll for our next meeting to be held November ] where we will talk about the goals and identify next steps. Thanks again! Amanda -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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Gerontology
by Ross, Heather 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

Good Friday afternoon everyone. I have a nursing instructor who is looking to replace a commercial textbook currently used for a course in Gerontology. Her colleagues are using Gerontological Nursing & Healthy Aging by Touhy, Jett, Boscart, and McCleary, while students have found Gerontological Nursing Competencies For Care (4th Edition) by Mauk more useful. She would prefer that her students not have to buy a textbook. Does anyone know of any good existing OER that might replace the textbook? If not, she had expressed interest that such a book should be created (big dreams). 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 http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Using Cove
by Ross, Heather 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

We have an instructor from our English Department who is considering using Cove. Does anyone have any experience with it? She’s looking into it, but my browsers don’t want to load it because of a lack of a “secure connection”. From what she’s told me students need to each pay $10 to collaborate on what would be an open access publication. I’m trying to steer her toward using a wiki or Pressbooks or such tools, but need some background / feedback on Cove to best make my case. Thank you. 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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Adaptation of University Physics Released
by Ross, Heather 27 Sep '18

27 Sep '18

Good morning everyone. I am pleased to announce that we have released an adaptation of the University Physics book from OpenStax. The new book is called Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, and Circuits and is available here: https://openpress.usask.ca/physics155/ This book is now being used for two of our first year Physics courses, including the one that all first year students in our College of Engineering currently take. 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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Save the date: April 17-18, 2019: Cascadia Open Education Summit,
by Amanda Coolidge 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Excuse the cross postings: Join us for the Cascadia Open Education Summit, formerly known as the BC Open Textbook Summit, in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. on April 17 & 18, 2019 at SFU Harbour Centre. This event is co-hosted with our regional friends; Lumen Learning, Open Oregon Educational Resources, and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. This event is for new and experienced OER advocates offering the opportunity to learn and share effective practices in awareness building, implementation, collaboration, strategy, and research. Theme: Scaling New Heights with Open Education. Example topics include: * What are the current challenges and opportunities for open education? Do you have creative solutions for how to take them on? * How is the ecosystem around OER evolving, and what are the implications for this evolution? * As OER enters mainstream curriculum, what are the implications for institutions? Faculty? Libraries? Students? Other stakeholders? Event details: * Day 1 will include 2 keynotes and conference proceedings with presentations, panel presentations, and table talks. * Day 2 is our Day of Action Focused OER Workshops. A series of workshops will be presented (2 hours each) and is intended for people looking for support in achieving the next step in their OER work or initiative. Keynotes: Heather M. Ross, Educational Development Specialist, University of Saskatchewan and Karen Cangialosi, Professor of Biology, Keene State College Who should attend: People engaged in higher education focused open education initiatives, including students, faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, administrators, and other campus leaders. Further details will emerge as the program committee meets – stay informed about the call for proposals via #casacadiaopened and through [ https://bccampus.ca/ | our website. ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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Print-on Demand Services?
by Jessica Norman 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Hi All, Do folks working with OER textbooks have any suggestions for a Canadian print-on-demand publisher to use for print copies of these textbooks? I have print copies of BCcampus texts but I'd like additional texts to use as demo copies for OER presentations. (I'm also checking with our campus print shop but I'd like to know of other options.) Cheers, Jessica Norman [cid:image004.png(a)01D18F19.9217E950] Jessica Norman, MLS eLearning Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library Library Liaison: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation Learner and Academic Services 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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Canada OER: National OE Strategy Conversation
by Amanda Coolidge 21 Sep '18

21 Sep '18

The following meeting has been modified: Subject: Canada OER: National OE Strategy Conversation Organizer: "Amanda Coolidge" <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Location: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/j/295964924 [MODIFIED] Time: Monday, October 1, 2018, 10:30:00 AM - 11:30:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Invitees: canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca; lrigling(a)ecampusontario.ca; davidp(a)ecampusontario.ca; opentxt(a)gw.uregina.ca; josie.gray(a)bccampus.ca; GrenierMintenkoK(a)CampusManitoba.CA; klambert(a)bccampus.ca; lpatterson(a)ecampusontario.ca *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* The following is a new meeting request: Subject: Canada OER: National OE Strategy Conversation Organizer: "Amanda Coolidge" <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Time: Monday, October 1, 2018, 10:30:00 AM - 11:30:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Invitees: canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Hi All This time seems to work best. Lena, can you please let me know the zoom link and I will add to the invite? Thanks! Amanda

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