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eCampusOntario to host a Basecamp and other fun spaces for edX Intro to Open Education
by Jenni Hayman 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

Greetings Canada OER members, eCampusOntario would like to host a Basecamp instance and interact in other spaces – as participants choose to build community around the six-week "Intro to Open Education" MOOC on edX by David Wiley and George Siemens. It begins October 1. Introduction to Open Education https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-open-education-utarlingtonx-link-oex , it's free to sign up and take (of course). [https://www.edx.org/sites/default/files/course/image/featured-card/open_roa…]<https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-open-education-utarlingtonx-link-oex> Introduction to Open Education | edX<https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-open-education-utarlingtonx-link-oex> www.edx.org Learn about open education and how it can significantly reduce costs, increase agency and transparency, and improve learning outcomes. We're going to use the hashtag #OpenEdMOOCCanada to build on the official hashtag. Let's see how much of a cross-Canada following we can build together. I'm happy to add any interested participants into the Basecamp team, and can deputize anyone to add others. We could host weekly Twitter chats if desired, promote blog posts related to the learning, etc. Let's invite as many educators and learners as we can! Other ideas and supports that you desire? Go ahead and blow up my inbox with interested participants and I'll just keep adding people in to Basecamp. Don't forget to sign up! We can probably recruit other Canadians inside the edX shell. jhayman(a)ecampusontario.ca Thank you!! // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/>

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Save The Date - TLT Conference
by Ross, Heather 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Building Champions and Allies - For Open and Indigenizing Pedagogies Teaching and Learning Today 2018, to be held at the University of Saskatchewan May 1 & 2 2018, is tackling two of the most important paradigm shifts in higher education across Canada, indigenizing and opening academia and exploring where they may intersect. We are calling on all champions and allies of these two movements to join us in sharing, discovering, and learning about the challenges, rewards, and shifts in education that are impacting and transforming our institutions. Kory Wilson, the Executive Director, Aboriginal Initiatives and Partnerships for the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) will be the opening keynote for this conference. If you are interested in building, driving, or supporting indigenization or open pedagogy, please save the date. Space will be limited. https://teachingtest.usask.ca/tlt2018/ 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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Invitation to Join: Creative Commons Open Education Platform
by Amanda Coolidge 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Greetings Open Education Colleagues: In early 2017, the Creative Commons Global Network (CCGN) completed a consultation process of renewing and reorganizing itself to support a strong and growing global movement. The year-long process resulted in the CCGN [ https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/network-strategy/ | Global Network Strategy ] . Part of the new strategy is to establish defined areas of focus, or “platforms,” which will drive CC’s global activities. [ https://creativecommons.org/about/global-affiliate-network/network-platform… | Platforms ] are how we organize areas of work for the CC community, where individuals and institutions organize and coordinate themselves across the CC Global Network. In the spirit of openness and to effectively strategize, these platforms are open to all interested parties working in the platform area and adjacent spaces. That’s why Creative Commons invites you to join the CC Global Network Open Education Platform! WHY join? * Stay connected to global actions in open education resources, practice, and policy. * Identify, plan and coordinate multi-national open education, practices and policy projects to collaboratively solve education challenges with an amazing group of open education leaders from around the world. * Secure funding (from Creative Commons and other funding sources) for the open education projects we collectively select. * Contribute to global perspectives on open education to strengthen advocacy worldwide. * Connect your country / region to global open education initiatives. * Be on the forefront in implementing Creative Commons' global network strategy. * Meet annually, in-person, at the Creative Commons Summit with members of the CC Open Education Platform to celebrate successes, share best practices, and plan for the next year. * Explore, practice, and share innovative methods for inclusive and open engagement with educators, learners and governments around the world.. WHO should join? * Open education advocates working in the areas of open educational resources, open educational practices, and/or open education policy. WHAT are we working on right now? * Reaching the right people (you!) to build a strong open education platform. * Developing decision making and engagement structures. * Defining the goals and projects the CC Open Education Platform will pursue. Joining the CC Open Education Platform is easy and free: 1. Sign up for the email list: [ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cc-openedu | https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cc-openedu ] 2. Sign up for IM (Slack or IRC): * [ https://slack-signup.creativecommons.org/ | Slack: sign up ] : (it will send an invitation email), then sign up to the [ https://creativecommons.slack.com/messages/C2S2MFAJW | #cc-openedu channel ] * IRC: to join the #creativecommons-openedu IRC channel, connect via Freenode. 3. Review and contribute to the platform [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-HPog_7pPUXrECzne1t6X7eKwo8TzpYBZ8iC8Ff… | draft working doc. ] 4. Attend and participate in the monthly meetings. * The next meeting is October 18: 8:00pm / October 19: 9:00am (PDT, UTC -7). * Note: every meeting has two different times - so everyone can attend one of the meetings during local daylight hours. Please join the e-mail list and IM channel, introduce yourself and we’ll see you at the next meeting! With gratitude, Amanda Coolidge CC Open Education Platform Member -- Amanda Coolidge Senior Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ] Skype: coolidge.amanda Twitter: @acoolidge

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U of S Has Two New Open Textbooks
by Ross, Heather 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Good afternoon. I want to let everyone know that we have two new open textbooks from our Edwards School of Business that have been added to our catalogue. Both are by Professor Lee Swanson and carry a CC-BY-SA license. Please let me know if you know of anyone who adopts these. Thank you. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toolkit - http://openpress.usask.ca/entrepreneurshipandinnovationtoolkit/ The Business Plan Development Guide - http://openpress.usask.ca/businessplandevelopmentguide/ 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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Forest Ecology
by Ross, Heather 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

I just received a phone call from an instructor (and the department head for Plant Science) who is looking for OER on forest ecology. A colleague of his teaching statistics in that department told him about OER and he wants in on this. Does anyone have anything on forest ecology? And why can’t I get these calls from the head of Psychology? 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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Please add me to the list!
by Jenni Hayman 23 Aug '17

23 Aug '17

Dear BCcampus team, Please add me to the Canada OER listserv Thank you! Jenni // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/>

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Teaching in Secondary Schools
by Ross, Heather 22 Aug '17

22 Aug '17

Some professors in our College of Education are looking for an open textbook or other OER for a first year course. It’s an introductory course (basic educational theory, terms, what’s assessment, etc.). The learning outcomes not specific to Saskatchewan are: - Develop awareness of important education constructs, issues, and practices in teaching and learning in secondary schools (high schools) - Begin to understand who secondary learners are and how to address their unique needs - Start to consider alternative possibilities for innovating teaching and learning in secondary education They are considering taking an open pedagogy approach and having students find appropriate information for creating a course wiki that could serve as a text, but the professors would still like to know what’s out there for OER to either go along side or use if the open pedagogy approach doesn’t seem to be working (it’s a new course). 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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Nursing Fundamentals
by Ross, Heather 21 Aug '17

21 Aug '17

A nursing instructor here just told me that they’ve heard rumours that the textbook they’ve been using for several courses may no longer have a Canadian edition (https://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Fundamentals-Nursing-Patricia-Potter/dp/1926…) which will mean them having to begrudgingly switch to a Pearson text. She said it would be great if there was an open textbook instead. Does anyone know of something existing or in the works? 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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Canada OER Fall Update
by Lena Patterson 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

Hi there, Lena Patterson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Canada OER - Fall Update Time: Sep 19, 2017 1:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/j/9203577469 Or iPhone one-tap (US Toll): +16699006833,,9203577469# or +16465588656,,9203577469# Or Telephone: Dial: +1 669 900 6833 (US Toll) or +1 646 558 8656 (US Toll) +1 876 633 1687 (Jamaica Toll) +234 1440 6817 (Nigeria Toll) +255 411 200 160 (Tanzania Toll) +256 206 300 097 (Uganda Toll) +263 864 404 1086 (Zimbabwe Toll) +506 4000 3843 (Costa Rica Toll) +62 21 2188 9017 (Indonesia Toll) +63 92 3099 0478 (Philippines Toll) +66 2018 2486 (Thailand Toll) +66 60 003 5790 (Thailand Toll) +84 28 4458 2373 (Vietnam Toll) (010) 87833177 (China Toll) +886 277 417 473 (Taiwan Toll) +91 22 62 192 563 (India Toll) +1 855 880 1246 (US Toll Free) +1 877 853 5257 (US Toll Free) Meeting ID: 920 357 7469 International numbers available: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/zoomconference?m=b-wgEmbfdhxLoTyyTwRYm5Nd_qW…

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Canada OER - Fall Update
by Lena Patterson 17 Aug '17

17 Aug '17

Hi Everyone, Looking for a chance to connect with you all in September. Complete the doodle poll to let me know what might work. https://doodle.com/poll/zmxacacuamz4vdcg Talk soon! Lena // Lena Patterson Operations Director eCampusOntario 416.275.0190 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>

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