Dear colleagues,
At 11 a.m. PST on Thursday, November 5, Rebus is hosting a session called Office Hours: Writing Math and Science Textbooks<https://www.rebus.community/t/office-hours-writing-math-and-science-textboo…>. The event is described as follows:
Writing and publishing math and science open textbooks, lab manuals, and other related ancillaries usually involves a unique set of challenges. In this session, our guests will discuss their experience creating math and science textbooks on a variety of publishing platforms and tools including Pressbooks, LaTeX, and LibreTexts. Topics will include how to add formulas, create interactivity through PhET or H5P simulations, and ensure accessibility. This is not a how-to session, but rather an overview of the tradeoffs between platforms and a discussion of strategies for creating math and science open textbooks that meets author and student expectations.
This session would be of interest to those who are publishing math and science textbooks and want to hear about the different strategies that others are applying to the task.
If you would like to attend this session, you can RSVP online on the Rebus site.
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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Hello all,
October 19-25 marks Open Access Week, a global celebration of the open access movement.
BCOEL and BCcampus are co-hosting a virtual OA Week event entitled Open Access in Action: Tales from 5 Institutions<https://bccampus.ca/event/open-access-in-action-tales-from-5-institutions/> on October 21 from 1-2pm. Please join us!
Presenters from five B.C. post-secondary institutions will provide a quick overview of their projects, followed by Q&A. We hope that this format promotes conversation, foments cross-disciplinary connections, and gives participants a sense of the variety of exciting open initiatives happening across the province.
To register, please visit the event page linked above. We hope to see you there!
Lindsay Tripp
Copyright Librarian
Langara Library
604.323.5290
100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6
Unceded Musqueam Territory
[Langara Logo]<https://langara.ca/>
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Dear colleagues,
I hope you can join us for the following webinar on Tuesday, October 6, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. PDT: Publishing Indigenous Perspectives Online: How RavenSpace Editors Approach Collaboration<https://bccampus.ca/event/publishing-indigenous-perspectives-online-how-rav…>.
RavenSpace, developed by UBC Press, is a digital platform for publications that aims to support Indigenous community-based research and authorship. It functions as a place where, with community permission, Indigenous knowledge can be shared, but also protected—where knowledge holders may maintain and assert their cultural protocols that govern how certain materials should be accessed, and by whom. In this session, we will show how RavenSpace has integrated publishing and web design workflows with the needs and rights of Indigenous community members and authors. We will share some of RavenSpace’s collaborative approaches, and, more broadly, will discuss additional ways to build cultural considerations into editorial and design choices. Attendees are welcome to share their own examples of approaching culturally sensitive materials in a collaborative environment, as we will allow time for discussion.
More information on how to register can be found here:
https://bccampus.ca/event/publishing-indigenous-perspectives-online-how-rav…
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
Hi All,
I'm having a discussion with a few of my planning committee members and could use examples of OERs used at the grad level. They seem to think it is something used at the undergrad level only.
If you have any examples of courses/programs at your institutions or can point me to any grad specific resources, I'd love to hear to them.
Thanks in advance,
Ali
Sent on behalf of Hope Power
Dear BCOEL colleagues,
I'm forwarding an invitation (below) to participate in a brief survey on OER and Open Pedagogy at Your Institution from Reza Ghajar, a MLIS student from the UBC iSchool who is working on a professional experience project with SFU Library this summer.
Reza is copied on this message, and can be reached directly with any questions at: reza_davallow_ghajar(a)sfu.ca<mailto:reza_davallow_ghajar@sfu.ca>
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We're conducting a survey and your input would be appreciated. This survey from Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lib.s…> seeks to identify some best practices that are advancing OER and open pedagogy at other institutions. We are particularly surveying librarians who are part of the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL) group. This survey will be used by SFU Library to help shape our OER strategy and practices. The deadline for this survey is July 15th, 2020. If you would like to receive a summary of our findings, please provide your email address at the end of your responses.
Please click on the link below to start the survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/YC9SG82<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surve…>
Thanks very much for your support with this.
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Hope Power
Teaching & Learning Librarian
W.A.C. Bennett Library (Burnaby)
Simon Fraser University
hpower(a)sfu.ca<mailto:hpower@sfu.ca>
*Please note that I am away on Thursdays this semester.
I respectfully acknowledge that SFU Burnaby is located on the unceded and traditional territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Kwikwetlem First Nations.
Dear colleagues,
BCcampus is currently conducting the Faculty Pivot to Teaching Online survey<https://survey.bccampus.ca/index.php/855916?lang=en>, which seeks to understand how B.C. post-secondary instructors adapted to the sudden need to teach online and what they will do in the fall semester.
The survey will close on Monday, July 13th. If you are able and willing, please take the survey and share with your contacts and online.
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
Hi all - I just want to share an article that may be of interest - Open Education Librarianship: A Position Description Analysis of the Newly Emerging Role in Academic Libraries<https://www.ijoer.org/open-education-librarianship-a-position-description-a…>
Happy Canada Day,
Debra Flewelling
Open Education Librarian
Douglas College
