Great news!!
The BCcampus Open Education [ https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/ | Accessibility Toolkit ] has been revised and updated. Most significantly, this version includes step-by-step instructions on how to meet web accessibility guidelines when authoring books in Pressbooks. A full list of changes can be found in the [ https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/back-matter/versioning-history/ | Versioning History ] page.
Special thanks to Josie Gray for leading this initiative and keeping the Accessibility Toolkit up to date and with the latest information.
On behalf of the BCcampus Open Education Team,
Amanda Coolidge
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Amanda Coolidge, MEd
Senior Manager of Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
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Hello,
Just an FYI if you haven't seen this new OER Toolkit.
http://tlp-lpa.ca/oer-toolkit
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education Librarian
Douglas College
P 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca>
Hello Everyone,
See the below opportunity for all Canadian post-secondary faculty.
Open Choice invites Canadian faculty to review OER for their upcoming database
Choice, a publishing unit at the Association of College and Research Libraries, plans to release a new online database of open educational resource (OER) reviews called Open Choice. The new service will feature a significant collection of critical reviews of OER targeted to teaching faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and university staff charged with acquiring digital tools for instruction (IT, instructional technologies, etc.).
We are looking for active teaching faculty who be interested in reviewing open educational materials for Open Choice. The reviews are more substantive, averaging 2,000-2,500 words, and use a structured review rubric. The rubric provides consistency in reviews and makes them easier to write. All reviews go through a formal copyediting process. We are able to provide a honorarium of $200 for each review.
If you are interested in reviewing, or have questions about Open Choice or the reviewing process, please email Melissa Karp at [ mailto:mkarp@ala-choice.org | mkarp(a)ala-choice.org ] .
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
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Dear BCOEL colleagues,
Just wanted to share an invitation to join us for Open Education: Transforming Teaching & Learning at SFU<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/services/workshops/transform…> at SFU Burnaby (rm 2020 - Bennett Library) from 10am-3pm on Thursday, May 24th. This event is targeted to instructors, students and staff interested in the potential of OER to enhance teaching and learning and will be an opportunity to find out more about open education initiatives and projects happening here at SFU.
Please feel free to adapt and share the following event announcement and details (below) with any contacts who may also be interested.
Thanks so much,
Cheers, Hope
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Hope Power
Teaching & Learning Librarian
W.A.C. Bennett Library (Burnaby)
Simon Fraser University
hpower(a)sfu.ca / 778.782.4359
Open Education: Transforming Teaching & Learning at SFU
Open educational resources (OER)<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer> are gaining momentum in higher education as a means of making learning more affordable and accessible for students and creating new opportunities for instructors to adapt and customize resources for their teaching practice and subject area.
OER include any teaching and learning materials that have been made freely available and are openly licensed with legal permissions to use, adapt, and share their content. Examples include open textbooks, videos, lesson plans, learning modules, full-length courses ... and more!
Are you interested in the potential of OER to enhance teaching and learning, but not sure how to get started? Join us on Thursday, May 24 from 10:00am to 3:00pm in Room 2020 at W.A.C. Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby) for a series of talks, panel discussions, and hands-on workshops featuring instructors, staff, and students leading open education initiatives and working on OER-related projects here at SFU.
Coffee and lunch provided. Please register for each session you're planning to attend individually.
Program
Session 1: Opening Education: How OER Can Make Education More Accessible and Transformative
Speaker: Lucas Wright (Open Education Advisor, BCcampus)
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am
Join special guest speaker Lucas Wright, an Open Education Advisor at BCcampus<https://bccampus.ca/open-education/>, for an overview and discussion of how open educational resources and practices are transforming post-secondary teaching and learning here in British Columbia and beyond:
* How open educational resources (OER) can be adapted for different disciplines and teaching contexts
* Ways that post-secondary institutions in British Columbia are using OER to make education more accessible
* Avenues for finding, reusing and remixing OER
* Approaches to engaging students as co-creators and partners in the classroom
Register here.<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer/33454>
Session 2: Open Education and OER in Action at SFU
Speakers: Diana Bedoya (Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology), Leith Davis (English), Parham Elmi (SFSS), Erin Hogg (Archaeology), Petra Menz (Mathematics), Brian Shannon (English)
Time: 11:00am to 12:30pm
Join us for a panel of students, instructors and staff leading OER initiatives here at SFU discussing:
* Why and how they became interested in OER
* What kinds of OER-related projects and/or initiatives they have been working on
* How instructors have integrated open textbooks or other OER in to their courses and teaching practice
* How the use of open textbooks or other OER impacts student learning
Register here.<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer/33455>
Session 3: OER Tools & Platforms Showcase
Speakers: Jason Toal (Teaching and Learning Centre), Lucas Wright (BCcampus), Kar-On Lee (Teaching and Learning Centre), Rebecca Dowson (Library)
Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Ready to begin finding, using, remixing, or creating your own OER? This session will introduce you to Pressbooks,<https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-support/> Canvas Commons<https://www.sfu.ca/canvas/instructors/add-content/what-is-canvas-commons.ht…>, and Omeka.net,<http://www.omeka.net/> three tools that you can use to get started. We'll kick things off with a brief overview of what each tool does, and then break out into groups for a hands-on deep dive into the tool of your choice.
Register here. <https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer/33456>
Hello,
I just wanted to let everyone on the BCOEL list know that there have been some changes to the BCOEL Steering Committee. I am the new Chair and Lin Brander from BCIT has agreed to take on the role of Chair Elect.
I want to extend a huge thank you to Debra Flewelling from Douglas College, the outgoing Chair, for all her work as BCOEL's inaugural Chair of the Steering Committee.
If you have any questions or are interested in learning more about the BCOEL Steering Committee, please let me know.
Thanks,
Brenda Smith
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Brenda Smith
Open Education Librarian
University Library
Thompson Rivers University
805 TRU Way
Kamloops, BC V2C 0C8
Tel: (250) 828-5098
Fax: (250) 828-5313
Email: brsmith(a)tru.ca<mailto:brsmith@tru.ca>
www.tru.ca/library<http://www.tru.ca/library>
Hello,
In case you missed it, in this last week, there have been two professional development announcement for Librarians working in the OER area. They are:
SPARC Open Education Leadership Program - https://sparcopen.org/our-work/open-education-leadership-program/
and a Creative Commons Certificate for Librarians - https://certificates.creativecommons.org/
I've register for the fall session for the CC Certificate course because it is priced reasonably at $300.00 while the Leadership Program is very expensive, especially after converting it to CDN dollars.
Regards,
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
Douglas College
P 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca>
Hello Everyone,
Please find attached a new information sheet from BCcampus Open Education. It includes details about:
* Open education in B.C. such as the values, 5Rs, and strategic priorities
* Current projects and initiatives at BCcampus Open Education including B.C.'s Zed Cred Programs, Awards for Excellence in Open Education, the 2018/19 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellows, and the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
Feel free to share this document, in print form or digitally, with colleagues, students, and others.
Regards,
The BCcampus Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph
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Here are two scenarios that I need you help with:
1. We are building content for an open module. Can we paraphrase and cite copyrighted material, such as studies?
2. Online videos have been created with some ideas based on a book, which is referenced in the videos. Can we cc license these videos?
My take is that copyrighted work is constantly cited in journal articles and other matter and then that new material is copyrighted to the new author or journal or whatever, so the above scenarios should be acceptable as long as the materials are not directly copied.
Thanks for any advice you can provide!
Lin
Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander@bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/>
Please join us if you can. Poster attached.
Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander@bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/>
Please find BCIT's Open Education Report attached.
Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander@bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/>
