Hello,
Today, Jan. 22nd, the Open Education community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, a global call to action that has helped inspire thousands of open education advocates across the world.
Last March, a group of open education activists met in Cape Town and came up with recommendations which highlight 10 directions to move open education forward. Check those out at http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/cpt10/ and sign the Declaration while you're there.
Debra,
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
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Hello Everyone,
We've added two new books and one new ancillary resource, as well as, a few updates. Please see below.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8af49997-4d25-43fe-b6fa-… | Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students ]
This new textbook, published by the Rebus Community, is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. Its intent is to recognize the significant role the literature review plays in the research process and to prepare students for the work that goes into writing one.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=37d3b486-45ef-4e38-a764-… | The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy ]
This collection of original source readings by philosophers who originated many of the issues we discuss today was written by TRU faculty member Jeff McLaughlin and was produced with funds from a BCcampus Open Education OER Grant. Major areas of philosophy covered are Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Socio-Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=75ab4802-42c4-4fb7-9051-… | Education and Career Planning Open Course ]
This unique open course which is the result of a collaboration between seven colleges and BCcampus Open Education, and funded in part by an OER Grant. Authored by Mary Shier and Allison Schubert from College of the Rockies, it is at the provincial ABE level (grade 12 equivalent) and can be used as an elective course towards the BC Adult Grad Diploma. Three file formats are provided (D2L, Moodle, Common Cartridge) so the course can be downloaded into a learning management system.
Other news
We have added the following new categories to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection:
* "Engineering" sub-category to the "Sciences" category
* "Education" as a main category and "Early Childhood Education" as sub-category
Pressbooks updates are now available on the BCcampus Open Ed website (open.bccampus.ca) under [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ ]
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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Hello!
(Apologies for the cross-posting)
The team at Babson Survey Research Group is out today with a report on the use of OER in higher education. The study is based on responses of over 2,700 faculty and there are a number of helpful findings. Inside Higher Ed also published a very positive piece about the findings here: [ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/12/19/more-faculty-members-are-usi… | https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/12/19/more-faculty-members-are-usi… ] . And The Chronicle of Higher Education published a story on the findings: [ https://www.chronicle.com/article/Use-of-Free-Textbooks-Is/242086 | https://www.chronicle.com/article/Use-of-Free-Textbooks-Is/242086 ]
Key Findings Include:
* Faculty awareness of OER has increased, with 29 percent of faculty reporting that they were “Aware” or “Very Aware” of open educational resources, up from 25 percent last year and 20 percent the year before.
* Graphic #1: Increase Awareness
*
Large enrollment introductory undergraduate courses have adopted openly licensed OpenStax College textbooks at a rate (16.5 percent) equivalent to that of commercial publication adoption.
* Graphic #2: OER & Traditional Textbooks
*
A majority of faculty classify cost as "Very important" for their selection of required course materials. * OER can be as successful as commercial alternatives.
* Faculty report equal levels of satisfaction with OER OpenStax materials and traditional textbooks.
Thanks!
Amanda
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Amanda Coolidge, MEd
Senior Manager of Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
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Hello Everyone,
We're very proud to bring you the latest new additions to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook collection ] . The majority of these books (and one course) are by authors in B.C.and Canada with several from the University of Victoria.
EDUCATION
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7069 | Complexities, Capacities, Communities ] (English)
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7342 | Complexités, Capacités, Communautés ] (French)
This book describes approaches to capacity promotion that respond to the complexities and possibilities of communities—at local and country levels. These initiatives challenge established developmental narratives in ECD and international development, and in so doing provide alternative ways for scholars and practitioners in ECD, education, and the broad international development field to enhance capacities.
HEALTH
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7814 | Handbook of eHealth Evaluation: An Evidence-based Approach ]
This handbook presents the science and practice of eHealth evaluation based on empirical evidence gathered over many years within the health informatics discipline. The handbook describes different approaches used to evaluate the planning, design, implementation, use and impact of eHealth systems in different health settings. It also provides a snapshot of the current state of knowledge on the consequences of opting for eHealth systems with respect to their effects and implications on provider performance and health outcomes.
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dementiavoiceandchoice.com/ | Living Well with Dementia ]
This website-based course from Judith DeGroot and Sharon Leitch, Health Care Assistant Program instructors at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, explores how individuals can live a fully engaged, productive, and satisfying life with dementia. The course covers how to connect with afflicted individuals, learn about the disease itself, and discover useful tools. This resource was funded, in part, by an OER Grant from BCcampus.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Canadian (Alberta)
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=16301119-8ec4-4241-b0f7-… | Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook ]
Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. This textbook covers taxes, gross earnings, product prices, and currency exchange; loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. It also discusses how to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for their business.
There are two versions for this book: The "Basic Edition" and the "Premium Edition." While they cover the same content, the Premium Edition includes additional features such as Excel integration, Excel templates, Excel screenshots, along with lots of extra visuals and graphics to help student wrap their heads around the numbers, procedures, and concepts that they work with. The Basic Edition does not include Excel and those extra visuals and graphics in order to streamline the book.
Made in British Columbia
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d4468c30-938d-4ba9-acd8-… | Principles of Microeconomics, adaptation, UVic ]
This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures. This adaptation is a work by Dr. Emma Hutchinson with assistance from Maxwell Nicholson. This resource was funded, in part, by an OER Grant from BCcampus.
A [ https://open.bccampus.ca/suggestion-for-the-collection/ | Suggestion for the Collection ] request
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=053bc0d1-fea6-44af-af18-… | Organizational Behavior ]
This book is not be about giving students all the answers to every situation they may encounter when they start their first job or as they continue up the career ladder. Instead, this book gives students the vocabulary, framework, and critical thinking skills necessary to diagnose situations, ask tough questions, evaluate the answers received, and to act in an effective and ethical manner regardless of situational characteristics.
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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Hi - in case you're interested and haven't seen yet ...
Here is a recording of Christina Hendricks' talk, "What's Open about Open Pedagogy", that she gave here at Douglas College during Open Access Week.
http://admin.video.ubc.ca/tiny/5iupf
As well, here is the recording of an event that was put together by UBC, BCIT, SFU and BCcampus and the theme is exploring tension and risk in open scholarship.
https://open.ubc.ca/exploring-tension-and-risk-in-open-scholarship/#OpenUBC
Debra,
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
T 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
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Hello Everyone,
The OpenEd team at BCcampus had a discussion this morning about possibly using an "Open Textbook" logo to help faculty learn more about or find open textbooks. One idea is that the logo would be hyperlinked to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] . (This tactic was used for ApplyBC a few years ago and worked well as a visual identifier for students wanting to applying for admission online.)
As far as where the logo would be placed, this could be up to each institution and something that can be discussed further.
What are your thoughts?
Thanks,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca
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Hello,
I just came across this announcement on about George Mason University (GMU), in collaboration with Deep Web Technologies (DWT), developed a search engine called Mason OER Metafinder.
https://www.deepwebtech.com/2017/10/george-mason-university-launches-search…
I haven't played with it too much yet but I'm looking forward to trying out some searches - https://mason.deepwebaccess.com/mason__MasonLibrariesOpenEducationResources…
Naturally (or happily), it includes BCcampus Open Ed collection.
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
T 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca>
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Hello Everyone,
Please see below a call for authors for a new Philosophy open textbook .
Please contact [ mailto:%20zoe@rebus.community | Zoe Wake Hyde ] or [ mailto:%20apurva@rebus.foundation | Apurva Ashok ] if you have any questions about this project or the Rebus Community. Alternatively, you can contact the general editor for the book Christina Hendricks: christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca.
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca
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Hello,
The [ https://forum.rebus.community/ |
Rebus
Community ] is looking for contributors to a new open textbook on Introduction to Philosophy.
The book is targeted at 100-level college courses, and is being put together by Christina Hendricks of the University of British Columbia, with the support of The Rebus Community, a non-profit initiative, developing new collaborative models for publishing free/open textbooks and other academic works.
We are seeking faculty interested in contributing to the book. Particularly, we are looking for:
1.
Chapter authors for the following areas:
1.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/126/ethics-part-ed-george-matthews | Ethics ]
2.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/125/aesthetics-part-ed-w-scott-clifton?… | Aesthetics ]
3.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/206/logic-part-ed-benjamin-martin | Logic ]
4.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/210/social-and-political-philosophy-par… | Social
and Political Philosophy ]
5.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/226/metaphysics-part-ed-adriano-palma | Metaphysics ]
6.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/213/philosophy-of-religion-part-ed-beau… | Philosophy
of Religion ]
7.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/212/philosophy-of-mind-part-ed-heather-… | Philosophy
of Mind ]
We are looking for people with a PhD in philosophy, ideally with teaching experience at the first-year level. PhD students in philosophy may also be considered as authors, or can contribute in other ways to the book.
Interested faculty or PhD students can sign-up using the links above . Each chapter will be around 3000 words. Alternatively, if you would like to write about a section that is not listed, we can discuss the possibility of additions.
You can find more information about the project here: [ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/204/project-summary | https://forum.rebus.community/topic/204/project-summary ]
The Rebus Community is looking for forward-thinking academics, students, and citizens to come help us reimagine publishing and its impacts on education.
We are currently working towards releasing the first few parts of the textbook, which will cover core concepts in Western philosophy and other traditions, with faculty joining us from institutions across North America, Africa, and Europe. The book will be freely available to students and faculty and openly licensed to enable reuse.
Please contact [ mailto:%20zoe@rebus.community | Zoe
Wake Hyde ] or [ mailto:%20apurva@rebus.foundation | Apurva
Ashok ] if you have any questions about this project or the Rebus Community. Alternatively, you can contact the general editor for the book Christina Hendricks: christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca.
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Christina Hendricks
Professor of Teaching, Philosophy
University of British Columbia-Vancouver
[ http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ | http://philosophy.ubc.ca ]
Deputy Academic Director
Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
[ http://ctlt.ubc.ca/ | http://ctlt.ubc.ca ]
Website: [ http://chendricks.org/ | http://chendricks.org ]
Blog: [ http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks | http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks ]
Email: [ mailto:christina.hendricks@ubc.ca | christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca ]
(apologies for cross posting...)
Hello Everyone,
The [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/call-for-proposals/ | call for proposals ] is now open for the [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/ | 2018 Festival of Learning ] . We encourage all of our open education and other higher ed colleagues from everywhere to submit a proposal. The deadline is [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/call-for-proposals/ | December 11 ] .
There will be three topic areas: Open Education , Educational Technology, and Teaching & Learning. (This event is offered in place of the Open Textbook Summit for 2018.)
Festival of Learning 2018 will take place May 28-20, 2018 in beautiful downtown Vancouver. Registration opens on February 1. Join 500 participants in an inclusive space designed to enable cross-pollination between educators and administration, thought leaders and faculty. No matter your role in post-secondary education, we want you to feel comfortable sharing your own experiences – successes as well as challenges.
Best regards,
Lauri Aesoph and the BCcampus OpenEd team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca
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