Hi there,
Wondering if anyone might know of BC faculty who've adopted open textbooks/OER for Anthropology courses? If so, I have a faculty member at SFU who'd be interested in speaking with them further about their experiences.
Thanks in advance for any leads!
Best wishes, 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
Hi all,
One of our faculty members is very interested in starting to use OERs after attending Robin DeRosa's talk , but he doesn't know whether they are available for his topics (see below). I will recommend BCCampus, since I saw some resources there that look relevant. Any other suggestions of places to look or specific resources you know of?
Thanks!
Karen
Ps. Please let me know if this list is not the right place to ask this :)
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I teach ENGQ (English qualifying) courses, especially the higher-end courses, 1099 (essay writing), 1089 (paragraph writing), 1091 (Gr. 12 equivalent), and 1092 (business writing).
I am also aware of the OER book:
https://opentextbc.ca/writingforsuccess/
I was wondering if you are aware of other OER resources that are specifically related to English writing upgrading skills, particularly essay-writing focused and sentence grammar skills related, but not too much geared toward a first- or second-year English level, as that might be beyond the scope of our curricula and student levels.
Thanks for any resources you can point me toward.
Hello,
Leading up to Open Education Week we had Robin DeRosa come and speak at Douglas College. If you aren't familiar with Robin, here is her blog https://robinderosa.net/my-blog/ and here is a link to her presentation - http://admin.video.ubc.ca/tiny/b23oo
She is very passionate and inspiring and I hope you enjoy listening to her.
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
Douglas College
Hi there everyone,
This event is tomorrow at noon, and I thought some of you might be
interested:
This call brings together all librarians working with, or learning
about, all things Open--and gives folks an opportunity to connect with
each other to better their work and librarianship.
Please share the invitation to participate in this call with any
librarians on your campus who may be interested.
http://www.opencon2017.org/april_2017_librarian_call
Cheers,
Rosario
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*Rosario Passos*
Instructional Designer
Cascadia Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Tel: 604 469 3595
M: 236 888 8599
Skype: portuguese_woman
Good morning!
In an ongoing effort to sustain and build the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] , BCcampus asks for your help to identify subject areas within this collection that are missing open textbooks either entirely or in specific categories and/or course levels. As an overview, there are currently 180 textbooks in this collection covering eight main subject areas (Sciences, Trades, Business and Management, Liberal Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Upgrading Programs, Health Related, and Recreation, Tourism, Hospitality and Service). Within these eight areas are 36 secondary subject areas. For a summary of these subject areas and links to specific books, go to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/ | Open Textbook Stats ] page and click on the "Subjects" tab.
We ask that you please send us suggestions for subject areas that are missing open textbooks, those subject areas where you have heard from faculty "I would adopt an open textbook, but there isn't one in my subject area". Additionally, it would be helpful to have the following information for each identified subject area.
Textbook Subject
1. Subject
2. Course level
3. Specific topic with the subject (if applicable)
We will be reviewing these suggestions as we publish a new call for proposals in the coming months- proposals for creation, adaptation, adoption of open textbooks- preferably with a targeted approach based on the needs of the system.
Thank you for your time and attention to this request-
Amanda Coolidge, Lauri Aesoph
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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
Hey everyone,
Has anyone developed Terms of Reference for the OER Working groups at
your institutions, and would you be able to share?
Please and thanks!
Rosario
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*Rosario Passos*
Instructional Designer
Cascadia Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Tel: 604 469 3595
M: 236 888 8599
Skype: portuguese_woman
Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/
...and register here: https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017
Join us!
Any questions - you can send them directly my way: Amanda Coolidge (acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca)
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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
Hello Everyone,
I'm please to announce the following 5 new additions to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection: ]
A First Course in Linear Algebra
Macroeconomics: Theory, Models, and Policy
Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
We also new editions for two current books in our repository:
I [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0370418e-be7d-4541-b0d1-… | ntroduction to Financial Accounting - Second Edition ]
This book has been updated to version 2.2. Files for the previous version are still posted, but will be removed on June 1.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=662054ef-3b43-4e62-a509-… | Calculus: Early Transcendentals ] has been updated with the Lyryx version
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Hi everyone,
Some of you may want to attend this EdTech Demo:
Using Open Journal System and Open Monograph for Open Pedagogy: EdTech
Demo
<https://edtech.bccampus.ca/2017/03/30/using-open-journal-system-and-open-mo…>
Cheers,
Rosario
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*Rosario Passos*
Instructional Designer
Cascadia Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Tel: 604 469 3595
M: 236 888 8599
Skype: portuguese_woman
