Hi everyone,
I thought you might want to share this opportunity across your institutions:
OPPORTUNITY: The Rebus Community is working to build an open and collaborative model for making open textbooks. They are seeking contributors for seven active open textbook projects. [ https://forum.rebus.community/category/5/projects-active-open-textbook-proj… | https://forum.rebus.community/category/5/projects-active-open-textbook-proj… ]
Cheers,
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
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200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
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[ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]
Hello,
It is that time of semester when we hopefully see more attention brought to the high cost of textbooks. UVIC made the papers - http://www.saanichnews.com/news/410166795.html#.WHZqlZmgDuo.twitter
And here at Douglas, the Douglas College Student Union set up a table set in our concourse area (see attached picture). I took the picture at the end of the day but during the day I noticed they had a lot of traffic around the table.
Did anything happen at your institution that you would like to share?
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,
The Open Ed team has opened up registration for another Pressbooks Training Webinar on Tuesday, March 14 , 2017 from 10-11am Pacific time: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ ]
There is still room in the January 24th session, but we also accepting registrations for the March session.
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Cel 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Hi everyone,
This came to me on very short notice, but some of you may be interested in this event:
Schedule and presenters http://openeducationinaction.blogspot.ca/2016/11/please-join-us-on-decemebr…
Register here http://bit.ly/2ghnalw
Cheers,
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
236-888-8599 | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
bccampus.ca | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Hello,
I thought I would share with you what we do with printed open textbooks in our library collection. We purchase print copies to show faculty the textbook and we use them for displays on open textbooks. However, since some of them do end up in our regular collection, we want to make sure students understand that they are freely available online, so we put a QR code and note on the front of the textbook (see attached).
Also, because some of the open textbooks come directly from OpenStax and some come from BCcampus Open textbooks, we now have a series entry for Open Textbooks and it will apply to any open textbook searched by either title or keyword.
We also now have our first open textbook on Reserve. Some students just like the physical still :)
http://orca.douglascollege.ca/record=b1938201~S9
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
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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Hi there everyone,
The applications for Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellowships are now open:
https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/faculty-fellows/
Please share with your contacts who may be interested in applying.
Cheers,
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
236-888-8599 | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
bccampus.ca | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Hi there everyone,
Maybe you can circulate this among your faculty contacts who may be interested in participating.
Cheers,
Rosario
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Subject: [OPENNESS] Call for Participants: OER Movement Survey
To: OPENNESS(a)LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU
OER Movement Survey
Call for Participants
We are researchers at Athabasca University and invite you to participate in a research study
entitled “Barriers, Incentives, and Benefits of the OER Movement: An Exploration into
Instructor Perspectives.” The purpose of this research is to explore the perspectives of instructors in various geographical areas on barriers, incentives, and benefits to using and creating OER materials.
In a survey conducted by Cengage Learning (2016), the White Paper identifies that Open
Educational Resources (OER) will potentially triple in size over the next five years; however,
it also exposes that there continues to be barriers to adoption, use, and creation which exist
that are inhibiting the full adoption of OER. This research will explore the perspectives of K-12 and higher education instructors in various geographical areas on the barriers, incentives, and benefits to OER use to provide various views into this topic for potential policy and sociocultural modifications.
Your participation will involve completing one online survey that will be about 15 minutes
in duration. The survey data will be initially collected and stored on a server in the U.S. and
is subject to access under the US Patriot Act until it is transferred from that server to the
researcher's computer.
All information collected in this study will remain anonymous. No individually-identifiable
information about you, or provided by you during the research, will be collected. All research
data will be kept on a secure drive for which only the principle researchers and their assistants will have access. Data will not be destroyed as we intend to rerun the study at some time inthe future and will pull various reports based on specific demographic information such as geographical area and employment. The study may be replicated in 5 to 10 years.
We hope that you will consider participating in the survey, and you can find the link to the survey here:
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Please feel free to forward the survey link and information to other interested people.
Regards,
Serena Henderson, Athabasca University
Dr. Nathaniel Ostashewski, Athabasca University
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Hello Everyone,
BCcampus OpenEd is offering a one-hour Pressbooks Training webinar on Tuesday, November 29 , 10-11am Pacific standard time. This interactive session is open to B.C. post-secondary faculty or staff who are interested in using or learning more about Pressbooks, the online publishing platform, to adapt or write an open textbook. This webinar is free, but registration is required as space is limited. To register, go to: https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ . For more information about this session, email opentext(a)bccampus.ca
Feel free to share this information with your colleagues.
Thanks and regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Cel 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
