4:17 p.m.
Hello Everyone,
Happy July 4th to our American colleagues! Here are the latest updates from our team to
yours.
Books under consideration and
review<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collection-books-under-review/>
for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection are now posted in the OER by Discipline
Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/>.
The Pressbooks Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/> is now an ongoing resource
to which information will be updated as needed. Each chapter includes a “Last update” box
at the top of the page.
See updates about the retirement of the Pressbooks Open Textbook theme and other
Pressbooks news on the Pressbooks
Upgrades<https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/> web page.
For B.C. post-secondary institutions only:
* Call for Open Education Sustainability Grant for
Institutions<https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/open-education-sustainability-grant-for-institutions/>
Ongoing
* We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada
to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook
Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. See the list of Books
open for review by Canadian
faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collection-books-under-review/>.
Contact bookreviews@bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@bccampus.ca> if you are
interested in providing an SME review.
*
Help us identify the gaps
Contact opentext(a)bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for
specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook
Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. In particular, we'd
like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health,
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
* For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously
updated directories:
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> - research,
articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and
Global South regions
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> - an
inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.
* OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/> - a wide
range of open educational resources organized by subject area
*
* Other BCcampus OpenEd support resources
* Create/Adapt
OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Create/Adapt%20OER>
* Open Education -
General<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Open%20Education%20-%20General>
* Use
OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Use%20OER>
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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Cell: 250-893-0258 • Email: laesoph@bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca>
Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph •
LinkedIn: lauri.aesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/>
BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus>
• #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash>
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territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.
