3:29 p.m.
Dear colleagues,
This is the last email you'll be receiving regarding updates about BCcampus Open Ed.
In an effort to streamline our communication channels, BCcampus Open Education will be
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And now for the last news and updates message.....
Happy Open Access week! This year's theme is Open for whom? Equity in open
knowledge.<http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/theme-of-2019-in…
See the BCcampus Events Calendar<https://bccampus.ca/events/calendar/> for a list of
Open Access events across the province.
Next week, the BCcampus team is
heading<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/23/bccampus-heads-to-opened19/> to the 16th
Annual Open Education Conference<https://openedconference.org/2019/> in Phoenix,
Arizona. Follow on Twitter: #opened19
New books added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
* New edition: Teaching in a Digital Age - 2nd
Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=6e34af22-19b4-4271-9337-8ee1160d85ec&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
(Old edition will be removed from the collection Feb 1)
* A test bank is now available for Introduction to Psychology (University of
Saskatchewan)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9ee2a150-c41c-4e37-b7e1-142c67d5389d&contributor=&keyword=&subject=Psychology>
* Native Peoples of North America has been archived as it did not meet the criteria of
the B.C. collection. This book can still be found in the Open Textbook
Library<https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/native-peoples-of-n…ca>.
Support resources updates
* Evaluate an Open
Textbook<https://open.bccampus.ca/use-open-textbooks/evaluate-open-textbooks/> has
been updated as well as the Find an Open
Textbook<https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/find-an-open-textbook/> and
Evaluate an Open
Textbook<https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/evaluate-an-open-textbook/>
in the Adaptation Guide with OER evaluation checklists from the Open Oregon Educational
Resources<https://openoregon.org/>g/>.
* NEW: Appendix C: OpenStax Textbooks in
Pressbooks<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/back-matter/appendix-c-openstax-textbooks-in-pressbooks/>
in the Pressbooks Guide
* COMPLETED: Adoption Guide - 2nd
Edition<https://opentextbc.ca/adoptopentextbook/>
OpenEd updates
* Ongoing adoption: Estimating, calculating, and
tracking<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/23/ongoing-adoption-estimating-calculating-and-tracking/>
* Easier customization: 33 OpenStax textbooks now in
Pressbooks<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/08/easier-customization-33-openstax-textbooks-now-in-pressbooks/>
* Hard-back OpenStax books come to
Canada<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/18/hard-back-openstax-books-come-to-canada/>
* Early thoughts on the BCcampus open homework systems
project<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/08/early-thoughts-on-the-bccampus-open-homework-systems-project/>
* From Zed Cred to ZTC: Clarifying what institutions really
mean<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/04/from-zed-cred-to-ztc-clarifying-what-institutions-really-mean/>s
<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/04/from-zed-cred-to-ztc-clarifying-what-institutions-really-mean/>
OER by Discipline Directory: new entries
* Anatomy<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/anatomy/>
* Course
Collections<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/course-collections/>
* Education -
General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/education-general/>
* English and Writing<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english/>
* Gender Studies<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/gender-studies/>
* Geography<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geography/>
* Hairdressing<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/hairdressing/>
* Indigenous
Studies<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/indigenous-studies/>
* Multimedia
Collections<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/multimedia-collections/>
* Open Education and Open
Pedagogy<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/open-education/>
* Pedagogy and Instructional
Design<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/>
* Pharmacology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pharmacology/>
* Physics<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/physics/>
We need 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@bccampus.ca<mailto:opentext@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/>.
For the most current open education information, see:
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/>
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/>
For questions about open education in B.C., see the Answer
Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/faqs/>
On behalf of the BCcampus OpenEd team,
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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