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Hello Everyone,
Here are our updates for November.
OpenStax/Pressbooks survey
In consultation with OpenStax, we are conducting a survey of faculty and others at B.C.
post-secondary institutions regarding the demand for Pressbooks files of OpenStax
textbooks for adaptation purposes. If you are interested in participating, please fill out
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/openstax-pressbooks-survey/ | this survey form ] before
November 30, 2018.
New ancillary resources
* A set of five open case studies ( [ http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/case-studies/ |
Sustainable Food Systems on Campus ] ) created by UBC, funded in part by a BCcampus OER,
are now available.
* [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/(https://storybookscanada.ca/ | Storybooks Canada ] has
been added as an ancillary resource to these ELL books in the BC collection: [
https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3988a71f-654e-4c7c-b662-…
| In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ] and [
https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c071db23-acd5-4242-adcc-…
| In the Workplace: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ]
New additions to the OER by Discipline Guide
The [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/ | OER by Discipline Guide ] is a reference of
open educational resources listed by subject area and discipline, and maintained by Josie
Gray, the BCcampus Coordinator of Collection Quality. This guide is updated as new
resources are identified. Below are the latest additions.
* See the [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/part/engineering/ | Engineering ]
section for new courses, videos/simulations, textbooks, and ancillary resources.
* [ http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/ | Study Zone (University of
Victoria) ] ,and courses [
https://www.oercommons.org/browse/featured-item/703?__hub_id=34&f.keywo…
| Project I-DEA ] and [ https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/american-english-speech-open-free/ |
American Engish Speech ] have been added to the Upgrading/ [
https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english-as-a-second-language/ | English
Language Learning (ESL) section. ]
* [ https://open.ubc.ca/sustainable-forest-management-open-courses/ | Sustainable
Forest Management Open Course ] (UBC) has been added to the Science/ [
https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/forestry/ | Forestry ] section.
* [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzco_RimSMKvH7sg7TWoGw/playlists | Anatomy and
Physiology Videos ] have been added to the Science/ [
https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/anatomy/ | Anatomy ] section.
Suggestion for the Collection form - improved
To assist those submitting book suggestions, we have added to this form a checklist of the
criteria required for open textbooks posted in the [
https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] .
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 [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open
Textbook Collection ] .
Regards,
The BCcampus Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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