11:38 a.m.
Dear colleagues,
This November, BCcampus will be holding a series of five webinars related to OER
production. One will be about finding and using OER; two will be about accessibility of
OER; and two will be about creating OER in Pressbooks. All webinars are free and open to
everyone.
The titles, dates, and descriptions of each webinar are included below. Click on the
associated link to register for the webinar on its event page.
Find, Use and Share Open Education
Resources<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-production-series-find-use-and-share-open-education-resources/>
When: November 4, 2021 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
This webinar will provide an introduction to how to find, use, and share open educational
resources (OER). Are you new to open education and not sure where to start? Or are you
just starting your own OER project and wondering where to find other openly licensed
materials and what to do with them? This webinar will answer all these questions by
providing an introduction to open education and OERs, discussing copyright and Creative
Commons licenses, and going over how you can find, use, and properly attribute OERs.
Introduction to
Pressbooks<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-production-series-introduction-to-pressbooks/>
When: November 16, 2021 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PT
This webinar is part one of two that will discuss how to use Pressbooks to create and
share open educational resources (OER). We will introduce Pressbooks and show you how to
create and share OER with students and fellow educators. Pressbooks is an online
self-publishing tool available to all post-secondary faculty and staff in B.C. and the
Yukon. Topics include an introduction to Pressbooks, how to create an account, how to
create a book in Pressbooks, and an overview of the Pressbooks editor. The webinar will
also introduce such topics as creating math equations using MathJax, importing content,
H5P, and sharing books in multiple formats.
Technical Accessibility in
OER<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-production-series-technical-accessibility-in-oer/>
When: November 18, 2021 – 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT
This webinar is part 1 of our exploration of accessibility and Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) in open educational resources (OER). In this webinar, we will introduce how
to design OER so they meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). We describe the
principles behind WCAG, introduce some different assistive technologies, and explain how
to create accessible tables, images, videos, audio, links, and math equations. By creating
educational materials with accessibility in mind, we can ensure these resources are more
useful, powerful, and accessible to all. This session will include lots of concrete
examples and opportunities to apply learning.
Advanced
Pressbooks<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-production-series-advanced-pressbooks/>
When: November 23, 2021 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PT
This webinar is the second in a two-part series that will discuss how to use Pressbooks to
create and share open educational resources. Pressbooks is an online self-publishing tool
available to all post-secondary faculty and staff in B.C. and the Yukon. This webinar will
explore various advanced features of Pressbooks. Attendees will get to see a Pressbooks
webbook edited in real-time to demonstrate complex Pressbooks topics in a hands-on way.
Topics included are basic H5P, LaTeX, adding users and user roles, internal links and
anchors, footnotes, the glossary tool, importing content, and custom styles.
Beyond Accessibility in
OER<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-production-series-beyond-accessibility-in-oer/>
When: November 30, 2021 – 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PT
This webinar is part two of our exploration of accessibility and Universal Design for
Learning (UDL) in open educational resources (OER). In this session, we build on what we
know about technical accessibility to explore how we can go beyond minimum accessibility
requirements. We dig into concepts like the social model of disability and how UDL can be
applied in the design of OER. We explore multimodality as well as the benefits,
challenges, and considerations of digital vs. print formats. And we dive more into math
accessibility and how to write effective image descriptions. This session will include
lots of concrete examples and opportunities to apply learning.
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All OER Production Series webinars can also be found on the BCcampus events
calendar<https://bccampus.ca/calendar-3/tag_ids~859/>.
Please share these events with anyone you think might be interested in them.
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave>
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave@bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn:
ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns:
She/her
Need help with
LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#Wha…
Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca
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