Hi everyone!
We’re excited to share with you the following new OER that has just been published at KPU:
¡Voy en camino! Spanish Language and Intercultural Learning
Written by: Constanza Rojas-Primus and Ana Robles
Primary Subject: Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation
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¡Voy en camino! means “I’m on my way” in Spanish. Since learning an additional language and the culture is a journey in itself, ¡Voy en camino! captures the voyage to get there. ¡Voy en camino! has been created to serve the first two introductory Spanish language courses at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) and to solidify our commitment to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). All units of study are designed to be interactive with embedded audio, videos and links for learners to practice the material along the way. Learners can self-pace and self-test their knowledge both individually and with the assistance of an instructor. ¡Voy en camino! has plenty of opportunities to practice writing and speaking with downloadable capabilities becoming a Spanish teaching and learning tool that promotes and supports sustainable renewable learning. With its digital format and open publication ¡Voy en camino! is also meant to join the Spanish teaching open education community and provide access to learning to interested users along the way.
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action
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Amanda Grey, MLIS (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, Teaching & Learning Commons
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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We at Kwantlen Polytechnic University respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and study in a region that overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral First Nations territories of the Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem; and with the lands of the Kwantlen First Nation, which gifted its name to this universityKwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of Kelsey Cameron, Chelsea Chiovelli, Danielle Deschamps, Marty
Grande-Sherbert, Sadaf Hakimizadeh, Andrew Ip, Olesya Komarnytska, Amy
Nowakowsky, Winston Pei, Nicole Pope, Reis Pouliot, Melissa Ramsey, Julia
Sieben, Maia Trotter, Grace Turnbull, Kat Voy, Dandi Wang, and Faye
Willauer, I am pleased to announce the publication of the openly licensed,
textbook *Contemporary Issues in Collection Management (CIiCM)
<https://openeducationalberta.ca/ciicm/>*. This Pressbooks OER is made
available thanks to Open Education Alberta and University of Alberta
Libraries.
*CIiCM* examines several different issues in collection management. Topics
covered include physical vs. digital collections; the impact of BookTok on
collections; challenges to 2SLGBTQ+ collections ; ebook licensing; ebook
pricing; accessible collections for users with physical disabilities;
accessible collections for users with invisible disabilities; "just in
time"/demand-driven acquisitions; climate change and collections and
research data collections.
*CIiCM* also demonstrates the power and potential of open education and
open pedagogy. Arising from a need to move beyond disposable assignments
(Wiley, 2013) and also in recognition of the Association of College and
Research Libraries’ *Framework for Information Literacy* *for Higher
Education* (ACRL, 2016), the book demonstrates the role students can play
as contributors to scholarly discussions and resources. *Contemporary
Issues in Collection Management* had its genesis in the in person class LIS
531 Collection Management from the Faculty of Education at the University
of Alberta in the Fall 2022 semester. While the Collections Management
class served as the spring board for the book, all of the authors here have
had to contribute their own voluntary labour outside of the classroom to
further developing their work for *CIiCM*.
Michael