Hi there,
Lena Patterson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Canada OER Reunion
Time: Jul 17, 2018 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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I received an email the Saskatoon Public School Division that they have released their first open textbook for Computer Science 20. It’s in the form of a website and carries a CC-BY-SA license.
http://opensask.ca/
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca
Good morning.
I received the following email this morning and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions.
“Hi Heather,
I have an open textbook/ ed tech question for you. Do you know of any software for making glossaries? Pressbooks has a type of page called a glossary, but doesn’t have any glossary-specific functionality. Perhaps it was intended as a placeholder. Right now the textbook just has end-matter with a long list of terms, but it’s a major job to keep track of whether a term has been listed and/or defined, and alphabetizing is all manually done. I did a quick search to see what glossary software is out there, but I was wondering if you knew off-hand about anything that is particularly reliable, and that we are unlikely to lose access to at some point in the future. An open source solution that we can run on our own might help, though I would need help with getting it set up on a local server.”
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327<tel:306.966.5327>
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
<http://open.usask.ca/>http://open.usask.ca<http://open.usask.ca/>
Dear Canada OER Friends,
Apologies for cross posting if it occurs. You may, or may not have heard about the Cross-Canada OER mini-MOOC, Making Sense of Open Eduction. I am launching a two-week online course as part of my doctoral research from June 1-15, 2018 and would like to invite and include any educators in your region that you believe might be interested in learning more about open ed. If you can share the message below with post-secondary educators, I would be very grateful. I hope that it will be a fun and engaging learning experience for educators new to the practice of open.
Thank you for your consideration!
Best,
Jenni
If you believe there is interest, please share the following description with educators in your network:
Suggested Subject Line: Open online course about open educational resources June 1-15
Dear Teaching Community,
>From June 1-15, 2018, a global (and cross-Canada) mini-MOOC (massive open online course) called Making Sense of Open Education will take place through the OpenLearn UK Moodle platform. The course will consist of short daily lessons and activities at an introductory level. The purpose of the course is to increase awareness and use of open educational resources (OER) as part of post-secondary teaching and learning in Canada and globally. Topics will include OER, open educational practices (OEP), copyright and the Creative Commons licenses, and open tools for adaptation. A variety of experienced open educators, and friends from global regions will participate and support learning and sharing opportunities. Daily lessons will take approximately 30 minutes to complete with a targeted (and hopefully fun) daily practice opportunity to apply what you are learning. The course team and others that have already signed up look forward to your participation.
There is no cost to participate in the course. The full set of course modules will be made available on the course front page June 1 for you to download, save, and adapt as you desire if you prefer to take the course in a self-directed way.
Questions? Please contact the Course Lead and Researcher Jenni Hayman via email: jlhayman(a)asu.edu
Registration is Open at the Following Link: https://bit.ly/2EV3FHV
// Jenni Hayman
Program Manager
eCampusOntario
226.500.0845
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211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4
ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>
*cross-posted*
Hi Everyone,
We have a new project at the University of Alberta where we are sourcing
free/open resources which intersects with indigenizing education in K-12
(social studies). I'm hoping to recruit some other open educators to share
their experience with the project team (instructor, doctoral student,
librarians, and me).
Faculty of Education, Elementary Education
EDEL 335 Curriculum and Pedagogy in Elementary School Social Studies
Project Lead: Sharla Peltier
This project will conduct critical review of existing First Nation Metis
and Inuit education materials in Alberta relevant to teaching Social
Studies to identify and/or customize OER for teaching of pre-service
teachers and/or classroom use by social studies elementary teachers and
faculty with appropriate Indigenous contexts in response to recent
revisions to Teaching Quality Standard #5: Applying Foundational Knowledge
about First Nations, Metis and Inuit. (Supported through the University of
Alberta OER Awards
<https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/grants/oer/awards-…>
)
Thank you in advance!
--
Krysta McNutt, PMP
Senior Project Manager, Open Education
Centre for Teaching and Learning
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
krystam(a)ualberta.ca | 780-710-5674 | @mcnuttsays
<http://www.twitter.com/mcnuttsays>
UA OE Interest Group
<https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/open-educational-resources> | Alberta
OER Community of Practice <http://www.albertaoer.com/community> | Learn
more here
<https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/services/teaching-…>
*The University of Alberta is located **o**n Treaty 6 territory, the
territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the **Métis Nation.*
Hello Everyone,
See the below opportunity for all Canadian post-secondary faculty.
Open Choice invites Canadian faculty to review OER for their upcoming database
Choice, a publishing unit at the Association of College and Research Libraries, plans to release a new online database of open educational resource (OER) reviews called Open Choice. The new service will feature a significant collection of critical reviews of OER targeted to teaching faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and university staff charged with acquiring digital tools for instruction (IT, instructional technologies, etc.).
We are looking for active teaching faculty who be interested in reviewing open educational materials for Open Choice. The reviews are more substantive, averaging 2,000-2,500 words, and use a structured review rubric. The rubric provides consistency in reviews and makes them easier to write. All reviews go through a formal copyediting process. We are able to provide a honorarium of $200 for each review.
If you are interested in reviewing, or have questions about Open Choice or the reviewing process, please email Melissa Karp at [ mailto:mkarp@ala-choice.org | mkarp(a)ala-choice.org ] .
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph
120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2
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This is definitely something that we need to get more Canadians into. I’m a member of the OER Research Fellows, as is Rajiv as well as a few other Canadians.
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca
Begin forwarded message:
From: John Hilton <johnhiltoniii(a)byu.edu<mailto:johnhiltoniii@byu.edu>>
Subject: Call for 2018-2019 OER Research Fellows (please spread the word)
Date: May 15, 2018 at 12:50:52 AM CST
Hello friends,
I hope you are doing well. As you may have seen/heard, the call for applicants for the 2018-2019 OER Research Fellows has opened. I’m writing you directly to see if you would be willing to help spread the word. Because of your experience as an OER Research Fellow, I think you’re in the best position to both explain the program and identify candidates most likely to be successful/benefit as a result of the Fellowship.
Please encourage qualified candidates to apply here: https://www.formpl.us/form/5292176104751104.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Best,
John Hilton III
Associate Professor, Religious Education, Brigham Young University
Ed Tech Website<http://johnhiltoniii.org/>
Religious Ed Website<http://johnhiltoniii.com/>
Family Website<http://thehiltonfamily.org/>
Good afternoon everyone.
This is a reminder that the registration deadline for the Teaching and Learning Conference to be held in Saskatoon May 1-2 is April 24.
Join us for what will be informative, engaging conversations about two of the most important paradigm shifts in Canadian higher education: indigenizing and open educational resources / open pedagogy. This two-day conference is bringing together voices from both movements from a dozen institutions in five provinces to share existing work, ideas for moving forward, and creating opportunities for new partnerships.
There will be speakers from across Canada facilitating concurrent sessions and workshops, plus:
- A keynote by Kory Wilson (Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships, BCIT)
- A fishbowl discussion involving
- Mary Burgess (Executive Director, BCcampus)
- Maria Campbell (Cultural Advisor, writer, director, and teacher)
- Jacqueline Ottmann (Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement - University of Saskatchewan)
- David Porter (CEO of eCampus Ontario)
- Kory Wilson
For more information and to register, see the conference website - https://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/index.php
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca
Hello Everyone,
Please find attached a new information sheet from BCcampus Open Education. It includes details about:
* Open education in B.C. such as the values, 5Rs, and strategic priorities
* Current projects and initiatives at BCcampus Open Education including B.C.'s Zed Cred Programs, Awards for Excellence in Open Education, the 2018/19 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellows, and the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
Feel free to share this document, in print form or digitally, with colleagues, students, and others.
Regards,
The BCcampus Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph
120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2
[ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
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Hi Everyone,
I'm looking for some examples of OERs being used in continuing education
programs to include in a workshop I'm doing for contract instructors in the
Faculty of Education (University of Alberta).
Currently, we plan to feature:
- Project Management open textbook
<https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/> (open textbook which directly
aligns with industry accreditation and increases accessibility to the
profession outside of professional associations and publications)
- Project Management for IDs open textbook </> (co-creating with
students to again, align with industry accreditation and increase
accessibility)
- ESL (English Second Language) CBL Level 5/6 open textbook
<http://albertaoer.com/content/repository/item?uuid=19071e71-ab12-4184-bc03-…>
(to
share about how two institutions collaborated to create an open textbook
for broad use in post-secondary, community, and professional education
settings)
- (in progress) "*Dental Community Education Package"* (to share about
how the community can come together to equip emerging professionals,
practicing professionals, and community educators with well-crafted,
accessible educational material)
If you have any examples of OER course materials used for non-credit
continuing professional education programs (Language Arts, Business,
Community Engagement, Information Technology, Art/Design, etc), I would
love to hear about them!
Thanks so much
--
Krysta McNutt, PMP
Open Education Project Manager
Centre for Teaching and Learning / Libraries
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
krystam(a)ualberta.ca | 780-710-5674 | @mcnuttsays
<http://www.twitter.com/mcnuttsays>
UA OE Interest Group
<https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/open-educational-resources> | Alberta
OER Community of Practice <http://www.albertaoer.com/community> | Learn
more here
<https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/services/teaching-…>
*The University of Alberta is located **o**n Treaty 6 territory, the
territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the *
*Métis Nation.*
