Hello Everyone,
As our OER repository is relatively new, we’re still nailing down all of the service components and best practices. One topic that arose recently is the question of applying for ISBNs and or minting DOIs for books created/adapted on our Pressbooks network. One thought, although not the only one in the discussion, is that ISBNs add a legitimacy to an open textbook in the eyes of some faculty members that might encourage creation/adaptation.
Do any of you have apply for ISBNs and/or mint DOIs for the books in your repositories? Or have you had discussions in your own communities about this, and would be willing to share your rationales for why you do or do not do one or either? Thanks!
Sincerely,
Cynthia
Cynthia Holt
Executive Director / Directrice générale
Council of Atlantic University Libraries / Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA)
120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS B4B 0V2 | W: caul-cbua.ca<https://caul-cbua.ca/> | T: 902-830-6467 | E: execdir(a)caul-cbua.ca<mailto:execdir@caul-cbua.ca>
CAUL-CBUA represents member libraries across the region, all of whom sit on the unceded and traditional territories of First Peoples. In Newfoundland and Labrador, our libraries sit on the homelands of the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, the Innu of Nitassinan, the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq peoples. In Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we find our friends and colleagues situated on the territory of the Mi’kmaq. In New Brunswick, libraries are found on the land of the Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Passamaquoddy Peoples. We at CAUL-CBUA wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the First Peoples who share their ancestral homelands with us all.
CAUL-CBUA représente les bibliothèques membres de la région, qui sont toutes situées sur les territoires non cédés et traditionnels des Premiers Peuples. À Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, nos bibliothèques sont situées sur les terres des Inuits du Nunatsiavut et du NunatuKavut, des Innus de Nitassinan, des Béothuks et des Mi’kmaq. À l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard et en Nouvelle-Écosse, nous retrouvons nos amis et collègues situés sur le territoire des Mi’kmaq. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, on trouve des bibliothèques sur les terres des peuples Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, et Passamaquoddy. Nous souhaitons exprimer notre plus sincère gratitude aux peuples autochtones qui partagent avec nous leurs terres ancestrales.
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Hi All,
I'm looking for a real-world example of an OER that includes material under Fair Use or Fair Dealing and has a well-written statement to express that the material is open licensed with the exception of the copyrighted portion. I know I've seen them in the past but I didn't save the links and can't find them now. Suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Jessica
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Jessica Norman, MLS
Open Educational Resources Librarian
Reg Erhardt Library
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SAFA Table Office, Division IV
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Good Morning,
I am hoping that someone can point me to a brief guide on using open textbooks from an instructional designer perspective. Covering information such as adding sections of the text to the course and referencing considerations when modifications are made to the work. We have a situation where the instructor does not want to disrupt the flow of the text but needs to distinguish between their words and the sections of the text that they are using. Any advice here would be very helpful.
Thank you kindly,
Tasha Maddison
Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Good morning everyone.
This is to let you know that the U of S has updated our open site to put more focus on the broader open educational practices. This brings it in line with our shift to funding not only OER, but supporting the integration of open pedagogy across the institution. The new site can still be found at http://open.usask.ca<http://open.usask.ca/>.
Heather M. Ross, BA BEd MEd
Educational Development Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Ph: 306-966-5327<tel:306-966-5327>
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca<http://open.usask.ca/>
Hi All,
I have an instructor developing an exam for our school's EMT program. He is asking if there are any open licensed test banks for
1) classic "logic puzzle" questions (so not necessary health-related)
2) dosage/ unit conversion/ fraction & decimal questions using health scenarios (EMT, ultrasound, nursing fields, etc.)
I've checked my usual locations (eCampus Ontario, BCcampus, OpenOregon, Merlot, OERCommons) with little success, so any leads would be greatly appreciated!
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Jessica Norman, MLS
Open Educational Resources Librarian
Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
SAFA Table of Officers, Division IV
Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446>
(Office) 403.210.4073
jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman@sait.ca>
She/Hers/Her
[Open Scholarship in Practice]<https://open.ubc.ca/osip2020/>
Open Scholarship in Practice 2020
Join us November 2–6 for a week of free webinars and workshops exploring the practice of open scholarship — from new tools that can increase the reproducibility of research, to new pedagogies that become possible when students and faculty members become co-creators engaged in meaningful, generative knowledge creation. Hear from UBC colleagues who are incorporating “openness” in innovative ways to enhance teaching, research, and public impact.
Explore the full event calendar <https://open.ubc.ca/osip2020/> here<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar?cid=7544&t=g&d=0000-00-00&cal=7544&c…>, or browse the sessions below.
Here is a highlight of a few of the sessions!
Working in Public: Generosity and the Knowledge Commons
Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: A Zoom video conferencing link will be provided prior to the event to all who are confirmed to participate.
Featured Keynote: Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English Michigan State University
Working in public, and with the public, can enable scholars to build vital, sustainable research communities, both within their fields, with other scholars in different fields, and with folks off-campus who care about the kinds of work that we do. By finding ways to connect with a broad range of publics, in a range of different registers, and in ways that allow for meaningful response, we can create the possibilities for far more substantial public participation in and engagement with the humanities, and with the academy more broadly. This talk explores the ideas in Professor Fitzpatrick’s influential book, Generous Thinking, and will focus on the challenges posed by working in public and the skills required to develop more publicly engaged scholarship.
Co-sponsored by the UBC Library and the UBC Public Humanities Hub.
Register Here<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3585287>
Emerging Perspectives in Open Access Book Publishing
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Time: 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: A Zoom video conferencing link will be provided prior to the event to all who are confirmed to participate.
Open Access monograph publishing is a rapidly expanding and evolving strategy for making scholarly work globally accessible. Universities, academic publishers, libraries, and scholarly organizations are developing new initiatives, partnerships, services, and business models to support open access options for authors of scholarly monographs, textbooks, and academic books. This event will explore the opportunities, challenges, and experiences of OA book publishing from the perspective of authors, series editors and publishers. You are invited to join a panel discussion of UBC faculty and publishers that will address their motivations for “going open”, as well as the processes, impacts, and changes that OA is bringing to academic book publishing.
Panellists
* Katherine Bowers, Katherine Bowers, Associate Professor of Slavic Studies, UBC Department of Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies
* Megan Brand, Production Editor, UBC Press
* Rupert Gatti, Co-founder and Director of Open Book Publishers; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Director of Studies in Economics
* Mark Turin, Associate Professor, UBC Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies & Department of Anthropology
Register Here<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3584443>
Publishing As Open Pedagogy: OJS & Pressbooks
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Location: A Zoom video conferencing link will be provided prior to the event to all who are confirmed to participate.
As open education continues to gain traction in higher education, many are looking for ways to expand their integration of open approaches beyond merely the inclusion of open materials. Open publishing is beginning to emerge as one pathway towards greater engagement in openness in the classroom. This panel will introduce participants to five people working in various capacities to support student publishing through Open Journal Systems and PressBooks, two open source publishing platforms that allow for open dissemination of student-created, instructor-supported content.
Register Here<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3585292>
<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3585292>
<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3585292>
<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3580860>
Erin M.E. Fields BA, BEd, MLIS (She, Her, Hers<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>)
Open Education and Scholarly Communications Librarian
UBC Library | Scholarly Communications and Copyright Office
The University of British Columbia | Walter C. Koerner Library | Musqueam Traditional Territory
1958 Main Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z2 Canada
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This message is sent on behalf of Lauri Aesoph.
Dear colleagues,
At a recent CanadaOER meeting, and during other discussions, many have expressed the need for a list of in-progress OER projects that can be checked before committing to the creation or revision of an open educational resource.
That need has now fulfilled with the new OER in Development by Discipline<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/back-matter/appendix-b/> page in the OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/>. This list as well as links to in-progress projects, posted on each subject page through this directory, will be updated regularly.
If you have a project that you'd like added to this list or an update or correction about a current listing, please email laesoph(a)bccampus.ca.
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Manager Open Education Operations
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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Dear colleagues,
On the first four Mondays in November, BCcampus is hosting the Trades and Vocational Education Summit Series<https://bccampus.ca/event/trades-and-vocational-education-summit-series/?in…>. The event description is as follows:
This summit series is designed to provide vocational education faculty opportunities to explore different avenues for their course design and delivery.
Session topics will include the following:
* Design Thinking for TVET
* Backwards Design Your Next Course
* Authentic Assessments for TVET
* Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching in TVET.
Each week will have a different keynote speaker followed by an interactive workshop session. Tim Carson, Sally Vinden, Nicki Rehn, and Lucy Griffiths will lead the sessions. On November 23, there will be a social from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM PT.
The summit events are from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. PST on November 2, November 9, November 16, and November 23. There is no cost to attend.
Please share widely within your networks.
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
The University of Alberta’s *Opening Up Copyright (OUC)* instructional
modules team is pleased to share another update on the series.
With news that the Supreme Court of Canada has granted leave to appeal in
the Access Copyright / York University case, these four new modules are a
timely way to learn more about post-secondary copyright issues:
- *Access Copyright v. York*
<https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/modules/access-copyright-v-york/>
- Collective Licensing Institutions and the Copyright Board
<https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/modules/collective-licensing-ag…>
- Educational Institutions' Policies and Practices
<https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/educational-institutions-polici…>
- Sections 29.4 - 30.03: Educational Institution Exceptions
<https://sites.library.ualberta.ca/copyright/educational-institution-excepti…>
Special thanks to the University of Alberta's OER Awards program for
funding these modules, and to long-time OUC contributor Julia Guy, who
finished up her work on the project last month.
Through the fall of this year and into 2021 we will be working on the
following introductory modules for the series:
- Creating and Sharing Materials
- Using Materials
- Introduction to the Opening Up Copyright Module Series.
In addition, and with support from the University of Alberta's Support for
Advancement of Scholarship (SAS) fund, a set of modules dealing with
copyright in the K-12 context are being developed in collaboration with Dr.
Cathy Adams (University of Alberta, Faculty of Education).
All of these modules, including slides and scripts, are published under a
Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence. This means they can be
adopted and adapted by anyone. If you are linking to, adopting, or adapting
the modules we would love to hear about it! Please add this information to
our OUC ModuleUse Community Page
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JrSd5PWShvyExN8NEZOgFpuTaF8DhKrkkgkmWSC…>
.
As a reminder, the Opening Up Copyright CommunityPages
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Ul4YeOovdLOEaczPK7RipG_OgOd7etOcJI8ppT…>
provide
an overview of the entire suite of modules to be developed as part of the
series. We encourage you to contribute to the individual module pages,
where we hope to collect your ideas, feedback or suggestions. Consider
sharing suggestions for Learning Objectives, ideas for Narratives or
Contextual Stories, Test Questions, Links to Useful Resources, or Other
Suggestions for modules that interest you. You also have the option of
including your name on these pages, so that we can provide attribution for
your contributions at the end of the module. Feedback can also be sent
directly to copyright(a)ualberta.ca with the subject line “OER Copyright
Module.”
And finally, don't forget to register for the ABC Fall Speakers' Series
<https://abccopyright.com/fall-speakers-series-2020/>. On November 25
contributors
from *both* the Opening Up Copyright *and* the Canadian Association of
Research Libraries' (CARL) Copyright Open Educational Resource for
University Instructors and Staff project teams will be presenting on how
these two initiatives are working together to broaden copyright literacy.
Hello Everyone,
We have received email permission from an author to use his commercial textbook (he owns the copyright to his book) under a CC licence, but we need to have something more formal signed by him to facilitate this process. Do any of you have an example of an agreement for a situation like this that you might be open to sharing with me? Thanks!
Sincerely,
Cynthia
Cynthia Holt
Executive Director / Directrice générale
Council of Atlantic University Libraries / Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l’Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA)
120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS B4B 0V2 | W: caul-cbua.ca<https://caul-cbua.ca/> | T: 902-830-6467 | E: execdir(a)caul-cbua.ca<mailto:execdir@caul-cbua.ca>
CAUL-CBUA represents member libraries across the region, all of whom sit on the unceded and traditional territories of First Peoples. In Newfoundland and Labrador, our libraries sit on the homelands of the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, the Innu of Nitassinan, the Beothuk and the Mi’kmaq peoples. In Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we find our friends and colleagues situated on the territory of the Mi’kmaq. In New Brunswick, libraries are found on the land of the Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, and Passamaquoddy Peoples. We at CAUL-CBUA wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the First Peoples who share their ancestral homelands with us all.
CAUL-CBUA représente les bibliothèques membres de la région, qui sont toutes situées sur les territoires non cédés et traditionnels des Premiers Peuples. À Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, nos bibliothèques sont situées sur les terres des Inuits du Nunatsiavut et du NunatuKavut, des Innus de Nitassinan, des Béothuks et des Mi’kmaq. À l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard et en Nouvelle-Écosse, nous retrouvons nos amis et collègues situés sur le territoire des Mi’kmaq. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, on trouve des bibliothèques sur les terres des peuples Wəlastəkwiyik, Mi’kmaq, et Passamaquoddy. Nous souhaitons exprimer notre plus sincère gratitude aux peuples autochtones qui partagent avec nous leurs terres ancestrales.
