by Lauri Aesoph
Dear Colleagues,
Please see below for the latest open education updates at BCcampus and in B.C.
New books
* Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3b… >
* This French language textbook comes from ecampusOntario Open Library<https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/ >. Le manuel Résumer, synthétiser, argumenter s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e année universitaire, essentiellement).
* Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=7d… >
* By Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis and published by the University of Regina Open Access Publishing<https://uofrpress.ca/Open-Access-Publishing >, this book offers a broad range of learning materials that is easily accessible to Cree language learners and includes Cree language audio labs and language workbook.
* Two more textbooks from OpenStax, each with an editable Pressbooks copy.
* Organizational Behavior (OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8a… >
* Principles of Management (OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=a1… >
* Introduction to Community Psychology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=51… >
* This new textbook, published as part of the Rebus Community<https://www.rebus.community/c/open-textbooks-in-development >, shows students how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism.
Support resource update
* See the new Embedding and Linking<https://opentextbc.ca/selfpublishguide/chapter/embed-and-link/ > chapter in the Self-Publishing Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/selfpublishguide/ >
The following chapters in the OER by Discipline Directory have been updated:
* Academic Success<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/academic-success/ >
* Accounting<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/accounting/ >
* Engineering - General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/engineering-general/ >
* English<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english/ >
* French<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/french/ >
* Geography<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geography/ >
* Geology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geology/ >
* History<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/history-world/ >
* Language Learning<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/language-oer-for-specific-langu… >
* Math<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/math/ >
* Media<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/media/ >
* Pedagogy and Instructional Design<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/ >
* Political Science<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/political-science/ >
* Science - General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/sciences-general/ >
* Sociology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/sociology/ >
* Statistics<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/statistics/ >
* Urban Planning<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/urban-planning/ >
* Theatre<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/theatre/ >
We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ >. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collecti… >. Contact bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@bccampus.ca> if you are interested in providing an SME review.
* 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 B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ >. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
* For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously updated directories:
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/ > - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/ > - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.
Regards,
The BCcampus Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional
territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.
by Lauri Aesoph
Hello Everyone,
You and your colleagues are invited to this Thursday's 10 to 11 am webinar<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-funding-webinar-3m-now-what/ > on:
OER Funding Webinar: $3M… now what?
Funding of $3.26 million for OER, including more open textbooks, was announced by Melanie Mark, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training at the Cascadia Open Education Summit in April 2019.
BCcampus will be using this funding with the goal of meeting the needs of instructors and making it as easy and attractive as possible to use OER in classrooms — through better OER and OER-related support services and online infrastructure for a broad range of educational programs.
Join BCcampus’ Associate Director of Open Education, Amanda Coolidge, as she outlines the details of the funding allocation for the $3 million and what BC can expect to see in the next 1, 2, and 3 years. Webinar details can be found here<https://bccampus.ca/event/oer-funding-webinar-3m-now-what/ >.
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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Cell: 250-893-0258 • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca>
Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph > • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauri.aesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/ >
BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/ > • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus > • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash >
I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional
territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.
by Lauri Aesoph
Hello Everyone,
Happy July 4th to our American colleagues! Here are the latest updates from our team to yours.
Books under consideration and review<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collecti… > for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection are now posted in the OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/ >.
The Pressbooks Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/ > is now an ongoing resource to which information will be updated as needed. Each chapter includes a “Last update” box at the top of the page.
See updates about the retirement of the Pressbooks Open Textbook theme and other Pressbooks news on the Pressbooks Upgrades<https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ > web page.
For B.C. post-secondary institutions only:
* Call for Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions<https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/open-education-sustainability-g… >
Ongoing
* We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ >. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collecti… >. Contact bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@bccampus.ca> if you are interested in providing an SME review.
*
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 B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ >. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
* For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously updated directories:
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/ > - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/ > - an inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.
* OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/ > - a wide range of open educational resources organized by subject area
*
* Other BCcampus OpenEd support resources
* Create/Adapt OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject… >
* Open Education - General<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject… >
* Use OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?subject… >
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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Cell: 250-893-0258 • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca>
Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph > • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauri.aesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/ >
BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/ > • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus > • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash >
I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional
territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.
