Hello Everyone,
We have just published the date (October 3) for the next [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ | Pressbooks Training webinars ] . These sessions are open to all B.C. faculty and staff.
In addition to the Introduction session, we will also be offering a third more advanced session: Intermediate 3 which will talk about how and when to cite and attribute elements for authors working on open textbooks in Pressbooks, along with where to find openly licensed resources.This intermediate session is the third in a series that we're developing on issues beyond introductory topics.
For faculty and staff who do not have experience using Pressbooks, it is strongly recommended that they take the Introduction webinar before the Intermediate. These two webinars are conveniently scheduled so they can be taken on the same day.
For more information and to register, please see: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-training-webinar/ ]
To watch recordings from past webinars, visit [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/webinar-recordings/ | Webinar Recordings for Everyone ] .
For a copy of the PowerPoint slides used during these webinars, visit [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/powerpoint-slides-used-during-webi… | PowerPoint Slides Used during Webinars ] .
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
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Hi Everyone,
Please see below for a couple of news items from BCcampus.
Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellowship - for 2018
BCcampus Open Education is taking applications for 2018 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellowships. Post-secondary faculty in British Columbia are eligible to apply for one of three 1-year positions. Successful candidates will help raise awareness of open educational practices through advocacy and will conduct, present, and publish research on open educational practices at B.C. institutions.
For more information and to apply see [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/faculty-fellows/ | information posted on the BCcampus OpenEd website ] .
Designing Open Resources, Strategies, and Approaches
Date: February 27th, 12 :00 - 1:00 pm
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: Collaborate Virtual Room
Students are advocates and supporters of open education, creating, adapting and sharing resources, using open technologies and getting involved in projects to build awareness among their peers. In this webinar, we will be bringing together students from across the BC Post Secondary System who are supporting open education projects and together we’ll explore what we can learn as contributors to these projects. We’ll also explore varied practices and approaches for creating well-designed, accessible and open content.
By attending this webinar you will learn and discuss:
* How students in BC are supporting Open Education projects.
* How open education supports learning
* Ways of designing and developing content using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that is accessible and focused on the user experiences.
* Approaches to making content open, findable and re-usable.
Join Cindy Underhill Strategist, Learning Resource Design at the University of British Columbia Lucas Wright Open Education Advisor at BCcampus, and Josie Gray Open Resource Production Tuesday, February 27th, 12 :00 - 1:00 pm
Please r [ https://www.eply.com/DesigningOpenResources18 | egister using this link ] .
Regards,
Lauri and the Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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Hi everyone,
Interesting data to comb through in this report:
Opening the Textbook: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2017<https://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/oer2017/2017Opening%20the%20Te…>
Cheers,
Rosario
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Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre, BCIT
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3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266
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Hi everyone,
The August volume of IRRODL includes this great article about research done with students about their perceptions of the OpenStax textbooks. Really interesting read:
Student and Faculty Perceptions of OpenStax in High Enrollment Courses<http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2462/4299>
I particularly enjoyed reading about Faculty's experiences:
"The faculty participants used the new text as an opportunity to rethink how they organized the content for their students."
and
"Faculty found the flexibility of the OpenStax textbook very useful. Their ability to link directly to content they planned to use and to add additional content using the learning management system contributed to their overall level of satisfaction with the content and associated tools."
As much as I am a proponent of Open Textbooks, I am not a solid proponent of the textbook (in the format that has been in place over the last few decades) to be a driver of open educational practice. So seeing that faculty is using the open textbook to adapt their teaching practice makes me have hope!
Cheers,
Rosario
[image002] Rosario Passos,
Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre, BCIT
www.bcit.ca/ltc<../../../../../../All_Work_Data/www.bcit.ca/ltc>
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266
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Hi there,
CCCOER is hosting their first free and open webinar in 2018 on Feb 7th at 11am PT/ 2pm ET: OER Initiative Programs from SUNY's Monroe Community College (MCC).
In the seminar you will hear from MCC librarians and faculty how professional development opportunities and faculty incentives provided by MCC allowed them to become a regional open education leader expanding access to affordable education and fostering faculty innovation through the adoption of open educational resources and practices
For more details and registration information, see below or visit the website at: https://www.cccoer.org/2018/01/23/cccoer-spring-2018-webinars/
To see the rest of CCCOER spring webinars please visit: https://www.cccoer.org/2018/01/23/cccoer-spring-2018-webinars/
Cheers,
Rosario
[image002] Rosario Passos,
Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre, BCIT
www.bcit.ca/ltc<../../../../../../All_Work_Data/www.bcit.ca/ltc>
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266
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Hi everyone,
The Contact North series about How Higher Education Institutions Around the World Are Applying Open Education Resources (OER) In New and Diverse Ways features UBC and KPU in this issue. The following pieces speak about ways in which open practices were integrated into teaching and learning as well as the challenges faced. Makes for really interesting reading.
* UBC<https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/open-educational-resources-university-b…>
* KPU<https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/implementation-open-educational-resourc…>
Cheers,
Rosario
[image002] Rosario Passos,
Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre, BCIT
www.bcit.ca/ltc<../../../../../../All_Work_Data/www.bcit.ca/ltc>
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266
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Hello Everyone,
We've added two new books and one new ancillary resource, as well as, a few updates. Please see below.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8af49997-4d25-43fe-b6fa-… | Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students ]
This new textbook, published by the Rebus Community, is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. Its intent is to recognize the significant role the literature review plays in the research process and to prepare students for the work that goes into writing one.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=37d3b486-45ef-4e38-a764-… | The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy ]
This collection of original source readings by philosophers who originated many of the issues we discuss today was written by TRU faculty member Jeff McLaughlin and was produced with funds from a BCcampus Open Education OER Grant. Major areas of philosophy covered are Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Socio-Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=75ab4802-42c4-4fb7-9051-… | Education and Career Planning Open Course ]
This unique open course which is the result of a collaboration between seven colleges and BCcampus Open Education, and funded in part by an OER Grant. Authored by Mary Shier and Allison Schubert from College of the Rockies, it is at the provincial ABE level (grade 12 equivalent) and can be used as an elective course towards the BC Adult Grad Diploma. Three file formats are provided (D2L, Moodle, Common Cartridge) so the course can be downloaded into a learning management system.
Other news
We have added the following new categories to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection:
* "Engineering" sub-category to the "Sciences" category
* "Education" as a main category and "Early Childhood Education" as sub-category
Pressbooks updates are now available on the BCcampus Open Ed website (open.bccampus.ca) under [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ ]
Regards,
Lauri
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e .
250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca
120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2
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