Openbcit September 2018

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BCampus Open Education: new books and updates (May 4, 2018)

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday! See below for new and updated open textbooks in our collection, news about our support resources, and information about the open peer reviews posted by open textbooks. New books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fb061187-187c-4272-8ba1-… | Speaking and Writing Punjabi ] by Ranbir Johal (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=db971e1f-dee2-4032-99b4-… | Combinatorics: an upper-level introductory course in enumeration, graph theory, and design theory ] , by Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8880b4d1-7f62-42fc-a912-… | Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations ] by Michelle Bonczek Evory (Open SUNY) Updated books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e12e3911-8a06-497e-b8c9-… | A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB ] by Serhat Beyenir (British Columbia Institute of Technology) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3ffb8117-dc5a-4197-b0ed-… | Biology 2e ] , from OpenStax, has been added to our collection. The older edition will be archived on June 1, 2018. Support resources * The BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide has been archived. This resource was replaced by the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] , added in February. * Find attached a zipped file containing the editable files for the BCcampus [ https://bccampus.ca/files/2018/05/OpenEdInfoSheet_Spring2018_03.pdf | Open Education Info Sheet – Spring 2018 ] Reviews * Starting March 18, 2018, the licence for published reviews changed from CC BY-ND to CC BY. (Older reviews still retain the CC BY-ND designation.) This was done to more easily share reviews with other collections. This information, along with a statement clarifying that the copyright for reviews is held by the reviewer, has been clarified on the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/call-for-reviewers-2/ | Review an Open Textbook ] web page on our website. * When open textbooks are replaced with new editions, PDFs of the reviews for the older edition are now compiled in a zip file and posted by the new version of the textbook. A README file is included in the zipped file explaining this arrangement and the reason for it. Best 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/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

6 years, 5 months

Save the date: April 17-18, 2019: Cascadia Open Education Summit,

by Amanda Coolidge

Excuse the cross postings: Join us for the Cascadia Open Education Summit, formerly known as the BC Open Textbook Summit, in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. on April 17 & 18, 2019 at SFU Harbour Centre. This event is co-hosted with our regional friends; Lumen Learning, Open Oregon Educational Resources, and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. This event is for new and experienced OER advocates offering the opportunity to learn and share effective practices in awareness building, implementation, collaboration, strategy, and research. Theme: Scaling New Heights with Open Education. Example topics include: * What are the current challenges and opportunities for open education? Do you have creative solutions for how to take them on? * How is the ecosystem around OER evolving, and what are the implications for this evolution? * As OER enters mainstream curriculum, what are the implications for institutions? Faculty? Libraries? Students? Other stakeholders? Event details: * Day 1 will include 2 keynotes and conference proceedings with presentations, panel presentations, and table talks. * Day 2 is our Day of Action Focused OER Workshops. A series of workshops will be presented (2 hours each) and is intended for people looking for support in achieving the next step in their OER work or initiative. Keynotes: Heather M. Ross, Educational Development Specialist, University of Saskatchewan and Karen Cangialosi, Professor of Biology, Keene State College Who should attend: People engaged in higher education focused open education initiatives, including students, faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, administrators, and other campus leaders. Further details will emerge as the program committee meets – stay informed about the call for proposals via #casacadiaopened and through [ https://bccampus.ca/ | our website. ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

6 years, 7 months

OER for Mechanical and Electric Engineering

by Rosario Passos

Hi there fellow Open Educators, I received this gem from CCCOER with links to open textbooks and resources for a multitude of subject areas: MECH 1130 is Mechanical Engineering Statics MECH 1150 is Manufacturing Materials and Processes MECH 2242 is Strength of Materials MECH 2270 is Engineering Statistics ENGT 1200 is Intro to Industrial and Systems Engineering ENGT 1250 is Motors and Logic Controls ENGT 1251 is Control Logic and PLCs ENGT 2260 is Basic Mechanisms and Drives The EET spreadsheet contains resource in our Electronic Engineering Series all in one spreadsheet: EET 1105 is Basic DC Electronic Systems EET 1115 is Basic Digital Systems EET 1125 is Basic AC Electronic Systems EET 1135 is Electronic Switching and Amplifying Systems EET 2225 is Embedded Micro-controller Systems So, see if you can share these resources across your schools/departments. Maybe some of these resources can replace an expensive textbook! Cheers, Rosario From: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Rachel Dilley Sent: September 24, 2018 11:18 AM To: CCCOER Advisory <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: engineering - drafting & design Hi Heather: I am attaching a series of spreadsheets which contain tabs/sheets for both OER and for library eBooks, to which your own library may or may not have subscriptions MECH 1130 is Mechanical Engineering Statics MECH 1150 is Manufacturing Materials and Processes MECH 2242 is Strength of Materials MECH 2270 is Engineering Statistics ENGT 1200 is Intro to Industrial and Systems Engineering ENGT 1250 is Motors and Logic Controls ENGT 1251 is Control Logic and PLCs ENGT 2260 is Basic Mechanisms and Drives The EET spreadsheet contains resource in our Electronic Engineering Series all in one spreadsheet: EET 1105 is Basic DC Electronic Systems EET 1115 is Basic Digital Systems EET 1125 is Basic AC Electronic Systems EET 1135 is Electronic Switching and Amplifying Systems EET 2225 is Embedded Micro-controller Systems Materials in some of these spreadsheets is extremely sparse! Make sure to open all the tabs at the bottom. I hope this helps! Rachel Dilley OER Librarian Columbus State Community College On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:44:53 AM UTC-4, Heather Ross wrote: Rachel, Our College of Engineering is looking at resigning the first year and would like to do as much of it using OER. Do you have a spreadsheet of resources for your entire curriculum? Thank you. 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: heathe...(a)usask.ca<javascript:> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca On Sep 17, 2018, 7:45 AM -0600, Rachel Dilley <racheld...(a)gmail.com<javascript:>>, wrote: Hi Paul: Engineering is a difficult area. I recently searched for OER for our entire engineering curriculum. I've attached my search spreadsheet for our Engineering Graphics course. There are four sheets/tabs in the Excel file attached. The library resources tab may have ebooks or articles for which your library has access. Thanks, Rachel Dilley, MLIS Open Educational Resources Librarian - Reference & Instruction Columbus Hall | Library COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 550 East Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43215 PH (614) 287-2895 | rdil...(a)cscc.edu<javascript:> On Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 3:57:00 PM UTC-4, Paul Bond wrote: I have a professor who's interested in engineering OER texts, particularly drafting and engineering design. I'm not seeing much in those two areas. Is anyone aware of resources for these? Thanks, Paul -- Paul Bond Assistant Librarian SUNY Broome Community College -- If you have any questions, contact liz...(a)oeconsortium.org<javascript:> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCCOER Advisory" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cccoer-adviso...(a)googlegroups.com<javascript:>. To post to this group, send email to cccoer-...(a)googlegroups.com<javascript:>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- If you have any questions, contact lizyata(a)oeconsortium.org<mailto:lizyata@oeconsortium.org> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCCOER Advisory" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:cccoer-advisory@googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

6 years, 7 months

Open Access Week (OAW) event - October 24

by Rosario Passos

Hello fellow open educators, BCIT is teaming up with UBC, SFU, KPU, UFV and Langara College to host a panel discussion event on October 24 in the early evening, at SFU downtown, to celebrate Open Access Week<http://openaccessweek.org/>, Oct 22-28. [cid:image001.png@01D45412.9F8512F0] "Open Access Week, a global event now entering its tenth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they've learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research." For more info on OAW click here<http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about>. The theme for this year's Open Access Week is "Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge<"Designing%20Equitable%20Foundations%20for%20Open%20Knowledge">" and our panel will address issues around "Open but not Free: Invisible Labour in Open Scholarship<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/scholarly-publishing/33758>" and the impact on the sustainability of the Open Movement. If you are interested, please register<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/node/33758/sfu_register>. There will be a wine and cheese reception prior to the event! I hope to see some of you there. Rosario

6 years, 7 months

FW: Business Ethics, Intro to Business are both published!

by Rosario Passos

Hi there fellow Open Educators, Not sure if there’s someone from the School of Business in our midst, but if there is, maybe you can share this information on oepntextbooks for Business. Cheers, Rosario Subject: Business Ethics, Intro to Business are both published! Can you please forward to your Business departments if/as you feel comfortable doing so? Hi everyone, OpenStax's Introduction to Business<https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-business> and Business Ethics<https://openstax.org/details/books/business-ethics> books have published! Later this year, we’ll be adding faculty ancillaries to the site as well, including PowerPoint slides and test banks to the “Instructor Resources” tab on the website. Faculty can sign-up to be pre-approved to get the instructor resources here: https://accounts.openstax.org/signup. The .pdf, online view (which is accessible) are completely free. We will be offering low-cost print options via Amazon and your college bookstore soon. We’ll also be developing an iBooks version ($6.99) and a free Amazon Kindle Version of the books. And the benefits go beyond cost savings, the books are both licensed CC-BY, which means they can do whatever they’d like with the content (no copyright restrictions) as long as they provide attribution. In 2019, we’ll be publishing four more business titles: * Entrepreneurship * Accounting 1 & 2 * Organizational Behavior * Management If faculty would like to receive emails, letting them know the progress of these books and when they will publish, they can sign-up here: https://openstax.org/interest And, we already have published a Business Statistics<https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics> book. Cheers! Nicole [Rice and OpenStax Logo] nicole finkbeiner DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OpenStax, Rice University [Phone] (713) 348-2972 [Web] openstax.org<http://openstax.org>

6 years, 7 months

OER just released by University of Hawaii

by Rosario Passos

Hello fellow open educators at BCIT! Please see the message shared by colleagues from University of Hawaii. If you are thinking of starting your own Open Textbook, I’d recommend the OER Training book highlighted below. Looks really great! Cheers, Rosario ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Aloha All- We are proud to share out another batch of OER textbooks created by instructors and faculty at the University of Hawaii. Please share with your networks that may be interested in the subject matter and/or the content. Each text is available under a CC BY license and in a range of file formats (PDF, XML, ePub, etc) for download and reuse in whichever way best suits instructors and learners. Mahalo to the Pressbooks and Rebus Foundation teams for their continued development of free software and collaborative processes for developing these books. http://oer.hawaii.edu/september-2018-uh-oer-releases-communicology-building… Of special interest to many on this list in my own OER Training Manual, the Pressbook used to support instructors at UH who wish to get up to speed with OER quickly. Clear learning objectives are identified at the beginning of each of the three chapters, with formative practice/assessment items embedded right into the online version of the book. Gold stars await those who answer correctly. I encourage others (that's you!) to reuse the OER training manual and share back your own improvement and iterations. Your pal in the open space, Billy -- Billy Meinke, MEd Open Educational Resources (OER) Technologist Outreach College, Dean's Office University of Hawai'i at Mānoa oer.hawaii.edu<https://oer.hawaii.edu> --

6 years, 8 months

FW: CCCOER Webinar Sept 19: Collaborative Platforms for Open Content Development

by Rosario Passos

Hi there everyone, This sounds like an interesting seminar,, so, I thought I’d share in this group. I think I will register ☺ Rsoario [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/47662b23-df3…] CCCOER Webinar Collaborative Platforms for Open Content Development [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644/images/9fa61240-2e6…] As more colleges are promoting the adoption of OER to expand access and improve completion rates, collaborative platforms for publishing open content are becoming more critical. Faculty, librarians, and instructional designers are often working in teams to curate, adapt, and format openly licensed content for entire courses. Join us for this free and open webinar to hear from several stakeholders who have adopted collaborative platforms to streamline the process from course outline to delivery of fully OER courses and open textbooks. https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/collaborative-platforms-for-open-content-dev… <https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> September 2018 Wednesday 19 11am PT / 2pm ET Registration required. Register<https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/03c9e5d8-4a2…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/47662b23-df3…] Featured Speakers: * Peter Shea – Director of Professional Development, Middlesex Community College * Donna Maturi – Coordinator of Library Services, Middlesex Community College * Amanda Taintor – Faculty Coordinator, Instructional Design and Distance Education, Reedley College * Jennifer Paris – Early Childhood Education Faculty, College of the Canyons [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-twitter-48.png]<https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> FOLLOW ON TWITTER<https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-link-48.png]<https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> VISIT OUR PAGE<https://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644…> Our mailing address is: CCCOER 60 Thoreau St Ste 238 Concord, MA 01742-2456 Add us to your address book<file://cccoer.us18.list-manage.com/vcard%3fu=0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644&id=1…> [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

6 years, 8 months

FW: OASIS: a new OER search tool

by Rosario Passos

Hi there fellow Open Educators, This sounds like a great search engine for open resources. Give it a tray and let us know how things go. Cheers, Rosario ____________________________________________________ Please excuse cross-posting... Hello all, Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo is excited to share with you an OER search tool that we have developed called OASIS<https://oasis.geneseo.edu/> (Openly Available Sources Integrated Search). We have gathered more than 155,000+ records from 52 different sources that have been carefully selected in collaboration with SUNY OER Services. With OER becoming more prevalent, and hearing from our faculty that the discovery of OER can be quite difficult, we developed OASIS with the goal of making the discovery of open content easier. Some of the features of OASIS include the ability to limit search results by license, type, subject, source, and reviews available. Through OASIS, you can also suggest new sources to be added to the catalog and/or share items of interest through email. We also created a search widget<https://oasis.geneseo.edu/about.php> that can be embedded in any website. If you decide to use the search widget on your website we would love to know. Here is the link to the press release for OASIS<https://www.geneseo.edu/news/milne-library-colleagues-launch-oasis> from SUNY Geneseo. Please share any feedback that you may have with Bill Jones (jonesw(a)geneseo.edu<mailto:jonesw@geneseo.edu>) and Ben Rawlins (rawlins(a)geneseo.edu<mailto:rawlins@geneseo.edu>). Thanks.

6 years, 8 months

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