Hi there fellow Open Educators,
Seems like the Open Education Global conference is all about sciences today :-)
Some of you may have heard of PhET simulations for STEM, especially physics and math. These simulations have been developed by the folks at University of Colorado to teach complex science concepts to students and can be ran online and offline.
Check out the link below:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations
cheers,
Rosario
Hi there everyone,
Some news from the publishing realm, shared by our wonderful librarian Deirdre Grace, that some of you might be interested in: Carnegie U and Elsevier signed an open publishing agreement:
https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2019/november/cmu-publishing-agre…
The following really resonates with my beliefs around "open":
"Carnegie Mellon is committed to ensuring that our publicly funded research is accessible to the world"
Cheers,
Rosario
Hi there fellow open educators,
I am attending the Open Education Global conference in Milan, and just learned about this portal that has thousands of open exercises for post-secondary Math and Stats subject matters. If you are a math or statistics teacher you might be interested in checking it out. These exercises are mostly from University of the Netherlands and Deft University in the Netherlands as well.
<https://grasple.com/>https://grasple.com/open
Let me know what you think about it, and if you think it is a good site, please share it widely in your networks.
Cheers,
Rosario
Hi there fellow Open Educators,
Have some great news to share... not sure how many of you have been following this process at UNESCO, but, they unanimously adopted a new draft recommendation on OER<https://www.oercongress.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Draft-OER-Recommenda…> to support the achievement of the UN's 2030 Development Agenda. Recommendations include five objectives:
* building capacity of stakeholders to create, access, use, adapt, and redistribute OER;
* developing supportive policy at the national level;
* encouraging inclusive and equitable quality OER;
* nurturing the creation of sustainability models for OER; and
* facilitating international cooperation.
The recommendation is expected to be approved next week at the UN General Conference next week.
oercongress.orgwww.oercongress.org<https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oercongress.org%2Fwp-conte…>
Cheers,
Rosario
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Rosario Passos
Instructional Development Consultant (IDC)
Learning and Teaching Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos@bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc
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Hi there fellow Open Educators,
Some of you may already have seen this, however, I would like to share this here for the ones who may have missed it.
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARLS) has just released a statement on Open Education. This is a tremendous endorsement of the role that Open Education can play in Post Secondary teaching and learning. See the statement here:
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/CARL_statement_OE-3.pdf
Cheers,
Rosario
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Rosario Passos
Instructional Development Consultant (IDC)
Learning and Teaching Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos@bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc
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Hi there fellow Open Educators,
I thought some of you might be interested in this, so I am forwarding the message to the list.
Cheers,
Rosario
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Rosario Passos
Instructional Development Consultant (IDC)
Learning and Teaching Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos@bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc
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Subject: Open RN - Visit us online or at Open Ed!
Hi All!
The Open RN project from Chippewa Valley Technical College and partners is now online! Open RN is one of the 3 grant awardees of the Department of Education's Open Textbook Pilot Grant and is charged with developing 5 open nursing textbooks and 25 virtual reality scenarios. Highlights of the project include:
* Potential student savings of $1.5 million annually
* Potential to impact 5,700 students annually
* Over 200 developers are working on the project
* First book (Pharmacology) will be released next fall 2020
Sign up on the Open RN web page<http://bit.ly/36jDRE7> for project updates or to get involved as a reviewer. Also available through the web page is the Open RN blog and Twitter feed (@OpenRN). If you are attending Open Ed in Phoenix please stop by our poster on Thursday evening. Thanks!
Vince Mussehl
Open RN Lead Librarian
Director of Library Services
Library & Information Services Program Director
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
715-858-1875 | vmussehl(a)cvtc.edu<mailto:vmussehl@cvtc.edu>
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