Hi there fellow Open Educators,
This is a great article about digital annotation of textbooks:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/social-annotation-digital-age
Digital annotation can be an effective way to get your students started on open publication. Hypothesis is a fantastic tool, which is now so much easier to use than a couple of years ago!
If you are interested in learning about hypothesis, here is a free course:
https://teach.kqed.org/course/digital-annotations-with-hypothesis
Cheers,
Rosario
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Rosario Passos
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Learning and Teaching Centre
British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT)
3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
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Hi there fellow Open Educators!
KPU is sharing their new Student Agreement to Publish Course Work Under a CC license. This template (itself licensed CC-BY) provides guidance to faculty and includes links to relevant resources for both faculty and students. See: (link: https://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Teaching%20and%20Learning/Student%20…) <https://t.co/BuYT94NIjB?amp=1>
You can download the file from their website:
https://www.kpu.ca/open/pedagogy
This is a great resource should you want to engage your learners in cocreation of content this coming semester. Be sure to check it out!
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,
This is a very interesting read that speaks to the slight decline in textbook spending and the assumption that opentextbooks are gaining ground:
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/07/25/spending-and-costs-textbooks…
Nicole Allen says:
"One of the effects of high costs of textbooks is that it has started conversations on campus about the limitations of traditional textbooks and created opportunities for faculty to tailor more of their material to their course or even go beyond textbooks to other collections of resources,” Allen said. The changing role of libraries has possibly contributed to lower student spending, Allen said.
“Libraries have gotten a lot more engaged in conversations around course materials,” Allen said. “They’ve been working with faculty to help get students access to academic materials.”
This is very encouraging in my opinion. We must continue to encourage these campus conversations, so that faculty relies less on textbooks and more on teaching. Being able to adapt existing materials to the needs of your learners is one of the biggest advantages of using an open textbook, in my opinion.
Cheers,
Rosario
Hi all,
You might be interested in checking out this simulations site: the University of Colorado has openly licensed simulation labs, including biology and chemistry: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new
And share with your peers...
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,
This video and article about the CC licenses, sharing and collaboration is really great:
How Creative Commons drives collaboration<https://www.vox.com/ad/20679129/creative-commons-collaboration-internet-pow…>
Hope it inspires you to use, reuse and remix OER!
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,
Thinking you might want to get started with using OER this coming semester? Check out this OER starter kit to help you along!
https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/?fbclid=IwAR20GpO_Ph37czjF-Jta…
Hope you find it helpful
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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This article from Stephen Downes offers a lot of food for thought in terms of openness in education and what the future will bring, including some references to the polytechnic model through internships and apprenticeships as enablers of collaborative co-creation.
A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES<https://www.ijoer.org/a-look-at-the-future-of-open-educational-resources/>
The following concluding remarks particularly resonate with me as I reflect on learning design in the open:
"Students today face the challenge of complex and rapidly changing work and study environments. These challenges, and the affordances enabled by new technologies, are driving a new generation of learning resources. These resources will be dynamic and adaptive. They will be created at the point of need by AI-assisted learning design<https://www.ijoer.org/glossary/learning-design/> systems and will draw on constantly changing requirements and data sources. These resources will not teach by means of content transmission, but rather, will require that students interact with both the data and algorithms, modifying the resource and creating solutions to real-world challenges. They will work using the same tools as people already working in the field, adapting to changes in the tool alongside the experts, working with and alongside them in a cooperative open working environment."
Rosario
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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,
This article from the Hewlett Foundation came out right after Open Education week:
Exploring the Future of OER<https://hewlett.org/exploring-the-future-of-open-educational-resources/>
I think it is worth a reading: it talks about scale and numbers from a historic perspective and it begins to open the door for conversations about how the focus is changing towards open pedagogy and giving both faculty and students agency in the teaching and learning transactions:
"While scale and access have been the focus of OER's initial growth, we see considerable interest and opportunities for OER to enhance student and teacher agency. We are at a point in time when we can begin to more deeply explore questions about how open education can engage learners who come to school with different experiences, needs, and interests."
These posts are a series of post that the HF is making to engage the community in deeper thinking and exploreing the future of open resources in education. So, if you have any strong opinions, feel free to participate!
Cheers,
Rosario
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Rosario Passos
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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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