Hi there fellow Open Educators,
A week of awareness about Open Education, OER and Open Educational Practices is starting next week (Open Education Week<https://www.openeducationweek.org/events>)
To mark the occasion, BCIT is hosting one event on Monday, at the Library, to kick off the week: Open Tools for Open Education. See attached flyer. Please circulate widely through your networks.
In addition, to generate awareness to the importance of open education, BCIT is co-sponsoring an event at The Shipyards campus of Capilano University, along with SFU, UBC, Langara College and University Canada West:
https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/workshops-consultations/352…
Also, there are many free events going on online and in the lower mainland. You can see event lists at the Open Education Week calend<https://www.openeducationweek.org/events>ar and at the BCcampus calendar<https://bccampus.ca/events/calendar-2/>. Most post-secondary institutions in BC are hosting special events, so see if you can make time in your busy schedule to attend at last one or two.
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 article by Lindsay Tripp, a Librarian from Langara College is a great overview of Open Textbook usage and how student savings can be tracked.
https://iweb.langara.bc.ca/librarycentral/blog/2020/02/07/open-textbook-sav…
Hope you enjoy the reading.
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,
Are you thinking of adopting blended learning strategies in your course? Then this MOOC developed by AU and COL may be of interest to you.
https://www.col.org/news/news/col-athabasca-university-offer-new-mooc
Also, if you have never participated in a MOOC, this may be a great first course to give you an idea of what participating in a MOOC is like from the perspective of the student.
The course begins March 1, so there is still time to register.
Please share widely within your networks!
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,
Have a look at this great spreadsheet of books related to teaching, learning, instructional design, digital pedagogy, online/blended learning put together by Julian Prior at Langara College. You might find the resource helpful.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lUyiZzmRReniDx7fmdAuji9DkDC38qUQ9hY…
Cheers,
Rosario
[rosario.jpg]
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,
Save the date! March 3, from 9am -12pm at The Shipyards, CapU Lonsdale
BCIT is proud to be a co-sponsor of a BCOEL<https://bcoel.ca/> organised event celebrating Open Education Week<https://www.openeducationweek.org/>!
On March 3rd, join us to learn how Open Education practitioners from various local post-secondary institutions are using OER and how it has impacted their teaching practice. The event will feature a series of brief talks by practitioners about innovative and open projects underway at their institutions.
The event is free, but you must register here<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/workshops-consultations/352…>.
Hope to see you there!
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 might be interested in this research / funding opportunity:
From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Lise Brin
Sent: February 6, 2020 4:36 AM
To: canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca
Subject: [Canadaoer] FW: Funding Opportunity via the Canadian Accessibility Standards Canada (previously known as CASDO) / Possibilité de financement via les normes d'accessibilité Canada (anciennement connu sous le nom OCENA)
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Please see funding opportunity below (application deadline Feb. 28, 2020) – this may interest those of you involved in making OERs more accessible.
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Lise Brin, MLIS
Program Officer / Agente de programme
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On 2020-02-04, 6:57 PM, "Tancorre, Angela (BAC/LAC)" <angela.tancorre(a)canada.ca<mailto:angela.tancorre@canada.ca>> wrote:
Greetings all,
I thought to share with you all should you (or your organization) meet the criteria for possible funding.
The Accessibility Standards Canada - previously known as the Canadian Accessibility Standards and Development Organization (CASDO) - grants and contributions program supports research projects that try to find, take away and stop obstacles to accessibility. This research will help to inform the accessibility standards in the future.
Deadline to apply: February 28, 2020 at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) for your project suggestion to be reviewed.
Link to apply: https://www.canada.ca/en/accessibility-standards-canada/programs/advancing-…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.canad…>
