Hello fellow Open Educators,
BCIT has institutionalised a new Excellence award… to recognise the work of faculty in Open Education! WooHoo!
Consider nominating one of your fellow BCIT Open Education practitioners for this inaugural award. Students can also be nominators. Please share widely across your networks
BCIT’s Employee Excellence Awards<https://www.bcit.ca/human-resources/employee-recognition/employee-excellenc…> has added a new category for 2022: Teaching Excellence in Open Education. The recipient will be awarded $1,000. Nominations are OPEN until March 1, 2022.
Teaching Excellence in Open Education Award Criteria
The award recognizes teaching excellence in open education by meeting one or more of the following during the past year (April through March):
· Improves teaching efficiency and effectiveness through using, augmenting, and evolving OER course materials aligned to course learning outcomes.
· Develops Open Educational Resources (OER) to share with colleagues, enhance student-learning opportunities, and reduce barriers to education.
· Uses Open Educational Practices (OEP) for learning, teaching, and assessment while challenging, supporting, and inspiring students to do their best work.
· Demonstrates creativity and passion in delivering educational experiences that expand student reach and influence beyond the classroom by providing opportunities for students to collaborate and openly share their work with the wider community.
· Displays creative and competent use of educational technology to enhance learning experiences with OER and OEP
· Demonstrates knowledge of and passion for open education and the benefits it brings to learning and teaching while contributing to the ongoing work to make the global open education movement inclusive and fair.
· Works collaboratively with BCIT colleagues and students on open education initiatives, aimed at integrating Open Educational Practices into teaching and learning.
· Acts as a valuable resource for students, colleagues, and BCIT by sharing open education knowledge and promoting and encouraging the development and use of OER and OEP.
· Participates beyond BCIT in open education initiatives such as sharing OER, contributing to OE committees/communities of practice, and pursuing or providing PD opportunities in open education
Please let Lin Brander or myself know if you have any questions.
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
Education for a Complex World
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Hi there fellow Open Educators,
This year, to celebrate Fair Dealing Week, the Lower Mainland Copyright Consortium (CapU, Douglas, JIBC, SFU, and UBC) and the Alberta Copyright Consortium (U of A, U of C, MRU and NAIT) will be co-hosting an online event on Wednesday, February 23. The program is as follows:
Wednesday, February 23rd
Time: 1300-1400 Eastern (1000-1100 Pacific)
Speaker: Dr. Carys J. Craig, Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University
Presentation: Best Practices for OER in Canada: A Fresh Look at Fair Dealing for Educational Use
Time: 1500-1600 Eastern (1200-1300 Pacific)
Speaker: Dr. Meera Nair, Copyright Specialist, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Presentation: Fair Dealing's future - artificial intelligence or willful ignorance?
Go to the Fair Dealing Week 2022 Event<https://copyright.ubc.ca/fair-dealing-week-2022/> page for more information and to register.
Book your seat soon!
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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
Education for a Complex World
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
I acknowledge that BCIT campuses are located on unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations
Hi there fellow Open Educators,
Passing this along in case any of you might be interested in contributing….
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Dear colleagues,
An editorial team based at UBC Okanagan is putting out a call for chapter proposals for an open-access book about open pedagogy and the open education movement. This book will centre Indigenous perspectives and ways of knowing with regard to open education.
Chapter proposals can be for essays, research papers, or case studies between 4,000 and 6,000 words, excluding references. Proposals are due March 15, 2022.
Submit chapter proposals to Donna Langille (donna.langille(a)ubc.ca<mailto:donna.langille@ubc.ca>) and include the following elements:
* Working title
* Abstract (max. 200 words)
* Type of contribution (research, theoretical/exploratory essay, case study)
* Keywords (3–6 keywords)
* Contributor information, including full name, complete institution name, primary email address, and contributor bio (bio is max. 100 words)
More information about the project, including a more detailed publishing timeline, can be found in the attached PDF. The publication target date is summer 2023.
Questions may be directed to Brad Wuetherick (brad.wuetherick(a)ubc.ca<mailto:brad.wuetherick@ubc.ca>).
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmdrp.me%2…>
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca.linked…> • Pronouns: She/her
Need help with LaTeX<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.overl…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:latexsupport@bccampus.ca>
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
Hi there fellow Open Educators,
Some of you may be interested in attending this free online event during Open Education Week<https://www.oeglobal.org/activities/open-education-week/>:
https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/oer/index.h…
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
Education for a Complex World
Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
I acknowledge that BCIT campuses are located on unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations
BCIT’s Employee Excellence Awards<https://www.bcit.ca/human-resources/employee-recognition/employee-excellenc…> has added a new category for 2022: Teaching Excellence in Open Education. The recipient will be awarded $1,000. Nominations are OPEN until March 1, 2022.
Teaching Excellence in Open Education Award Criteria
The award recognizes teaching excellence in open education by meeting one or more of the following during the past year (April through March):
▪ Improves teaching efficiency and effectiveness through using, augmenting, and evolving OER course materials aligned to course learning outcomes.
▪ Develops Open Educational Resources (OER) to share with colleagues, enhance student-learning opportunities, and reduce barriers to education.
▪ Uses Open Educational Practices (OEP) for learning, teaching, and assessment while challenging, supporting, and inspiring students to do their best work.
▪ Demonstrates creativity and passion in delivering educational experiences that expand student reach and influence beyond the classroom by providing opportunities for students to collaborate and openly share their work with the wider community.
▪ Displays creative and competent use of educational technology to enhance learning experiences with OER and OEP
▪ Demonstrates knowledge of and passion for open education and the benefits it brings to learning and teaching while contributing to the ongoing work to make the global open education movement inclusive and fair.
▪ Works collaboratively with BCIT colleagues and students on open education initiatives, aimed at integrating Open Educational Practices into teaching and learning.
▪ Acts as a valuable resource for students, colleagues, and BCIT by sharing open education knowledge and promoting and encouraging the development and use of OER and OEP.
▪ Participates beyond BCIT in open education initiatives such as sharing OER, contributing to OE committees/communities of practice, and pursuing or providing PD opportunities in open education
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