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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-excellence-awards/>
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@bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos@bcit.ca>
www.bcit.ca/ltc
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