[Openbcit] FW: Announcing new Ontario Tech OER - Thriving Online: A Guide for Busy Educators

Good afternoon fellow Open Educators, Some of you may be interested in checking-out this new resource to support educators enhance their skills when teaching online. Share widely through your networks. 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@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 everyone, On behalf of Ontario Tech University, I am delighted to announce the launch of a new OER from our Faculty of Education. Thriving Online: A Guide for Busy Educators. https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/aguideforbusyeducators/<https://ca… Grounded in evidence-based practices and principles, this book focuses on helping secondary and post-secondary educators succeed and thrive in blended and online learning settings. Each chapter includes a subject overview, guidelines, activities or tools, and general resources. The book covers insights on starting out, differentiated learning, learning activities, feedback and assessment, and useful tools. Topics include technology and online learning, creating and designing online courses, building community, engagement and community online, and student assessment. I hope that this great new open resource will be put to good use! All the best, Michelle Michelle Johnson, M.I., M.A. Pronouns: she/her<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%… Open Education Librarian Ontario Tech University 647.382.9654 (cell) michelle.johnson@ontariotechu.ca<mailto:michelle.johnson@ontariotechu.ca> ontariotechu.ca<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http… [Ontario Tech University logo]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F… [Indigenous Logo] We acknowledge the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation which is covered under the Williams Treaties. We are situated on the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation which includes Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi.