1:13 p.m.
Hello Everyone,
Here's the latest from BCcampus OpenEd.
Looking for students to submit short smartphone recordings on their open education views.
All entries will be compiled into one video and shown at the OE Global Conference
2019<https://conference.oeconsortium.org/2019/> in Milan, Italy. Deadline: September
30, 2019. For details, see OE Global
Conference<https://sfu-bccampus.cmail19.com/t/d-l-xvhhdd-utirtjhrt-jh/&g… on the
BCcampus Events page.
New book added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
* New ABE open textbook, published by BCcampus: Composition and Literature: A Handbook
and
Anthology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9356a8ab-4970-4586-adfc-48450e8146a8&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
* New edition: Chemistry: Atoms First - 2e
(OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f203950f-08f5-41a1-a930-4bd61e34dca7&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
* New edition: Chemistry - 2e
(OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=cfcf2c49-fbed-4945-9ccb-914d48ea145f&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
* Elementary Algebra
(OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=2b7cb44a-7098-48ed-944c-4f5ac5692bb4&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
* Introduction to Web
Accessibility<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=996898a2-8cbf-4e5d-89fb-d4b3fc2787b8&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
(published by Ryerson)
* New edition: forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic - Fall 2019 Edition
(Calgary)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=843aa250-9b7d-4301-befc-c44a7c3af4ce&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
- This will be replacing the 2018 edition, scheduled removal Feb 1
* College Mathematics for Everyday
Life<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c2fe86af-49b8-4927-b870-c6a805a436d3&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
Support resources updates
* See new Appendix B: Pressbooks
Catalogues<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/back-matter/appendix-b/> in the
Pressbooks Guide. Several post-secondary institutions in Canada and the U.S. have
established their own instances of Pressbooks and, many, host a catalogue of open
textbooks and other OER within that instance. Several of these are listed here
alphabetically by province or state.
Open Ed updates
*
Announcing BCcampus’ 2019 Open Education Sustainability Grant
Recipients<https://bccampus.ca/2019/09/11/announcing-bccampus-2019-open-education-sustainability-grant-recipients/>
* Rajiv Jhangiani, of KPU, has created slide decks to accompany the open textbooks
Principles of Social Psychology, 1st International
edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=66c0cf64-c485-442c-8183-de75151f13f5&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>
and Principles of Social
Psychology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d0a98b76-9907-41d8-88a3-52e94c003939&contributor=&keyword=&subject=>,
now posted by each as ancillary resources.
The following chapters in the OER by Discipline Directory have been updated:
* Arabic<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/arabic/>
* Book/Textbook/Journal Collections and
Publishers<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/book-textbook-collections/>
* English Language Learning
(ELL)<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english-as-a-second-language/>
* General OER
Repositories<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/general-oer-repositories/>
* Pedagogy and Instructional
Design<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/>
* Psycholog<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/psychology/>
We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to
review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook
Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. See the list of Books
open for review by Canadian
faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collection-books-under-review/>.
Contact bookreviews@bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@bccampus.ca> if you are
interested in providing an SME review.
Help us identify the gaps
Contact opentext(a)bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for
specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook
Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. In particular, we'd
like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health,
STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously updated
directories:
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> - Research, articles,
blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South
regions
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> - An inventory
of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C., and every province and
territory in Canada
Regards,
The BCcampus OpenEd team
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph •
LinkedIn: lauri.aesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/>
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