Dear Colleagues,

Please see below for the latest open education updates at BCcampus and in B.C.

New books

• Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter
  • This French language textbook comes from ecampusOntario Open Library. Le manuel Résumer, synthétiser, argumenter s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e année universitaire, essentiellement).

• Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin

  • By Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis and published by the University of Regina Open Access Publishing, this book offers a broad range of learning materials that is easily accessible to Cree language learners and includes Cree language audio labs and language workbook.
• Two more textbooks from OpenStax, each with an editable Pressbooks copy.
  
  • Organizational Behavior (OpenStax)
  • Principles of Management (OpenStax)
• Introduction to Community Psychology
  • This new textbook, published as part of the Rebus Community, shows students how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism.

Support resource update

• See the new Embedding and Linking chapter in the Self-Publishing Guide

The following chapters in the OER by Discipline Directory have been updated:

• Academic Success
• Accounting
• Engineering - General
• English

• French

• Geography
• Geology
• History
• Language Learning
• Math
• Media
• Pedagogy and Instructional Design
• Political Science
• Science - General
• Sociology
• Statistics
• Urban Planning
• Theatre

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. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty. Contact bookreviews@bccampus.ca if you are interested in providing an SME review.

• Help us identify the gaps
  Contact opentext@bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. 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 - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions
  • Post-Secondary Directory - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.

Regards,

The BCcampus Open Education team