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Opportunity to contribute a chapter to a new OER book: Call for Proposals

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, Please see below for an opportunity to contribute to a new book with the purpose of presenting current research on OER in education with focus on pedagogical discussion and practices in teaching and learning in higher education and in K-12 schools. The content topic coverage of book includes OER inclusive teaching and learning pedagogical clinical practices in higher education and K-12 OER teaching and learning practices. Regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | learning.doing.leading . [ callto:250-893-0258 | 250-893-0258 ] | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus ___________________________________________________________________________________ Call for Chapters: Open Educational Resources (OER) Pedagogy and Practices Editor Molly Y. Zhou Call for Chapters Proposals Submission Deadline: January 10, 2019 Full Chapters Due: May 10, 2019 Submission Date: May 10, 2019 Introduction OER is a recent educational structural organization shift on access to learning materials. It is a new movement in education. Although it started within higher education, the impact of this movement has started to impact K-12 schools. This movement is not only in the US, but across continents and countries in the world. As education becomes more individualized with educational technologies, OER adds to the efforts in leveraging educational resources, educational cost, educational equity, and poverty for a world class of education as contextualized in a world of uncertainties. Objective The purpose of the book is to present current research on OER in education with focus on pedagogical discussion and practices in teaching and learning in higher education and in K-12 schools. The content topic coverage of book includes OER inclusive teaching and learning pedagogical clinical practices in higher education and K-12 OER teaching and learning practices. Target Audience OER organizations, investors, educational agencies, educational policy makers, educational leaders, educators, teachers, philanthropists, and other individuals interested in OER in teaching and learning. Recommended Topics Chapters with research topics and content that address research-based OER teaching and learning pedagogical clinical practices are welcome for submission. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 10, 2019 , a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by January 17, 2019 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 10, 2019 , and all interested authors must consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.igi-glo… | http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ ] prior to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®TM online submission manager at [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.igi-gl… | https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/3598 ] Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.igi-glo… | www.igi-global.com ] . This publication is anticipated to be released in 2020. Important Dates Chapter Proposal due date: 1/10/2019 Full chapter due date: 5/10/2019 Final Deadline due date: 9/30/2019 Inquiries Molly Zhou School of Education Dalton State College [ mailto:mzhou@daltonstate.edu | mzhou(a)daltonstate.edu ] USA DALTON STATE COLLEGE EMPLOYEE EMAIL This email message is being sent from a Dalton State College email account. The owner of this account has no authority to validate, terminate, or verify account information. If this email requests you take any action requiring you to provide your user credentials (such as clicking an embedded link), the account has been compromised and should be reported to abuse(a)daltonstate.edu. IMPORTANT/CONFIDENTIAL: This message contains information from Dalton State College, which may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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OER November Meetup

by Tae Aoyagi

Hi Everyone, I would like to invite you to the November Meetup for OER working group. Wednesday, November 21 12:00 - 1:00 pm AR314 Please feel free to share this invite with anyone on campus that is currently using Open Educational Resources, or is interested. It would be helpful to know in advance how many of you can make it, so please repspond to this email and let me know if you can attend. Thank you! Tae Aoyagi Administrative Assistant Centre for Teaching Excellence 604.986.1911 ext 3433 | taeaoyagi(a)capilanou.ca<mailto:taeaoyagi@capilanou.ca> [cid:image001.png@01D44F70.CABD44C0] North Vancouver Campus | 2055 Purcell Way, North Vancouver British Columbia, Canada V7J 3H5 We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the territories of the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Sechelt (shíshálh), Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

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Cascadia Open Education Summit 2019 - now accepting proposals

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, [ https://bccampus.ca/event/cascadia-open-education-summit/ | Information about ] and the [ https://bccampus.ca/event/2019-cascadia-open-ed-summit-call-for-proposals/ | call for proposals ] for the Cascadia Open Education Summit 2019 are now available. BCcampus, the Washington State Board of Colleges and Technical Colleges, Open Oregon Educational Resources and Lumen Learning welcome proposals for the Cascadia Open Education Summit April 17-18, 2019 at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada). The Cascadia Open Education Summit attracts a wide range of higher education participants including faculty, students, open educators, project staff, librarians, as well as government policymakers and institutional leaders. Please share this information widely: [ https://bccampus.ca/event/cascadia-open-education-summit/ | https://t.co/Havh7nxR30 ] and #CascadiaOpenEd Regards, The BCcampus Open Ed team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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BCampus Open Education: new OER and updates (November 13, 2018)

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, Here are our updates for November. OpenStax/Pressbooks survey In consultation with OpenStax, we are conducting a survey of faculty and others at B.C. post-secondary institutions regarding the demand for Pressbooks files of OpenStax textbooks for adaptation purposes. If you are interested in participating, please fill out [ https://open.bccampus.ca/openstax-pressbooks-survey/ | this survey form ] before November 30, 2018. New ancillary resources * A set of five open case studies ( [ http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/case-studies/ | Sustainable Food Systems on Campus ] ) created by UBC, funded in part by a BCcampus OER, are now available. * [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/(https://storybookscanada.ca/ | Storybooks Canada ] has been added as an ancillary resource to these ELL books in the BC collection: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3988a71f-654e-4c7c-b662-… | In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ] and [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c071db23-acd5-4242-adcc-… | In the Workplace: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ] New additions to the OER by Discipline Guide The [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/ | OER by Discipline Guide ] is a reference of open educational resources listed by subject area and discipline, and maintained by Josie Gray, the BCcampus Coordinator of Collection Quality. This guide is updated as new resources are identified. Below are the latest additions. * See the [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/part/engineering/ | Engineering ] section for new courses, videos/simulations, textbooks, and ancillary resources. * [ http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/ | Study Zone (University of Victoria) ] ,and courses [ https://www.oercommons.org/browse/featured-item/703?__hub_id=34&f.keyword=o… | Project I-DEA ] and [ https://oli.cmu.edu/courses/american-english-speech-open-free/ | American Engish Speech ] have been added to the Upgrading/ [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english-as-a-second-language/ | English Language Learning (ESL) section. ] * [ https://open.ubc.ca/sustainable-forest-management-open-courses/ | Sustainable Forest Management Open Course ] (UBC) has been added to the Science/ [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/forestry/ | Forestry ] section. * [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzco_RimSMKvH7sg7TWoGw/playlists | Anatomy and Physiology Videos ] have been added to the Science/ [ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/anatomy/ | Anatomy ] section. Suggestion for the Collection form - improved To assist those submitting book suggestions, we have added to this form a checklist of the criteria required for open textbooks posted in the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] . 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 [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] . Regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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BCcampus OpenEd: survey regarding Pressbooks files for OpenStax textbooks

by Lauri Aesoph

Dear Faculty and Staff, In consultation with OpenStax, BCcampus Open Education is conducting a survey of faculty and others at B.C. post-secondary institutions regarding the demand for Pressbooks files of OpenStax textbooks for adaptation purposes. Currently, [ https://openstax.org/subjects | OpenStax ] hosts its open textbooks in a platform called CNX. Pressbooks is a widely used authoring and adaptation system. (See the [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/ | Pressbooks Guide ] for more information.) If you are interested in participating, please fill out this anonymous survey form: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/openstax-pressbooks-survey/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/openstax-pressbooks-survey/ ] This survey will close on November 30, 2018. Feel free to share this survey with your B.C. post-secondary colleagues. Regards, Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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