Hello Everyone,
We hope that your summer is going well and that everyone is finding time for a well deserved break. Please see below for new open textbooks, on a wide variety of topics, that have been added to our collection, as well as, a couple of ancillary resources you'll want to take note of.
New books
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=65e04e20-5b93-464a-b0aa-… | Provisional Prosthodontics series, 2nd Edition ] by Fern Hubbard, Margaret Dennett, and Catherine Baranow
* This series is comprised of five resources: Provisional Prosthodontic Theory Manual, Provisional Prosthodontic Clinical Manual, a study guide, instructor's guide, and a manual of practice exercises and case studies. This course is available to programs accredited by the Commission on Dental Accreditation of Canada. These course materials are written for practising certified dental assistants. It has been released with a CC BY licence by the Province of British Columbia.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=69876ca5-2f20-43f1-8ed6-… | Global Corruption: Law, Theory & Practice ]
by Gerry Ferguson (University of Victoria)
* Created as part of the UNODC’s Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative (ACAD), this textbook is a key resource for lawyers, public officials, and business persons of tomorrow on anti-corruption laws and strategies. This book has been specifically created to make it easier for professors to offer a law school course on global corruption whether in Canada, the U.S., the U.K., or elsewhere in the world.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8c5bd1a4-6687-4146-8a11-… | Analyzing Meaning: An Introduction to Semantics and Pragmatics ]
by Paul Kroeger (Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics)
* This book provides an introduction to the study of meaning in human language, from a linguistic perspective. It covers a fairly broad range of topics, including lexical semantics, compositional semantics, and pragmatics. It is written at a level which should be appropriate for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. It presupposes some previous coursework in linguistics, but does not presuppose any background in formal logic or set theory.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e1c00bd0-99f2-4842-aa80-… | World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 ]
by Eugene Berger, George L. Israel, Charlotte Miller, Brian Parkinson, Andrew Reeves, Nadejda Williams (University System of Georgia)
* This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the history of humankind from prehistory to 1500 and covers such cultures, states, and societies as Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Israel, Dynastic Egypt, India’s Classical Age, the Dynasties of China, Archaic Greece, the Roman Empire, Islam, Medieval Africa, the Americas, and the Khanates of Central Asia.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=24d4160c-c8b2-4f3b-9d5c-… | An Introduction to Philosophy ] by W. Russ Payne (Bellevue College)
* The goal of this text is to present philosophy to newcomers as a living discipline with historical roots.
Ancillary resources
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=aa7e4991-20af-489b-8fb1-… | Astronomy: OpenStax ] : [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6e9 | Digital diagrams ] by Jennifer Kirkey (Douglas College)
* The [ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRm79BcxKhOWRj6CQAB_Cqg | Electric Academy videos ] by Chad Flinn (BCIT)
Best regards,
The BCcampus Open Education team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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Hi Everyone,
Thank you for your interest in Open Educational Resources at Capilano University. As the interim chair of the OER Working Group, I would like to host our first meeting of the semester on Thursday September 6th 11:30-1:00 in LB 309.
Please feel free to share this invite with anyone on campus that is currently using Open Educational Resources, or is interested. Hopefully at this meeting next week, we will be able to redefine the scope and objectives of the working group. At the last meeting we created the following:
The advantages of using open educational resources (OERs) include:
* Expanded access to learning: Students anywhere in the world can access OERs at any time.
* Scalability: OERs are easy to distribute widely with little or no cost.
* Augmentation of class materials: OERs can supplement commercial textbooks where deficiencies in information are evident.
* Less expense for students: The use of OERs instead of commercial textbooks can substantially reduce the cost of course materials for students.
* Showcasing of innovation and talent: A wide audience may learn of faculty expertise. Potential students and donors may be impressed, and student and faculty recruitment efforts may be enhanced.
* Ties for alumni: OERs provide an excellent way for alumni to stay connected to the institution and continue with a program of lifelong learning.
* Quick circulation and continually improved resources: OERs can be improved and disseminated quickly. Instructors can take an existing OER, adapt it for a class, and make the modified OER available for others to use.
These advantages contribute to the University’s strategic priorities: more students on campus and building our capacity.
The OER Working Group recommends that:
1. The Manager of the Centre for Teaching Excellence be given the responsibility and resources to raise awareness and encourage OER adoption through collaboration with faculty, students, administration, IT and the Library.
2. As part of the new faculty orientation process, new faculty receive an introduction to open educational practices, including OER.
3. New curriculum and program initiatives be encouraged to incorporate open educational practices, such as OER, in collaboration with Academic Initiatives and Planning.
4. Financial incentives be created for faculty to adopt, adapt or create OER. Examples from other institutions:
a. Matching funds (e.g., BCcampus grants)
b. Section release
c. PD funds
See you next week,
Blake
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Blake Rowsell, B.Ed, MA Tourism
Outdoor Recreation Program Convenor and Instructor Schools of Tourism Management & Outdoor Recreation
604.986.1911 local 3453 | blakerowsell(a)capilanou.ca<mailto:blakerowsell@capilanou.ca>
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Capilano University is named after Chief Joe Capilano, an important leader of the Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh) Nation of the Coast Salish people. We respectfully acknowledge that our campuses are located on the territories of the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Sechelt (shíshálh), Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
