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 .
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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
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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
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Hello Everyone,
Happy Friday! See below for new and updated open textbooks in our collection, news about our support resources, and information about the open peer reviews posted by open textbooks.
New books
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fb061187-187c-4272-8ba1-… | Speaking and Writing Punjabi ] by Ranbir Johal (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=db971e1f-dee2-4032-99b4-… | Combinatorics: an upper-level introductory course in enumeration, graph theory, and design theory ]
, by Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8880b4d1-7f62-42fc-a912-… | Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations ] by Michelle Bonczek Evory (Open SUNY)
Updated books
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e12e3911-8a06-497e-b8c9-… | A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB ] by Serhat Beyenir (British Columbia Institute of Technology)
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3ffb8117-dc5a-4197-b0ed-… | Biology 2e ] , from OpenStax, has been added to our collection. The older edition will be archived on June 1, 2018.
Support resources
* The BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide has been archived. This resource was replaced by the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] , added in February.
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Find attached a zipped file containing the editable files for the BCcampus [ https://bccampus.ca/files/2018/05/OpenEdInfoSheet_Spring2018_03.pdf | Open Education Info Sheet – Spring 2018 ]
Reviews
* Starting March 18, 2018, the licence for published reviews changed from CC BY-ND to CC BY. (Older reviews still retain the CC BY-ND designation.) This was done to more easily share reviews with other collections. This information, along with a statement clarifying that the copyright for reviews is held by the reviewer, has been clarified on the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/call-for-reviewers-2/ | Review an Open Textbook ] web page on our website.
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When open textbooks are replaced with new editions, PDFs of the reviews for the older edition are now compiled in a zip file and posted by the new version of the textbook. A README file is included in the zipped file explaining this arrangement and the reason for it.
Best 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
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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
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