Hello Everyone,
Here are the latest updates from BCcampus Open Education.
New textbooks
>From British Columbia
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c0f6026d-a3e1-4108-b90b-… | Learning to Learn Online ]
>From Kwantlen Polytechnic University in is Learning to Learn Online, a book that helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning environment and your role as a learner within it. As you come to understand yourself as an self-directed learner, you will also be introduced to effective learning strategies: time management for online learners, information management, professional communication, and reading strategies.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=789233f6-57b7-4c05-b06b-… | Trigonometry and AC Generation for Electricians ]
To understand electrical theory, it is important to have a grasp of trigonometry. Whether we are talking about single phase or polyphase power, trigonometry is a key concept. This textbook, divided into three sections and provides easy-to-understand and enjoyable lessons on trigonometry, vectors, and AC generation for those training and working as electricians. This new textbook is from the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
>From Elsewhere in Canada
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f557a613-9813-4e65-b62c-… | Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy ]
This book was created by the Digital Education Strategies (DES) team at the G. Raymond Chang School for Continuing Education at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario to address a need for professional development training for web developers on web accessibility, a topic of critical importance for technical programs offered by post-secondary institutions.
>From the U.S.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=59c02e95-44d5-4d72-a9b5-… | Technical Project Management in Living and Geometric Order ]
This book is organized around the fifteen lessons of the Technical Project Management course, with an emphasis on the connections between the various stages and practices of technical project management. It is the book used for one of the ten required classes in the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Master of Engineering Management is a world-class online program, consistently ranked in the Top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8f2a750a-728d-496a-89c3-… | Media, Society, Culture and You ]
This new addition is an approachable introductory Mass Communication text that covers major mass communication terms and concepts including "digital culture." It discusses various media platforms and how they are evolving as Information and Communication Technologies change, thanks to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
New support resources
[ https://opentextbc.ca/workinggroupguide/ | Working Group Guide ]
The Working Group Guide is a resource for librarians, staff, and faculty who support or are supporting open education at their institution and are starting or running an open working group. This resource contains three sections to help users establish, run, and sustain a working group.
[ http://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/ | Information Directory ]
The Information Directory lays out current events, opinions, and OER investigations related to open education in four categories: blogs, books,news, and research. It was created to fulfill the need for Canadian-based information, specifically British Columbia, on open education. However, the Information Directory also includes content from other English-speaking countries with chapters for the United States, the Global North, and the Global South.This directory is considered an ongoing resource and will be updated as information comes available. A “Last update” textbox is posted at the top of each chapter to clearly indicate when information was last added.
Additions to the OER by Discipline Guide
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[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/anthropology-and-archaeology/ | Anthropology and Archaeology ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/communications/ | Communications ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/design/ | Fine Arts - Design ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geography/ | Geography ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/language-oer-for-specific-langu… | Language Learning: OER for specific languages ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/law-general/ | Law - General ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/media/ | Media ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/open-education/ | Open Education ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/ | Pedagogy and Instructional Design ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/psychology/ | Psychology ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/religious-studies/ | Religion and Theology ]
[ https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/statistics/ | Statistics ]
We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) to review textbooks being considered for the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ]
Contact bookreviews [ mailto:opentext@bccampus.ca | @bccampus.ca ] if you are interested.
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 ] .
Best regards,
The BCcampus Open Ed team
Lauri Aesoph, BSc
Manager, Open Education
BC campus | Learning.Doing.Leading.
Cell: [ tel:250-580-6949 | 250-893-0258 ] • Email: [ mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca ]
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Good afternoon everyone,
I wanted to share this new resource developed at the University of Saskatchewan (see below). It is a lovely example of an open pedagogy project that involves Education students writing essays for a course that have been put together in an openly-licensed collection. This kind of project is among the type of proposals that our OER grant program is able to support: http://www.kpu.ca/open/grants
And of course the platform on which it resides is Pressbooks, which is a core part of our library’s Open Publishing Suite: https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS
Cheers,
Rajiv
From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of "Ross, Heather" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca>
Date: Monday, March 25, 2019 at 2:01 PM
To: Canada OER <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca>, CCCOER Advisory <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Canadaoer] New Open Textbook / Open Pedaogy Project From USask
Good afternoon.
I’m very excited to announce our first open textbook written by students at the University of Saskatchewan. This is also the first open textbook from our College of Education. Please see Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools.
https://openpress.usask.ca/ealbestpractices/
Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.)
Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies)
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Research Fellow
Open Education Group
Room 50.5, Murray Building
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: 306.966.5327
email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>
http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca
Good morning!
This is just a reminder that the application deadline for this fellowship is one week away. Please note that you do not need to have a well-developed idea for potential renewable assignments as the collaborative design of these assignments is the focus of the fellowship. The application form is brief (consists of 3 questions) but requires the endorsement of the Dean of your Faculty. If you are interested in this opportunity and want to discuss a potential application, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me.
Thank you,
Rajiv
From: Openkpu <openkpu-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Rajiv Jhangiani <rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca>
Date: Friday, March 15, 2019 at 11:49 AM
To: KPU Open Education listserv <openkpu(a)mail.bccampus.ca>
Subject: [Openkpu] New opportunity: UN Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowship
Dear colleagues,
The Open Education Working Group is delighted to announce the creation of an Open Pedagogy Fellowship in partnership with Montgomery College<https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/elite/unesco/> (Maryland, USA) that centres on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<https://en.unesco.org/sdgs> (SDGs), a set of 17 goals that address a wide range of social issues, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and peace and justice.
This fellowship is designed to assist faculty with creating renewable assignments<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1475725718811711> (all of which will carry a Creative Commons license) to help students become agents of change in their own communities. Each fellowship team (which will include at least one faculty member from KPU and one faculty member from Montgomery College) will begin to design three renewable assignments in Summer 2019.
It is anticipated that 2 applications will be selected for the UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship, which includes training and support from the Office of Open Education along with a grant of CDN$1000 that may be used to hire one or more student assistants. Open Pedagogy Fellows will be required to attend a kick-off meeting and three additional meetings throughout the summer.
KPU faculty interested in becoming a UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellow should discuss their interest with Rajiv Jhangiani<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca>, Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education. There will be priority consideration for applications for teams, including interdisciplinary teams. Communications with MC faculty and students can be done entirely through web conferencing and/or email.
Completed applications must be endorsed by the Dean of your Faculty and submitted to open(a)kpu.ca<mailto:open@kpu.ca> by midnight on April 1, 2019. Applications will be adjudicated by the Open Education Working Group<http://www.kpu.ca/open/oewg>. Faculty will be notified of acceptance into the fellowship the week of April 8, 2019.
For more information about this fellowship and the application form, visit: http://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca>
www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open>
This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies.
Please note, all Kwantlen email addresses and url’s have been changed recently. Please update your records accordingly.
Dear colleagues,
The Open Education Working Group is delighted to announce the creation of an Open Pedagogy Fellowship in partnership with Montgomery College<https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/elite/unesco/> (Virginia, USA) that centres on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals<https://en.unesco.org/sdgs> (SDGs), a set of 17 goals that address a wide range of social issues, such as poverty, inequality, climate change, and peace and justice.
This fellowship is designed to assist faculty with creating renewable assignments<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1475725718811711> (all of which will carry a Creative Commons license) to help students become agents of change in their own communities. Each fellowship team (which will include at least one faculty member from KPU and one faculty member from Montgomery College) will begin to design three renewable assignments in Summer 2019.
It is anticipated that 2 applications will be selected for the UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship, which includes training and support from the Office of Open Education along with a grant of CDN$1000 that may be used to hire one or more student assistants. Open Pedagogy Fellows will be required to attend a kick-off meeting and three additional meetings throughout the summer.
KPU faculty interested in becoming a UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellow should discuss their interest with Rajiv Jhangiani<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca>, Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education. There will be priority consideration for applications for teams, including interdisciplinary teams. Communications with MC faculty and students can be done entirely through web conferencing and/or email.
Completed applications must be endorsed by the Dean of your Faculty and submitted to open(a)kpu.ca<mailto:open@kpu.ca> by midnight on April 1, 2019. Applications will be adjudicated by the Open Education Working Group<http://www.kpu.ca/open/oewg>. Faculty will be notified of acceptance into the fellowship the week of April 8, 2019.
For more information about this fellowship and the application form, visit: http://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca>
www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open>
This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies.
Please note, all Kwantlen email addresses and url’s have been changed recently. Please update your records accordingly.
