Dear colleagues,
Libretexts<https://libretexts.org/index.html> is a wiki-based alternative to open textbooks. Founded by Dr. Delmar Larsen, Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of California at Davis, this non-profit project originated in Chemistry (when it was called ChemWiki) but has since grown (with the help of US federal funding) to encompass a variety of STEM, Social Science, and other disciplines. Libretexts is a hyperlibrary that has imported all of the available open textbooks (including the OpenStax open textbooks currently used in Math and Physics). Unlike Wikipedia, not anyone can edit Libretexts (there is faculty oversight), which is why institutions such as the U of Michigan, U of Kansas, California State U and others use Libretextsas a customized open textbook for many of their Science courses.
Beyond text, Libretexts embeds multimedia (e.g., video), dynamic figures, Jupyter notebooks, Hypothes.is<http://Hypothes.is> annotations, and supports print on demand. (See: https://libretexts.org/advanced.html). Instructors who use Libretexts for their required course readings can also avail of learning analytics that can shed insight a range of interesting behaviours, such as the percentage of your students who have accessed the required readings for the first time only 24 hours prior to the exam (i.e. cramming).
Delmar has kindly offered to provide a webinar for our faculty who are interested in learning more about this approach to OER (note that there is no fee associated with using Libretexts for either students or KPU). The webinar is scheduled for Tuesday June 11 at 10-11am. For those unable to make that time, the webinar will be recorded and made available online.
If you are interested in attending this webinar please let me know by replying to this email.
Thank you,
Rajiv
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost, Open Education
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Dear colleagues,
I am absolutely thrilled to share the news that our wonderful colleague Arley Cruthers is the latest recipient of the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education!
From the press release:
“Arley is an innovative leader in the open movement at KPU and an early adopter of open pedagogy at the university, having attended the Digital Pedagogy Lab in Vancouver in 2017. In 2019, Arley published an open textbook on business writing and received grant funding to work with external collaborators to include more diverse voices in the book and to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing and Arley uses an open-pedagogical approach to curriculum development in all courses.
Recently Arley led two classes (50 primary and secondary students total) to collaboratively research and write a report on the impact of textbook costs on students. Students then needed to remix the report into a different format for a different audience. One of the remix projects was a game to help instructors develop empathy towards students in relation to textbook costs. At the Cascadia Open Education Summit in 2019 Arley and three students presented the game and the research to an audience of educators from B.C., Washington, Oregon, and beyond. The presentation was very well-received and many took to Twitter to share that it was one of the best sessions at the conference.
Arley has inspired numerous others in the School of Business to embrace open pedagogy and open education resources, and is incredibly well-deserving of an Award for Excellence in Open Education. Arley will be presenting on the results of the research at the 2019 KPU Symposium<http://www.kpu.ca/teaching-and-learning/tlr-symposium>.”
Read more at: https://bccampus.ca/2019/05/30/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-arley…
I am grateful to Arley’s colleague Melissa Ashman for nominating her for this thoroughly well-deserved recognition. This is the third instance of this award being given to a member of the KPU community, the most of any BC institution. Please join me in congratulating Arley!
Cheers,
Rajiv
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost, Open Education
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>
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Dear colleagues,
I wanted to amplify this note from BCcampus. If you are interested in reviewing an existing open textbook that is in the BCcampus collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/> you can contact them at bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@bccampus.ca>. An honorarium of $250 will be provided to eligible and qualified individuals who complete, submit, and permit the open publication of the review, on an open textbook in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection under a CC BY licence.
If, on the other hand, you look at the BCcampus collection and discover that there is no open textbook available for your course/specific subject area, they would also love to know this. In that case you can email them at opentext(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:opentext@bccampus.ca>.
Many thanks,
Rajiv
From: Bcoear <bcoear-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Lauri Aesoph <laesoph(a)bccampus.ca>
Date: Friday, May 3, 2019 at 10:36 AM
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<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/> Contact bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews@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 B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>.
Best regards,
The BCcampus Open Ed team
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 ]
Twitter: [ https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph | @lauriaesoph ] • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: [ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/ | lauri.aesoph ]
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