OpenKPU July 2020

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KPU Open Education Summer 2020 newsletter

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Good morning everyone, I am pleased to share KPU Open Education’s Summer 2020 newsletter. This latest issue highlights six external grants recently awarded to KPU faculty for OER projects, seven recently-published open textbooks, upcoming workshops and funding opportunities, and exciting news about a new partnership between KPU and the Open University of Sri Lanka. Cheers, Rajiv [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him) Acting Vice Provost, Teaching & Learning & 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/tlcommons<http://www.kpu.ca/tlcommons> | www.kpu.ca/cps<http://www.kpu.ca/cps> | www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> Administrative Coordinator: Janice Webster t 604.598.6215 e janice.webster(a)kpu.ca<mailto:janice.webster@kpu.ca> 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. At KPU, we work, study, and live in a region south of the Fraser River which overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlen peoples.

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Congratulations Michelle Nakano, BCcampus grant recipient!

by Teaching and Learning Commons

Congratulations to Science & Horticulture instructor Michelle Nakano on receiving one of five BCcampus open education development grants as part of the Open Homework Systems (OHS) project. The grants will be used to add H5P<https://h5p.org/> interactive formative assessment activities to five Pressbooks open textbooks in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. Learn about the grant and read about Michelle's project here: https://bccampus.ca/2020/07/06/homework-high-five-bccampus-awards-five-open… Michelle and her colleague Betty Cunnin were previously awarded a BCcampus grant<https://bccampus.ca/2019/12/03/oer-for-the-trades-grant-recipients/> to develop an open textbook for the Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Apprenticeship (Levels 1 and 2<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/plant-identification/>). This April, Michelle received an additional grant<https://bccampus.ca/2020/04/28/expanding-open-education-in-the-trades/> which allowed her to continue her project on Line F (Levels 3 and 4).

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Zero Textbook Cost Pathway to Associate of Science Degree by BCcampus

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, A Zero Textbook Cost pathway to an Associate of Science degree<https://bccampus.ca/projects/open-education/pathway-to-associate-of-science…> is now available, based on existing OER that align with core requirements for Associate of Science programs in B.C. This pathway is designed such that a student could feasibly complete an Associate of Science degree without spending any money on textbooks, as they would only use OER and other free resources. In addition, BCcampus is awarding a grant to Thompson Rivers University so that they may develop their own institution-specific pathway. You can read more about that and the development of BCcampus' pathway in this blog post about the Associate of Science pathway<https://bccampus.ca/2020/07/07/a-pathway-to-open-for-science-programs-in-b-…>. Best, Arianna Cheveldave Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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BCcampus Faculty Pivot to Teaching Online survey

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, BCcampus is currently conducting the Faculty Pivot to Teaching Online survey<https://survey.bccampus.ca/index.php/855916?lang=en>, which seeks to understand how B.C. post-secondary instructors adapted to the sudden need to teach online and what they will do in the fall semester. The survey will close on Monday, July 13th. If you are able and willing, please take the survey and share with your contacts and online. Best, Arianna Cheveldave Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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