Congratulations UN SDG Fellows & Wilson School of Design!
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Congratulations to Monica Affleck and Reynold Vaz, recipients of the 2021-22 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowship<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship>!
This fellowship is designed to assist faculty with creating renewable assignments (all of which will carry a Creative Commons<https://creativecommons.org/choose/> 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 a partner institution will design three renewable assignments during the Summer 2021 semester. A minimum of two renewable assignments will be deployed in the classes of each fellowship team during the subsequent academic year.
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Congratulations to the Wilson School of Design on its second Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)<https://media.kpu.ca/media/What+is+the+Zero+Textbook+Cost+%28ZTC%29+initiat…> program—the Bachelor of Interior Design<https://www.kpu.ca/calendar/2018-19/design/interiordesign/interiordesign-de…>!
KPU’s ZTC programs allow students to pursue an education without spending a cent on textbooks. The IDSN program joins the Wilson School of Design’s Certificate in Foundations in Design<https://www.kpu.ca/design/find> along with five other ZTC programs. Search the KPU timetable<https://media.kpu.ca/media/Finding+Zero+Textbook+Cost+%28ZTC%29+Courses/0_o…> to find a growing list of for-credit courses without the cost of textbooks. Students who enrol in this four-year program can expect to save money!
Hear what Lucie Gagne, Chair of Interior Design, has to say:
“Our Interior Design Program is a highly regarded program, one that, in large part, focusses on student success. Given the global economy and issues of fundamental affordability, we have made it a priority to ensure the program remains viable and sustainable by finding cost savings strategies for our students. We are thrilled that we have been able to implement making the Interior Design Degree a Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) program”
-Lucie Gagne, Chair of the Interior Design Program
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Expression of Interest: Development of Open Courses
I’m happy to review and provide feedback on draft proposals. Please send them to open(a)kpu.ca<mailto:open@kpu.ca> by September 13, 2021.
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Dear colleagues,
I am writing to let you know about a BCcampus expression of interest request regarding the development of open courses<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…>.
In summer 2020, BCcampus began creating a collection of open courses<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…> to assist instructors and course developers in creating and updating their courses, particularly while transitioning from in-person teaching to online. The collection currently contains nine full courses that are openly licensed and ready for use.
We are looking for B.C. applicants who have developed, adapted, or adopted an open textbook in our B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.bcca…> to develop a new open course, or adapt an existing open course, that accompanies the textbook.
Up to $8000 is available per grant, depending on how much work is required.
Deadline for submissions is September 20, 2021.
Read the expression of interest for more information. If you have any questions, please contact Melanie Meyers at mmeyers(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:mmeyers@bccampus.ca>.
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Political Ideologies and Worldviews: An Introduction
Edited by Valérie Vézina<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/political-ideologies/back-matter/about-the-autho…>
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Link to Resource: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/political-ideologies/
This open educational resource (OER) brings together Canadian and international scholars in a contemporary, pluralistic volume introducing undergraduates in a variety of relevant disciplines to political ideologies and worldviews. This introductory volume is also suitable for a wider general audience. The first of its kind, this fully open textbook on political worldviews deals with the historical development of classical ideologies, while expanding and updating the subject using contemporary political examples and non-Eurocentric examinations of ideology. The volume includes chapters on Indigenous worldviews, Confucianism, and the future of ideology in the emerging global order. The text also includes a valuable sets of discussion questions for each chapter.
Contributions by: Valérie Vézina (Editor), Francis Abiew, Jennifer Anaquod, Tyler Chamberlain, Frédérick Guillaume Dufour, Serdar Kaya, Conrad King, Logan Masilamani, Gregory Millard, Ross Pink, Dave Poitras, Étienne Schmitt, Jackie F. Steele, Arjun Tremblay, Serbulent Turan, and John Wright
This OER was funded by KPU | Open Education’s OER Grant Program<https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants>.
For a complete catalogue of works published by the Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS> at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, please visit: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/catalog/openkpu
For more about KPU | Open Education, please visit: www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open>
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Announcing an Additional OER Grant Recipient!
KPU Open Education is pleased to announce and congratulate yet another recipient of the Summer 2021 Open Educational Resources Creation Grant:
Nishan Perera (School of Business)
* Along with the Marketing OER Working Group, Nishan Perera will be leading a grant-funded project to create a curated list of Open Educational Resources for Marketing courses taught at KPU.
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Open Education Policy Forum 2021
The below message was originally sent by Arianna Cheveldave on behalf of BCcampus.
Dear colleagues,
Attached is a PDF with complete information about the 6th Open Education Policy Forum: The Universe of Openness, which will be held in the Central European time zone on Wednesday, September 15, and Thursday, September 16, hosted by Centrum Cyfrowe.
This is a free online conference that will be held in English.
There is an open call for 7-minute lightning talks, to be held on September 15. Application deadline is Sunday, August 15.
There are also three workshops of up to 15 participants, currently accepting applications until August 15. Topics include designing the future of open education policy based on know-how and good practices; new concepts & perspectives for the study on copyright for education; and Open Education for Green & Climate Education.
Use this form<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.goog…> to register for the conference and/or apply to lightning talks and workshops.
Contact Anahita Rezaei at openpolicyforum(a)centrumcyfrowe.pl with any questions.
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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