Hello!
(Apologies for the cross-posting)
The team at Babson Survey Research Group is out today with a report on the use of OER in higher education. The study is based on responses of over 2,700 faculty and there are a number of helpful findings. Inside Higher Ed also published a very positive piece about the findings here: [ https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/12/19/more-faculty-members-are-usi… | https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/12/19/more-faculty-members-are-usi… ] . And The Chronicle of Higher Education published a story on the findings: [ https://www.chronicle.com/article/Use-of-Free-Textbooks-Is/242086 | https://www.chronicle.com/article/Use-of-Free-Textbooks-Is/242086 ]
Key Findings Include:
* Faculty awareness of OER has increased, with 29 percent of faculty reporting that they were “Aware” or “Very Aware” of open educational resources, up from 25 percent last year and 20 percent the year before.
* Graphic #1: Increase Awareness
*
Large enrollment introductory undergraduate courses have adopted openly licensed OpenStax College textbooks at a rate (16.5 percent) equivalent to that of commercial publication adoption.
* Graphic #2: OER & Traditional Textbooks
*
A majority of faculty classify cost as "Very important" for their selection of required course materials. * OER can be as successful as commercial alternatives.
* Faculty report equal levels of satisfaction with OER OpenStax materials and traditional textbooks.
Thanks!
Amanda
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Amanda Coolidge, MEd
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Hello Everyone,
We're very proud to bring you the latest new additions to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook collection ] . The majority of these books (and one course) are by authors in B.C.and Canada with several from the University of Victoria.
EDUCATION
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7069 | Complexities, Capacities, Communities ] (English)
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7342 | Complexités, Capacités, Communautés ] (French)
This book describes approaches to capacity promotion that respond to the complexities and possibilities of communities—at local and country levels. These initiatives challenge established developmental narratives in ECD and international development, and in so doing provide alternative ways for scholars and practitioners in ECD, education, and the broad international development field to enhance capacities.
HEALTH
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7814 | Handbook of eHealth Evaluation: An Evidence-based Approach ]
This handbook presents the science and practice of eHealth evaluation based on empirical evidence gathered over many years within the health informatics discipline. The handbook describes different approaches used to evaluate the planning, design, implementation, use and impact of eHealth systems in different health settings. It also provides a snapshot of the current state of knowledge on the consequences of opting for eHealth systems with respect to their effects and implications on provider performance and health outcomes.
Made in British Columbia
[ https://dementiavoiceandchoice.com/ | Living Well with Dementia ]
This website-based course from Judith DeGroot and Sharon Leitch, Health Care Assistant Program instructors at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, explores how individuals can live a fully engaged, productive, and satisfying life with dementia. The course covers how to connect with afflicted individuals, learn about the disease itself, and discover useful tools. This resource was funded, in part, by an OER Grant from BCcampus.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Canadian (Alberta)
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=16301119-8ec4-4241-b0f7-… | Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook ]
Business math is the study of mathematics required by the field of business. This textbook covers taxes, gross earnings, product prices, and currency exchange; loans, lines of credit, mortgages, leases, savings bonds, and other financial tools. It also discusses how to execute smart monetary decisions both personally and for their business.
There are two versions for this book: The "Basic Edition" and the "Premium Edition." While they cover the same content, the Premium Edition includes additional features such as Excel integration, Excel templates, Excel screenshots, along with lots of extra visuals and graphics to help student wrap their heads around the numbers, procedures, and concepts that they work with. The Basic Edition does not include Excel and those extra visuals and graphics in order to streamline the book.
Made in British Columbia
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d4468c30-938d-4ba9-acd8-… | Principles of Microeconomics, adaptation, UVic ]
This book is an adaptation of Principles of Microeconomics originally published by OpenStax. This adapted version has been reorganized into eight topics and expanded to include over 200 multiple choice questions, examples, eight case studies including questions and solutions, and over 200 editable figures. This adaptation is a work by Dr. Emma Hutchinson with assistance from Maxwell Nicholson. This resource was funded, in part, by an OER Grant from BCcampus.
A [ https://open.bccampus.ca/suggestion-for-the-collection/ | Suggestion for the Collection ] request
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=053bc0d1-fea6-44af-af18-… | Organizational Behavior ]
This book is not be about giving students all the answers to every situation they may encounter when they start their first job or as they continue up the career ladder. Instead, this book gives students the vocabulary, framework, and critical thinking skills necessary to diagnose situations, ask tough questions, evaluate the answers received, and to act in an effective and ethical manner regardless of situational characteristics.
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
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Hello Everyone,
Please see below a call for authors for a new Philosophy open textbook .
Please contact [ mailto:%20zoe@rebus.community | Zoe Wake Hyde ] or [ mailto:%20apurva@rebus.foundation | Apurva Ashok ] if you have any questions about this project or the Rebus Community. Alternatively, you can contact the general editor for the book Christina Hendricks: christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca.
Regards,
Lauri
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250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca
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Hello,
The [ https://forum.rebus.community/ |
Rebus
Community ] is looking for contributors to a new open textbook on Introduction to Philosophy.
The book is targeted at 100-level college courses, and is being put together by Christina Hendricks of the University of British Columbia, with the support of The Rebus Community, a non-profit initiative, developing new collaborative models for publishing free/open textbooks and other academic works.
We are seeking faculty interested in contributing to the book. Particularly, we are looking for:
1.
Chapter authors for the following areas:
1.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/126/ethics-part-ed-george-matthews | Ethics ]
2.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/125/aesthetics-part-ed-w-scott-clifton?… | Aesthetics ]
3.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/206/logic-part-ed-benjamin-martin | Logic ]
4.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/210/social-and-political-philosophy-par… | Social
and Political Philosophy ]
5.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/226/metaphysics-part-ed-adriano-palma | Metaphysics ]
6.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/213/philosophy-of-religion-part-ed-beau… | Philosophy
of Religion ]
7.
[ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/212/philosophy-of-mind-part-ed-heather-… | Philosophy
of Mind ]
We are looking for people with a PhD in philosophy, ideally with teaching experience at the first-year level. PhD students in philosophy may also be considered as authors, or can contribute in other ways to the book.
Interested faculty or PhD students can sign-up using the links above . Each chapter will be around 3000 words. Alternatively, if you would like to write about a section that is not listed, we can discuss the possibility of additions.
You can find more information about the project here: [ https://forum.rebus.community/topic/204/project-summary | https://forum.rebus.community/topic/204/project-summary ]
The Rebus Community is looking for forward-thinking academics, students, and citizens to come help us reimagine publishing and its impacts on education.
We are currently working towards releasing the first few parts of the textbook, which will cover core concepts in Western philosophy and other traditions, with faculty joining us from institutions across North America, Africa, and Europe. The book will be freely available to students and faculty and openly licensed to enable reuse.
Please contact [ mailto:%20zoe@rebus.community | Zoe
Wake Hyde ] or [ mailto:%20apurva@rebus.foundation | Apurva
Ashok ] if you have any questions about this project or the Rebus Community. Alternatively, you can contact the general editor for the book Christina Hendricks: christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca.
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Christina Hendricks
Professor of Teaching, Philosophy
University of British Columbia-Vancouver
[ http://philosophy.ubc.ca/ | http://philosophy.ubc.ca ]
Deputy Academic Director
Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology
[ http://ctlt.ubc.ca/ | http://ctlt.ubc.ca ]
Website: [ http://chendricks.org/ | http://chendricks.org ]
Blog: [ http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks | http://blogs.ubc.ca/chendricks ]
Email: [ mailto:christina.hendricks@ubc.ca | christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca ]
This is very exciting new for Open Studies at KPU! Congrats to all of you who were so involved in getting this off the ground!
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November 1, 2017
KPU unveils sweet suite of courses with no-cost textbooks
Metro Vancouver, B.C. – Students at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) are about to save thousands of dollars on their education, thanks to dozens of courses that don’t require expensive, commercial textbooks.
Launched Nov. 1, the courses are part of KPU’s Zed Cred program, which is the first of its kind in Canada. The "Z" in Zed Cred refers to zero textbook costs and the “Cred” refers to an entire degree program, in this case KPU’s certificate of arts credential.
“Even a single textbook can cost well over $100, which means a student can spend thousands of dollars on textbooks on top of the cost of tuition during their post-secondary career,” said Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani, a university teaching fellow in open studies and psychology instructor.
KPU has launched close to 50 courses in the Faculty of Arts that use either free open textbooks or free library materials that are available online.
Third-year KPU psychology student Bethany Borkowski is already planning to take three Zed Cred courses in counselling psychology, sociology, and journalism. Borkowski estimates she’s spent about $700 on textbooks to date, despite buying mostly old and used editions.
“The high cost of textbooks limits university learning to those who have accessibility and the financial resources available to cover additional costs,” says Borkowski. “I know many people who do not buy textbooks because of the cost, and they miss out on valuable information for a course.”
In fact, Jhangiani recently published his research showing that 54 per cent of BC post-secondary students do not purchase at least one of their required course textbooks because of cost.
The introduction of Zed Cred means Borkowski will no longer have to guess what page an instructor is referring to due to differences in their respective textbook editions, she’ll have access to her materials anywhere, and she won’t have to carry any heavy tomes around with her.
Borkowski says open educational resources also make courses much more engaging.
“Instead of just reading from a textbook, we had access to more resources online through hyperlinks in the text and suggested readings from the instructor.”
KPU’s Zed Cred was made possible thanks to a $35,000 grant from BCcampus to adopt and adapt pre-existing free online open education resources as well as create new ones.
KPU also received an Open Education Resource Grant, which matches BCcampus funding with KPU funding for creating new open textbooks, redesigning existing resources, and providing workshops, training and other support services.
KPU is already the leading institutional adopter of open textbooks in B.C.
“KPU is a proudly open access university,” notes Dr. Diane Purvey, dean of the Faculty of Arts. “Zed Cred is in complete alignment with our mission to create pathways to enable all learners to become successful.”
For more information, visit http://www.kpu.ca/arts/zedcred<http://link.email.dynect.net/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=w8Bl7ZSLqC%2BFFE…>.
About Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Hello Everyone,
The [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/call-for-proposals/ | call for proposals ] is now open for the [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/ | 2018 Festival of Learning ] . We encourage all of our open education and other higher ed colleagues from everywhere to submit a proposal. The deadline is [ https://bccampus.ca/festival-of-learning-2018/call-for-proposals/ | December 11 ] .
There will be three topic areas: Open Education , Educational Technology, and Teaching & Learning. (This event is offered in place of the Open Textbook Summit for 2018.)
Festival of Learning 2018 will take place May 28-20, 2018 in beautiful downtown Vancouver. Registration opens on February 1. Join 500 participants in an inclusive space designed to enable cross-pollination between educators and administration, thought leaders and faculty. No matter your role in post-secondary education, we want you to feel comfortable sharing your own experiences – successes as well as challenges.
Best regards,
Lauri Aesoph and the BCcampus OpenEd team
Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education
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Another 'open' workshop hosted right here at KPU! Hope to see you there.
Join Sue Doner, Instructional Designer and OER Accessibility Toolkit<https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/> creator for a workshop on accessibility in the online environment.
In this workshop, you will begin by establishing a common understanding of key terminology like "academic accommodations", "accessibility", and "Universal Design for Learning (UDL)", before identifying "6 easy things you can always do" to contribute to the accessibility of your educational resources. Finally, you will engage in an interactive, facilitated activity that will require you to adopt the perspective of a particular student and assess a learning environment for any accessibility barriers it poses to you/your student.
Workshop: Accessibility, Inclusivity & OER's
When: Tuesday, October 31, 10:30 am -12 pm
Where: Surrey Campus
Room: A2410
?The event is free but registration is required. Find out more and register at:
https://www.kpu.ca/accessibility-inclusivity-oers
Hello Everyone,
It's been a busy fall for BCcampus Open Education. Please see below for a list of new open textbooks, ancillary resources, and other updates. An option to purchase print-on-demand copies through SFU's Document Solutions for Canadian faculty and students is available for all textbooks. Textbooks and supplementary resources that were created in B.C. are labelled as "Made in British Columbia". Other Canadian based materials are also marked.
New Books
CRIMINOLOGY
Made in British Columbia
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0c9b47a1-9309-470c-b83c-… | Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practices and Thinking ] is a teaching text describing and segmenting criminal investigations into its component parts to illustrate the craft of criminal investigation. Published by the Justice Institute of BC and written by Rod Gehl (JIBC) and Darryl Plecas (University of the Fraser Valley), t he goal of this textbook is to assist the reader in forming their own structured mental map of investigative thinking practices.
GEOGRAPHY
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3b660b21-097e-4ecf-8a8e-… | World Regional Geography ] presents an overview of the discipline by introducing students to key themes and concepts in geography through a study of the world’s regions. This recent addition, by Caitlin Finlayson from the University of Mary Washington, was evaluated by subject matter experts in B.C.
MATH - Calculus
Made in British Columbia
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c8c2b69f-5ff7-4b6d-a35a-… | Differential Calculus for the Life Sciences ] , by UBC Math professor Leah Edelstein-Keshet, is a high quality textbook designed with life sciences majors in mind. O ften calculus is taught as a technical subject with rules and formulas devoid of its connection to applications. In this textbook, the applications form an important focal point, with emphasis on life sciences. This places the techniques and concepts into practical context, as well as motivating quantitative approaches to biology taught to undergraduates.
A two-volume set for an introductory calculus course has also been added, written by faculty authors at the Grand Valley State University in Michigan
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=a78cdfc6-b5b6-45cb-9045-… | Active Calculus, 2017 edition ] can be used as a stand-alone textbook for a standard first semester college calculus course or as a supplement to a more traditional text. WeBWork files for a workbook and computer lab activities are available to instructors.
* In [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3dcfe755-6534-4877-9c97-… | Active Calculus Multivariable ] the authors endeavor to actively engage students in learning the subject through an activity-driven approach in which the vast majority of the examples are completed by students.
PSYCHOLOGY
>From NOBA, we've added [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0100da6c-9753-42cf-a1f3-… | Together: The Science of Social Psychology ] in which several modules investigate the ways other people affect our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
SPANISH
Two new textbooks on Spanish literature (and written in Spanish) are now available.
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=17e2b614-b203-4491-8f39-… | Antologia Abierta de Literatura Hispana ] is a critical anthology of literary texts from the Spanish-speaking world. The focus is on canonical authors with an attempt to include voices that have been marginalized. Julie Ward, assistant professor of 20th and 21st-century Latin American literature at the University of Oklahoma, is the editor.
* [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0613e2b4-5a51-4aec-8927-… | Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español, Segunda edición ] i s an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. This textbook is by Robert Sanders, from Portland State University, who specializes in nineteenth and twentieth-century peninsular Spanish literature.
WEB LITERACY
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=ccbb4e77-b20f-4dec-8a9f-… | Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers ] by Michael Caulfield, from Washington State University in Vancouver, WA, "will show you how to use date filters to find the source of viral content, how to assess the reputation of a scientific journal in less than five seconds, and how to see if a tweet is really from the famous person you think it is or from an impostor", amongst other skills.
Textbook Updates
Made in British Columbia
PDF files and print-on-demand copies are now available for the two textbook set: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=4356bb1a-a2d9-4a3c-989e-… | Greek and Latin Roots: Part I - Latin ] and [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=659957b9-b344-4f30-9f74-… | Greek and Latin Roots: Part II - Greek ] . This series examines the systematic principles by which a large portion of English vocabulary has evolved from Latin and (to a lesser degree) from Greek. These open textbooks, by the late Peter Smith, were produced by the University of Victoria and funded, in part, from a BCcampus OER Grant.
Canadian (Alberta)
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c6d0e9bd-ba6b-4548-82d6-… | Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions ] has been updated with files for its 2016 edition. This peer reviewed e-book, from Athabasca University authors Sherri Melrose, Caroline Park, and Beth Perry, is a must-read for nurses and other health professionals who strive to teach with creativity and excellence in clinical settings. Each chapter presents current evidence informed educational practice knowledge.
New Ancillary Resources
HEALTH CARE
Made in British Columbia
[ https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/healthcasestudies/ | Health Case Studies ] , th e work of Glynda Rees, Rob Kruger, and Janet Morrison from BCIT, is a set of eight original health case studies. Each case includes a patient story that models the best practice in healthcare settings along with a set of specific learning objectives to support learning and facilitate educational strategies and evaluation. These case studies align with the textbooks [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fbbb4840-eda5-4265-9f1c-… | Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care ] and [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f4873e49-e09c-469e-9ee8-… | Anatomy and Physiology: OpenStax ] . This project was funded, in part, with funds from a BCcampus OER Grant.
ACCOUNTING
Canadian (Alberta)
For [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0370418e-be7d-4541-b0d1-… | Introduction to Financial Accounting ] , we have added (from author, David Annand, Athabasca University) a comprehensive end-of-course assignment. Randomly-generated versions of this assignment are also available.
ESL and ABE English
Made in British Columbia
Practice exercises, created by the University of Victoria, have been linked to two English as a Second Language (ESL) books in the collection ( [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3988a71f-654e-4c7c-b662-… | In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ] and In the Workplace: [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=c071db23-acd5-4242-adcc-… | An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook ] ) and the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Academic/Basic%20Upgr… | BC R ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Academic/Basic%20Upgr… | eads series ] that focuses on Adult Literacy Fundamentals in English.
Support Resources
A new "Support Resources" category has been added to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook collection ] with sub-categories for [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Guides | Guides ] and [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Toolkits | Toolkits ] . All BCcampus created guides and toolkits have been added.
A new resource, [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f93fbf46-4f6f-44f2-87bd-… | A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students ] , produced through the Rebus Community, has been added to [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=Guides | Guides ] in the B.C. Open Textbook collection. This handbook is for for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other open educational resources. Rajiv Jhangiani, from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, was a contributor.
Other News
BCcampus Open Education has posted an ongoing [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-nominations-awards-for-excellence-in-open… | Call for nominations for its new Awards for Excellence in Open Education ] . This monthly award will recognize outstanding contributions to the open education movement in British Columbia . For details, see the "Calls for Proposals" link at the top of the [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/open.bccampus.ca | BCcampus OpenEd website ] .
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
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Coast Capital Savings Library at KPU is excited to celebrate Open Access Week by hosting a series of workshops that enables participants to engage with the resources and tools open research has to offer.
We've lined up 4 workshops, some offered at 3 different time slots, in hopes that you can partake. Registration is now open!!!
1. CREATE AND ADAPT: Make Web Ready Books Using Pressbooks:
A popular web platform that is used to create or adapt open textbooks. Learn how to use the BCcampus hosted version to transform your documents into web ready books! Computers are provided for KPU employees, but you should have access to an online document that you are interested in converting to a web based book. View times and register<http://www.kpu.ca/OpenAccessWeek>
2. PUBLISH AND EDUCATE: Publish your own journal using Open Journal System (OJS):
A popular journal management and publishing system that allows you to publish your own journal. KPU library is up and running with it. Come get a tour and hands on experience! View times and register<http://www.kpu.ca/OpenAccessWeek>
3. SEARCH AND DISCOVER: Find Open Textbooks and Content in your subject area: you want to use open content, now learn how to find it! View times and registration<http://www.kpu.ca/OpenAccessWeek>
4. EXTEND YOUR TEACHING using Wikipedia in Academia: A Workshop with Dr. Judy Chan, UBC:
Find out how to incorporate Wikipedia in your classes. Hands on exercises! View time and register<http://www.kpu.ca/academia_wikipedia>
The 10th annual Open Access Week takes place internationally October 23-29. Open Access Week is "a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research" and invites participants to focus on what open access enables (OAW website<http://www.openaccessweek.org/>).
Please pass this on to anyone you think might be interested. If you have any questions about the workshops, please contact caroline.daniels(a)kpu.ca<mailto:caroline.daniels@kpu.ca> or Karen.meijer-Kline(a)kpu.ca<mailto:Karen.meijer-Kline@kpu.ca> .
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