The KPU Open Studies group is pleased to present a hands on workshop for those interested in using Pressbooks, a popular web platform that is used to create or adapt open textbooks.
Join KPU librarians and learn how to use the BCcampus hosted version to transform your documents into web ready books! Computers are provided but you should have access to an online document that you are interested in converting to a web based book.
When: Wednesday May 31, 10-12 (coffee is on at 9:30!)
Where: Surrey Campus Library
Room: Library second floor lab
Register here please https://www.kpu.ca/Pressbooks (There is no fee for these events but registration is required.)
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Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ | https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ ]
...and register here: [ https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 | https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 ] . Registration deadline is May 17th !
Join us! Any questions - contact Amanda Coolidge ( [ mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] )
Kind regards,
Amanda Coolidge and Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Good morning!
In an ongoing effort to sustain and build the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] , BCcampus asks for your help to identify subject areas within this collection that are missing open textbooks either entirely or in specific categories and/or course levels. As an overview, there are currently 180 textbooks in this collection covering eight main subject areas (Sciences, Trades, Business and Management, Liberal Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Upgrading Programs, Health Related, and Recreation, Tourism, Hospitality and Service). Within these eight areas are 36 secondary subject areas. For a summary of these subject areas and links to specific books, go to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/ | Open Textbook Stats ] page and click on the "Subjects" tab.
We ask that you please send us suggestions for subject areas that are missing open textbooks, those subject areas where you have heard from faculty "I would adopt an open textbook, but there isn't one in my subject area". Additionally, it would be helpful to have the following information for each identified subject area.
Textbook Subject
1. Subject
2. Course level
3. Specific topic with the subject (if applicable)
We will be reviewing these suggestions as we publish a new call for proposals in the coming months- proposals for creation, adaptation, adoption of open textbooks- preferably with a targeted approach based on the needs of the system.
Thank you for your time and attention to this request-
Amanda Coolidge, Lauri Aesoph
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hello Everyone,
I'm please to announce the following 5 new additions to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection: ]
A First Course in Linear Algebra
Macroeconomics: Theory, Models, and Policy
Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
We also new editions for two current books in our repository:
I [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0370418e-be7d-4541-b0d1-… | ntroduction to Financial Accounting - Second Edition ]
This book has been updated to version 2.2. Files for the previous version are still posted, but will be removed on June 1.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=662054ef-3b43-4e62-a509-… | Calculus: Early Transcendentals ] has been updated with the Lyryx version
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
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From: Rajiv Jhangiani
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2017 3:59 PM
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Cc: Marlyn Graziano <Marlyn.Graziano(a)kpu.ca>; Tatiana Tomljanovic <tatiana.tomljanovic(a)kpu.ca>; Corry Anderson-Fennell <Corry.Anderson-Fennell(a)kpu.ca>; Simon Chiu <simon.chiu(a)kpu.ca>; Cory Pedersen <Cory.Pedersen(a)kpu.ca>
Subject: More press
Dear colleagues,
Two articles were published today that I think will be of interest to you. The first appeared in University Affairs, and includes excerpts of interviews with Farhad and myself, along with several other leading open education advocates and practitioners across the country, including Gill Green, Amanda Coolidge, David Porter, and Paul Stacey: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/open-educational-r…
And the second follows my recent trip to the University of Kansas and talks about the social movement that is behind open education: http://cteblog.ku.edu/turning-open-education-into-a-social-movement/
Cheers,
Rajiv
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D.
University Teaching Fellow in Open Studies & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology>
Senior Open Education Research & Advocacy Fellow, BCcampus<https://open.bccampus.ca/>
Faculty Workshop Facilitator, Open Textbook Network<https://research.cehd.umn.edu/otn/>
Associate Editor, Psychology Learning & Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353>
New Book: Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbc)
Dear KPU Open Education Community,
Welcome to the "Open KPU" listserv!
In collaboration with BCcampus, KPU has created and agreed to pilot the "Open KPU" listserv to be used to share information about open education news, events, and resources at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and BCcampus. To post to this list, send your message to openkpu(a)mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:openkpu@mail.bccampus.ca> .
As a participant you are free to use this listserv to disseminate your own open education information and news, or to ask colleagues for assistance about open educational issues. For instance
* Looking for an open textbook in your subject area? Ask your KPU colleagues for ideas.
* Wondering how to use Pressbooks or create an open textbook adaptation? Use this listserv to find out who has this expertise at KPU.
* Interested in designing a course assignment wherein students edit Wikipedia articles or produce some other useful public resource? Reach out to colleagues who have already done this.
You have been added to this list because of your participation or interest in open education such as an open textbook author, reviewer, event or conference attendee.
To receive your password and gain access to your configuration page, follow these steps.
1. Go to http://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/openkpu<http://webmail.shawhosting.ca/hwebmail/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Flis…>
a) Scroll down to "Openkpu Subscribers"
b) Enter your email address in the field under "To unsubscribe from Openkpu, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address"
c) Click the "Unsubscribe or edit options" button
d) Note: This action will NOT remove you from this list.
2. You will land on a page entitled: "Openkpu mailing list membership configuration for (YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS)"
a) Scroll down to "Your Openkpu Password".
b) Under "Forgotten Your Password?", click on "Email My Password To Me".
c) Take note of the URL for this page as this is your personal configuration page for this listerv.
Your personal configuration page will allow you to:
* change your email address
* add your name
* unsubscribe from the list
* change or retrieve your password
* change other options.
If you know of a KPU colleague who wishes to join this listserv, ask them to submit a subscription request at http://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/openkpu .
If you would like be removed from the list, you can follow the instructions above or I can also do it for you. Just let me know!
Regards,
Caroline Daniels
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