BCcampus Newsletter: July 31, 2019
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Career Opportunities
Building relationships. Building connections. Building trust.
We are looking for incredible talent. Do you have a yearning to join a fast-paced, values-based, growing team, or know someone who does? We are searching for the next #TeamBCcampus member.
We welcome applications from members of equity-seeking groups.
Current Calls and Grants
Event Highlight
The schedule is live for 2019 Symposium: Learning Transformation at Coast Mountain College on October 25th, 2019!
Check out the plenary sessions as well as presenters in these streams:
- Transformation and Inclusion
- Transformation and Teaching
- Transformation and Scholarly Inquiry
With an emphasis on experiential place-based learning, the 2019 Symposium: Learning Transformation is focused on the transformation of our approaches and practice to teaching and learning. Everyone is welcome.
Funding Opportunities
BCcampus Learning Access Program for Educators (LAP-E) supports applicants to allow them to participate and share their ideas as well as learn from others. BCcampus aims to provide a diverse set of voices to its events and will balance regional participation with budget limitations.
The LAP-E assists with registration fees as well as travel, per diem, and accommodation costs. We are currently accepting applications for the following events:
Help us get the word out - the Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions call for proposals is open until August 22, 2019. The purpose of the call is for institutional open education working groups to improve the sustainability of open education. Funds can be used for, but are not limited to workshops, training, and institutional support for OER and open education infrastructure such as:
- Awareness building
- Helpdesk support specific to open education
- How to use or adopt OER
- Open pedagogy
- Open policy
- Open publishing support or services (new creations or adaptations)
- Pressbooks support and training
Four grants of $32,250 each will be offered.
News
Accessibility Toolkit: FormulasIn this post, we review how to add accessible formulas to content. Read more... Meet FLO Facilitator: Sally Bourque Over the years, individuals from institutions and organizations across British Columbia have taken Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) to the next level by participating in the Facilitator Development/Mentorship program and co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. If you are thinking about adopting FLO courses at your institution, these are the people who can help! Read more...
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Pressbooks Guide – Videos, Audio, and Interactive MediaIn this post, we review how to embed media on a book's webpage in Pressbooks. Read more... Enthusiasts moving FLO to the next level We have another successful Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) Enthusiast Gathering under our belt. What a productive crew! Read more... |
Open Education Updates
New books
- Technical Writing Essentials by University of Victoria professor, Suzan Last, is designed to introduce readers to the basics of professional communications in technical fields: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.
Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan) by Jorden Cummings and Lee Sanders, is a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from a number of open textbooks. This new version includes a Key Terms list for each chapter, an expanded glossary, and H5P chapter self-tests.
Support resource update
- The Post-Secondary Directory now includes a section on open education in all provinces and territories in Canada
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. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty. Contact bookreviews@bccampus.ca if you are interested in providing an SME review.
Help us identify the gaps
Contact opentext@bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
For the most current open education information, look at these continuously updated directories.
- Information Directory - Research, articles, blogs, and books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., and Global North, and Global South regions
- OER by Discipline Directory - Lists a wide range of OER by discipline. It acts as a referatory with the resource name and link, its licence, and a short description. Discipline-specific collections are also included.
- Post-Secondary Directory - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C.
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For thousands of years the Coast Salish, Lkwungen, and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, and play. We are committed to building relationships with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect, and we thank them for their hospitality.
