BCcampus Newsletter: October 9, 2019
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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. Learn more...
News
From Zed Cred to ZTC: Clarifying what institutions really meanB.C.’s colleges, universities, and institutes have learned to be careful when using the word “zero” to describe a course or program. Read more... Early thoughts on the BCcampus open homework systems projectA few weeks ago, BCcampus started a new two-year project that will explore open source alternatives to commercial online homework systems. Clint Lalonde, who is leading this part of our Open work, has been blogging some of his early thinking about this project at his blog EdTech Factotum. Read more.. BCIT recipient of 2020 OE Sustainability GrantBCIT is a recipient of the 2020 Open Education Sustainability Grant, signalling another step toward open education sustainability at yet another institution as well as across the B.C. post-secondary sector. Read more...
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Post-Secondary Directory expanded to include all of CanadaOne of the challenges of working in a relatively new field like open education is finding the community, tools, and support needed–especially at the local level. In April, BCcampus Open Education addressed this issue by publishing the first half of the Post-Secondary Directory. Read more... Easier customization: 33 OpenStax textbooks now in PressbooksTo all instructors who have been waiting for more OpenStax textbooks to be added to Pressbooks, your wait is over! Current versions of all 33 OpenStax textbooks in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection are now part of the BCcampus Pressbooks library. Read more... |
Open Education Updates
New books added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- A test bank is now available for Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)
- Native Peoples of North America has been archived as it does not meet the criteria for the B.C. collection. This book can still be found in the Open Textbook Library .
Support resources updates
- Evaluate an Open Textbook has been updated as well as the Find an Open Textbook and Evaluate an Open Textbook in the Adaptation Guidewith OER evaluation checklists from the Open Oregon Educational Resources.
- NEW: Appendix C: OpenStax Textbooks in Pressbooks in the Pressbooks Guide
- COMPLETED: Adoption Guide - 2nd Edition
OpenEd updates
- 33 OpenStax textbooks now in Pressbooks
For the most current open education information, see:
For questions about open education in B.C., see the Answer Guide
OER by Discipline Directory: new entries
- Anatomy
- Course Collections
- Education - General
- English and Writing
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- Hairdressing
- Indigenous Studies
- Multimedia Collections
- Open Education and Open Pedagogy
- Pedagogy and Instructional Design
- Pharmacology
- Physics
We need 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.
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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.
