BCcampus Newsletter: June 19, 2019 No Images? Click here Calendar
Career OpportunitesBuilding 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 is? Please share these links and help us find the next #TeamBCcampus member today
We welcome applications from members of equity seeking groups. Current Calls for ProposalsEvent HighlightOn October 25th, 2019, join us for the 2019 Symposium: Learning Transformation at Coast Mountain College in Terrace, B.C. 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. Participants and presenters from K-12 and post-secondary are invited to attend. There will be both pre and post-conference events offered! Funding OpportunitiesBCcampus 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: News
Open Education UpdatesTo improve the discoverability of open textbooks in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection, we have updated our collection's subject categories to be more comprehensive. This means a number of new categories and subcategories that better reflect the structure and content of the collection. We welcome you to explore the new categories and send us any feedback that you have. And we send a big thank you to the BCOEL who provided us with resources, guidance, and feedback. Recent updates to the OER by Discipline Directory:New Open Textbook: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.Evaluate an Open Textbook: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.Contact bookreviews@bccampus.ca with your areas of expertise if interested. |