BCcampus Newsletter: May 22, 2019
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Meet FLO Facilitator: Beth Cougler BlomOver 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... Accessibility Toolkit: Colour ContrastIn this post, we provide guidelines and recommendations about colour contrast in your textbook materials. Read more... |
Liberating Structures User Groups Meet OnlineRecently, the Liberating Structures (LS) user groups from Vancouver and Victoria B.C. got together ONLINE for the first time to experiment with LS online. As always, I love co-facilitating with my Victoria LS User Group partner, Beth Cougler Blom, and higher ed colleagues and Vancouver LS User group stewards Leva Lee and Barish Golland. Read more...
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New from the B.C. Open Textbook Collection:
BCcampus OpenEd updates:
The Accessibility Toolkit - 2nd Edition now includes recordings and PowerPoint slides from the Inclusive Design Webinar Series in Appendix C.
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.
The OER by Discipline Guide has been renamed OER by Discipline Directory to better reflect its purpose as a reference tool.
Recent updates to the OER by Discipline Directory
- General OER Repositories
- Astronomy
- Earth and Ocean Sciences - General
- English and Writing
- Materials
- Philosophy
- Physics
For information on OER in development, visit these OpenEd pages:
- Current Projects
- "Groups developing open textbooks and OER" section at the bottom of Other Open Textbook Collections
Current Calls for Proposals:
Event highlight:
For 25 years, ETUG’s annual conference has gathered the most dynamic and creative educational technology professionals from around the province of B.C. for an intensive, highly collaborative exploration of new educational technologies, best practices, and pressing issues.
Our theme for this special ETUG gathering is Back to the Future: Looking Back, Moving Forward.
On June 20 - 21, 2019, join us for the ETUG 25th Anniversary Conference at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.
BCcampus calendar:
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