BCcampus Newsletter: June 5, 2019
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Redefining the annual review: Learning. Doing. Leading.As part of our commitment to transparency, we are obligated to produce an annual review, but we aren’t required to make it interesting, useful, or fun to read. But we did. Here’s how we went about making it better. Read more... Award for Excellence in Open Education: Arley CrutherWe keep the momentum going with the announcement of the newest winner of the Award for Excellence in Open Education: Arley Cruthers, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). Please join us in congratulating Arley on being the 13th recipient of the Award for Excellence in Open Education. Read more... |
An un-frog-gettable conversation with artist Jamie NoleEver wonder where artists find their motivation? Jamie Nole, the Northwest Coast artist commissioned to create the logo for Symposium 2019, shares her inspiration for and experience with creating art. Read more... Pressbooks Guide: Create New ContentBooks in Pressbooks are made up of chapters, which are the building blocks of content, and parts, which are organizational blocks that house those chapters. If you intend to have your book hosted in Pressbooks, it is best practice to work on the book directly in Pressbooks as soon as possible, rather than work in another application like Microsoft Word and then copy the content into Pressbooks. Read more... |
New from the B.C. Open Textbook Collection:
BCcampus OpenEd updates:
See the new Adult Basic Education (ABE) projects, funded by BCcampus, currently in progress.
New open research:
Earle, S. (2019). What students like and dislike about open textbooks. BCcampus Open Education Research Fellows Report.
- A copy of the research can be found under "Open Textbooks" in the Canada section of Research and reports in the Information Directory. For more information see the March 12, 2019 BCcampus blog: What students like (and dislike) about open educational resources.
Updated support resources:
- The OER by Discipline Guide has been renamed OER by Discipline Directory to better reflect its purpose as a reference tool.
- The Accessibility Toolkit - 2nd Edition now includes recordings and PowerPoint slides from the Inclusive Design Webinar Series in Appendix C.
The following new categories have been added to the Information Directory:
- Inclusive Access (IA)
- Reading: Print vs. Screens
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.
Career Opportunites
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.
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