BCcampus Newsletter: July 17, 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? Please share the link below and help us find the next #TeamBCcampus member today
We welcome applications from members of equity seeking groups.
Current Calls and Grants
Event Highlight
Book your flight to beautiful Terrace, B.C. and join us for the 2019 Symposium: Learning Transformation at Coast Mountain College on October 25th, 2019.
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:
News
Meet FLO Facilitator: Andy SellwoodOver 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 course and then co-facilitating one or more of the FLO courses. This group has come to be known as the FLO Enthusiasts. Read more... Announcing the BCcampus Ed Tech Fellows 2019 –2020BCcampus is pleased to launch our new Educational Technology Fellows program with the appointment of Derek Turner and Sarah Van Borek as Ed Tech Fellows for 2019–2020. Read more...
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Carrie Nolan: Being a Teaching FellowThough I was a recipient of the Scholarly Teaching Fellowship from BCcampus, I represented a cohort of instructors from Coast Mountain College who engaged in this action research project together. One of the benefits provided by being a Teaching Fellow was the impetus for us to turn our doing into documenting, reflecting, and sharing. Read more... |
Open Education Updates
The following chapters in the OER by Discipline Directory have been updated:
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, take a look at these continuously updated directories:
New books
1. Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter
This French language textbook comes from ecampusOntario Open Library. Le manuel Résumer, synthétiser, argumenter s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e année universitaire, essentiellement).
2. Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin
By Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis and published by the University of Regina Open Access Publishing, this book offers a broad range of learning materials easily accessible to Cree language learners. It includes Cree language audio labs and a language workbook.
3. Two more textbooks from OpenStax, each with an editable Pressbooks copy:
4. Introduction to Community Psychology
This new Rebus Community textbook shows students how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism.
Support resource update
- See the new Embedding and Linking chapter in the Self-Publishing Guide
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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.
