BCcampus Newsletter: August 28, 2019
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Get the word out about the 2019 Symposium: Learning Transformation at Coast Mountain College on October 25th, 2019!
Pre-and post-conference events! Experiential, place-based learning! 2019 Symposium is going to be amazing this year. Everyone is welcome and childcare is available for the pre-conference and conference event!
Career Opportunities
Come work with us! Two new OpenEd positions are available:
We welcome applications from members of equity-seeking groups.
Calls and Grants
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
Closing the divide at Symposium 2019Overcoming distances, making room to grow, and engaging an interested, aware, and eager community of learners are all part of the upcoming Symposium 2019: Learning Transformation. Join us in Terrace, B.C., on October 25, 2019, to help reimagine how education is made possible. Read more... Welcome to our newest Open Education membersWe’ve searched high and low to find the newest members of the Open Education team, and we are pleased to welcome the following Open Education superstars. Read more...
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Meet FLO Facilitator: Leva LeeOver 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... |
Open Education Updates
New books added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- New edition: Chemistry: Atoms First - 2e (OpenStax)
- New edition: Chemistry - 2e (OpenStax)
- Elementary Algebra (OpenStax)
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (published by Ryerson)
Support resources updates
- See new Appendix B: Pressbooks Catalogues in the Pressbooks Guide. Several post-secondary institutions in Canada and the U.S. have established their own instances of Pressbooks and, many, host a catalogue of open textbooks and other OER within that instance. Several of these are listed here alphabetically by province or state.
Open Ed updates
- Have added a definition for "open textbook" to the Adoption page on the OpenEd site.
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:
- Information Directory - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions
- Post-Secondary Directory - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C., and every province and territory in Canada
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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.
