Learning Opportunities 

📅 BCcampus Celebrates Open Education Week

March 4-8, 2024 

Open Education Week is internationally recognized and raises awareness of, and celebrates achievements in, open education. This year, BCcampus is celebrating Open Education Week out in the community with special funding for post-secondary institutions in B.C. and the Yukon to host their own events. Visit our event calendar to see some of this week's events! 

Learn more: BCcampus Open Education Week

📅 The Possibility of New Futures: Dreaming with Open Education

March 6, 2024 | 4 -5 p.m. 

This is the first of three talks related to the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education at the University of British Columbia. It will focus on open education, exploring how attendees can use and create open educational materials for use in their classes. This talk is relevant for educators in both primary and secondary education, as well those in tertiary education.

Speaker Apurva Ashok will lay the foundations for topics related to open education and make space for attendees to explore major undercurrents in the field. This session will encourage attendees to find connections between open education and practice.

Learn more: The Possibility of New Futures: Dreaming with Open Education

📅 Research Speaker Series – Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Supercharge Research Insights

March 12, 2024 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

Artificial intelligence (AI) research assistants like ChatGPT, ChatGPT Scholar, Claude, Google Bard, Keenious, and Elicit are transforming the process of scholarly investigation and discovery. This talk explores how AI tools can help researchers uncover hidden connections in data, generate novel hypotheses, simulate experiments, and extract key insights from literature.

Learn more: Research Speaker Series – Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Supercharge Research Insights

📅 Touching Base: A Conversation About Open Education in B.C. Post-Secondary 

March 13, 2024 | 2 - 3:30 p.m. 

We invite people who support open education at post-secondary institutions in B.C. and the Yukon to a virtual conversation about their practice and challenges. This discussion will encompass topics such as:

• Methods for supporting open education initiatives at your institution
• Common challenges encountered in this endeavour
• Strategies for mutual support among peers

Learn more: Touching Base: A Conversation About Open Education in B.C. Post-Secondary

A complete list of our upcoming events, archives, and resources is available on our website. 

Recommended Reading 

📘 Trends and the Future of Open Education

In celebration of Open Education Week, we explore the transformative force of open education, from democratizing knowledge to embracing AI and Indigenous perspectives. Discover how these trends are reshaping the future of learning!

Learn more: Trends and the Future of Open Education

📘 Creating Active Learning Experiences Using H5P

H5P is a flexible, open-source, content-authoring tool that creates dynamic content that can live on multiple platforms. Following our FLO EdTech Sandbox Session, facilitator John Cheng shares how we can use H5P to create active and engaging online learning experiences for all.

Learn more: Creating Active Learning Experiences Using H5P

📘 Introducing the Sector Advisory Committee  

The Sector Advisory Committee (SAC) recently held its inaugural meeting to support the Professional Development for Educators Initiative in British Columbia, as part of the Post-Secondary Digital Learning Strategy. Read our blog post to learn more about the committee and its work to enhance educator training. 

Learn more: Introducing the Sector Advisory Committee

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Seeking Submissions

💻 Call for Expressions of Interest: Online Learning Designers and Facilitators

BCcampus is inviting expressions of interest from B.C. post-secondary educators interested in developing and delivering new FLO MicroCourses, FLO Labs, or FLO Friday sessions for the period of May 2024 to March 2025. We are specifically interested in topics related to practices and integration of the eight competencies of the B.C. Post-Secondary Digital Literacy Framework.

The deadline to submit is March 29, 2024. 

Learn more: Call for Expressions of Interest: Online Learning Designers and Facilitators

💻 Call for Proposals: ETUG Spring 2024 Workshop – Digital Literacy Today: Celebrating 30 Years of Educational Transformation

ETUG is accepting proposals for event presenters for their upcoming spring workshop on May 9-10, 2024. 

Proposals should aim to address one or more of the following questions:

• What trends in student demographics and expectations are you observing? How do these trends inform, or relate to, changes in educational technology?
• What expectations are there in terms of technology use in the workplace? How are these expectations informing program content and delivery?
• How are institutions supporting the delivery of online, hybrid, and in-person classes?
• How do you accommodate different learning styles and abilities when integrating digital literacy into your lessons? 
• Are there specific strategies you use to ensure inclusivity in digital literacy education?
• How do you share successful practices and lessons learned with your colleagues?
• What challenges do you face in incorporating digital literacy into your teaching?
• How do you overcome these challenges, and are there any innovative solutions you have implemented?

The deadline to submit is March 29, 2024. 

Submit here: Call for Proposals: ETUG Spring 2024 Workshop – Digital Literacy Today: Celebrating 30 Years of Educational Transformation

💻 Equity Sequence: Building Equality Better 

In partnership with the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, BCcampus is offering free access to Equity Sequence training to anyone in the public B.C. post-secondary sector. Space is limited and provided on a first-come, first-served basis. 

The Equity Sequence training takes place in an online, gamified learning platform and community. The learner encounters informative video content, engages in self-reflection and sharing with the community, and puts their new skill to use on case studies before applying the Equity Sequence to their own work.

Learn more: Equity Sequence: Building Equality Better

💻 Evaluate OER Under Consideration

BCcampus maintains a list of open educational resources (OER) we are considering for the B.C. Open Collection. We want to ensure the OER we add to the collection are high quality and relevant for people who teach post-secondary classes in Canada. We are looking for subject-matter experts from Canada to evaluate open textbooks we are considering for the B.C. Open Collection.

Learn more: Evaluate OER Under Consideration

BCcampus offices are situated on the unceded territories of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich), and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples. As both individuals and an organization, we continue to learn and build relationships as we actively respond to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.