Working Together, Learning Together 

"Open licences are how copyright holders let the world know that they are okay with people taking, reusing, and adapting their creative works... These licences specify exactly what others are allowed to do with the work and in what contexts without needing to contact the copyright holder to ask permission."

Learn more: Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus

Spotlight 

📅 ETUG Spring Workshop – Future-proof Learning Design: The Integration of Digital Literacy, Inclusive Tech, and AI

June 1-2, 2023 | Online and in-person

The schedule is now out for ETUG's two-day spring workshop!

Check out the speakers and their presentations that will guide us as we explore how digital literacy, inclusive technology, and AI could be “baked” into courses and how instructors are supported in making design decisions around technology.

Learn more: Future-proof Learning Design: The Integration of Digital Literacy, Inclusive Tech, and AI

Learning Opportunities 

📅 OER Production Series

May 10, 17, 26, and 31, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Throughout the month of May, we'll be exploring open educational resources (OER) themes for beginners and experts alike!

Choose from our weekly webinars where we'll learn everything related to OER production - from fundamentals and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, to Pressbooks and Universal Design for Learning. 

Learn more: OER Production Series

📅 FLO Lab: Overcoming Biases in EdTech Integration

May 11, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Through a series of hands-on activities, participants will identify their preconceptions about technology integration and explore ways to overcome biases. The FLO Lab will also provide a space for co-reflection and discussion about strategies, allowing participants to learn together and develop a shared understanding of how to approach technology integration in education with openness and confidence.

Learn more: FLO Lab: Overcoming Biases in EdTech Integration

📅 FLO Panel: Artificial Intelligence in Post-Secondary Education, a B.C. Perspective

May 23, 2023 | 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most powerful agents of change in higher education. It presents all educators in B.C. with myriad of opportunities as well as academic, ethical, and legal challenges. BCcampus would like to offer a space for a vibrant conversation with diverse scholars from B.C. post-secondary institutions about how AI is inextricably intertwined with the future of education.

Learn more: FLO Panel: Artificial Intelligence in Post-Secondary Education, a B.C. Perspective

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

Recommended Reading 

📘 Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus 

This resource provides an overview of everything you will need to know when creating an open educational resource (OER). It provides a high-level overview of things to keep in mind as you work on your project and links to resources that go into more depth so you can easily find the information you need. 

Learn more: Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Accepting Applications

💻 Expression of Interest: Online Learning Designers and Facilitators 

Teach with us! BCcampus invites expressions of interest from B.C. post-secondary educators who are interested in developing and delivering new FLO MicroCourses, FLO Labs, or FLO Friday sessions for the period of May 2023 to March 2024. 

Learn more: Expression of Interest: Online Learning Designers and Facilitators

💻 Call for Proposals: Open Textbook Adaptation

BCcampus has two call for proposals where the successful project teams will adapt two open textbooks to update and revise the content to be more equitable and inclusive. 

Learn more: Call for Proposals: Open Textbook Adaptation – Introduction to Sociology and Call for Proposals: Open Textbook Adaptation – Introduction to Psychology

💻 Call for Proposals: Professional Learning in the Early Childhood Sector in B.C.

BCcampus is seeking experts in early childhood education and curriculum development to submit proposals and help develop professional learning for ECEs across the province.

Successful applicants will be offered contracts valued at up to $100,000 for their work. Payment will be tied to deliverables based on the service contract.

Learn more: Call for Proposals: Professional Learning in the Early Childhood Sector in B.C.

BCcampus acknowledges the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) Peoples and the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples on whose traditional territories we are privileged to live, work, and learn. Through our work we are learning to incorporate Indigenous epistemologies into our actions and understandings, supporting decolonization, reconciliation, and Indigenization to advocate systemic changes in the post-secondary environment of B.C.