BCcampus News for the week of January 24, 2024 No images? Click here Learning Opportunities📅 Accessibility Bites: Social MediaJanuary 25, 2024 | 12 - 12:30 p.m. You often hear others talk about accessibility, but you’re not quite sure how to put it into practice (or maybe you just haven’t had a chance). These Accessibility Bites sessions are for you! This January, we will talk about accessibility considerations across social media platforms. If you use Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or TikTok, this session is for you! Learn more: Accessibility Bites: Social Media 📅 FLO Friday: Navigating Authenticity and Anonymity in Your Online IdentityJanuary 26, 2024 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join us as we delve into the dynamics of managing authenticity and anonymity in your online identity! Participants will actively engage in discussions and activities aimed at striking a balance between authentic self-expression and maintaining privacy. We'll explore considerations and strategies for navigating the complexities of online identity while fostering a meaningful and secure digital presence. Learn more: FLO Friday: Navigating Authenticity and Anonymity in Your Online Identity 📅 FLO MicroCourse: Please Share with the Class — Creating Online Gallery and Portfolio SpacesJanuary 29 - February 2, 2024 | Asynchronous This FLO MicroCourse will guide participants in creating online gallery and portfolio spaces. Engaging in discussions and activities, we'll focus on developing effective strategies for sharing and showcasing work in an online educational context. Participants will gain practical insights into constructing digital platforms for sharing educational content and portfolios. Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: Please Share with the Class — Creating Online Gallery and Portfolio Spaces 📅 Micro-credential Toolkit Story Spotlight: DesignFebruary 8, 2024 | 12 - 1 p.m. Join us as we dig into the design section of the BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. Facilitated by story contributor Zoë MacLeod from Royal Roads University, this webinar will explore designing micro-credentials. Zoë will discuss using competency frameworks, using existing content, and assessing knowledge, skills, and attributes in micro-credential design. Bring your thoughts and questions. Learn more: Micro-credential Toolkit Story Spotlight: Design 📅 2023 Pan-Canadian Report on Digital Learning Trends in Canadian Post-Secondary EducationFebruary 13, 2024 | 10 - 11 a.m. Join Amanda Coolidge, executive director at BCcampus, and Dr. Nicole Johnson, executive director at Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA), as they dive deep into the details of the 2023 Pan-Canadian Report on Digital Learning Trends in Canadian Post-Secondary Education and how the findings from the report impact the B.C. post-secondary sector. Learn more: 2023 Pan-Canadian Report on Digital Learning Trends in Canadian Post-Secondary Education 📅 FLO EdTech Sandbox Series – H5PFebruary 14, 2024 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. In these two-hour livestream webinars, expert leaders will introduce and demonstrate cutting-edge, open, and free or low-cost educational technology tools, allowing you to experiment and gather exciting ideas for teaching activities. Our mission is to foster digital teaching innovation, encouraging faculty and staff to embrace emerging technologies with curiosity and openness, ultimately enhancing the learning experience for all. Learn more: FLO EdTech Sandbox Series – H5P 📅 FLO MicroCourse: Write a Compelling Discussion PromptFebruary 26 – March 3, 2024 | Asynchronous Spruce up your discussion forums and make them enticing for your students! Join our upcoming FLO MicroCourse to discover effective strategies for engaging discussions, collaborative formats, and unforgettable learning experiences. Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: Write a Compelling Discussion Prompt 📅 Research Speaker Series – Digital Arts-Based Research in EducationFebruary 27, 2024 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. In this session facilitator Rachel Horst will share tools and technologies for any researcher interested in how digital media have become part of existence, creative expression, and meaning-making. This presentation will examine how digital arts and aesthetics can be used at all stages of research and representation. Participants will take up digital arts-based approaches through a post-humanist and new materialist framework to understand creativity, relationality, and our post-digital experience in troubled times. They will also be introduced to how digital arts-based tools and new media aesthetics can deepen and extend your research inquiries. Learn more: Research Speaker Series – Digital Arts-Based Research in Education 📅 ACE-WIL 2024 Conference: WILful TogetherMay 27-28, 2024 | New Westminster, B.C. The Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon (ACE-WIL) is pleased to announce its 2024 conference, "WILful Together." The conference has an engagement network of 300+ co-op and work-integrated learning professionals, practitioners, researchers, and advocates from across B.C. and beyond who are committed to supporting post-secondary student talent development and fuelling future economic growth. Learn more: ACE-WIL 2024 Conference: WILful Together A complete list of our upcoming events, archives, and resources are available on our website. Recommended Reading📘 The BCcampus Research Fellows Program: Supporting Research for Student SuccessCelebrate the fifth anniversary of BCcampus' Research Fellows Program and explore the diverse topics of the 2024–2025 cohort, including equity, inclusion, and artificial intelligence. Discover valuable insights from scholars contributing to the program. Learn more: The BCcampus Research Fellows Program: Supporting Research for Student Success 📘 BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Colleen GrandyThis month’s award goes to Colleen Grandy, a senior instructor for both the School of Business and Leadership and the Teaching and Learning team at Yukon University. She is the first person from the Yukon to receive this recognition from BCcampus! Learn more: BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Colleen Grandy 📘 Digital Pedagogy Toolbox: Promoting Equity and Inclusivity Through Digital Formative AssessmentDive into the transformative impact of digital formative assessments on higher education! Discover how these tools promote inclusivity, personalized feedback, and accessibility. Learn more: Digital Pedagogy Toolbox: Promoting Equity and Inclusivity Through Digital Formative Assessment Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. Open Education UpdatesThe kick off to 2024 presents two new opportunities for the Canadian post-secondary community: BCcampus is looking for subject-matter experts to evaluate open textbooks we are considering for the B.C. Open Collection and Open Education Week grants are available for institutional sponsored events. See OpenEd updates for a complete list of what's happening at BCcampus. Seeking Submissions💻 BCcampus Strategic Planning (2024-2027) - Survey BCcampus is seeking your valuable input for its strategic planning from 2024–2027. Engage by participating in a 10-15 minute-long survey and have an influence on our future priorities and initiatives. Join us and be a part of shaping the future of post-secondary education in British Columbia! Learn more: BCcampus Strategic Planning (2024–2027) - Survey 💻 Call for Proposals: Editor for Health Care Assistant Supplement In collaboration with the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, BCcampus is seeking an editor to revise the Health Care Assistant Program: Supplement to the Provincial Curriculum Guide (2015) to align with the newly revised Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum. The editor will be responsible for reviewing, editing, and providing guidance on the supplement, with deliverables including copyediting completed sections, editing the complete draft, and proofreading after layout. The deadline to submit is January 26, 2024. Learn more: Call for Proposals: Editor for Health Care Assistant Supplement 💻 Call for Proposals: Indigenous Author for the BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. BCcampus published the BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C., funded by the Ministry of Post-Secondary
Education and Future Skills, in September 2023. This call for proposals is to identify an individual or team with lived experiences to write a chapter with Indigenous perspectives. Learn more: Call for Proposals: Indigenous Author for the BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. 💻 Call for Proposals: Open Education Week Funding This grant aims to help our provincial system partners raise the profile of and celebrate accomplishments in open education by providing up to $1000 in funding to sponsor institutional events that promote open education during the internationally recognized Open Education Week, which takes place March 4–8, 2024. Learn more: Call for Proposals: Open Education Week Funding 💻 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 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. |