Working Together, Learning Together 

"It’s within the nature of librarians to want to connect our patrons with the information they need to be successful, and increasingly this can be difficult when dealing with traditionally copyrighted educational materials. The material might be too expensive, not customized to an instructor’s geographic location or lesson plan, or inaccessible in the required format. Open educational resources fill some of these gaps."

— BC Open Education Librarians

Learn more: Explore the B.C. Open Collection for Your Spring-Time Curriculum Refresh

Learning Opportunities 

📅 (FUN) FLO Friday – Tech Tools for Engagement

April 28, 2023 | 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

What tech tools are you using to improve student learning?

In this fun and interactive one-hour session, we will revisit the definition of student engagement and explore some common tech tools that could promote engagement in technology-infused learning environments. 

Learn more: (FUN) FLO Friday – Tech Tools for Engagement

📅 OER Production Series

May 3, 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

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

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

With the increased use of educational technology and awareness of concepts such as digital literacy, accessibility, and artificial intelligence (AI), more and more educational programs are exploring how to create the best student experience possible. A key factor is a design, in particular design decisions that consider the technology available and the digital literacy of students and instructors. 

In this two-day workshop, we’ll 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

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

Recommended Reading 

📘 Explore the B.C. Open Collection for Your Spring-Time Curriculum Refresh  

Spring is in the air. Will this be the year you want to offer more OER in your practice? With this seasonal shift, it is a great opportunity to explore the open educational resources (OER) in the B.C. Open Collection to see if there is anything that will work for your course.

Learn more: Explore the B.C. Open Collection for Your Spring-Time Curriculum Refresh

📘 Unsettling Curriculum: A New Course in First Nations Studies 100 (FNST 100) – Part 2 

BCcampus Research Fellow Carol Burbee from Northern Lights College describes the opportunity to circle back pedagogically, amplify new voices, and shine a light on stories and perspectives that were previously missed. 

Learn more: Unsettling Curriculum: A New Course in First Nations Studies 100 (FNST 100) – Part 2

📘 Teaching and Learning: Co-creation with Good Relations – Part 2

As a BCcampus Research Fellow, Heather Burke from Vancouver Island University explored the importance of the Co-Delivery Framework as a starting place for Indigenous communities and their partners to develop and deliver education programs together.

Learn more: Teaching and Learning: Co-creation with Good Relations – Part 2

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Open Education Updates

With spring in full swing, open education at BCcampus is blooming with new OER,  learning opportunities, and updates.

More BCcampus-funded OER are now available including books that are new (digital marketing), enhanced with H5P activities (physical geology), added to Pressbooks (fundamental math, book 3 and book 4), and supplemental materials (business stats and French). The open course packs in the B.C. Open Collection continue to grow including the latest: Intermediate Level Math. For those seeking OER in agriculture, English Language Learning, film, mechanical engineering, or biological psychology, see the OER by Discipline Directory.

A new round of OER Production webinars are now scheduled and see BCcampus's 2023 Annual Review for a summary of open education 2022 milestones. 

Learn more about Open Education Updates for April 2023

See OpenEd updates for a complete list of what's happening at BCcampus.

Accepting Applications

💻 Survey: BCcampus Tech Check

Technology is an integral part of our daily lives. In preparation for upcoming workshops, the BCcampus Learning + Teaching team would like to know which technologies are most popular for learning and teaching and why. 

Learn more: Survey: BCcampus Tech Check

💻 Expression of Interest: Curriculum Writers

In partnership with Women and Gender Equality Canada and the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, BCcampus is providing project management on the Intersectional Sexualized Violence Project, which focuses on the impacts of sexualized violence on specific student populations, including Indigenous, international, and graduate students.

The next phase will focus on the adaptation or development of sexualized violence training resources based on the findings of the environmental scans. BCcampus is seeking qualified individuals to work with us and the Intersectional Sexualized Violence Advisory Group on the development and/or adoption of openly licenced sexualized violence training resources and facilitation guides.

Learn more: Expression of Interest: Curriculum Writers

💻 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.