Welcome back to another school year! To kick things off, we wanted to start the new school year with a new look. We hope you like it!

We're also counting down the days until we gather in-person at Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice. We recently opened up applications for the BCcampus Rural and Remote Travel Grant to help eliminate barriers in attending Studio23.  

Lastly, we're thrilled to release the BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. today. Download this comprehensive toolkit and navigate the emerging world of micro-credentials! 

Learning Opportunities 

📅 FLO Friday: It’s All About Relationships: Embracing Teaching in the Digital Age

September 8, 2023 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

In today’s rapidly evolving digital world, educators face both exciting opportunities and new challenges at the start of a new semester — more so now in the era of ChatGPT and other tools. Through this session we will explore practical and fun ways of cultivating meaningful relationships while promoting student engagement, motivation, and active participation. 

Learn more: FLO Friday: It’s All About Relationships: Embracing Teaching in the Digital Age

📅 FLO EdTech Sandbox Series

Monthly starting September 13, 2023 | 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

📅 Introducing B.C.’s Micro-credential Toolkit

September 19, 2023 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 

Learn more about what’s inside this exciting new resource, based on eCampusOntario’s Micro-credential Toolkit and written for the B.C. context. You’ll leave this event with useful tools to design, develop, and implement micro-credentials at your institution.

Learn more: Introducing B.C.’s Micro-credential Toolkit

📅 Research Speaker Series

Monthly starting September 19, 2023 | 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. 

Our fall 2023 Research Speaker Series offers participants and presenters an opportunity to learn and share knowledge and advocacy on research methods, approaches, and pedagogies when it comes to accessibility, access, Indigenous engagement, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in teaching and learning. 

Learn more: Research Speaker Series 

📅 FLO Lab: Drawn Into AI Angst: Can I really prove I am not a robot?

September 28, 2023 | 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

Are you feeling anxious about the rise of artificial intelligence tools in the classroom? Do you worry you might become obsolete in the face of this technological advancement? How often have you had to “prove you are not a robot”?

Through creating and sharing simple comics, we’ll delve into our honest wonderings and worries about AI. This workshop will be a playful way to address concerns and questions about the impact of AI tools on our work and the future of our careers. 

Learn more: FLO Lab: Drawn Into AI Angst: Can I Really Prove I am Not a Robot?

📅 Accessibility Bites Series

Monthly starting September 28, 2023 | 12 - 12:30 p.m. 

This fall we are introducing a new series called Accessibility Bites. 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 sessions are for you! We will go over topics like assistive technologies, image descriptions, PowerPoint, social media, and Word documents. 

Learn more: Accessibility Bites Series

📅 FLO MicroCourse: Future Facing Assessments: How to Use AI in the Design of Alternative Assessment

October 2-6, 2023 | Asynchronous

In this FLO course, you will explore ways to incorporate AI tools such as ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies into assignments. You will explore how to work with AI tools rather than fight them by giving learners the option to use AI, teaching them how to use it responsibly, and helping them develop critical thinking, digital literacy, and creative skills. 

Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: Future Facing Assessments: How to Use AI in the Design of Alternative Assessment

📅 Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice

November 1-2, 2023 | SFU Harbour Centre 

Don't miss out on Studio23 in-person this November. 

Join us for two days of creative learning, intriguing keynotes, curated workshops, and meaningful conversations with colleagues.

Tickets are on sale now. Let's elevate our teaching and facilitation skills together! 

Learn more: Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice

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

Recommended Reading 

📘 BCcampus Releases Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions 

Exciting news for post-secondary institutions in B.C.! The newly released BCcampus Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. is here to help you navigate the world of micro-credentials. Check out this resource and equip yourself with valuable information tailored to our province.

Learn more: BCcampus Releases Micro-credential Toolkit for B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions

📘 Bringing BCcampus Full Circle

Today BCcampus is excited to launch a rebrand of our logo and visual identity to better reflect our values of openness, inclusivity, and accessibility. While there is a shift in our appearance, what we provide doesn’t change. We’re still committed to sharing effective, inclusive, and accessible post-secondary teaching and learning practices that enhance the student experience in B.C. 

Learn more: Bringing BCcampus Full Circle

📘 Fostering Meaningful Educational Experiences This Fall

In addition to the usual curriculum planning, let's not forget the important ethical dimensions of course design and delivery. Check out our latest blog post for reflection questions and practical tips on creating a safe, inclusive, and equitable learning environment.

Learn more: Fostering Meaningful Educational Experiences This Fall

📘 Getting Started: OER Production Series Webinars

Check out our comprehensive OER Production Series webinars! We'll guide you through open education, Creative Commons licenses, and finding and using openly licensed materials. Don't miss out on this essential resource!

Learn more: Getting Started: OER Production Series Webinars

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Seeking Submissions

💻 BCcampus Rural and Remote Travel Grant

The BCcampus Rural and Remote Travel Grant is intended to support access to professional learning events for B.C. post-secondary educators and instructional support staff who do not have sufficient funds for travel and professional development.

Specifically, this grant is for people who wish to attend Studio23 at Simon Fraser University Harbour Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on November 1–2, 2023.

This grant will cover travel expenses up to $1,500 CAD. Free registration for the two-day event is included.

Learn more: BCcampus Rural and Remote Travel Grant

💻 Call for Open Content: Digital Literacy Project Phase 2

In partnership with the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills and the Digital Learning Advisory Committee, BCcampus is pleased to be leading the development of a collection of open materials to support digital literacy in B.C. post-secondary institutions. This collection will be made available to learners through an online repository.

We seek content submissions for inclusion in the collection that fulfill the requirements of the eight areas of digital literacy competencies identified in B.C.’s Post-Secondary Digital Learning Strategy. 

Learn more: Call for Open Content: Digital Literacy Project Phase 2

💻 Call for Proposals: ACE-WIL BC/Yukon May 2024 Conference 

The 2024 ACE-WIL BC/Yukon Conference “WILful Together” is now accepting proposals until October 15, 2023. The Association for Co-operative Education and Work-Integrated Learning BC/Yukon invites you to be a part of this dynamic conference by submitting your presentation proposals. Whether you have research findings, practical case studies, new ideas, or innovative concepts to share, they welcome contributions from educators, practitioners, researchers, and all stakeholders involved in work-integrated learning.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to shape the future of Work-Integrated Learning in BC. Submit your proposal today! Reach out to Lina Guo, Program Committee Chair if you have any questions.

Learn more: Call for Proposals: ACE-WIL BC/Yukon May 2024 Conference

💻 Call for Proposals: BCcampus Research Fellows for 2024–2025

We invite research proposals from B.C. public post-secondary educators who are committed to exploring and improving student learning and eager to conduct and share research with others.

Our current area of research focus includes:

• Learning and teaching design, strategies, and practices
• Open educational practices
• Student access, accessibility, and engagement
• Indigenous research and practices

BCcampus Research Fellowships have an 18-month term, and grants are up to $6,000 each. 

Learn more: Call for Proposals: BCcampus Research Fellows for 2024–2025

💻 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.

💻 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

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.