BCcampus News for the week of April 17, 2024 No images? Click here Learning Opportunities📅 B.C. Open Education Community Meeting - AprilApril 17, 2024 | 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. The newly formed B.C. Open Education Community (BCOEC) welcomes members from the post-secondary sector in British Columbia and the Yukon. This community convenes monthly in virtual gatherings, fostering an environment for sharing insights, providing support, and engaging in discussions about the challenges, best practices, and current issues in open education. Join us for this series of meetings intended to create community and conversation. Learn more: B.C. Open Education Community Monthly Meetings 📅 FLO Friday: An Introduction to the B.C. Digital Literacy FrameworkApril 19, 2024 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. This FLO Friday workshop is designed to introduce participants to the foundations of B.C.'s Digital Literacy Framework and to provide an overview of the B.C. Digital Literacy Hub. Learn more: FLO Friday: An Introduction to the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework 📅 FLO MicroCourse: An Introduction to the B.C. Digital Literacy FrameworkApril 22-26, 2024 This FLO MicroCourse is designed for post-secondary instructors, trainers, and teachers who want to explore the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework and integrate it into their educational practices. The course aims to generate awareness of the framework and empower educators to enhance digital literacy skills in their students. Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: An Introduction to the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework 📅 Advancing Learning Conference - Envisioning Tomorrow: Generating the Future TogetherMay 1-2, 2024 This virtual conference offers practicing educators a platform to delve into the role of educational technology as a catalyst for transformative learning experiences in classrooms. It aims to empower students to become forward-thinking leaders, industry-ready people, and community-oriented contributors. BCcampus' executive director, Amanda Coolidge, will participate in the keynote panel titled "The Future is Now: How Higher Ed is Adapting to and Innovating with Artificial Intelligence," scheduled for May 2. Learn more: Advancing Learning Conference - Envisioning Tomorrow: Generating the Future Together 📅 FLO Lab: Maximizing Student Learning with Assessment-As, -For, and -Of LearningMay 22, 2024 | 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. In this FLO Lab, participants can expect to walk away with their own assessment and evaluation plan that includes opportunities for their students to engage in deep learning through layered assessment -as, -for, and -of learning activities. Participants are encouraged to bring their current course syllabus, unit/topic assessment plans, or a set of course learning outcomes. A framework template will be provided for participants to customize, along with a completed example for reference. Learn more: FLO Lab: Maximizing Student Learning with Assessment -As, -For, and -Of Learning 📅 Meet Kolibri: Expanding the Reach of BCcampus Open Resources to Learners Lacking Internet AccessMay 22, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Lauren Lichtman and Jacob Pierce from Learning Equity will showcase Kolibri's success stories, illustrating its functionality for learners and educators and its ability to deliver customized digital content locally. Additionally, BCcampus' Alan Levine and Harper Friedman will demonstrate how BCcampus open textbooks, enriched with interactive elements, will be migrated to Kolibri, aiming to extend educational resources to learners in regions without broadband internet access. Learn more: Meet Kolibri: Expanding the Reach of BCcampus Open Resources to Learners Lacking Internet Access 📅 FLO MicroCourse – The Space Between Us: Navigating Boundaries in Post-Secondary EducationMay 27-31, 2024 As post-secondary educators become more aware of, and proficient with, trauma-informed and student-centred approaches to teaching, a greater understanding of the need to create and set boundaries with students has emerged. This free FLO MicroCourse offers participants the opportunity to consider and reflect on their own professional boundaries as well as discuss and practice boundary setting. Learn more: FLO MicroCourse – The Space Between Us: Navigating Boundaries in Post-Secondary Education 📅 ETUG Spring Workshop - Digital Literacy Today: Celebrating 30 Years of Educational TransformationMay 9-10, 2024 The ETUG spring workshop will explore the interaction between our educational ecosystem and the various technologies driving change. The focus will be on practical issues, solutions, and real technology-related challenges facing post-secondary education. The event will be held in person at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre in Vancouver, B.C., with a livestream option. A mixer will be held on the evening of May 9 at the Butcher & Bullock. Learn more: ETUG Spring Workshop - Digital Literacy Today: Celebrating 30 Years of Educational Transformation 📅 BCcampus Regional RoadshowJune 10-18, 2024 | Kelowna, Kamloops, and Castlegar This spring, BCcampus is hitting the road and heading to regional institutions in the province. In June, we will be visiting a handful of B.C.’s post-secondary institutions to explore current themes in post-secondary teaching and learning. Each stop on the BCcampus Regional Roadshow will offer a tailored selection of workshops, sessions, and topics delivered in our signature style of caring, inclusive, and fun learning spaces. Join us at:
Registration is free and open to all members of B.C. and Yukon PSIs. Learn more: BCcampus Regional Roadshow A complete list of our upcoming events, archives, and resources is available on our website. Recommended Reading📘 Exploring Open Educational Resources: Research InsightsIn collaboration with Alea Rzeplinski, a BCcampus Research Fellow, and Douglas Alards-Tomalin, psychology faculty members at Capilano University, Daniela Guirola shares the findings of their study exploring the accessibility, usefulness, and potential barriers of open educational resources (OER). Learn more: Exploring Open Educational Resources: Research Insights 📘 BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Renée AndersonRenée Anderson is associate teaching professor in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University and is one of the pioneers of nursing open educational resource creation. With this BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education, we honour Renée's dedication to open education. Learn more: BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Renée Anderson 📘 Investigating Students’ Experiences of Diversity, Inclusion, and Intercultural LearningThrough the BCcampus Research Fellows program, a team of researchers from Thompson Rivers University is able to expand and adapt EDI research methodology into a more fulsome mixed-methods study. Learn more: Investigating Students’ Experiences of Diversity, Inclusion, and Intercultural Learning Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. Open Education UpdatesRegistration is now open for the first meeting of the new B.C. Open Education Community, followed by get-togethers every month. New resources have been added to the OER by Discipline Directory ranging from Chemistry
to Fashion to Research, along with, a new category - Ukrainian - which lists two open textbooks. Check out the latest B.C. Open Education Updates. Seeking Submissions💻 2024 Pan-Canadian Digital Learning SurveyWe invite you to participate in the 2024 Spring Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Survey (formerly the National Survey of Online and Digital Learning) conducted by the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association. The survey will ask you to share your personal perspective and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The purpose of the project is to explore key issues in digital learning and to provide recommendations for improving digital learning at publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Canada. Please complete and submit the survey by May 31, 2024. 💻 BCcampus Travel GrantThe BCcampus 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 one of two upcoming spring events:
This grant will cover travel expenses up to $1,500 CAD and includes registration, when applicable. The deadline to apply for funding for the ETUG Spring 2024 Workshop is April 24, 2024. The deadline to apply for funding for the BCcampus Regional Roadshow is May 6, 2024. Learn more: BCcampus Travel Grant 💻 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 💻 Expression of Interest: EdTech Sandbox 2024-2025 Leader We invite expressions of interest from educators, educational technology developers, and learning designers from B.C.’s public post-secondary institutions to lead a session in the EdTech Sandbox Series. The focus areas for 2024-2025 include:
Please complete the application form by May 31, 2024. Learn more: Expression of Interest: EdTech Sandbox 2024-2025 Leader 💻 Job Posting: Communication & Engagement Strategist – Term Come and work with us! BCcampus is seeking a Communication & Engagement Strategist for a term position from July 2024 to September 2025. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional communication skills, attention to detail, and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent with three years of relevant experience. If you’re passionate about higher education and skilled in communication, join us in enhancing BCcampus’ outreach and engagement efforts. Apply by May 17, 2024. Learn more: Communication & Engagement Strategist – Term 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. |