BCcampus News for the week of October 5, 2023 No images? Click here Don't miss out on these avenues to engage and contribute to our vibrant community this week: Studio23 is just around the corner – have you secured your ticket yet? Explore our blog, where BCcampus' Clint Lalonde recounts his impressions from the inaugural FOSSY conference, and Ian Linkletter from BCIT provides a comprehensive recap of our latest FLO EdTech Sandbox session. Exciting opportunities await you! Apply now to become one of the esteemed BCcampus Research Fellows for 2024–2025, or seize the chance to showcase your expertise by presenting at the upcoming ETUG workshop. ![]() Spotlight📅 Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation PracticeNovember 1-2, 2023 | Vancouver, B.C., or Online with Select Live Stream 🔥 Revitalize Your Practice: Elevate your teaching and facilitation skills with cutting-edge innovations in education. Explore a wide array of topics in our schedule. 🔥 Reconnect and Recharge: Immerse yourself in a vibrant atmosphere designed for idea-sharing, creative collaboration, and networking with peers and colleagues. Attend our unforgettable mixology party on November 1 to unwind and connect. 🔥 Reignite Your Passion: Prepare to be inspired by captivating keynotes from renowned speakers Kathi Hemphill Camilleri and Carrie Nolan, featuring innovative teaching strategies that will reignite your passion for education. Learn more: Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice P.S. Attending in-person and needing childcare? We've got you covered! Sign up by October 16. ![]() Learning Opportunities📅 FLO EdTech Sandbox SeriesMonthly. Next session: October 11, 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 📅 BC Academic Integrity DayOctober 13, 2023 | 9 a.m. - 3:15 p.m. Hosted this year by the University of British Columbia, BC Academic Integrity Day is an online forum to connect, learn and share resources to inspire best practices in academic integrity and to advance scholarship and professionalism. BCcampus is proud to sponsor a panel where we will explore students as partners in academic integrity. Learn more: BC Academic Integrity Day 📅 FLO Friday: A Story of Ungrading: Reflections from an Ungraded ClassroomOctober 20, 2023 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Join us for this engaging FLO Friday session as we dive into the power of ungrading as a critical pedagogical tool. Get ready to explore the philosophy behind ungrading and gain valuable insights. Don't miss out on this interactive session where you can participate through polls, chats, and a fun breakout activity. Learn more: FLO Friday: A Story of Ungrading: Reflections from an Ungraded Classroom 📅 Accessibility Bites SeriesMonthly. Next session: October 26, 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: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Your SyllabusOctober 30 - November 5 | Asynchronous Are you interested in creating a safer learning experience for your students before the course even begins? The syllabus (or course outline) is often the first point of contact learners have with their instructor and the course content. By applying trauma-informed principles, syllabi can provide the opportunity for educators to begin relationship-building with learners as well as offer suggestions and information vital to their success. Learn more: FLO MicroCourse: A Trauma-Informed Approach to Your Syllabus 📅 Research Speaker SeriesMonthly. Next session: October 31, 2023 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.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 📅 ETUG Fall 2023 Workshop: The Evolving EdTech UserNovember 10, 2023 | Online Save the date! The user experience for education technology has greatly evolved in the past few years, thanks to the pivot to online learning brought about by the pandemic. A range of hybrid approaches now exist for content delivery, and many more instructors than ever before are using technology to both assess and increase student engagement and accessibility. Learners’ actions, expectations, and goals have also evolved, leading to new opportunities and challenges for integrating edtech into learning. Learn more: ETUG Fall 2023 Workshop: The Evolving EdTech User 📅 FLO Friday: Not ‘just’, but Just: Conversations on Diversity, Social Justice, and Culturally Responsive TeachingNovember 17, 2023 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. This one-hour session will introduce you to useful resources and activities to learn from and hopefully use in your classroom. With examples of culturally responsive teaching practices, the workshop will invite you to reflect on your role as a change agent and to develop strategies for your teaching and learning context. We’ll examine the work of Drs. Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo on social justice; Dr. Betina Love on diversity in education; and Indigenous scholars such as Mi’kmaq educator Dr. Marie Battiste, Potowatomi educator Dr. Susan Dion, and Elder Willie Ermine, among others. A complete list of our upcoming events, archives, and resources are available on our website. ![]() Recommended Reading📘 FOSSY Reflections from Our Director of Open EducationBCcampus Director of Open Education Clint Lalonde had the opportunity to attend the inaugural Free and Open Source Yearly (FOSSY) conference in Portland, Oregon, this summer. Here are his reflections on the event. Learn more: FOSSY Reflections from Our Director of Open Education 📘 Building Learning Communities with MattermostIn a recent BCcampus FLO EdTech Sandbox Series webinar, Ian Linkletter shared his expertise on Mattermost, emphasizing its role in building vibrant online learning communities. In this post you will learn about the key features of Mattermost, recommendations for maximizing its pedagogical benefits, and some takeaways from the session. Learn more: Building Learning Communities with Mattermost 📘 Project Update: Open Educational Resources for Trades – ZTCIn April 2019, BCcampus received funding from the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills to create high-quality teaching and learning resources for trades instructors and students. The goal is to create Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) programs in Trades training. Learn more: Open Educational Resources for Trades – ZTC Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. ![]() Seeking Submissions💻 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: 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.
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: ETUG Fall Workshop 2023 - The Evolving EdTech User The Educational Technology Users Group (ETUG) Fall Workshop will examine the evolution of the edtech user. Presentations will focus on how student expectations have changed and how instructors can address them. The workshop will also look at faculty expectations when it comes to technology and the institutional support (e.g., teaching and learning centres, libraries) required to meet these expectations. Learn more: Call for Proposals: ETUG Fall Workshop 2023 - The Evolving EdTech User 💻 Call for Proposals: Instructional Design for Health Care Assistant Supplement Updates We invite applications for an instructional designer with experience in provincially standardized curricula to assist BCcampus, subject-matter experts, and an advisory committee with revising the Health Care Assistant Program: Supplement to the Provincial Curriculum Guide (2015) to align with the newly revised Health Care Assistant Program Provincial Curriculum. Learn more: Call for Proposals: Instructional Design for Health Care Assistant Supplement Update 💻 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 💻 Job Opportunity: Senior Manager, Communications and Public Relations We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as Senior Manager of Communications and Public Relations. This role will be responsible for leading BCcampus public relations, communications, community engagement, and marketing efforts. Your expertise and strategic approach will play a vital role in advancing our organization’s objectives, enhancing our reputation, and promoting positive relationships with government and post-secondary partners. This competition closes October 15, 2023. Learn more: Senior Manager, Communications and Public Relations 💻 Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Survey The purpose of the 2023 Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Survey is to explore critical issues in digital learning and to assess the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on digital learning at publicly funded post-secondary institutions in Canada. The survey will ask you to share your personal perspective and will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The primary objective of the research is to provide institutional leaders and key interest groups in Canadian higher education with valuable information as they develop institutional strategies. Learn more: Pan-Canadian Digital Learning Survey ![]() 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. ![]() |