Working Together, Learning Together 

"The importance of self-discovery and co-creation doesn’t stop with purpose. They are just as essential for making sense of challenges and for developing solutions that are likely to be adopted, adaptable, and successful."

— Henri Lipmanowicz and Keith McCandless, The Surprising Power of Liberating Structures: Simple Rules to Unleash A Culture of Innovation

Learn more: (FUN) FLO FRIDAY: Enhance Course Communication and Collaboration with Liberating Structures

Learning Opportunities 

📅 (FUN) FLO FRIDAY: Enhance Course Communication and Collaboration with Liberating Structures

June 23, 2023 | 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. 

Liberating Structures are tools for engaging and including groups working and learning together. They can be used face-to-face, synchronously or asynchronously online. During this fun-filled hour, you will have the opportunity to experience at least two Liberating Structures synchronously while also considering the importance of course communication and collaboration.

Learn more: (FUN) FLO FRIDAY: Enhance Course Communication and Collaboration with Liberating Structures

📅 Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice

Save the date: November 1-2, 2023 | SFU Harbour Centre 

Building on Studio20: Engaging Learners Online, Studio23 is an in-person event for faculty, instructors, facilitators, and educators in the B.C. post-secondary sector. Studio23 is a creative space for reigniting and elevating skills in teaching and facilitation — a collection of curated, studio-based workshops to inspire and invite educators to ponder, practice, and play. 

Stay tuned for more details!

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

Recommended Reading 

📘 Pushing the Envelope on Diversity in Academia: Why Do Professors Challenge or Uphold Traditional Ways of Teaching and Knowing?

In her research, BCcampus Research Fellow Lily Ivanova looks at the many influences that go into shaping an academic identity, from early life experiences with schooling to the influence of mentors in graduate school and the life purpose professors bring to their discipline 

Learn more: Pushing the Envelope on Diversity in Academia: Why Do Professors Challenge or Uphold Traditional Ways of Teaching and Knowing?

📘 Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus – Pressbooks

This resource provides an overview of everything you will need to know when creating open educational resources (OER). It provides a high-level overview of things to keep in mind as you work on your project and links to resources that go into more depth so you can easily find the information you need.  

Learn more: Getting Started: OER Publishing at BCcampus – Pressbooks

Check out the latest news from BCcampus on our blog. 

Seeking Submissions

💻 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

💻 Expression of Interest: FLO EdTech Sandbox Leader

BCcampus is launching the FLO EdTech Sandbox this fall, an initiative that provides a safe online environment for educators to explore and experiment with new tools for innovative teaching and learning in B.C. post-secondary settings.

We are seeking expressions of interest from B.C. post-secondary educators, edtech developers, and learning designers who would like to lead a FLO EdTech Sandbox session as part of this series.

The compensation for participation is $750 plus GST.

Learn more: Expression of Interest: FLO EdTech Sandbox Leader

💻 Survey: 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 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.

Complete the survey: 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. 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.