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Systems Librarian assistance.
by Amanda Coolidge 23 Feb '17

23 Feb '17

Good afternoon Librarians! I am looking for a systems librarian for a technical consultation. To be more specific, we are moving our repository from Equella to DSpace and want to have permanent identifiers for the collection. DSpace is capable of working with handles and we need verification that there are no Canadian instances of handle registries and if that is correct, we need verification that a long term relationship with Handle.net (via USA) is in our interest. Please reply to Brad Payne (bpayne(a)bccampus.ca) and I (acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca) Thanks! Amanda Amanda Coolidge Senior Manager, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 250-818-4592 | www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/> Skype: coolidge.amanda Twitter: @acoolidge

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The Future is Open, March 2, in Downtown Vancouver
by Lin Brander 21 Feb '17

21 Feb '17

In case any of you have not seen this notification. Registration for in-person attendance is $15-$20 and includes lunch. Streaming participation is free. Dear colleagues, Are you interested in learning more about open education, open pedagogy, and what roles are librarians are playing in promoting and supporting open education at their campuses? Please consider joining the BCLA Academic Librarians Section, the BC Open Education Librarians group (BCOEL), BCcampus, and BCIT on Thursday, March 2nd 2017 for "The Future is Open: Libraries and Open Education." We will be gathering in downtown Vancouver from 8:30am to 2:00pm in the BCIT Atrium (Rm 825 - 555 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6). We are very excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green, who is a passionate advocate for and trailblazing creator of open education resources (OERs). Dr. Green teaches geographic information science and environmental geography as a faculty member at both the University of British Columbia and at Okanagan College. He believes that OER is a core component of responsible, open pedagogical approaches. He is an open textbook author and developer of open source educational software. He is also a 2016 BCcampus Open Textbook Faculty Fellow and a 2016-2017 Hewlett Foundation Open Education Research Fellow. His research on property rights issues in Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America has been featured in several international conferences including the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). His current research program examines textbook costs for students in British Columbia, develops best practices for open pedagogy, and creates virtual reality OERs for environmental education. Here is our full program<http://bit.ly/FutureIsOpen>: Time Session Speaker 8:30 am to 9:00 am Registration 9:00 am to 10:00 am Keynote Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green 10:00 am to 10:30 am Keynote reaction panel, Q & A Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green Rosario Passos, BCcampus James Rout, BCIT Caroline Daniels, KPU Kevin Stranack, SFU/PKP 10:30 am to 10:45 am Coffee, courtesy of BCcampus 10:45 am to 11:00 am BCcampus supports for Open Education Rosario Passos, BCcampus 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Librarians and Open Education Debra Flewelling, Douglas College Brenda Smith, TRU Lin Brander, BCIT 12:00 pm to 12:45 pm Lunch, courtesy of BCcampus 12:45 pm to 2:00 pm BCLA ALS meeting Adam Farrell, NVDL 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm Wrap up 2:30 pm onwards Social (nearby pub) Please note that there is a registration fee charged for this event. In order to keep registration costs down, we can only accept payment by CASH at the door, but you must register online in advance to save your seat. Registration fees: Students: $15 BCLA members: $20 Non-BCLA members: $25 Livestream: $0 Registration fees include morning coffee and lunch. This event will adjourn to a nearby pub around 2pm. Click here to register.<https://goo.gl/forms/jzR5TXQT6z6Ptens1> Spaces are limited, so please register early. If you must later cancel, please email Ali Moore (ajm30(a)sfu.ca<mailto:ajm30(a)sfu.ca>) so we can offer your space to those on the wait-list. The registration deadline is Friday, February 24th, 2017. Everyone is welcome to attend this event. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Looking forward to seeing you all on March 2nd! Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Collections Coordinator; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander(a)bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/>

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Reminder: Webinar Wednesday Feb 22 Faculty and Students working together to create OER: the Open Case Studies Project at UBC
by Amanda Coolidge 20 Feb '17

20 Feb '17

Webinar presenter: Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia Webinar title: Faculty and Students working together to create OER: the Open Case Studies Project at UBC Webinar date: February 22 from 10 am- 11 am Link to Webinar <https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.9716A481E77FC1D4085E27F9A85CF8…> Presentation Description: The Open Case Studies project <http://cases.open.ubc.ca/> at the University of British Columbia brings together faculty and students to create and edit case studies as open educational resources. We have started by focusing on courses that have to do with sustainability because there are many courses across our campus that address issues in sustainability in some way and that use case studies to do so. However, we are interested in any courses that use case studies and that want to make them open and available for others to revise and reuse. We have a small number of case studies so far, but hope the numbers will grow in the coming years as more faculty and students become involved. So far all of our cases are from courses at UBC, but we are investigating ways to include contributions from people around BC or beyond. Christina Hendricks, the lead faculty member on the project, will discuss how the project has worked so far, how courses have involved students in reading, adding to, or creating case studies, and how others can get involved. Christina Hendricks is a Professor of Teaching in Philosophy at the University of British Columbia-Vancouver, who is also an advocate for open education generally, including the use and creation of open textbooks and other open educational resources. From 2014-2015 she was a Faculty Fellow with the BCcampus Open Textbook project, and from 2015-2017 she was an OER Research Fellow with the Open Education Group. <http://openedgroup.org/> Amanda Coolidge Senior Manager, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 250-818-4592 | www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/> Skype: coolidge.amanda Twitter: @acoolidge Open textbooks: open to change, free to use Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the BC Open Textbook Collection <https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/> for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on open.bccampus.ca <x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca> for the help you need.

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Fwd: Student CCby Licensing- Instructional Materials and Examples of Attributions for Adapted materials
by Rosario Passos 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Hi there everyone, These resources to help students license their work openly are quite good, so I thought of sharing just in case you are doing a presentation to students in the near future: [ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-J6TXqfqqmuQkxTdlFuUEwzOU0 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-J6TXqfqqmuQkxTdlFuUEwzOU0 ] The slides about citation and attribution are also excellent and can be used with both students and faculty. [ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RJw5B9d_CYTU18iay73Ho81tQ_J9fVJKpAn… | Citation vs. Attribution ] [ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wdQo68n7JhpjIEGvJ8oMAATDeg_vw0Gysj9… | 3 Steps to Openly Licensing Your Work ] Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman Open textbooks: open to change, free to use Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on [ x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca | open.bccampus.ca ] for the help you need.

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Fwd: Announcing 375, 000 open images from the Met Museum (and a new way to find them!)
by Amanda Coolidge 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Great news!! Amanda Coolidge Senior Manager, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 250-818-4592 | www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/> Skype: coolidge.amanda Twitter: @acoolidge Open textbooks: open to change, free to use Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the BC Open Textbook Collection <https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/> for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on open.bccampus.ca <x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca> for the help you need. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Creative Commons <info(a)creativecommons.org> > Subject: Announcing 375,000 open images from the Met Museum (and a new way to find them!) > Date: February 7, 2017 at 11:18:19 AM PST > To: <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> > Reply-To: Creative Commons <info(a)creativecommons.org> > > New digital works now available via our new search tool. > View this email in your browser <http://us13.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4051250396fe81f55034e2d49&id=da0fbbd75…> > Announcing the Met Collection > 375,000 digital works now available for remix and re-use online via CC0 > Read more > <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f5…> > We've partnered with the Metropolitan Museum in New York to expand their digital collection by over 375,000 images, inviting the world to use, remix, and share this important public domain collection. > > In addition, we're announcing a beta of our new search tool, <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…> which you can use to explore this beautiful collection, create content lists, share, collaborate, and learn. > CHECK OUT CURATED CONTENT LISTS (and make your own!) > <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…> > <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f5…> > <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…> > Explore the collection > <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f5…> > > You are receiving this email because you have interacted with Creative Commons. > > Images from top: “Still Life with Apples and a Pot of Primroses” <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f5…> by Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), “Aquamanile in the Form of a Lion” <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…> German, “The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage” <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…> by Edgar Degas (French, Paris 1834–1917 Paris), “Terracotta funerary plaque” <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f55…>, Greek, Attic. All via The Metropolitan Museum of Art and licensed under CC0 1.0 <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=4051250396fe81f5…>. > > Our mailing address is: > Creative Commons > PO Box 1866 > Mountain View, CA 94042 > > Add us to your address book <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=4051250396fe81f55034e2…> > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage2.com/profile?u=4051250396fe81f55034…> or unsubscribe from this list <http://creativecommons.us13.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=4051250396fe81f55…> >

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BC Open Textbook Collection: new additions and update
by Lauri Aesoph 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Hi Everyone, This is an FYI that we have added the following to our collection since the beginning of the year. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fe473509-153a-4ad6-bae7-… | Prealgebra: OpenStax ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=da50f5f1-bbc6-481e-a359-… | Teaching in the Digital Age - Spanish translation (PDF and Word doc) ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=4356bb1a-a2d9-4a3c-989e-… | Greek and Latin Roots: Part I Latin ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=659957b9-b344-4f30-9f74-… | Greek and Latin Roots: Part II Greek ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e4c19d92-26de-417f-8352-… | Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science, Book 1 ] [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=ca3ef877-1f08-479d-a085-… | Principles of Marketing ] : has been updated Also, we are starting to add Versioning History pages as updated versions of textbooks are added to the collection or when corrections are made. If you have any questions, please let me know. Lauri Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate Cel 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph Open textbooks: open to change, free to use Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on [ x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca | open.bccampus.ca ] for the help you need.

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Fwd: CC Canada newsletter #2
by Amanda Coolidge 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Good morning! Creative Commons Canada now has a great newsletter if you want to sign up to receive information. Amanda Amanda Coolidge Senior Manager, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 250-818-4592 | www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/> Skype: coolidge.amanda Twitter: @acoolidge Open textbooks: open to change, free to use Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the BC Open Textbook Collection <https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/> for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on open.bccampus.ca <x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca> for the help you need. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: CC Canada <kelsey(a)uncommonwomen.org> > Subject: CC Canada newsletter #2 > Date: February 13, 2017 at 1:53:06 PM PST > To: <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> > Reply-To: CC Canada <kelsey(a)uncommonwomen.org> > > > > Creative Commons Canada Weekly: issue two > > Where we share some things that we like and think you might like too. > > Image of the week > Last week a partnership was announced between Creative Commons, Wikimedia Foundation and The Metropolitan Museum of Art <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…>where the museum released 375,00 images under a public domain dedication Creative Commons Zero, known as CC0. That means all 375,00 images can be remixed to your open content loving hearts delight. This is a remix of Martha Bartlett with Kitten <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> by CC CEO Ryan Merkley of CC's Senior Administrator Mari "always wants to help" Moreshead <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> > > Read > > Speaking of remixes the folks at hyperallergic are already remixing The MET's content <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> > > As part of The MET announcement, Creative Commons also released the beta of CC Search <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> which is super fun and something the community has been wanting for a long time. It included social features for list sharing and simple attribution. The search engine, currently in BETA, pulls Creative Commons licensed images from The MET, Flickr, 500px, Rijksmuseum and the NYPL. As part of working in the open CC's Liza Daly <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> wrote up some pretty epic Developer Notes. <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> On launch day it was receiving 2 queries a second! > > Have you ever wondered "Why isn't x on wikipedia?" Well, a music festival in Toronto this weekend is having a wikipedia jam. The Wave Length music festival <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…>wikipedia <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> jam <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> will help get Toronto music institutions and artists onto Wikipedia. > > 2017 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellow Ken Jeffery from BCIT wrote up his thoughts on the Importance of Open Education. <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> His Fellowship is administered by one of CC Canada's Institutional Leads BCCampus > > (super obvious newsletter easter egg: The <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…>cat's <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> of The MET <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…>) > > Listen > > It's a year old, but really anytime someone wants to talk about Star Wars and IP <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> is a good time. Check out Berkman Radio and learn how law comes into play when fans start to reinterpret intellectual property? > > Watch > > Our friends at Wikimedia Foundation made this awesome video explaining Creative Commons <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…>for The MET release > > > > <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…> > Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff5…>. > <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> > <x-msg://6/ca.creativecommons.org> > <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> > > > > > > > This email was sent to acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca <mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> > why did I get this? <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage.com/about?u=b90600fe373d902ff5a44cec…> unsubscribe from this list <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=b90600fe373d902ff…> update subscription preferences <http://creativecommons.us2.list-manage1.com/profile?u=b90600fe373d902ff5a44…> > Creative Commons Canada · Pox 1010 · Toronto, Ontario M4J2X5 · Canada > > <http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…>

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Fwd: Feb 8 Webinar: OER Authoring Platforms with Odigia and Lumen Learning
by Rosario Passos 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

Hi there, Some of you might be interested in this webinar: From: "Una Daly" <unatdaly(a)gmail.com> To: "cccoer-advisory" <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 6:11:08 AM Subject: Feb 8 Webinar: OER Authoring Platforms with Odigia and Lumen Learning Dear CCCOER Community — Please join us and invite your colleagues to [ https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/feb-8-webinar-oer-authoring-platforms-webina… | our first spring webinar on OER Authoring platforms ] featuring Odigia and Lumen Learning sharing how faculty use the platforms to develop and deliver open courses to their students. You can register using the link below. Best Regards, Una Many colleges are looking to open educational resources and openly licensed course material to reduce costs and expand access for their students. Surveys from faculty who have adopted OER and their students report positive outcomes in teaching and learner engagement in addition to the cost savings. Join CCCOER to hear from two OER Authoring platform providers who work with colleges to develop and deliver open courses that are engaging and help measure how students are learning. Faculty and other users of the platform will also be featured. When: Wed, February 8, at 10am PT/ 1pm ET Featured Speakers: Nathan Battle, Academic Success Director, Odigia OER courses in Odigia transform textbooks into interactive learning experiences while providing additional tools to measure and promote better student engagement. In addition to ready-to-use courses, Odigia empowers subject matter experts to create new courses using existing OER content as a foundation. Alyson Indrunas, Professional Development Director, Lumen Learning Lumen helps you solve affordability and access problems with well-designed open textbooks and other course materials students and instructors access directly through the LMS. Fully-customizable courses designed using OER in more than 65 subjects are available and which can help you measure student success. Registration Info: Please register for OER Authoring Platforms on Feb 08, 2017 10:00 AM PST at: [ https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9130748457897955587 | https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9130748457897955587 ] After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Image: [ http://pixabay.com/ | Pixabay.com ] under a Creative Commons Zero (CCO) license. ------------------------------------------------ Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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Interesting article about academic publishing model
by Rosario Passos 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Good morning everyone, Here is an interesting read about the academic publishing model and how unsustainable it is. Libraries are struggling, making difficult decisions, and getting the blame, when the blame lies with the publishers and their inequitable model. [ https://t.co/nXWzYJAL4G | http://bit.ly/2jYrpEs ] Cheers, Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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Webinar Series: Open Education Stories from Across B.C.- 1st webinar Jan 31 with Elizabeth Childs
by Rosario Passos 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Hi there everyone, Exciting News! BCcampus is planning a series of monthly webinars starting January 31. The webinar series is called: Open Education Stories from Across BC. See information about the 1st webinar in the forwarded email below: Webinar Series: Open Education Stories from Across B.C. The first webinar will be on January 31 from 10 am- 11 am with Elizabeth Childs Webinar link: [ https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.9716A481E77FC1D4085E27F9A85CF8… | https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.9716A481E77FC1D4085E27F9A85CF8… ] Presenter : Elizabeth Childs, Royal Royals University Webinar Series : Open Education Stories from Across B.C. Presentation title : Faculty Experiences Adopting Openness as a Core Value Presentation Description : This presentation reports on the experiences faculty members designing and developing a Master's degree in Learning and Technology when they adopted openness as a core value and key design principle. A growing body of evidence suggests that adoption of open educational resources (OER), and especially open textbooks, leads to lower costs for students without having negative impacts on academic outcomes (e.g., Hilton, in press; Wiley, Williams, DeMarte, & Hilton, 2016). While the benefits of open textbooks and OER are compelling, little is known about programs that are designed with openness as a core value. What does it mean to embrace open practices and embody an open philosophy at the program and course level within a Master's program? What are faculty experiences with such an approach? How can the student experience be optimized? In what ways does openness support a diverse student body? What tensions arise and what supports are required to facilitate the transition to an MA degree that not only uses open textbooks but is defined by openness? The MA program that we will present represents a case study for the open community. In this degree, students contribute meaningfully to digital learning networks and communities in the field. The degree prepares students to work in the creation and evaluation of digital learning environments and apply theoretical and practical knowledge to critically analyze learning innovations and assess their impact on organizations and society. Openness is central to the achievement of this program goal. Openness was adopted as a program value predicated on the philosophical stance that open practices lead to collaboration and the development of a digital mindset that values sharing and cultivates networked learning. In this case study of an MA program, open practices are evidenced at the course level in the design of the online experience; through the use of "renewable assignments"; authentic assessment opportunities, in resource curation and, through online facilitation approaches. At the program level, it manifests itself in the intentional open spaces that have been designed into the program which require student identification and completion of personalized areas of inquiry. It is also evidenced through the adoption of open pedagogy as a design principle that informs design and delivery decisions at the course and program level Initial tensions such as coming to a common understanding of openness and what openness can be within the constraints of an institution; how openness supports or detracts from online community; the role of openness in the creation of safe learning environments and, ways to support adjunct faculty for designing for openness will be highlighted in this presentation. This MA program is currently under development so by November additional strategies that have been used to develop a common understanding around openness and open pedagogy at the faculty and institutional level will also be discussed. In addition, various supports that have been used in working with adjunct faculty in course design with openness as a core value will be shared. References Hilton III, J. (in press). Rosario Passos Advisor, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ] 200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6 [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ ]

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