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Program for Open Scholarship Education (POSE): Spring 2022 Session
by Arianna Cheveldave 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, UBC is once again running the Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE)<https://pose.open.ubc.ca/> in the spring 2022 semester from January to April. Registration is open to anyone in post-secondary who is interested. POSE is a four-month flexible and blended program that will help you develop foundational knowledge of Open Scholarship, Open Education, and Open Research. POSE will explore how open copyright licenses, collaborative practices, and networked technologies have the potential to lower barriers to knowledge by making the processes and products of scholarship more distributed, transparent, and accessible. POSE is intended for faculty, staff, postdocs, and students with an interest in open research, open access, open data and open education. The program is open to UBCO, UBCV, and non-UBC faculty, staff, and students at the post-secondary level. You will learn about: * Open Education * Open Access * Open Research * Open Data * Open Tools To support participant flexibility, the program is composed of online self-paced modules that you can complete over four months. You are also required to participate in two online synchronous sessions during the program. We will also host optional sessions each month where you can engage with various practitioners in the different areas of open scholarship and meet other participants in a synchronous environment. Upon completion, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The first module will be released on January 1, 2022. The POSE kick-off session will be on January 18, 2022, and the wrap-up session will be on April 28, 2022. For more detailed information about POSE, visit the POSE home page<https://pose.open.ubc.ca/>. To register for POSE<https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/program-for-open-scholarship-and-educatio…>, you will need a UBC CWL (campus-wide login). If you don't already have one, you can register for a basic CWL account<https://activate.id.ubc.ca/iamweb/>. Please share widely. Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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B.C. Open Textbook Collection Back Online
by Arianna Cheveldave 14 Dec '21

14 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, The maintenance on the B.C. Open Textbook Collection and subsequent testing is now complete. You may once again access entries in the collection. If you experience any problems with the collection, please contact support(a)bccampus.ca. Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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MARC Record Update: New books added to the BC Open Textbook Collection (December 13, 2021)
by Lauri Aesoph (she/her) 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Dear Linda and Cleire, The following open textbooks were added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/> during the past month: * Psychology of Language<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=7a…> * Vaccine Practices for Health Professionals - 1st Canadian Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=6a…> These new editions have also been added to the collection; their old versions will be archived on February 1, 2022. * Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=69…> * Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 3D<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=4b…> * Introduction to Drafting and Autodesk Inventor<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=5d…> Regards, Lauri Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education Operations, BCcampus Cell: 250-893-0258<tel:250-893-0258> • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph(a)bccampus.ca> Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauriaesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriaesoph/> ____________________________________________________________ Learning. Doing. Leading. BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus> • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash> For thousands of years the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and the Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, and play. We are committed to building relationships with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect, and we thank them for their hospitality.

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Reminder: B.C. Open Textbook Collection Outage on Tuesday, December 14
by Arianna Cheveldave 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, This is a reminder that the B.C. Open Textbook Collection will be down for scheduled maintenance tomorrow on the morning of Tuesday, December 14. Maintenance will begin at 6:00 a.m. PST and should be completed by 10:00 a.m. PST. Pressbooks itself will not be affected, so you should be able to access the web versions of all BCcampus-hosted books in Pressbooks. If you usually access a Pressbooks web book through the open textbook collection, it may be helpful to bookmark the web version ahead of time. If you know anyone at your institution who may try to access the collection during this time, please alert them to the planned outage so that they may bookmark web books or download files in advance. If you need access to a book file while the collection is down, email opentext(a)bccampus.ca and someone will send you a copy. A notice on the collection will give the same instructions. We will send another message once the maintenance is completed on December 14. Thank you, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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B.C. Open Textbook Collection Outage on Tuesday, December 14
by Arianna Cheveldave 08 Dec '21

08 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, This is a notice that the B.C. Open Textbook Collection will be down for scheduled maintenance on the morning of Tuesday, December 14. Maintenance will begin at 6:00 a.m. PST and should be completed by 10:00 a.m. PST. Pressbooks itself will not be affected, so you should be able to access the web versions of all BCcampus-hosted books in Pressbooks. If you usually access a Pressbooks web book through the open textbook collection, it may be helpful to bookmark the web version ahead of time. If you know anyone at your institution who may try to access the collection during this time, please alert them to the planned outage so that they may bookmark web books or download files in advance. If you need access to a book file while the collection is down, email opentext(a)bccampus.ca and someone will send you a copy. A notice on the collection will give the same instructions. A reminder about the maintenance will be sent out on Monday, December 13, and we will send another message once the maintenance is completed on December 14. Thank you, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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Expression of Interest: Development of Open Courses
by Arianna Cheveldave 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

Dear colleagues, BCcampus has recently released an expression of interest regarding the development of open courses<https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/expression-of-interest-devel…>. BCcampus would like to add further open courses to the open online course collection<https://collection.bccampus.ca/> that align with open textbooks currently in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. We are looking for B.C. applicants who have developed, adapted, or adopted an open textbook in our B.C. Open Textbook Collection to develop a new open course, or adapt an existing open course, that accompanies the textbook. This expression of interest is for individuals, groups, or institutions and their representatives (e.g., faculty members, articulation committees, teaching and learning centres, libraries, and OER working groups) in B.C. and the Yukon that are interested in developing or adapting open courses aligned with open textbooks available in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/>. Note that there is no deadline for applications, as this is an ongoing call. Estimated completion time: Four months Grant amount: Up to $8000 per course. Three options: * $2000 for an existing course that requires little modification * $5000 for an adaption or major revision of an existing course * $8000 for development of a new course Applications will be evaluated by an internal review committee based on the following criteria: * Experience: Applicants have experience developing OER in B.C. post-secondary education. Preference will be given to applicants who have already developed or adapted an open textbook in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. * Plan for timeline of completion of work. * A realistic budget for the scope of work To learn more about this opportunity, visit the expression of interest page<https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/expression-of-interest-devel…>. To apply for this opportunity, fill out the application form linked on the EOI page and email it to Melanie Meyers at mmeyers(a)bccampus.ca. If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact Melanie Meyers. Thank you, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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Event - Making OER Count: Incorporating OER into the Tenure and Promotion Process
by Arianna Cheveldave 25 Nov '21

25 Nov '21

Dear colleagues, You are invited to attend the following session, Making OER Count: Incorporating OER into the Tenure and Promotion Process<https://bccampus.ca/event/making-oer-count-incorporating-oer-into-the-tenur…> on Thursday, December 2, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pacific. Description: Anyone familiar with the open educational resources (OER) community knows that questions about the role of OER work in tenure, promotion, and reappointment are constant at conferences and on listservs where OER practitioners and administrators congregate. However, as criteria for tenure and promotion vary greatly between different types of institutions – and even between different departments within an institution – answering these questions can be daunting. An adaptable advisory model, called the OER Contributions Matrix [PDF]<https://www.doers3.org/uploads/1/3/2/2/132273765/the_oer_contributions_matr…>, has been created to approach this conundrum and to help guide faculty as they attempt to include their OER work in their tenure and promotion portfolios. The tool was developed by a working group within Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3), a collaborative of state-, province-, and system-wide OER initiatives that work together to help the OER community realize the potential of OER in a sustainable fashion. During this session members of DOERS3 will provide insight into the OER Contributions Matrix, explain how it came about, and share some potential uses for the document, including a short brainstorming session on how the matrix can be adapted for use at local institutions. Facilitators: Amanda Coolidge (she/her) is director of Open Education at BCcampus in B.C., Canada. She leads the province’s initiatives in open education, from open textbooks to open pedagogy, and with a team of eight other people works across B.C. to enhance access for students. Amanda has a master’s degree in educational technology and many years of experience as an instructional designer at various universities across Canada. Amanda has worked in open education in Calgary, Alberta; Nairobi, Kenya; and B.C. Andrew McKinney (he/him) is the OER coordinator for City University of New York’s (CUNY) Office of Library Services (OLS). For OLS he administers the CUNY OER Initiative, a $4-million-a-year program that aims to increase the use of OER and open pedagogical practices across CUNY’s 24 campuses. He leverages his 15 years of working across CUNY as a graduate student, adjunct faculty member, educational technologist, faculty development specialist, and instructional designer to support CUNY’s librarians, faculty, staff, and students as they adopt, adapt, and create OER. This event is free. To ensure we have an inclusive and welcoming environment for all, we’ve added registration to all our sessions. Register now!<https://events.eply.com/2021MakingOERCountDec2> Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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BCcampus Website Outages
by Arianna Cheveldave 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Dear colleagues, Several BCcampus websites, including BCcampus Open Education (open.bccampus.ca), are currently unavailable due to recent power outages. We do not have an estimated time of when the sites will be online. However, our technical team is working on resolving this issue as soon as possible. Affected sites (that we know of): bccampus.ca and subpages (e.g., covid19.bccampus.ca) open.bccampus.ca bcoel.ca bctlc.ca etug.ca Sites NOT affected: pressbooks.bccampus.ca opentextbc.ca solr.bccampus.ca tlpd.bccampus.ca While the B.C. Open Textbook Collection (which is housed on open.bccampus.ca) is not available right now, if you have the direct link to a particular textbook that is in one of our Pressbooks instances, it should be available, as Pressbooks and SOL*R are unaffected. We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve these issues. Thank you, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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Coffee & Conversations: DEI in OER
by Arianna Cheveldave 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

This message is sent on behalf of Jamie Witman from the Community College of Baltimore County. ** Calling all librarians and educators for a free online event! Coffee & Conversations: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OER<https://acrl.ala.org/cjcls/index.php/event/coffee-conversations-diversity-e…> Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 9AM PT / 10AM MT / 11AM CT / 12PM ET Please join the Community and Junior Colleges Libraries Section OER Committee on November 30 at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET for Coffee & Conversations: Equity and Diversity in OER, a follow-up from our summer series of What's Next? Equity & Diversity. Participants will engage in facilitated breakout rooms to discuss a variety of topics related to DEI and OER including how campuses are handling access to technology faculty support, and dual enrollment issues. Bring your own experiences with OER initiatives at your institutions. Registration will end on Monday, November 22, 2021. After registration closes, the Zoom link will be sent out to registrants with questions for them to mull over before the event on November 30. For questions or concerns, please contact the OER co-chairs: Howard Marks (hmarks(a)midland.edu) or Ruth Slagle (rslagle(a)jscc.edu) Attendance is free! Register here: https://bit.ly/3ulWSCr Take care, Jamie Witman (she, her, hers) | Online Learning and OER Librarian, Asst. Professor | Community College of Baltimore County | jwitman(a)ccbcmd.edu | Library Student Services Library Faculty Services Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca ________________________________ I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.

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FW: Call for proposals - OER Librarians group
by Brenda Smith 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

Hello everyone, I’m forwarding a message about a call for proposals for an “Untextbook” project that some people here in British Columbia are working on re: critical and open approaches to design in supporting OER and OEP development. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Harrison (mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:mharrison(a)tru.ca>). They are a great bunch of people and it is an interesting project. Thanks, Brenda Open Education Librarian Thompson Rivers University From: Michelle Harrison <Mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:Mharrison(a)tru.ca>> Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 9:47 AM To: Brenda Smith <Brsmith(a)tru.ca<mailto:Brsmith(a)tru.ca>> Subject: Call for proposals - OER Librarians group On behalf of our research team, Irwin DeVries, Tannis Morgan, Michael Paskevicius and myself, I invite you to consider making a written or other media contribution to an open resource for learning design students and professionals to critically examine contemporary issues and practice in learning design. We are using a modified WordPress instance that has been designed with an invitation for ongoing evolution, extension, and reframing of the original content. Our hope is that students will continue to add to this resource as part of their coursework in a process of ongoing co-creation in a manner consistent with open licensing and pedagogy. We are seeking textual contributions between 750-1500 words or video/audio contributions no longer than 15 minutes. Brief proposals are due by November 29. The following topic areas are of particular interest: -Designing for open platforms and tools -Assessment -Learning design in different settings (HE, corporate, public service, etc,) -Leadership in learning design -Open pathways for learning – outcomes and frameworks -Learning design from various worldviews -Open pedagogies and practices -Inclusive and/or Universal Designs for Learning -Scale, space and place in digital design -Data, surveillance and privacy Full details of the call and important dates can be found on our website: https://rethinkld.opened.ca/2021/11/call-for-proposals/ Please reach out if you have any questions. Michelle Harrison, PhD (she/her) Senior Instructional Designer, Assistant Professor | Learning Design and Innovations Department Thompson Rivers University Open Learning mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:mharrison(a)tru.ca> | 250-571-9756 tru.ca/open The Kamloops campus of Thompson Rivers University is located on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc territory within the unceded traditional lands of Secwepemcúl’ecw, where learning has taken place since time immemorial. I am grateful for the Secwepemc Nation’s generosity and hospitality while we live, learn and work in their territory.

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