Dear BC Open Education Working Groups, As you may have noticed, we extended the upcoming Open Education call for proposals to April 27, 2018. We would love for you to spread the word at your institution for faculty, staff, or students interested in applying for an open education grant via BCcampus. The following grants are offered: Open Educational Resource Grant: Curate, Customize, Create This call for proposals is for institutions or their representatives (e.g., articulation committees, teaching and learning centres, libraries, and OER working groups) in British Columbia and the Yukon to provide small open educational resource grants, funded by BCcampus and matched by the institution, in order to build Canadian OER. The Open Educational Resource Grants for Curation, Customization, or Creation may be used for, but are not limited to: * Adaptations (small or large) of open textbooks/open educational resources * Creation of open textbooks/open educational resources * Course redesign using open textbooks/open educational resources [ https://open.bccampus.ca/open-educational-resource-grant-curate-customize-cr... | Submit a proposal ] Open Educational Resource Grant: Sustainability This call for proposals is for institutions or their representatives (e.g., articulation committees, teaching and learning centres, libraries, and OER working groups) in British Columbia and the Yukon to provide small open educational resource grants, funded by BCcampus and matched by the institution, in order to improve the sustainability of OER. The Open Educational Resource Grants for Sustainability may be used for, but are not limited to: * Workshops, training, and institutional support for OER infrastructure (e.g. Open Pedagogy, Open Policy, Awareness, How to Adopt, How to Adapt, Pressbooks Support) [ https://open.bccampus.ca/open-educational-resource-grant-sustainability/ | Submit a proposal ] Ancillary Resource Grant This call for proposals is for institutions or their representatives (e.g., articulation committees, teaching and learning centres, libraries, and OER working groups) in British Columbia and the Yukon to develop ancillary materials for existing open textbooks in the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | B.C. Open Textbook Collection ] that assist faculty with adopting the aligned open textbook and improve the sustainability of OER. These materials can include: * Testbanks of questions based on an existing open textbook * Presentations (PowerPoint, Open Office, etc.) * Multimedia content, such as audio or video, that will further enhance the textbook * Simulations * Instructor and student manuals * Additional learning activities [ https://open.bccampus.ca/ancillary-resource-grant/ | Submit a proposal ] Should you or your colleagues have any questions please reach out to us at [ mailto:opentext(a)bccampus.ca | opentext(a)bccampus.ca ] . Thank you Amanda Coolidge -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]