October 2018 - Canadaoer - lists.bccampus.ca

New Linear Algebra Textbook
by Jenni Hayman 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Hi Everyone, Just saw this announcement go by in another open space, always interesting to have new books on the open market! In partnership<https://www.degruyter.com/dg/newsitem/256/de-gruyter-and-united-nations-coo…> with the United Nations, De Gruyter has just published a new Open Access text book on Linear Algebra<https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/495839>, which is available in both PDF and epub formats. https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/495839 // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/>

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BCampus Open Education: new books and updates (May 4, 2018)
by Lauri Aesoph 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday! See below for new and updated open textbooks in our collection, news about our support resources, and information about the open peer reviews posted by open textbooks. New books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fb061187-187c-4272-8ba1-… | Speaking and Writing Punjabi ] by Ranbir Johal (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=db971e1f-dee2-4032-99b4-… | Combinatorics: an upper-level introductory course in enumeration, graph theory, and design theory ] , by Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8880b4d1-7f62-42fc-a912-… | Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations ] by Michelle Bonczek Evory (Open SUNY) Updated books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e12e3911-8a06-497e-b8c9-… | A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB ] by Serhat Beyenir (British Columbia Institute of Technology) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3ffb8117-dc5a-4197-b0ed-… | Biology 2e ] , from OpenStax, has been added to our collection. The older edition will be archived on June 1, 2018. Support resources * The BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide has been archived. This resource was replaced by the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] , added in February. * Find attached a zipped file containing the editable files for the BCcampus [ https://bccampus.ca/files/2018/05/OpenEdInfoSheet_Spring2018_03.pdf | Open Education Info Sheet – Spring 2018 ] Reviews * Starting March 18, 2018, the licence for published reviews changed from CC BY-ND to CC BY. (Older reviews still retain the CC BY-ND designation.) This was done to more easily share reviews with other collections. This information, along with a statement clarifying that the copyright for reviews is held by the reviewer, has been clarified on the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/call-for-reviewers-2/ | Review an Open Textbook ] web page on our website. * When open textbooks are replaced with new editions, PDFs of the reviews for the older edition are now compiled in a zip file and posted by the new version of the textbook. A README file is included in the zipped file explaining this arrangement and the reason for it. Best regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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Criteria For Choose OER and Supporting Tools
by Ross, Heather 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hello all. Our College of Engineering is doing a major revamp of their first year curriculum. As part of that they have set a goal to reduce textbook costs for students and will be considering OER when they can find appropriate materials. They are also looking for a homework system(s). I’m trying to persuade them to avoid commercial systems since that will simply replace money going to publishers for textbooks with money going to publishers for homework systems. I’m wondering if anyone might have some criteria that they provide instructors / departments with for determining if the OER available will meet their NEEDS (wants are another story) and what modifications might be necessary, as well as what criteria they might use for determining appropriate ancillary resources and tools. Their existing criteria for the homework system would not be found in any existing systems, so I need to show them some more realistic criteria. Thank you for any assistance you may be able to provide. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross(a)usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Position: OER Librarian, LTA, Concordia
by Dianne Cmor 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

Hello, Concordia University Library in lovely Montreal is seeking a librarian to help us kick-start our OER path! We are ready to move on this, and looking for just the right person ... Please share. https://library.concordia.ca/about/jobs/ https://library.concordia.ca/about/jobs/oer-librarian.pdf Many thanks! Dianne Cmor Associate University Librarian, Teaching & Learning Concordia University Library 1455 de Maisonneuve West, LB-331 Montréal (Québec) Canada H3G 1M8 (514) 848-2424 ext.7693 library.concordia.ca orcid.org/0000-0001-6374-892X

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Canada National OER Strategy- Second meeting
by Amanda Coolidge 09 Oct '18

09 Oct '18

The following is a new meeting request: Subject: Canada National OER Strategy- Second meeting Organizer: "Amanda Coolidge" <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca> Location: zoom link via eCampus Ontario Time: Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 9:00:00 AM - 10:00:00 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Invitees: canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

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Canada OER National OER Strategy- meeting notes, documentation
by Amanda Coolidge 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Thank you friends for a great conversation today about developing a National OER Strategy. As mentioned at our meeting there is interest in identifying our collective goals that will help us form a National OER Strategy. I have created a [ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1M76v2RClvHcoLOzQ_UABqS5NBzidsIhR?us… | Canada OER Folder in Google. ] Within this folder you will find: * [ https://drive.google.com/open?id=11HZA7mq81njP5A4C1LzDQiOcHQwGrKuaqeYKQL6TP… | October 1, Meeting notes ] * [ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1b6Qog0SWWbPGbJSThL5q8ezfvvdSfp2H2WQDbhl… | What are our Collective Goals? Document ] In addition this was just released today: [ https://creativecommons.org/2018/10/01/new-nafta-would-harm-canada-and-shri… | New NAFTA Would Harm Canadian Copyright Reform and Shrink the Public Domain ] Please add your thoughts/ideas/suggestions to the Collective Goals document by Friday October 26th. Jenni Hayman has offered to start us off with an Appreciative Inquiry exercise in the document. If you were unable to attend the meeting today we welcome your input as well! Please feel free to review the meeting notes and the collective goals. I will be sure to forward this on to CASA, CFS, and CC Canada. Also, please fill out the [ https://doodle.com/poll/b3istwi9pav2nc8q | doodle poll for our next meeting to be held November ] where we will talk about the goals and identify next steps. Thanks again! Amanda -- 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 ]

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