February 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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NEW: BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide
by Lauri Aesoph 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Hello Everyone, This morning we posted a new guide on a new topic: the BCcampus Open Education [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] : [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6cp | https://urls.bccampus.ca/6cp ] Read more about it in this blog: [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6co | https://urls.bccampus.ca/6co ] We hope you find value in this new resource, and will share it widely with your faculty, staff and students. Regards, Lauri Aesoph 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/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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TLT Concurrent Sessions Schedule Now Up - Space is Limited
by Ross, Heather 16 Feb '18

16 Feb '18

Good Friday afternoon everyone. I just want to let you know that the concurrent schedule is now up and registration is open for the Teaching and Learning Today conference to be held here at the University of Saskatchewan May 1-2. If you plan to attend, please register early as space is limited. I am hoping to have a large contingent attend from the open community in Canada. http://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/ The focus of the conference will be on open and indigenization and how these two important initiatives in Canada may come together. Speakers for the conference include: Kory Wilson (Keynote) - Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships for BCIT Mary Burgess - Executive Director at BCcampus Maria Campbell - Writer, director, and teacher, and currently the Cultural Advisor at the U of S Jacqueline Ottmann - Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement at the U of S. David Porter - CEO of eCampus Ontario 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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OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering
by Ross, Heather 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Good morning all. There are some rumblings coming out of our College of Engineering that they are interested in using OER / open pedagogy in first year courses. This possibility is coming as they prepare to renew the first year curriculum. Currently first year Engineering students are using a local adaptation of University Physics, which we’ll hopefully release widely this summer, and an Engineering Economics book is in the works. We’ll hopefully release that one in the fall. I’m wondering if anyone else knows of other OER and open pedagogy being used in colleges of Engineering that they could share with me. Thank you. 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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Re: [Canadaoer] OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering
by Rajiv Jhangiani 07 Feb '18

07 Feb '18

Hi Heather, The LibreTexts initiative has been doing some great work collaboratively building on the OpenStax texts. See for example: https://eng.libretexts.org/ Cheers, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/> From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of "Ross, Heather" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca> Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM To: canadaoer <canadaoer(a)kodos.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering Good morning all. There are some rumblings coming out of our College of Engineering that they are interested in using OER / open pedagogy in first year courses. This possibility is coming as they prepare to renew the first year curriculum. Currently first year Engineering students are using a local adaptation of University Physics, which we’ll hopefully release widely this summer, and an Engineering Economics book is in the works. We’ll hopefully release that one in the fall. I’m wondering if anyone else knows of other OER and open pedagogy being used in colleges of Engineering that they could share with me. Thank you. 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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Chasing down this one open textbook...
by Krysta McNutt 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

Hi Everyone, I’m trying to recall an open textbook that a colleague at UofA is looking for. It was on display at the last BC open textbook summit, he thinks at the OpenStax display and it's about how to collaborate on the development of OER. At first I thought he meant the REBUS ebook on collaborating with students but that’s not the one. The plan is to have some printed open textbooks available at the Faculty of Sciences’ celebration of teaching as prizes and share that digital copies are freely available. Any suggestions of unique science OER or what this collaboration text is? Thanks so much! Krysta

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FYI: VP University Affairs advocates for open educational resources at McGill
by Amanda Coolidge 06 Feb '18

06 Feb '18

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Great suggestion for a Webinar...
by Jenni Hayman 05 Feb '18

05 Feb '18

Hello Everyone, Our eCampusOntario OER Fellow Maureen Glynn suggests the following Webinar (if you have time). Good research! Title: The Open Educators Factory Project: In Search for the Open Educator The Open Educators Factory (OEF) project stems from the assumption that true progress in terms of openness in higher education (as well as in other educational sectors) requires a major cultural change in the mindset of all stakeholders from public policy makers to institutional leaders, to teachers and researchers, to students and parents. The aim of the Open Educators Factory project is to explore how to transform university teachers from "agents of resistance" into "agents of change" for openness in education. This presentation will discuss results based on data collected from more than 400 HE teachers. When: Wednesday, 7 February 2018 – 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada) Where: Online through Adobe Connect at: https://athabascau.adobeconnect.com/cider Registration is not required; all are welcome. CIDER Sessions are recorded and archived for later viewing through the CIDER website. For more information on CIDER and our Sessions, please visit us at: http://cider.athabascau.ca<http://cider.athabascau.ca/> Also link to OEF Wikieducator page: http://wikieducator.org/Research/open_educators_factory Research/open educators factory - WikiEducator<http://wikieducator.org/Research/open_educators_factory> wikieducator.org 2. Self-assessment and development framework for Open Educators. Starting from the four areas presented in the definition, we have developed a framework for teachers ... // 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/> Subscribe to the eCampusOntario newsletter<https://ecampusontario.wufoo.com/forms/z1svdvyh15srf9b/>

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