CAUL-CBUA Strategic Plan: Goal 6.1 Foster excellence and innovation across the region by supporting the work of the CAUL-CBUA committees, to develop emerging initiatives - Open Educational Resources (OER)

Hello Everyone,

The Council of Atlantic University Libraries (CAUL-CBUA) is please to announce the first recipients of the newly launched AtlanticOER Development Grants (@AtlanticOER).  AtlanticOER Development Grants are intended to encourage and support educators in the Atlantic Region in the adaptation, adoption, creation, and curation of open educational resources (OER), and to increase access to course materials for students.  Each grant is for up to $2,000 and is awarded to individuals, departments, groups, or institutions in the Atlantic Provinces to help achieve the following objectives:

• Support the creation or adaptation of open textbooks and ancillary materials, such as PowerPoint slides, quiz banks, images, and other digital study or interactive aids;
• Create a variety of OERs developed for use by educators and students in credit-bearing courses;
• Etablish supportive events for the development of content for OERs, such as sprints (a collaborative in-person or virtual event to create or adapt an open textbook or ancillary resources); or
• Distribute funds to maximize direct benefit to a wide range of student learners and inquiry across a diversity of disciplines

The 2021 AtlanticOER Development Grant recipients are:

Dr. Erin Mazerolle, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

Project: This project will focus on the development of an open electronic textbook and companion lab manual, ���Answering Questions with Data���.

Other Team Members: Ms. Margaret Vail, Academic Librarian, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Derrick Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, St. Francis Xavier University; Ms. Sherry Neville-MacLean, Lab Instructor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Lindsay Berrigan, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

Course: PSYC 292: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Research

Dr. Heather Green, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Saint Mary���s University

Project: This project aims to raise awareness of Northern issues and experiences by incorporating them into post-secondary course curriculum and creating an online teaching module on environmental histories of borders in the North (North American Arctic and subarctic).  A second goal of this project is to incorporate First Nations traditional knowledge and oral history from the North into course material.

Other Team Members: Dr. Jonathan Luedee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto; Dr. Glenn Iceton, Independent Scholar

Course: HIST 2833: Environmental History of North America

Dr. Jules Fauteux, Faculty Member, School of Business and Creative Industries, Nova Scotia Community College

Project: This project will adapt four textbooks which have been part of an Open Education Resource (OER) pilot in the School of Business and Creative Industries at Nova Scotia Community College.  The project will facilitate more widespread use of the OER once adapted.  In the 2021/2022 academic year students using these OER textbooks will have consistent access to quality learning resource at no cost to them which will make learning more accessible.  Under the supervision of an instructor, a NSCC student will be engaged to review and suggest improvements to the OER���s so that they are optimized from the student perspective.  The success of this initiative may also encourage other faculty to adopt and adapt more OERs.

Other Team Members: Lynn MacGregor, Copyright Officer, Nova Scotia Community College

Courses: MKTG 1010: Introduction to Marketing I; MKTG 2005: Introduction to Marketing II; BUSI 1015: The Business Environment; PSAL 2010: Professional Selling

Dr. Linda MacDonald, University Teaching Fellow, Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University

Project: This project is focused on the development of an open textbook that extends existing open textbooks with customized content aimed at an Atlantic Canadian audience; the textbook will reflect the concerns of underrepresented groups and will feature examples drawn from student workplace experiences.

Course: COMM 1715: Business Communications

Dr. Paul De Decker, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Project: ���The Science of Stuttering��� (TSS) is a web-based module for use in an existing university or college level course in phonetics, sociolinguistics, or clinical phonetics. It is also suitable for standalone individual use. TSS is created through collaboration with people who stutter (PWS), their families, friends and caregivers and speech language pathologists. This open education resource will introduce learners to issues in stuttering research and help develop skills that will be useful for students considering graduate study in speech language pathology. It is meant to challenge everyone to better understand the lived experiences of PWS and SLPs in the clinical treatment of stuttering.

Other Team Members: Amelia Robinson, Speech-Language Pathologist; Sandy Crowley, Speech-Language Pathologist; Greg O'Grady, Chair, Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association; and Donna Downey, Manager, Media Services, Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University

Course: Linguistics 4700: Experimental Phonetics

We are pleased to offer support to educators in the region in developing OERs.

Sincerely,

Cynthia

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Plan strat��gique de CAUL-CBUA: Objectif 6.1 Favoriser l'excellence et l'innovation dans la r��gion en soutenant le travail des comit��s CAUL-CBUA, pour d��velopper des initiatives ��mergentes - Ressources ��ducatives libres (REL)

Bonjour �� tous,

Le Conseil des biblioth��ques universitaires de l'Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA) est heureux d'annoncer les premiers r��cipiendaires des nouvelles subventions de d��veloppement RELAtlantique. Les subventions de d��veloppement AtlanticOER visent �� encourager et �� soutenir les ��ducateurs de la r��gion de l'Atlantique dans l'adaptation, l'adoption, la cr��ation et la conservation de ressources ��ducatives libres (REL), et �� accro��tre l'acc��s au mat��riel de cours pour les ��tudiants. Chaque subvention est d'un montant maximal de 2000 $ et est accord��e �� des particuliers, des minist��res, des groupes ou des institutions des provinces de l'Atlantique pour aider �� atteindre les objectifs suivants:

• Soutenir la cr��ation ou l'adaptation de manuels libres d���acc��s et de mat��riels auxiliaires, tels que des diapositives PowerPoint, des banques de quiz, des images ainsi que d'autres ��tudes num��riques ou aides interactives;
• Cr��er une vari��t�� de REL qui pourront ��tre utilis��es par les ��ducateurs et les ��tudiants dans des cours cr��dit��s;
• ��tablir des ��v��nements de soutien pour le d��veloppement de contenu des REL, tels que des �� sprints �� (un ��v��nement collaboratif en personne ou virtuel pour cr��er ou adapter un manuel libre ou des ressources auxiliaires); ou alors
• Distribuer des fonds pour maximiser les avantages directs pour un large ��ventail d'apprenants et dans une diversit�� de disciplines

Les r��cipiendaires de la subvention de d��veloppement 2021 RELAtlantique sont:

Dr. Erin Mazerolle, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

Projet: Ce projet se concentrera sur l'��laboration d'un manuel ��lectronique ouvert et d'un manuel de laboratoire compl��mentaire, ���Answering Questions with Data���.

Autres membres de l'��quipe: Ms. Margaret Vail, Academic Librarian, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Derrick Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, St. Francis Xavier University; Ms. Sherry Neville-MacLean, Lab Instructor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University; Dr. Lindsay Berrigan, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, St. Francis Xavier University

Cours: PSYC 292: Introductory Statistics for Psychology Research

Dr. Heather Green, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Saint Mary���s University

Projet: Ce projet vise �� sensibiliser aux probl��mes et aux exp��riences du Nord en les int��grant au programme d'��tudes postsecondaires et en cr��ant un module d'enseignement en ligne sur les histoires environnementales des fronti��res du Nord (Arctique et subarctique nord-am��ricains).  Un deuxi��me objectif de ce projet est d'int��grer les connaissances traditionnelles des Premi��res Nations et l'histoire orale du Nord dans le mat��riel de cours.

Autres membres de l'��quipe: Dr. Jonathan Luedee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of History, University of Toronto; Dr. Glenn Iceton, Independent Scholar

Cours: HIST 2833: Environmental History of North America

Dr. Jules Fauteux, Faculty Member, School of Business and Creative Industries, Nova Scotia Community College

Projet: Ce projet adaptera quatre manuels qui ont fait partie d'un projet pilote de ressources ��ducatives ouvertes (REL) �� la School of Business and Creative Industries du Nova Scotia Community College.  Le projet facilitera une utilisation plus g��n��ralis��e des REL une fois adapt��es.  Au cours de l'ann��e universitaire 2021/2022, les ��tudiants utilisant ces manuels REL auront un acc��s constant �� des ressources d'apprentissage de qualit�� sans frais pour eux, ce qui rendra l'apprentissage plus accessible.  Sous la supervision d'un instructeur, un ��tudiant du NSCC sera engag�� pour examiner et sugg��rer des am��liorations aux REL afin qu'elles soient optimis��es du point de vue de l'��tudiant.  Le succ��s de cette initiative peut ��galement encourager d'autres facult��s �� adopter et �� adapter davantage de REL.

Autres membres de l'��quipe: Lynn MacGregor, Copyright Officer, Nova Scotia Community College

Cours: MKTG 1010: Introduction to Marketing I; MKTG 2005: Introduction to Marketing II; BUSI 1015: The Business Environment; PSAL 2010: Professional Selling

Dr. Linda MacDonald, University Teaching Fellow, Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie University

Projet: Ce projet est ax�� sur le d��veloppement d'un manuel ouvert qui ��tend les manuels ouverts existants avec un contenu personnalis�� destin�� �� un auditoire du Canada atlantique; le manuel refl��tera les pr��occupations des groupes sous-repr��sent��s et pr��sentera des exemples tir��s des exp��riences des ��tudiants en milieu de travail.

Cours: COMM 1715: Business Communications

Dr. Paul De Decker, Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Projet: �� The Science of Stuttering �� (TSS) est un module en ligne destin�� �� ��tre utilis�� dans un cours existant de niveau universitaire ou coll��gial en phon��tique, sociolinguistique ou phon��tique clinique. Il convient ��galement �� une utilisation individuelle autonome.  Le TSS est cr���� gr��ce �� la collaboration avec les personnes qui b��gaient (PWS), leurs familles, amis et soignants et orthophonistes.  Cette ressource ��ducative ouverte pr��sentera aux apprenants les probl��mes de la recherche sur le b��gaiement et aidera �� d��velopper des comp��tences qui seront utiles aux ��tudiants envisageant des ��tudes sup��rieures en orthophonie.  Il vise �� inciter chacun �� mieux comprendre les exp��riences v��cues des PWS et des SLP dans le traitement clinique du b��gaiement.

Autres membres de l'��quipe: Amelia Robinson, Speech-Language Pathologist; Sandy Crowley, Speech-Language Pathologist; Greg O'Grady, Chair, Newfoundland and Labrador Stuttering Association; and Donna Downey, Manager, Media Services, Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning, Memorial University

Cours: Linguistics 4700: Experimental Phonetics

Nous sommes heureux d'offrir un soutien aux ��ducateurs de la r��gion dans le d��veloppement des REL.

Cordialement,

Cynthia

Cynthia Holt

Executive Director / Directrice g��n��rale

Council of Atlantic University Libraries / Conseil des biblioth��ques universitaires de l���Atlantique (CAUL-CBUA)

120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS  B4B 0V2 | W: caul-cbua.ca | T: 902-830-6467 | E: execdir@caul-cbua.ca

CAUL-CBUA represents member libraries across the region, all of whom sit on the unceded and traditional territories of First Peoples.  In Newfoundland and Labrador, our libraries sit on the homelands of the Inuit of Nunatsiavut and NunatuKavut, the Innu of Nitassinan, the Beothuk and the Mi���kmaq peoples.  In Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, we find our friends and colleagues situated on the territory of the Mi���kmaq.  In New Brunswick, libraries are found on the land of the W��last��kwiyik, Mi���kmaq, and Passamaquoddy Peoples.  We at CAUL-CBUA wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the First Peoples who share their ancestral homelands with us all.

CAUL-CBUA repr��sente les biblioth��ques membres de la r��gion, qui sont toutes situ��es sur les territoires non c��d��s et traditionnels des Premiers Peuples. �� Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, nos biblioth��ques sont situ��es sur les terres des Inuits du Nunatsiavut et du NunatuKavut, des Innus de Nitassinan, des B��othuks et des Mi���kmaq. �� l�����le-du-Prince-��douard et en Nouvelle-��cosse, nous retrouvons nos amis et coll��gues situ��s sur le territoire des Mi���kmaq. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, on trouve des biblioth��ques sur les terres des peuples W��last��kwiyik, Mi���kmaq, et Passamaquoddy. Nous souhaitons exprimer notre plus sinc��re gratitude aux peuples autochtones qui partagent avec nous leurs terres ancestrales.