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Open Education Policy Forum
by Arianna Cheveldave 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

Dear colleagues, This message is sent on behalf of Anahita Rezaei, Open Education & Advocacy Specialist, Centrum Cyfrowe. Open Education Policy Forum is coming back on September 15-16 for the sixth time (and online, too). We are looking forward to seeing you at the end of the summer to discuss the “Universe of Openness,” but today, we are excited to announce an Open Call for two key events that will be held during the Forum: * Lightning talks – presentation of the most inspiring Open Education initiatives from the time of the pandemic [September 15]. In the tradition of exchanging the best practices from Open Education, we’re seeking inspiring initiatives. Have you completed a project or started an inspirational initiative within OE Policy in the past year and are you willing to share it with the Open Education community? If so, we’re looking for you! You’ll have up to 7 minutes to present your project to the world. * Workshops for policy makers and OE activists [September 16]. In small groups of up to 15 participants, where every person can be heard and bring their unique perspective and experience, we want to talk about the future of Open Education. Our goal is to create realistic and achievable guidelines for the OE community in three areas: * Designing the future of open education policy based on know-how and good practices * New concepts & perspectives for the study on copyright for education * Open Education for Green & Climate Education Key dates Deadline for submission to lightning talks and workshops: August 15 Publication of results: August 17 Registration<https://forms.gle/7FhKmAR4qWeHFnAZ7> About the Forum. Open Education Policy Forum is an international conference organised by Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation in cooperation with Communia Association, Hewlett Foundation, Intellectual Property Institute, OEGlobal, Otwarte Zasoby and SPARC Europe. Once a year, we bring together stakeholders (activists, researchers, teachers, policy makers) from around the world to exchange good practices and discuss challenges and opportunities faced by the Open Education community. We want to provide an opportunity for networking, exchange of knowledge and future collaborations. “The Universe of Openness” – about the upcoming edition of the Forum. Open Education initiatives have been expanding extraordinarily since 2020. Resources, institutions and infrastructure built on the OE model provide resilience to educational systems at the beginning of remote education. The pandemic time has redefined “openness” in education. Now, with so many various projects in progress, we want to ask the following: how can the OE community maintain this growth? And how can we expand, explore and improve it in the upcoming future? The conference will open with the premiere of a new pan-European study “Remote education during the pandemic: teachers perspective” conducted by Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation and Communia Association. For more information, visit the Open Education Policy Forum 2021 website<https://centrumcyfrowe.pl/forum2021/>. Best Regards, -- Anahita Rezaei (she/her) - Forum coordinator Open Education & Advocacy Specialist Fundacja Centrum Cyfrowe centrumcyfrowe.pl<http://centrumcyfrowe.pl/>

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Building Just and Sustainable OER Workshop
by Arianna Cheveldave 03 Aug '21

03 Aug '21

Dear colleagues, This message is sent on behalf of Amanda Coolidge. Please check out this professional development opportunity for ensuring OER Sustainability with a Justice/EDI (JEDI) lens at your institution, led by the RIOS (formerly SCORE network) and Gateway Sciences Institute. A few openings are left but deadline is approaching, as first workshop week starts August 9. The original registration deadline was August 2, but registrations are still being accepted through the afternoon of August 4. Please contact Dr. Carrie Eaton for any questions. Do you lead an organization, project, or professional development related to Open Education or STEM Education in higher ed? Need help improving your broader impacts and sustainability in a way that centers justice and equity? Are you interested in tools and feedback to better reach your audience and communicate the value of your work? If so, join with teams from other projects like yours (e.g. BioQUEST/QUBES and RIOS Institute) in a new workshop. The first workshop, Focus on Strategy, runs from August 9 to August 12, and the second workshop, Focus on Operations, is from September 13 to 16. Details about workshop available here<https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/score/blog/2021/07/learning-community…>! Register for the workshop here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGsxiCMcf0bLOygO3XmKzal9IN3DkggsI…>! 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 ________________________________ 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 Grants
by Arianna Cheveldave 15 Jul '21

15 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, The following notices are for funding and research opportunities with BCcampus. We encourage anyone who is interested and eligible to apply. Grants BCcampus Professional Learning Grant The BCcampus Professional Learning Grant was created to provide B.C. public post-secondary educators with more equitable access to funding for professional development related to creating excellent learning experiences and environments for diverse student groups. Apply: https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/bccampus-professional-learni… BCcampus Research Fellows 2021 - 2023 We invite research proposals from B.C. post-secondary students who are committed to exploring and improving student learning and eager to conduct and share research with others. For this call, only projects with student lead researchers will be considered. The deadline for proposals is October 31, 2021. Apply: https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/bccampus-research-fellows-20… 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 ________________________________ 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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July 22 FREE Virtual Event - OER: What’s Next? Equity & Diversity
by Arianna Cheveldave 14 Jul '21

14 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, This message is courtesy of Jamie Whitman of the Community College of Baltimore County. ---- Hello! Just wanted to pass along a professional development opportunity hosted by ACRL’s Community and Junior Colleges Library Section. Information about the event and how to register is below. OER: What’s Next? Equity & Diversity Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 1PM PT /2PM MT / 3PM CT / 4PM ET Free Online Event Join Ann Fiddler and Dr. Rebecca Karoff for a panel focusing on what is next for OER concerning equity and diversity. Event hosted by the CJCLS OER Committee. Use the link at the bottom to register for the first of the special series. This one-hour synchronous event will feature two presenters, followed by a Q&A: * ANN FIDDLER Ann Fiddler is the Open Education Librarian for the City University of New York in the Office of the Dean of Library Services. This office supports 32 libraries across 24 campuses in the 5 boroughs of New York City. Ann has been overseeing Open Educational Resource initiatives across the university since 2014. She has been the principal investigator for grants in support of OER from Achieving the Dream, The Gates Foundation, and The Public Interest Technology Network. She is currently leading the University-wide OER Initiative generously funded by New York State. * DR. REBECCA KAROFF Dr. Rebecca Karoff joined the University of Texas System in February 2016 as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. She is responsible for leading and supporting student success initiatives system-wide. Her work addresses the student success continuum, PK-20 and into the workforce, and recognizes the remarkable responsibility and opportunity of the University of Texas System to achieve more equitable access and outcomes for the state’s increasingly diverse students. She is the primary architect of the UT System’s student success framework, and collaborates with institutional colleagues across the UT System to ensure student financial well-being, effective advising, and students’ sense of academic and social belonging. Her work includes leadership of the UT System’s momentum-building strategy on Open Educational Resources (OER), strengthening curricular innovation, and working with faculty to embrace their roles in student success. All her work is data-informed, equity-centered and quality-driven, and she is interested in expanded approaches to measuring student success. Beyond the UT System, she is a member of the Texas Transfer Alliance, a joint effort among the Charles A. Dana Center, the Texas Success Center, the Texas Association of Community Colleges, and four of the state’s public university systems (Texas A&M University System, Texas State University System, University of North Texas System and University of Texas System) to improve transfer student outcomes. She is active in NASH, the National Association of System Heads, and is a co-author of the NASH Equity Action Framework, a tool designed for university systems to assess their progress toward, and act on the adoption and integration of essential equity practices through sustained engagement. She chairs the Equity Work Group of DOERS3, the Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success Collaborative, work resulting in the DOERS3 OER Equity Blueprint and Equity Through OER Rubric. Attendance is Free! Register here: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2xR6rllJSJWI7yJzMwuPQg Take care and be well, Jamie Whitman jwitman(a)ccbcmd.edu 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 ________________________________ 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 Adoption Forms Update
by Arianna Cheveldave 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, BCcampus now has three adoption forms to help us more accurately track OER usage in the province. Faculty can let us know if they’re using an open textbook<https://open.bccampus.ca/use-open-textbooks/tell-us-youre-using-an-open-tex…>, open course materials<https://open.bccampus.ca/use-open-textbooks/tell-us-youre-using-open-course…>, or other OER<https://open.bccampus.ca/use-open-textbooks/oer-adoption-form/> in their course. In addition, we are now tracking the program for each course on these forms to allow us to more easily identify potential Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) programs. Sent on behalf of Lauri Aesoph lauri.aesoph(a)bccampus.ca 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 ________________________________ 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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Taking Up the Open Pedagogy Summer Adventure
by Arianna Cheveldave 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Dear colleagues, The following is a message from Alan Levine, reaching out on behalf of OE Global. ---- What's an adventure without a dash of the unknown? My hope for our Open Pedagogy Summer Adventure<https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/open-pd/summer-adventure/47> was to flip the usual webinar style approach to what works beautifully here by email where people ask, answer, share when they can. All of the Summer Adventure series is freely available to read in OEG Connect, and to respond there use this special link <https://connect.oeglobal.org/invites/a4eGA3vSTB> for the quick route to make an account. Your interest we heard for learning about interactivity, specifically H5P, is in my corner, and Liz Yata will be sharing soon details on our webinar session next week. The activities I will review<https://connect.oeglobal.org/tag/interactivity-opsa>, are and will be available for anyone to use at any time. Here is the H5P Adventure. Each leads to an activity and a place to share what you discover or ask questions. * 0. The Interactivity Strand in the Summer Adventure: What Kind of H5P Do You Want<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/the-interactivity-strand-in-the-summer-adven…> - a poll and discussion to share what you know or want to know about H5P * 1. Before Grabbing the Tools<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/h5p-1-0-before-grabbing-the-tools/1933/10> - Find where and how to find examples of H5P interactivity to seed ideas what is possible * 2. Where to Make H5P?<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/h5p-2-0-where-to-make-h5p/2022/2> - Determine where you can get access to an H5P creation space * 3. Start From Scratch or Remix?<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/h5p-3-0-start-from-scratch-or-remix/2026/6> A value of H5P content is that it is truly reusable. If you are new to H5P it might be easier to learn the tools by modifying existing content. * 4. Pick Up a First Tool and Go<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/h5p-4-0-pick-up-a-first-tool-and-go/2058/2> - since there are 49 different content type tools, which ones are good start? We have suggestions More will be added, perhaps for the more complex tools like Branching Scenarios, but rather than us decided in advance we will base on your feedback. And I am sure there is some strong expertise here with H5P (more than mine) so we welcome people who know their way around H5P. There's more in the mix than H5P. Christina Riehman-Murphy and Bryan McGeary have provided a stand alone version of their OER Roadmap workshop<https://connect.oeglobal.org/tag/roadmap-opsa> (and are standing by to respond to questions). There has been good Q&A in a copyright topic<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/none-of-us-are-lawyers-ask-about-copyright-a…>, the typical CCCOER abundance of resource sharing<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/suggested-resources-for-learning-about-open-…>, and participants have shared as introductions<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/say-hello-and-share-your-summer-goals-in-ope…> and updates<https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/how-are-those-summer-projects-going/2059/> progress on their own summer open pedagogy projects. We hope to see you join the adventure when you can<https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/open-pd/summer-adventure/47>. Sent on behalf of Alan Levine cogdogblog(a)gmail.com 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 ________________________________ 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 - Possible Outage on June 25
by Arianna Cheveldave 24 Jun '21

24 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, On June 25, 2021, we are migrating the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/> to new, more secure servers. We plan for the disruption to be minimal, but the collection may be unavailable between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m. Pacific time. If anyone needs urgent access to a book in the collection while the collection is unavailable, please email opentext(a)bccampus.ca with the name of the book and we will get you a copy. Sincerely, The BCcampus Open Education Team 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 ________________________________ 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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CCCOER Open Pedagogy Summer Adventure continues tomorrow at 12pm PDT
by Arianna Cheveldave 15 Jun '21

15 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, Below is a message from Liz Yata of the Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER), promoting a discussion about open pedagogy today at 12 p.m. PDT. What: Sharing Resources and Examples of Open Pedagogy in Action with Suzanne Wakim and Sue Tashjian When: Tuesday, June 15th, 12pm PDT/3pm EDT Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAoc--trD8qHt2kvSoU4g45VtOsO4iYkv… With Special Guests: The developers of the Open Pedagogy Project Roadmap<https://oeproadmap.psu.edu/>: * Christina Riehman-Murphy (she/hers), is a Reference & Instruction Librarian at Penn State Abington College. * Bryan McGeary (he/his) is the Learning Design and Open Education Engagement Librarian at Penn State University. Who will: walk us through the 4 stages of the Open Pedagogy Road Map: 1. Scope of Your Open Pedagogy Project 2. Support for Your Open Pedagogy Project 3. Student Outcomes and Agency 4. Sharing and Sustainability Stay Tuned to the Open Pedagogy Summer Adventure space on OEG Connect<https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/open-pd/summer-adventure/47> as the developers of the Open Pedagogy Project Roadmap<https://oeproadmap.psu.edu/> will be releasing a 4-part series of activities there so you can work through the roadmap at your own time and pace. Did you miss the first meeting? Check out the archives: https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/did-you-miss-the-june-1st-launch-of-the-summ… Hope to see you tomorrow! This meeting will be recorded and the archives posted on OEG Connect. This program is open to anyone who is interested, so feel free to share it with others in your network. Best, Liz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Liz Yata (pronouns she/her) Manager of Communities of Practice, Open Education Global lizyata(a)oeglobal.org<mailto:lizyata(a)oeglobal.org> | CCCOER.org<http://CCCOER.org> | Twitter: @CCCOER<https://twitter.com/cccoer> OEGlobal, CCCOER | 60 Thoreau St, Suite 238, Concord, MA 01742 USA Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/liz-cccoer Connect with the global Open Education community at https://connect.oeglobal.org/ Not on OEG Connect yet? Use this link to register and be added to the Open Pedagogy section: https://connect.oeglobal.org/invites/a4eGA3vSTB

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Apply by June 20 to run a Wikipedia assignment in Fall 2021!
by Arianna Cheveldave 11 Jun '21

11 Jun '21

Dear colleagues, BCcampus recently received notice of an opportunity to collaborate with Wiki Education in the Fall 2021 term. Below is the modified text from a message that we received about this opportunity. The deadline to run a Wikipedia assignment in Fall 2021 is rapidly approaching! To run a Wikipedia assignment this Fall, submit your application by June 20. Wiki Education's support is fully funded, and there are no fees to run a Wikipedia assignment. The reasons to run a Wikipedia assignment are myriad, but here are some reflections that capture the essence of the project: "Although many students admitted they had first felt intimidated by the thought of their work being ‘out there’ on the internet, they all commented on the huge sense of achievement they felt seeing their articles published on Wikipedia at the end of semester and how contributing to global knowledge was incredibly fulfilling." —Professor Victoria Austin, University of Winnipeg "One of the things I loved about this project was the idea of being able to improve something on a public platform and offer substantive research that could be helpful to someone who might not have access to the same resources we are so lucky to have as students at the University of Michigan." —Aja Brandmeier, Student, University of Michigan To apply for a spot in the program, follow these steps: 1. Create an account at dashboard.wikiedu.org<https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/>. 2. Go through Wiki Education's Orientation for New Instructors<https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/training/instructors/new-instructor-orientati…>. You'll be prompted to do this once you create an account. 3. After you complete the orientation, you'll be asked to launch the Assignment Design Wizard. Go through the wizard to create your course page. Your course page will be the central hub for your Wikipedia assignment, and it's how you receive support from Wiki Education. When you're ready, submit the course page, and your application will be complete! We will notify you by July 16 if we are able to offer you a spot for the Fall 2021 term. Applications submitted after June 20 will only be considered if space allows. For more information, contact Helaine Blumenthal at helaine(a)wikiedu.org<mailto:helaine(a)wikiedu.org>. 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 ________________________________ 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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LaTeX support now available. Sign up for a LaTeX Learning Community session
by BCcampus IT Support 12 Mar '21

12 Mar '21

Dear Pressbooks-User Community, In collaboration with open-education librarians in B.C., BCcampus is happy to announce the newly formed LaTeX Learning Community<https://bccampus.ca/event/latex-learning-community/> which will provide monthly one-hour drop-in sessions beginning Wednesday, March 17 at 11am. Whether you’re a LaTeX whiz who needs help transitioning to Pressbooks, a LaTeX newbie who’s still learning the basics, or somewhere in between, the monthly LaTeX Learning Community sessions will allow discussion of LaTeX problems and solutions. Bring your questions, quandaries, and problem-solving skills. These sessions are limited to members of the B.C. and Yukon post-secondary systems. Registration is required<https://events.eply.com/2021OpenLaTeXMarch17>. Sincerely, BCcampus IT Support and Open Education Team BCcampus | Learning. Doing. Leading. support(a)bccampus.ca | www.bccampus.ca

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