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Call for Proposals: Open Educational Resource Development for the Trades
by Rosario Passos 31 Oct '19

31 Oct '19

Hello fellow Open Educators! This BCcampus call for proposals is just out: https://bccampus.ca/grants-calls-for-proposals/call-for-proposals-open-educ… Some information from the call: (proposals are due November 15!) Synopsis This call for proposals is for OER development funded by BCcampus in order to increase and improve the application, awareness, and sustainability of open education in trades training. The Open Education Trades Grant for Term 2019 may also be used for, but is not limited to, the development of open textbooks, instructor resources, media, open test banks, or ancillary resources. For this term (November 2019 to January 2020), the following grants will be offered: * Two individual grants of $7000 maximum per SME (total of $14,000) * One institutional or articulation group grant of $21,000 Application Process The application form<https://open.bccampus.ca/files/2019/06/Call_Application-OE-Sustainability-G…> should be completed and emailed to Tim Carson at tcarson(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:tcarson(a)bccampus.ca>. While the application form asks for all basic information, those wishing to submit more detail may attach appendices as required. The evaluation committee looks for proposals that are well written and specifically address the guidelines. Designate a lead representative for the project and submit the proposal through the lead. Note: Please note there is an institutional signoff section in the application for individuals. Criteria for Successful Proposals Successful proposals will meet the following mandatory criteria: * Exhibit characteristics of quality teaching and learning, such as alignment with learning outcomes or provincial outlines for your specific trade. * Demonstrate experience and a positive track record with curriculum development. * Identify deliverables and their due dates. * Include a budget documenting the use of the funding being requested. * Include a timeline. * Be submitted by trades applicants who have completed their harmonization outline sequencing So, put your heads together and apply! Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Call for proposals is open
by Rosario Passos 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hi there colleagues, The call for proposals for the BCIT Open Education Faculty Champion/Fellow grant is now open! The BCIT Open Education Working Group is inviting BCIT Instructors to apply for a BCIT Open Education Faculty Champion/Faculty Fellow Grant in the amount of $15,000. The Faculty Champion/Fellow will collaborate with and be supported by the BCIT Open Education Working Group. The successful grant recipient will be committed to generating awareness about and increasing the use of OER and Open Pedagogy (OP) at BCIT. They will work with students and faculty to transform the student learning experience at BCIT through the widespread use of OER and OP and will be eager to share their expertise with colleagues and students across the institution. This grant must be used to include, but is not limited to, the following activities: * expand open education advocacy with faculty and students * liaise with the BCIT Student Association and other student groups * organize/participate in events and workshops * conduct a small research project or survey focused on BCIT faculty or students and the use of OER/OEP (results to be presented to the Institute and openly published) The recipient is expected to dedicate a minimum of 240 hours to grant-related activities. The grant timeframe is between January 2020 and March 2021 but does not have to be spread over that entire time. Please include a letter of support from your manager with your application if you intend to use the funding for release time or engage in this work in a way that will impact your regular duties. Also, please don't forget to include in the application an outline of your experience in Open Education to date. Application form<https://commons.bcit.ca/library/files/2019/10/LIB-92_A.pdf> Submit your application to open(a)bcit.ca<mailto:open(a)bcit.ca> on or before Sunday, November 3, 2019. This opportunity is funded by an Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions from BCcampus with matching funds from BCIT. Questions? Contact Lin Brander (lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander(a)bcit.ca>) We look forward to receiving your application. Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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BCcampus Open Education: News and updates (October 23, 2019) - last email
by Lauri Aesoph 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, This is the last email you'll be receiving regarding updates about BCcampus Open Ed. In an effort to streamline our communication channels, BCcampus Open Education will be shared exclusively through the BCcampus newsletter<https://bccampus.ca/subscribe/?subscribe=> and announced via BCcampus's social media platforms. To stay informed about open education in British Columbia and BCcampus OpenEd, * Subscribe to the BCcampus newsletter<https://bccampus.ca/subscribe/?subscribe=> * Follow BCcampus on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/BCcampus>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/bccampus>, Flickr<https://www.flickr.com/photos/61642799(a)N03/>, LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/bccampus/>, Videos<https://video.bccampus.ca/> _____________________________________________________________________________ And now for the last news and updates message..... Happy Open Access week! This year's theme is Open for whom? Equity in open knowledge.<http://www.openaccessweek.org/profiles/blogs/theme-of-2019-international-op…> See the BCcampus Events Calendar<https://bccampus.ca/events/calendar/> for a list of Open Access events across the province. Next week, the BCcampus team is heading<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/23/bccampus-heads-to-opened19/> to the 16th Annual Open Education Conference<https://openedconference.org/2019/> in Phoenix, Arizona. Follow on Twitter: #opened19 New books added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection * New edition: Teaching in a Digital Age - 2nd Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=6e…> (Old edition will be removed from the collection Feb 1) * A test bank is now available for Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9e…> * Native Peoples of North America has been archived as it did not meet the criteria of the B.C. collection. This book can still be found in the Open Textbook Library<https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/native-peoples-of-north-america>. Support resources updates * Evaluate an Open Textbook<https://open.bccampus.ca/use-open-textbooks/evaluate-open-textbooks/> has been updated as well as the Find an Open Textbook<https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/find-an-open-textbook/> and Evaluate an Open Textbook<https://opentextbc.ca/adaptopentextbook/chapter/evaluate-an-open-textbook/> in the Adaptation Guide with OER evaluation checklists from the Open Oregon Educational Resources<https://openoregon.org/>. * NEW: Appendix C: OpenStax Textbooks in Pressbooks<https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/back-matter/appendix-c-openstax-textbooks-…> in the Pressbooks Guide * COMPLETED: Adoption Guide - 2nd Edition<https://opentextbc.ca/adoptopentextbook/> OpenEd updates * Ongoing adoption: Estimating, calculating, and tracking<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/23/ongoing-adoption-estimating-calculating-and-…> * Easier customization: 33 OpenStax textbooks now in Pressbooks<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/08/easier-customization-33-openstax-textbooks-n…> * Hard-back OpenStax books come to Canada<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/18/hard-back-openstax-books-come-to-canada/> * Early thoughts on the BCcampus open homework systems project<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/08/early-thoughts-on-the-bccampus-open-homework…> * From Zed Cred to ZTC: Clarifying what institutions really mean<https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/04/from-zed-cred-to-ztc-clarifying-what-institu…>s <https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/04/from-zed-cred-to-ztc-clarifying-what-institu…> OER by Discipline Directory: new entries * Anatomy<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/anatomy/> * Course Collections<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/course-collections/> * Education - General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/education-general/> * English and Writing<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english/> * Gender Studies<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/gender-studies/> * Geography<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geography/> * Hairdressing<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/hairdressing/> * Indigenous Studies<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/indigenous-studies/> * Multimedia Collections<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/multimedia-collections/> * Open Education and Open Pedagogy<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/open-education/> * Pedagogy and Instructional Design<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/> * Pharmacology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pharmacology/> * Physics<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/physics/> We need Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collecti…>. Contact bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca> if you are interested in providing an SME review. Help us identify the gaps Contact opentext(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:opentext(a)bccampus.ca> if you would like to see open textbooks made available for specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. For the most current open education information, see: * Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> * Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> For questions about open education in B.C., see the Answer Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/faqs/> On behalf of the BCcampus OpenEd team, Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education [https://bccampus.ca/files/2018/10/dotted-line.jpg] Cell: 250-893-0258 • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph(a)bccampus.ca> Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauri.aesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauri.aesoph/> BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus> • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash> I acknowledge that the land on which I work and live is the traditional territory of the Lkwungen-speaking people.

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Super Exciting Announcement!
by Rosario Passos 23 Oct '19

23 Oct '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, It is with great excitement that I share the following official announcement with all of you: BCIT's Open Education Working Group is thrilled to announce that BCIT is the recipient of a 2020 Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions from BCcampus. The grant consists of $32,250 from BCcampus with matching funds from BCIT to support the following initiatives: BCIT Faculty Champion/Open Fellow Grant This grant recipient will: * expand open education advocacy with faculty and students * liaise with the BCIT Student Association * organize/participate in events and workshops * conduct a small research project or survey focused on BCIT faculty or students and the use of OER. Find more information and the application form at https://open.bcit.ca/proposals Closes November 3, 2019 for a January 2020 start. BCIT Open Education Grant Program: Continue the open education grant program. BCIT is in its fourth year of offering small open education grants (up to $5K) to faculty to develop open education resources (OER) or to redesign courses to incorporate open educational practices and open course materials. To date, 24 grants have been awarded. Call for proposals for the next round of grants will go out early January 2020 Trades Online Content Conversion: Some time ago, BCcampus helped fund the creation of Tools for the Trades, an online learning resource created with Adobe Flash. https://ltc.bcit.ca/multimedia/_SOC/trades/ The grant will help with the conversion of this resource into a sustainable and accessible format. Open Publishing Program: Establish an open publishing program which will offer a variety of levels of support for faculty including the following: * convert instructor learning material already in digital format to PressBooks (if the format allows conversion) * support instructors who wish to work in PressBooks themselves - workshops and 1-1 support The BCIT Open Education Working Group thanks James Rout, AVP Education Support and Innovation, for his ongoing support of and advocacy for open education initiatives at BCIT. To find out more about Open Education at BCIT, visit open.bcit.ca Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Open Access Week is next week!
by Rosario Passos 17 Oct '19

17 Oct '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, Open access week is next week and there are a bunch of events happening all over the lower mainland as most post secondary institutions. Here are a few that you might be interested in: Tues: Can We Decolonize Open<https://iweb.langara.bc.ca/librarycentral/blog/2019/09/11/can-we-decolonize…> - KPU Richmond 12:30-4 Wed: Open Your Teaching: Enhancing Student Learning Through Open <https://bccampus.ca/event/open-your-teaching-enhancing-student-learning-thr…> Assignments<https://bccampus.ca/event/open-your-teaching-enhancing-student-learning-thr…> - Douglas 9-10:15 Thurs: Food For Thought Open Grant Project Showcase - BCIT 12:30 Fri: Open Scholarship in <https://about.library.ubc.ca/open-access/> Practice<https://about.library.ubc.ca/open-access/> - UBC 8:30-3:30 BCCampus calendar lists more events on the website: https://bccampus.ca/events/calendar/ We hope you can at least attend the BCIT event on Thursday at the BCIT Library: https://commons.bcit.ca/library/2019/10/09/bcit-open-education-grants-proje… So, take in as much as you can and enjoy the events! Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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Extra! Extra! Read all about!
by Rosario Passos 11 Oct '19

11 Oct '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, BCIT is the proud recipient of BCcampus 2020 Open Education Sustainability grant: https://bccampus.ca/2019/10/09/bcit-recipient-of-2020-oe-sustainability-gra… Come to the Open Education Working Group meeting on October 16 at 12:30 at the Summit Centre (SE14) in the Library to learn more. Cheers, Rosario [rosario.jpg] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2 Tel: (604) 456 1266 rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca<mailto:rosario_passos(a)bcit.ca> www.bcit.ca/ltc Education for a Complex World Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

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