July 2019 - Openbcit - lists.bccampus.ca

Great article on digital annotation
by Rosario Passos 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, This is a great article about digital annotation of textbooks: https://www.edutopia.org/article/social-annotation-digital-age Digital annotation can be an effective way to get your students started on open publication. Hypothesis is a fantastic tool, which is now so much easier to use than a couple of years ago! If you are interested in learning about hypothesis, here is a free course: https://teach.kqed.org/course/digital-annotations-with-hypothesis 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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KPU is sharing their template for a student agreement to publish course work openly
by Rosario Passos 29 Jul '19

29 Jul '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators! KPU is sharing their new Student Agreement to Publish Course Work Under a CC license. This template (itself licensed CC-BY) provides guidance to faculty and includes links to relevant resources for both faculty and students. See: (link: https://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Teaching%20and%20Learning/Student%20…) <https://t.co/BuYT94NIjB?amp=1> You can download the file from their website: https://www.kpu.ca/open/pedagogy This is a great resource should you want to engage your learners in cocreation of content this coming semester. Be sure to check it out! 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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Textbook spending is declining....
by Rosario Passos 26 Jul '19

26 Jul '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, This is a very interesting read that speaks to the slight decline in textbook spending and the assumption that opentextbooks are gaining ground: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/07/25/spending-and-costs-textbooks… Nicole Allen says: "One of the effects of high costs of textbooks is that it has started conversations on campus about the limitations of traditional textbooks and created opportunities for faculty to tailor more of their material to their course or even go beyond textbooks to other collections of resources,” Allen said. The changing role of libraries has possibly contributed to lower student spending, Allen said. “Libraries have gotten a lot more engaged in conversations around course materials,” Allen said. “They’ve been working with faculty to help get students access to academic materials.” This is very encouraging in my opinion. We must continue to encourage these campus conversations, so that faculty relies less on textbooks and more on teaching. Being able to adapt existing materials to the needs of your learners is one of the biggest advantages of using an open textbook, in my opinion. Cheers, Rosario

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BCcampus Open Education: News and updates (July 17, 2019)
by Lauri Aesoph 17 Jul '19

17 Jul '19

Dear Colleagues, Please see below for the latest open education updates at BCcampus and in B.C. New books * Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3b…> * This French language textbook comes from ecampusOntario Open Library<https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/>. Le manuel Résumer, synthétiser, argumenter s’adresse aux étudiants de français langue seconde de niveau avancé (3e ou 4e année universitaire, essentiellement). * Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=7d…> * By Dr. Jean L. Okimāsis and published by the University of Regina Open Access Publishing<https://uofrpress.ca/Open-Access-Publishing>, this book offers a broad range of learning materials that is easily accessible to Cree language learners and includes Cree language audio labs and language workbook. * Two more textbooks from OpenStax, each with an editable Pressbooks copy. * Organizational Behavior (OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8a…> * Principles of Management (OpenStax)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=a1…> * Introduction to Community Psychology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=51…> * This new textbook, published as part of the Rebus Community<https://www.rebus.community/c/open-textbooks-in-development>, shows students how to comprehensively analyze, investigate, and address escalating problems of economic inequality, violence, substance abuse, homelessness, poverty, and racism. Support resource update * See the new Embedding and Linking<https://opentextbc.ca/selfpublishguide/chapter/embed-and-link/> chapter in the Self-Publishing Guide<https://opentextbc.ca/selfpublishguide/> The following chapters in the OER by Discipline Directory have been updated: * Academic Success<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/academic-success/> * Accounting<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/accounting/> * Engineering - General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/engineering-general/> * English<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/english/> * French<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/french/> * Geography<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geography/> * Geology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/geology/> * History<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/history-world/> * Language Learning<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/language-oer-for-specific-langu…> * Math<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/math/> * Media<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/media/> * Pedagogy and Instructional Design<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/pedagogy-id/> * Political Science<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/political-science/> * Science - General<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/sciences-general/> * Sociology<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/sociology/> * Statistics<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/statistics/> * Urban Planning<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/urban-planning/> * Theatre<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/chapter/theatre/> We are looking for 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 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/>. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades. * For the most current open education information, take a look at these continuously updated directories: * Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> - research, articles, blogs, books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., Global North, and Global South regions * Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C. Regards, The BCcampus Open Education 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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Openly Licensed simulations
by Rosario Passos 17 Jul '19

17 Jul '19

Hi all, You might be interested in checking out this simulations site: the University of Colorado has openly licensed simulation labs, including biology and chemistry: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/new And share with your peers... 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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How Creative Commons drives collaboration
by Rosario Passos 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

Hi there Fellow Open Educators, This video and article about the CC licenses, sharing and collaboration is really great: How Creative Commons drives collaboration<https://www.vox.com/ad/20679129/creative-commons-collaboration-internet-pow…> Hope it inspires you to use, reuse and remix OER! 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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Thinking about starting to use OER?
by Rosario Passos 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, Thinking you might want to get started with using OER this coming semester? Check out this OER starter kit to help you along! https://iastate.pressbooks.pub/oerstarterkit/?fbclid=IwAR20GpO_Ph37czjF-Jta… Hope you find it helpful 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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Good news from eCampus Ontario
by Rosario Passos 11 Jul '19

11 Jul '19

Good morning fellow Open Educators! This is great news from eCampus Ontario so I thought I'd share. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/07/09/ontario-schools-tally-oer-… I wonder if this is a self-reporting tool. I will ask David Porter. Cheers, Rosario

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A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
by Rosario Passos 10 Jul '19

10 Jul '19

This article from Stephen Downes offers a lot of food for thought in terms of openness in education and what the future will bring, including some references to the polytechnic model through internships and apprenticeships as enablers of collaborative co-creation. A LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES<https://www.ijoer.org/a-look-at-the-future-of-open-educational-resources/> The following concluding remarks particularly resonate with me as I reflect on learning design in the open: "Students today face the challenge of complex and rapidly changing work and study environments. These challenges, and the affordances enabled by new technologies, are driving a new generation of learning resources. These resources will be dynamic and adaptive. They will be created at the point of need by AI-assisted learning design<https://www.ijoer.org/glossary/learning-design/> systems and will draw on constantly changing requirements and data sources. These resources will not teach by means of content transmission, but rather, will require that students interact with both the data and algorithms, modifying the resource and creating solutions to real-world challenges. They will work using the same tools as people already working in the field, adapting to changes in the tool alongside the experts, working with and alongside them in a cooperative open working environment." Rosario o [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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Exploring the future of OER
by Rosario Passos 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Hi there fellow Open Educators, This article from the Hewlett Foundation came out right after Open Education week: Exploring the Future of OER<https://hewlett.org/exploring-the-future-of-open-educational-resources/> I think it is worth a reading: it talks about scale and numbers from a historic perspective and it begins to open the door for conversations about how the focus is changing towards open pedagogy and giving both faculty and students agency in the teaching and learning transactions: "While scale and access have been the focus of OER's initial growth, we see considerable interest and opportunities for OER to enhance student and teacher agency. We are at a point in time when we can begin to more deeply explore questions about how open education can engage learners who come to school with different experiences, needs, and interests." These posts are a series of post that the HF is making to engage the community in deeper thinking and exploreing the future of open resources in education. So, if you have any strong opinions, feel free to participate! 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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