February 2023 - Openbcit - lists.bccampus.ca

FW: USask Sessions for Open Education Week
by Rosario Passos 27 Feb '23

27 Feb '23

Hi there fellow Open Educators, Some of you may be interested in the following virtual sessions offered in Zoom by University of Saskatchewan during Open Education Week. You will need to register in advance for the sessions. Open Education Week<https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/pages/about/> celebrates the worldwide achievements in Open Education. This year, this international event takes place March 6 to 10. What Are Open Educational Practices and How Do I Get Started? When: Mar 6, 2023 01:30 PM Saskatchewan Register in advance for this meeting: https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEuceurpjoqE9wW6kSr_zaFKv03QQuPH…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusask-ca.…> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction to Using Pressbooks (Aimed at USask Instructors) When: Mar 7, 2023 01:30 PM Saskatchewan Register in advance for this meeting: https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tdO-rrz4iEtb2bpGUxxHvgqrNiVB_4…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusask-ca.…> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Using Open Educational Practices to Help Address University and Community Priorities (Panel) When: Mar 8, 2023 01:00 PM Saskatchewan Register in advance for this meeting: https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElceyqrjIvHNY1pQFfk8sct-T9IIcA8…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusask-ca.…> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing the New Open Educational Resources Community in HARVEST (Aimed at USask Community) When: Mar 9, 2023 01:30 PM Saskatchewan Register in advance for this meeting: https://usask-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcuqtrTsvEtwPbIn4G_pHiSoh6a12a…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fusask-ca.…>

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New Open Course Packs from BCcampus
by Rosario Passos 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

Fellow Open Educators at BCIT, BCcampus has announced four new open course packs, and we thought some of you may be interested. Please share widely across your networks. Cheers, Rosario Dear colleagues, BCcampus is excited to announce that we have recently posted four new open course packs to the B.C. Open Collection<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…>: * Environmental Geology<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…> by Steven Earle, TRU * Psychology of Language<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…> by Dinesh Ramoo, TRU and CNC * Introduction to Innovation<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…> by Katherine Carpenter, KPU * Introduction to Entrepreneurship<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…> by Katherine Carpenter, KPU These course packs were all funded by grants issued by BCcampus for the purpose of creating open course materials that align with post-secondary courses in British Columbia. Each course pack is divided into modules or weeks that contain teaching materials such as lesson plans, lecture slides, student activities, and readings. All four of these courses are also aligned with open textbooks written by the same author as the course pack. All four course packs are licensed under CC BY 4.0<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcreativec…> licences. The materials for these courses, as well as all BCcampus course packs<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcollectio…>, can be downloaded from the B.C. Open Collection. If you use one of these or any other open course pack, please tell us you're using open course materials<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.bcca…> by filling out an adoption form. You can read more about the Open Online Courses Project<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…> at bccampus.ca. Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmdrp.me%2…> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca.linked…> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.overl…>? Contact latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:latexsupport(a)bccampus.ca> ________________________________ 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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Open Education Week celebration at BCIT
by Rosario Passos 24 Feb '23

24 Feb '23

Dear fellow Open educators, Open Education Week<https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/pages/about/> celebrates the worldwide achievements in Open Education. This year, this international event takes place March 6 to 10. There are lots of events happening during that week and I hope you can take some time to attend some, either virtually or in person. Check out BCcampus calendar of events<https://bccampus.ca/events/> for information on what will be happening around town that week. The celebration of Open Education Week will kick-off in style at BCIT. Open Educator and recipient of the 2021 Teaching Excellence in Open Education, Employee Excellence Award, Julia Alards-Tomalin will present The collaborative creation of Buds, Branches and Bark: a Guide to Winter Identification in the Pacific Northwest<https://bcit.libcal.com/event/3718608>, a BCIT OER textbook at Food For Thought on Monday, March 6, at 12:30, in the Summit Centre, Library. This is an in-person event with a light lunch provided. Hope to see some of you there! Cheers, Rosario [cid:image001.png(a)01D9487A.67028A50] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC) 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 I acknowledge that BCIT campuses are located on unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations

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FW: Call for Equity Reviewers: Social Sciences
by Rosario Passos 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hi there fellow Open Educators, I thought some of you might be interested in the following: This message is sent on behalf of Josie Gray (jgray(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:jgray(a)bccampus.ca>). ** Dear B.C. Open Education Community, This year, BCcampus will be funding two adaptation projects focused on making open textbooks more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. The books selected are well adopted in British Columbia, but it has been a number of years since they were updated. As a first step, we are looking for two people to review each book using an Equity in OER Rubric. Applications are due by the end of the day on March 13, 2023. For more information, see the calls for reviewers: * Call for Equity Reviewers: Introduction to Psychology - 1st Canadian Edition<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…> * Call for Equity Reviewers: Introduction to Sociology - 2nd Canadian Edition<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…> If you have questions, please contact Josie Gray, manager of production and publishing, at jgray(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:jgray(a)bccampus.ca>. Please pass these calls on to anyone in your network who may be interested in this opportunity. Sincerely, Josie Gray

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BCIT's Employee Excellence Awards - Teaching Excellence in Open Education
by Rosario Passos 22 Feb '23

22 Feb '23

Hello fellow Open Educators, Just a friendly reminder that the nominations for BCIT’s Employee Excellence Awards<https://www.bcit.ca/human-resources/employee-recognition/employee-excellenc…> close on March 1!! Remember that there is a category for Teaching Excellence in Open Education<https://www.bcit.ca/open/faculty-in-the-open/teaching-excellence-in-open-ed…> and we would love to see someone nominated again this year! Last year’s worthy recipient was Julia Alards-Tomalin<https://www.bcit.ca/open/faculty-in-the-open/julia-alards-tomalin/>. The recipient will be awarded $1,000. And the nominations are open until March 1. So, take some time and make a nomination or encourage one of your peers to make a nomination. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Rosario [cid:image001.png(a)01D946E3.D2112600] Rosario Passos Instructional Development Consultant (IDC) Learning and Teaching Centre (LTC) 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 I acknowledge that BCIT campuses are located on unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nations

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FW: Get Into the Openverse for finding CC Licensed Images and Audio
by Rosario Passos 08 Feb '23

08 Feb '23

Hi there fellow Open Educators, The following is adapted from a discussion in OE Global. I thought some of you might find it interesting: We know everybody has their favorite source (or a curated list of them) for finding openly licensed media. However, the Openverse, which is the evolution of the Creative Commons CC Search that was adopted and operated by WordPress, is now its own entity at https://openverse.org/<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> Why is this important? Beyond being a searchable tool of over 600 million images and audio, you can be confident that each item is licensed under a Creative Commons license. And for every result you find, Openverse offers a readily used cut and paste attribution statement. Learn more about Openverse<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> and the different sources it indexes and draws from<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…>. If you previously listed/linked to the Creative Commons search at https://search.creativecommons.org/<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.cr…> then see what happens, you are covered. Before you start just tossing search terms in (well go ahead and do that), its worth noting the special power search tools<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> you can wield as well. So I can start away by searching on "dogs playing" https://openverse.org/search/?q=dog%20playing<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> Pay attention to the filters on the right. From the first result, you can filter by different licenses (e.g. find ones you can modify, so it removes results that are licensed no derivates. Next, from my dogs playing, I want to focus on just images https://openverse.org/search/image?q=dog%20playing<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…>. Nice. Now I have more filters available. I might limit it to Photographs that are wide (landscape orientation) and available in larger sizes https://openverse.org/search/image?q=dog%20playing&license_type=modificatio…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> Or I can limit it to specific sources, so dogs playing from Eurpoena, the Met, and the New York Public Library https://openverse.org/search/image?q=dog%20playing&license_type=modificatio…<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> This is a lot of flexibility! What do I get with results? I might look at this Japanese painting of Courtesan and Attendant Playing with a Dog<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…>. The Openverse entry provides the link to the source of the image<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> (so I can download it from the Met, and see more information too). But more valuable, there the license is made very clear and I have different options for copy a well formed attribution statement (bottom right corner) [Screen Shot 139]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.o…> While Openverse is not the end all be all, to me, for being perfectly clear on licensing, its pretty much the cat's pajamas<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopenverse…> [:wink:] Rosario

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FW: New OER: Introduction to Criminology
by Rosario Passos 03 Feb '23

03 Feb '23

Hello fellow open educators, I saw this open textbook published by OPUS at KPU and thought that some of you may be interested, or know someone who might be interested. I know we have a Forensics program at BCIT… maybe someone can share with someone from that program? Cheers, Rosario Introduction to Criminology Edited by Dr. Shereen Hassan and Dan Lett, MAS  [cid:image001.png(a)01D937D6.06935C30] Link to Resource: Introduction to Criminology<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkpu.press…> Although this open education resource (OER) is written with the needs and abilities of first-year undergraduate criminology students in mind, it is designed to be flexible. As a whole, the OER is amply broad to serve as the main textbook for an introductory course, yet each chapter is deep enough to be useful as a supplement for subject-area courses; authors use plain and accessible language as much as possible, but introduce more advanced, technical concepts where appropriate; the text gives due attention to the historical “canon” of mainstream criminological thought, but it also challenges many of these ideas by exploring alternative, critical, and marginalized perspectives. After all, criminology is more than just the study of crime and criminal law; it is an examination of the ways human societies construct, contest, and defend ideas about right and wrong, the meaning of justice, the purpose and power of laws, and the practical methods of responding to broken rules and of mending relationships. Special thanks to Leah Ballantyne, LLB LLM, a Cree lawyer from the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in Pukatawagan, Manitoba, who provided expert Indigenous consultation/editing for this textbook.  This OER was jointly funded and supported by KPU Arts, KPU OER Grants, KPU OPUS, BCcampus and the Justice Institute of BC.     Check out the KPU Pressbooks Catalogue<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkpu.press…> of works published by the Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kpu.c…> at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.  Learn more about KPU Open Education<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kpu.ca…>. Follow us on Twitter at @KPUopen<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.c…>.

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