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Celebrating Open Access Week at BCIT
by Rosario Passos 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

Hello fellow Open Educators, BCIT is celebrating Open Access Week with a great event tomorrow: Open Access Week Wednesday October 24 Main Floor, Burnaby Campus Library 11:30 to 2:30 Events include: * Wikipedia-a-thon * Paywall: The Business of Scholarship * Check Your Information Privilege So, drop by tomorrow at some time to participate in some of these events! Cheers, Rosario

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Celebrating Open Access Week!
by Rosario Passos 23 Oct '18

23 Oct '18

Hi there fellow open educators! This week we celebrate Open Access Week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about> all over the world! Here are some of the events that are going on locally in the Lower Mainland: Events at Douglas College - https://library.douglascollege.ca/faculty/oer/events Events at UBC: https://about.library.ubc.ca/open-access/?login Events at SFU: https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/scholarly-publishing/open-access/open-a… Events at BCIT: https://open.bcit.ca/events BCcampus also has these and a few other events on their calendar - Check it out: https://bccampus.ca/calendar/ Hope you are planning to attend one or two events to celebrate open access week! Cheers, Rosario

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MOOC on "Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning"
by Rosario Passos 11 Oct '18

11 Oct '18

Hi there fellow open educators! This MOOC on "Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning" starts at the end of October and seems it may be an interesting course if you want to expand your knowledge about using technology in teaching and learning. The MOOC is offered by Athabasca University with the support of The Commonwealth of Learning. For a course description and to register, check out the link: https://www.telmooc.org<https://www.telmooc.org/> Feel free to circulate this information through your networks. Cheers, Rosario

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FW: News from College Open Textbooks
by Rosario Passos 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Hi there fellow open educators, And here is an update on new open textbooks available from College Open Textbooks. May be interesting to browse the site to see if there’s anything you might find useful, Cheers, Rosario View this email in your browser<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…> [full size image] An Update on the New College Open Textbooks Since our re-launch in April, we've been adding content and kicked off an exciting new project. Take a few moments and share our progress below. [https://vr2-assets.verticalresponse.com/email_images/16492674996650/1649267…]<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…'%22%5d(?%3Curl%3E%5b%5E%7B%22%5d.+?)%5b%22%5d)&href_id_source=vr2-href-id-source-22> VISIT OUR SITE<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…'%22%5d(?%3Curl%3E%5b%5E%7B%22%5d.+?)%5b%22%5d)&href_id_source=vr2-href-id-source-22> [https://vr2-assets.verticalresponse.com/email_images/16492674996650/1649267…]<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…'%22%5d(?%3Curl%3E%5b%5E%7B%22%5d.+?)%5b%22%5d)&href_id_source=vr2-href-id-source-22> [Email Image] Textbook Listings Since April, we've added over 50 open textbooks to our listings. They include the complete catalog from the University of Georgia's Galileo repository and seven new 2nd editions from OpenStax. These new titles bring our total listings to over 750 open textbooks. [Email Image] Peer Reviews Peer reviews are more prominent on our new site, and this has led to an increase in the number of educators who are offering to join our distinguished panel of peer reviewers. We've added eight new reviews since April, with more in the pipeline. [Email Image] Success Stories Success stories are a new initiative, and we're off to a great start. Our Youtube channel<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…'%22%5d(?%3Curl%3E%5b%5E%7B%22%5d.+?)%5b%22%5d)&href_id_source=vr2-href-id-source-9> now has seven video stories from adopters, creators, and even a student testimonial. We hope that you will view these inspiring stories and pass them along to colleagues who may be considering creating or adopting OER for their classes. Subscribe to the channel and you'll be notified as soon as new stories are posted. ________________________________ We're Building an Open Textbook Search Engine Much has changed in the OER universe since we first created College Open Textbooks. Ten years ago, most open textbooks were self-published and scattered widely across the web. Today we're seeing a steady increase in the number of curated repositories. College Open Textbooks has a small team of volunteer web developers working on an application to mine those repositories. Our prototype currently searches the repositories of five organizations who have partnered with us (BC Campus, UGA's Galileo, Orange Grove, OpenStax, and SUNY), as well as College Open Textbooks' own listings. We're excited to announce that Charles Key, the Search Engine program manager, will present our progress in two weeks at the upcoming Open Education Conference. If you're at the conference, we invite you to attend our round table presentation on Thursday, October 11 at 9:45 AM. ________________________________ If you value the work we do, please consider donating some money to help us cover our operating costs. We're an all-volunteer 501(C)(3) organization, and anything you give will go directly to helping us make education more affordable and accessible for all learners. To help, visit the Give page<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…'%22%5d(?%3Curl%3E%5b%5E%7B%22%5d.+?)%5b%22%5d)&href_id_source=vr2-href-id-source-11> at College Open Textbooks. [https://vr2-assets.verticalresponse.com/email_images/16492674996654/1649267…]<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…>[https://vr2-assets.verticalresponse.com/email_images/16492674996656/1649267…]<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…>[https://vr2-assets.verticalresponse.com/email_images/16492674996658/1649267…]<https://cts.vrmailer1.com/click?sk=aNIoB2JgPjBJIdkdbAPAF5I8BAFwBvTA_DHF39CQ…>

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FW: CCCOER webinar: Oct 17 - Different Approaches to Sustaining Open Education
by Rosario Passos 03 Oct '18

03 Oct '18

Hi there fellow open educators, Another CCCOER Webinar coming up. Have a look: From: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Liz Yata Sent: October 2, 2018 1:40 PM To: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: CCCOER webinar: Oct 17 - Different Approaches to Sustaining Open Education [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/47662b23-df3…] CCCOER Webinar Different Approaches to Sustaining Open Education [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/0d063e026dde48f4b1bc6b644/images/ad65609e-237…] What happens after your first OER project is a success? You have to find a way to sustain your efforts! From professional development and policies, to securing ongoing financial support for OER work, we are all looking for ways to keep our efforts in OER growing. Join us to hear strategies from a roundtable of open education experts on how they are sustaining and expanding open education programs through blended funding and alignment with course redesign and student success programs. Featured Speakers: * Quill West, CCCOER president, Pierce College District * Matthew Bloom, OER Coordinator at the Maricopa Community College District October 2018 Wednesday 17 11am PT / 2pm ET Registration required. Register<https://zoom.us/meeting/register/f01239b83775e0048c34be5db4a05ad8?mc_cid=21…> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/03c9e5d8-4a2…] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/87ce8f25ff95a7f203c76c0ab/images/47662b23-df3…] [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-twitter-48.png]<http://www.twitter.com/cccoer?mc_cid=218c60cf35&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d> FOLLOW ON TWITTER<http://www.twitter.com/cccoer?mc_cid=218c60cf35&mc_eid=%5bUNIQID%5d> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/light-link-48.png]<http://www.cccoer.org?mc_cid=218c60cf35&mc_eid=[UNIQID]> VISIT OUR PAGE<http://www.cccoer.org?mc_cid=218c60cf35&mc_eid=[UNIQID]> [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…> -

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Call for nominations Awards for Excellence in Open Education
by Amanda Coolidge 01 Oct '18

01 Oct '18

Dear friends- We encourage you to nominate a peer and colleague at your Institution for Awards for Excellence in Open Education. The Awards for Excellence in Open Education recognize outstanding contributions to the open education movement in British Columbia. These contributions may include significant leadership, OER development, research, or advocacy by faculty, students, support staff, or administrators at post-secondary institutions in B.C. or others that support the post-secondary system in B.C. Individuals or teams may be recognized. Anyone may propose a nomination, but individuals may not self-nominate. Individual award nominations are made in writing via the online form (see below). The open education team at BCcampus adjudicates the award each month. Award winners will receive a certificate of recognition and be profiled on the BCcampus website. Previous honourees include [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/05/15/lucky-number-7-grant-potter-is-the-newest-re… | Grant Potter ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2017/11/07/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-irwin… | Irwin DeVries ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2017/12/05/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-tara-… | Tara Robertson ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/02/19/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-chris… | Christina Hendricks ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/01/11/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-tanni… | Tannis Morgan ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/03/27/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-inba-… | Inba Kehoe ] , [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/04/24/and-the-winner-is-diane-purvey/ | Diane Purvey ] , and [ https://bccampus.ca/2018/09/27/award-for-excellence-in-open-education-maja-… | Maja Krzic ] . Thanks! Amanda -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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Save the date: April 17-18, 2019: Cascadia Open Education Summit,
by Amanda Coolidge 26 Sep '18

26 Sep '18

Excuse the cross postings: Join us for the Cascadia Open Education Summit, formerly known as the BC Open Textbook Summit, in beautiful Vancouver, B.C. on April 17 & 18, 2019 at SFU Harbour Centre. This event is co-hosted with our regional friends; Lumen Learning, Open Oregon Educational Resources, and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. This event is for new and experienced OER advocates offering the opportunity to learn and share effective practices in awareness building, implementation, collaboration, strategy, and research. Theme: Scaling New Heights with Open Education. Example topics include: * What are the current challenges and opportunities for open education? Do you have creative solutions for how to take them on? * How is the ecosystem around OER evolving, and what are the implications for this evolution? * As OER enters mainstream curriculum, what are the implications for institutions? Faculty? Libraries? Students? Other stakeholders? Event details: * Day 1 will include 2 keynotes and conference proceedings with presentations, panel presentations, and table talks. * Day 2 is our Day of Action Focused OER Workshops. A series of workshops will be presented (2 hours each) and is intended for people looking for support in achieving the next step in their OER work or initiative. Keynotes: Heather M. Ross, Educational Development Specialist, University of Saskatchewan and Karen Cangialosi, Professor of Biology, Keene State College Who should attend: People engaged in higher education focused open education initiatives, including students, faculty, librarians, instructional technologists, administrators, and other campus leaders. Further details will emerge as the program committee meets – stay informed about the call for proposals via #casacadiaopened and through [ https://bccampus.ca/ | our website. ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ] -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate. [ callto:250-580-6949 | 250-8 ] 18-4592 | [ mailto:acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] 120-645 Fort Street | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 [ http://bccampus.ca/ | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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OER for Mechanical and Electric Engineering
by Rosario Passos 25 Sep '18

25 Sep '18

Hi there fellow Open Educators, I received this gem from CCCOER with links to open textbooks and resources for a multitude of subject areas: MECH 1130 is Mechanical Engineering Statics MECH 1150 is Manufacturing Materials and Processes MECH 2242 is Strength of Materials MECH 2270 is Engineering Statistics ENGT 1200 is Intro to Industrial and Systems Engineering ENGT 1250 is Motors and Logic Controls ENGT 1251 is Control Logic and PLCs ENGT 2260 is Basic Mechanisms and Drives The EET spreadsheet contains resource in our Electronic Engineering Series all in one spreadsheet: EET 1105 is Basic DC Electronic Systems EET 1115 is Basic Digital Systems EET 1125 is Basic AC Electronic Systems EET 1135 is Electronic Switching and Amplifying Systems EET 2225 is Embedded Micro-controller Systems So, see if you can share these resources across your schools/departments. Maybe some of these resources can replace an expensive textbook! Cheers, Rosario From: cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Rachel Dilley Sent: September 24, 2018 11:18 AM To: CCCOER Advisory <cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: engineering - drafting & design Hi Heather: I am attaching a series of spreadsheets which contain tabs/sheets for both OER and for library eBooks, to which your own library may or may not have subscriptions MECH 1130 is Mechanical Engineering Statics MECH 1150 is Manufacturing Materials and Processes MECH 2242 is Strength of Materials MECH 2270 is Engineering Statistics ENGT 1200 is Intro to Industrial and Systems Engineering ENGT 1250 is Motors and Logic Controls ENGT 1251 is Control Logic and PLCs ENGT 2260 is Basic Mechanisms and Drives The EET spreadsheet contains resource in our Electronic Engineering Series all in one spreadsheet: EET 1105 is Basic DC Electronic Systems EET 1115 is Basic Digital Systems EET 1125 is Basic AC Electronic Systems EET 1135 is Electronic Switching and Amplifying Systems EET 2225 is Embedded Micro-controller Systems Materials in some of these spreadsheets is extremely sparse! Make sure to open all the tabs at the bottom. I hope this helps! Rachel Dilley OER Librarian Columbus State Community College On Monday, September 17, 2018 at 10:44:53 AM UTC-4, Heather Ross wrote: Rachel, Our College of Engineering is looking at resigning the first year and would like to do as much of it using OER. Do you have a spreadsheet of resources for your entire curriculum? Thank you. Heather M. Ross (B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed.) Educational Developer (Digital Pedagogies) Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Fellow Open Education Group Room 50.5, Murray Building University of Saskatchewan Tel: 306.966.5327 email: heathe...(a)usask.ca<javascript:> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca On Sep 17, 2018, 7:45 AM -0600, Rachel Dilley <racheld...(a)gmail.com<javascript:>>, wrote: Hi Paul: Engineering is a difficult area. I recently searched for OER for our entire engineering curriculum. I've attached my search spreadsheet for our Engineering Graphics course. There are four sheets/tabs in the Excel file attached. The library resources tab may have ebooks or articles for which your library has access. Thanks, Rachel Dilley, MLIS Open Educational Resources Librarian - Reference & Instruction Columbus Hall | Library COLUMBUS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 550 East Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43215 PH (614) 287-2895 | rdil...(a)cscc.edu<javascript:> On Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 3:57:00 PM UTC-4, Paul Bond wrote: I have a professor who's interested in engineering OER texts, particularly drafting and engineering design. I'm not seeing much in those two areas. Is anyone aware of resources for these? Thanks, Paul -- Paul Bond Assistant Librarian SUNY Broome Community College -- If you have any questions, contact liz...(a)oeconsortium.org<javascript:> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCCOER Advisory" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cccoer-adviso...(a)googlegroups.com<javascript:>. To post to this group, send email to cccoer-...(a)googlegroups.com<javascript:>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- If you have any questions, contact lizyata(a)oeconsortium.org<mailto:lizyata(a)oeconsortium.org> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CCCOER Advisory" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:cccoer-advisory+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:cccoer-advisory(a)googlegroups.com>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

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Open Access Week (OAW) event - October 24
by Rosario Passos 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Hello fellow open educators, BCIT is teaming up with UBC, SFU, KPU, UFV and Langara College to host a panel discussion event on October 24 in the early evening, at SFU downtown, to celebrate Open Access Week<http://openaccessweek.org/>, Oct 22-28. [cid:image001.png(a)01D45412.9F8512F0] "Open Access Week, a global event now entering its tenth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share what they've learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research." For more info on OAW click here<http://www.openaccessweek.org/page/about>. The theme for this year's Open Access Week is "Designing Equitable Foundations for Open Knowledge<"Designing%20Equitable%20Foundations%20for%20Open%20Knowledge">" and our panel will address issues around "Open but not Free: Invisible Labour in Open Scholarship<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/publish/scholarly-publishing/33758>" and the impact on the sustainability of the Open Movement. If you are interested, please register<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/node/33758/sfu_register>. There will be a wine and cheese reception prior to the event! I hope to see some of you there. Rosario

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FW: Business Ethics, Intro to Business are both published!
by Rosario Passos 24 Sep '18

24 Sep '18

Hi there fellow Open Educators, Not sure if there’s someone from the School of Business in our midst, but if there is, maybe you can share this information on oepntextbooks for Business. Cheers, Rosario Subject: Business Ethics, Intro to Business are both published! Can you please forward to your Business departments if/as you feel comfortable doing so? Hi everyone, OpenStax's Introduction to Business<https://openstax.org/details/books/introduction-business> and Business Ethics<https://openstax.org/details/books/business-ethics> books have published! Later this year, we’ll be adding faculty ancillaries to the site as well, including PowerPoint slides and test banks to the “Instructor Resources” tab on the website. Faculty can sign-up to be pre-approved to get the instructor resources here: https://accounts.openstax.org/signup. The .pdf, online view (which is accessible) are completely free. We will be offering low-cost print options via Amazon and your college bookstore soon. We’ll also be developing an iBooks version ($6.99) and a free Amazon Kindle Version of the books. And the benefits go beyond cost savings, the books are both licensed CC-BY, which means they can do whatever they’d like with the content (no copyright restrictions) as long as they provide attribution. In 2019, we’ll be publishing four more business titles: * Entrepreneurship * Accounting 1 & 2 * Organizational Behavior * Management If faculty would like to receive emails, letting them know the progress of these books and when they will publish, they can sign-up here: https://openstax.org/interest And, we already have published a Business Statistics<https://openstax.org/details/books/introductory-business-statistics> book. Cheers! Nicole [Rice and OpenStax Logo] nicole finkbeiner DIRECTOR, INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS OpenStax, Rice University [Phone] (713) 348-2972 [Web] openstax.org<http://openstax.org>

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