Rajiv Thank you for sharing this! To all of the co-authors … Congratulations! What a fabulous resource you have created! With gratitude, Respectfully, Gina [logo gif] Gina Buchanan MEd, EdD (cand) Senior Manager, Educational Development, Teaching & Learning Commons Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.7181 c 604.362.8137 e gina.buchanan(a)kpu.ca<mailto:gina.buchanan(a)kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca<http://www.kpu.ca/> Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you received this email in error please delete the email and inform the sender immediately. Unauthorized distribution or use is strictly prohibited. From: Openkpu [mailto:openkpu-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca] On Behalf Of Rajiv Jhangiani Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 9:39 AM To: KPU Open Education listserv <openkpu(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Cc: Arley Cruthers <arley.cruthers(a)kpu.ca>; Karen Vance <karen.vance(a)kpu.ca>; Sarah Duncan <sarah.duncan2(a)kpu.ca> Subject: [Openkpu] Publication of a new open textbook at KPU: Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications Dear colleagues, I am happy to close out the year with the publication of a new open textbook at KPU. This book, Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/businesscomms/> is co-authored by Melissa Ashman, Arley Cruthers, Sarah Duncan, Karen Inkster Vance, and Panteli Tritchew, all colleagues in our Applied Communications program. The book is a compilation resource for instructors of workplace writing and oral presentations. The activities in this book can add value and energy to the classroom by engaging students in activities that support their learning. Handouts, links, activity variations, and debrief questions are included. You can browse through or download the book (in a variety of digital formats) at: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/businesscomms/ Please join me in congratulating Melissa, Arley, Sarah, Karen, and Panteli. I have no doubt that their collaborative efforts will inspire even more teaching and learning innovation within and beyond KPU. Warm regards and a very happy holidays to you all, Rajiv [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him) Associate Vice Provost, Open Education Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. At KPU, we work, study, and live in a region south of the Fraser River which overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlen peoples.