Dear colleagues, This semester the Open Education Working Group received a record number of applications for (Open Educational Resources) OER grants. I am delighted to announce that the following projects were funded: Celia Brinkerhoff (Library) Creation of videos to supplement the interactive Doing Research modules aimed at supporting information literacy Arley Cruthers (Applied Communications) Enhance and adapt the open textbook Business Communication for Everyone: An Inclusive Guide to Writing in the Workplace Sam Newton (Accounting) Co-creation of an open textbook for Introductory Taxation with students using principles of open pedagogy Asma Sayed (English) Remixing and adapting OER for Introduction to University Writing In addition, the following team were awarded a Zed Cred grant: Greg Simmons, Alana Abramson, Shereen Hassan, Dan Lett, Lisa Monchalin, and Wade Deisman (Criminology) Creation of an open textbook for Introduction to Criminology Finally, I am also happy to announce that a new BCcampus OER grant for Adult Basic Education was awarded to: Terry Berg (Academic & Career Preparation) Creation of an open textbook for Intermediate Algebra Congratulations to our latest grant recipients! [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor 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. Please note, all Kwantlen email addresses and url’s have been changed recently. Please update your records accordingly.