Bcoel October 2018

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BCampus Open Education: new books and updates (May 4, 2018)

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, Happy Friday! See below for new and updated open textbooks in our collection, news about our support resources, and information about the open peer reviews posted by open textbooks. New books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fb061187-187c-4272-8ba1-… | Speaking and Writing Punjabi ] by Ranbir Johal (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=db971e1f-dee2-4032-99b4-… | Combinatorics: an upper-level introductory course in enumeration, graph theory, and design theory ] , by Joy Morris (University of Lethbridge * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8880b4d1-7f62-42fc-a912-… | Naming the Unnameable: An Approach to Poetry for New Generations ] by Michelle Bonczek Evory (Open SUNY) Updated books * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=e12e3911-8a06-497e-b8c9-… | A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB ] by Serhat Beyenir (British Columbia Institute of Technology) * [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=3ffb8117-dc5a-4197-b0ed-… | Biology 2e ] , from OpenStax, has been added to our collection. The older edition will be archived on June 1, 2018. Support resources * The BCcampus Open Education Authoring Guide has been archived. This resource was replaced by the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] , added in February. * Find attached a zipped file containing the editable files for the BCcampus [ https://bccampus.ca/files/2018/05/OpenEdInfoSheet_Spring2018_03.pdf | Open Education Info Sheet – Spring 2018 ] Reviews * Starting March 18, 2018, the licence for published reviews changed from CC BY-ND to CC BY. (Older reviews still retain the CC BY-ND designation.) This was done to more easily share reviews with other collections. This information, along with a statement clarifying that the copyright for reviews is held by the reviewer, has been clarified on the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/call-for-reviewers-2/ | Review an Open Textbook ] web page on our website. * When open textbooks are replaced with new editions, PDFs of the reviews for the older edition are now compiled in a zip file and posted by the new version of the textbook. A README file is included in the zipped file explaining this arrangement and the reason for it. Best regards, The BCcampus Open Education team Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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BCcampus OpenEd: Pressbooks plugins update

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, You are receiving this email because you are either a key contact at your institution for BCcampus Open Education, a member of our Pressbooks Advisory committee, or a member of the BCOEL listserv. Effective immediately, faculty and staff who use the BCcampus Pressbooks instance (pressbooks.bccampus.ca) now have the option of activating three plugins: 1. [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/h5p-interactive-material/ | H5P ] 2. [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/hypothes-is/ | Hypothes.is ] 3. [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/quick-latex/ | Quick LaTeX ] To learn more about these features, visit the [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/part/plugin-features/ | Plugin Features ] section of the recently completed BCcampus OpenEd [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/ | Pressbooks Guide ] . Note that only the Administrators of books can activate plugins. (See [ https://opentextbc.ca/pressbooks/chapter/provide-access-to-others/ | Provide Access to Others ] for details on permissions assigned to each user type in Pressbooks.) Our team will more widely communicate the availability of these features in October at the same time that we announce the next Pressbooks upgrade. In the meantime, if you are an open education support contact for faculty and staff at your institution, we ask that you take time to read about and test these plugins if you are unfamiliar with them. If you have any questions, please let me know. Regards, Lauri Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca | Skype lauri.aesoph 120-645 Fort Street | Coast & Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, BC | V8W1G2 [ https://mail.bccampus.ca/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

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Call for nominations Awards for Excellence in Open Education

by Amanda Coolidge

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@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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