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Announcing the launch of the Professional Program in Open Education

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Happy Open Education Week everyone! At Kwantlen Polytechnic University we are proud to have built world-leading institutional supports for open education, including for our ground-breaking Zero Textbook Cost program<https://www.kpu.ca/open/ztc>, the creation, adaptation, and adoption of open educational resources<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/catalog/openkpu> (including a grant<https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants> and publishing<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS> program), and faculty fellowships for open pedagogy<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship> and open education research<https://www.kpu.ca/open/research-fellowship>. Today I am thrilled to share that we have developed and are now launching a comprehensive, flexible, and online training program for learners worldwide. Our new Professional Program in Open Education<https://youtu.be/4GShBIbi7PA> is the ideal professional development opportunity for educators, practitioners, technologists, librarians, leaders, policymakers, and others who endeavour to widen equitable access to education. This program is designed to provide a comprehensive foundation for new practitioners as well as to complement and significantly advance the expertise of those already working to support open education. This program is designed to develop expertise and capacity across a broad spectrum of open educational practices, including open educational resources and pedagogies, educational technologies, policy, advocacy, and scholarship. The program balances both theoretical and practical elements, always ensuring that critical perspectives and issues are foregrounded. The program is open to all and does not require institutional membership or sponsorship. Post-secondary institutions, non-profit organizations, government agencies, foundations, GLAM, and other groups seeking to advance the goals of open education may draw on this program to develop their staff expertise and capacity. The program is intentionally designed to include practical elements and provides the opportunity for participants to develop and refine organization-specific tools, policies, and programs. The courses in the Professional Program in Open Education have been developed by globally-recognized experts and are offered through KPU’s Continuing & Professional Studies. To express interest in enrolling in this program (commencing Fall 2022) or to learn more, visit: https://www.kpu.ca/cps/open-education [logo gif] Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him) Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning Kwantlen Polytechnic University t 604.599.3253 e rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca<mailto:rajiv.jhangiani@kpu.ca> www.kpu.ca/tlcommons<http://www.kpu.ca/tlcommons> | www.kpu.ca/cps<http://www.kpu.ca/cps> | 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. **Apologies for cross-posting**

3 years, 1 month

MARC Record Update: New books added to the BC Open Textbook Collection (March 2, 2022)

by Lauri Aesoph (she/her)

3 years, 1 month

Invitation to the BCcampus OER Support Resources Survey

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, You are invited to participate in the BCcampus OER Support Resources Survey<https://forms.office.com/r/ht9v6iPJLu>. This survey has up to 14 questions and should take no more than 15 minutes to complete. The purpose of this survey is to learn how BCcampus can support those who are creating, adapting, and using open educational resources (OER) for the post-secondary sector in British Columbia and the Yukon. Specifically, we are interested in what kinds of support resources are the most useful and what topics to cover. If you know anyone who works with OER in the post-secondary sector in B.C. or the Yukon, please share this survey with them. We are looking for input from people with all levels of experience. Please complete and submit this survey by end of day on Friday, March 18. If you have any questions or input related to the survey, send them to oerproduction(a)bccampus.ca. Thank you, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact 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.

3 years, 2 months

BC Open Textbook Collection Outage: March 3, 2022 (7-9am PST)

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, On March 3, 2022, we are updating the software that hosts the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. We plan for the disruption to be minimal, but the collection may be unavailable between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Pacific Time. Books hosted in Pressbooks will be unaffected. If anyone needs urgent access to a book in the collection while the collection is unavailable, please email opentext(a)bccampus.ca with the name of the book and we will get you a copy. A notice on the collection will give the same instructions. Sincerely, The BCcampus Open Education Team Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact 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.

3 years, 2 months

The Path to the Future: Open Homework Systems - an Open Education Week event

by Flewelling, Debra

Hello, Please join our virtual Open Education Week 2022 Event to hear from two Douglas College faculty members who use two different open homework systems. This session is open to all. Details and registration link here - The Path to the Future: Open Homework Systems<https://library.douglascollege.ca/open-education-week> Debra Flewelling Open Education Librarian she/her/hers 604.527.5190 Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca> [Description: logo_2012_for_email_signature77172] Douglas College acknowledges that our campuses, where we live, learn, and work are located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples of the QayQayt and Kwikwetlem First Nations.

3 years, 2 months

Join Us for Honouring Indigenous Writers

by Langille, Donna

[cid65590*image001.jpg(a)01D81E99.50AC7A60] In December 2015 Daniel Heath Justice began a Twitter campaign to share the names of Indigenous writers. The reason for his efforts was to: “…push back against the frequent assumptions that our literary history is any less complex, robust, or diverse than that of other peoples (Daniel Heath Justice, Why Indigenous Literatures Matter?<https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/W/Why-Indigenous-Literatures-Matter2>) In solidarity with his efforts, Honouring Indigenous Writers<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/> is a yearly event to increase awareness and coverage of Indigenous literature. This year the organizing team has put together a schedule of free events and activities designed for virtual participation throughout the month of March 2022. The events include: * Author readings <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and Dallas Hunt, Joshua Whitehead, Kim Senklip Harvey, and more * An interactive workshop and walk<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels> with Peter Morin, titled “Words to Give Back: Words that have lifted us up“ * Self-paced Weekly Wikipedia Challenges <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/activities> to increase the coverage of Indigenous authors * Wikipedia training and drop-in Zoom sessions<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels> * A presentation<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/workshops-panels> by Dr. Aubrey Hanson and Dr. Erin Spring on Books to Build on: Indigenous Literatures for Learning * And a social media campaign on Twitter<https://twitter.com/HIW_Wiki> These events and activities are free and open to anyone to participate. Please join us at our kickoff event and reading on March 7, 2022<https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/events> and learn more about the other events we have planned! You can also read more at the HIW <https://hiw.open.ubc.ca> website. We would also appreciate your support of the event by helping to promote it through your listservs, social media accounts, and other spaces to help raise awareness of Indigenous literature and engage in open community knowledge creation. The event team has developed a number of social media assets in a variety of sizes for ease of sharing. The assets can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SE0a-45pOdjLIvUtXIKI7a7XUjOAtUxA?us… Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions and thank you in advance for any support you can give in making this event a success. Thank you to event sponsors, the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, UBC Library (Vancouver and Okanagan), UBC Public Humanities Hub (Vancouver and Okanagan), BCcampus, University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources, and Indigenous Programs and Services UBC Okanagan. Best, Donna Langille on behalf of the Honoring Indigenous Writers Event Team #HonouringIndigenousWriters Donna Langille, MISt (She<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>, Her<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>, Hers<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>, They<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>, Them<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>, Theirs<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>) Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian UBC Okanagan Library The University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus | Syilx Okanagan Nation Territory Phone 250 807 9233 donna.langille(a)ubc.ca<mailto:donna.langille@ubc.ca> | http://library.ok.ubc.ca/ | https://open.ubc.ca/ Respectfully acknowledging that I am an uninvited visitor on the unceded territory of the Syilx<https://www.syilx.org/about-us/syilx-nation/> peoples. If there is something I can do to make this email and its content more accessible for you, please let me know and I will resend in a format that works for you.

3 years, 2 months

Upcoming BCcampus Webinars

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, BCcampus is hosting three webinars and sharing one podcast in honour of Open Education Week<https://www.oeglobal.org/activities/open-education-week/>, which takes place from March 7 to 11, 2022. We invite you to join us for the following: Making OER Count: Incorporating OER into the Tenure and Promotion Process<https://bccampus.ca/event/making-oer-count-incorporating-oer-into-the-tenur…> When: March 8, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am PT What: Amanda Coolidge facilitates a discussion about the OER Contributions Matrix, a document designed to help open education practitioners communicate the value of their work to tenure and promotion committees. Presenters include members of Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3), which is the collaborative group that created this matrix. The Launch of B.C.’s ABE ZTC Project (Plus What’s Next!)<https://bccampus.ca/event/the-launch-of-b-c-s-abe-ztc-project-plus-whats-ne…> When: March 9, 2022 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am PT What: Krista Lambert, Carolee Clyne, and Melanie Meyers present on the Adult Basic Education Zero Textbook Cost project that B.C. is excited to launch after three and a half years of hard work. The presenters will talk about the dozens of OER that have been created for this project and next steps for the program. How It Started/How It’s Going: 10 Years of Open Textbooks in B.C.<https://bccampus.ca/event/how-it-started-how-its-going-10-years-of-open-tex…> When: March 9, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm PT What: Melanie Meyers and Clint Lalonde showcase the progress over time of the B.C. Open Textbook Project, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2022. The presenters will talk about milestones, successes, and pitfalls, as well as look to the future of open education in B.C. Discovering Open Education Through Work-Integrated Learning<https://bccampus.ca/event/discovering-open-education-through-work-integrate…> When: March 11, 2022 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am What: The BCcampus OER Production team talk about how starting their work with open education as BCcampus co-op students shaped their perspective of the field. This conversation will be posted as a pre-recorded podcast with an accompanying transcript. In addition to these Open Education Week events, BCcampus would also like to invite you to an upcoming FLO Course: FLO Course: Universal Design for Learning<https://bccampus.ca/event/flo-course-universal-design-for-learning/> When: February 21, 2022 – March 4, 2022 What: This course is a short, practical introduction to the UDL framework and how you can apply it to create inclusive learning environments. Two synchronous sessions are planned (see the event for more details), and attendees are expected to invest several asynchronous hours of study per week. This event has a $25 registration fee. We hope that you can join us for these events! Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact 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.

3 years, 2 months

Open Education Week 2022

by Arianna Cheveldave

Dear colleagues, BCcampus is soliciting Open Education Week events for our events calendar. This year, Open Education Week<https://www.oeglobal.org/activities/open-education-week/> is taking place from March 7 to 11. If your institution is hosting any public events as part of Open Education Week and would like them to be included in the BCcampus events calendar<https://bccampus.ca/events/>, please let me know as soon as possible. Event information should include the time, date, and any relevant links, such as to the event's page on your institutional website or to a registration form. Best, Arianna Cheveldave [Hear my name]<http://nmdrp.me/ariannacheveldave> Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her Need help with LaTeX<https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/Learn_LaTeX_in_30_minutes#What_is_LaTe…>? Contact 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.

3 years, 2 months

Adoption Finder blog - request for comments

by Lauri Aesoph (she/her)

Hi BCOEL, If you attended the January 17th meeting you might recall that after my presentation on the Adoption Finder<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PiYkOQOgTTrrI77J9-sO9HkqdX7c5BtEL_A…>, I mentioned a blog I will be writing about this tool and wanting to include comments from some of you in that piece. To keep this easy, I ask that anyone who'd like to submit comments send them by email to me no later than Friday, February 11. Below are ideas about what these might include. (I don't expect anyone to answer all of these questions, but you can if you want.) * How do you anticipate the Adoption Finder will be used? * Do you think the Adoption Finder will be useful for instructors? Why and how? * How do you plan to use it or share it with your PSI members? * * Do you plan to incorporate a link to and description of the Adoption Finder into your institution's collection of OE resources? * * Do you consider the Adoption Finder a unique OE tool? Why and how? I will contact all individuals whose comments I select. Thanks and regards, Lauri Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education Operations, BCcampus Cell: 250-893-0258<tel:250-893-0258> • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca> Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauriaesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriaesoph/> ____________________________________________________________ Learning. Doing. Leading. BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus> • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash> For thousands of years the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and the Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, and play. We are committed to building relationships with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect, and we thank them for their hospitality.

3 years, 2 months

MARC Record Update: New books added to the BC Open Textbook Collection (January 28, 2022)

by Lauri Aesoph (she/her)

Dear Linda and Cleire, The following open textbooks were added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/> during the past month: * Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 1 - 2nd Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=ba…> * Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=28…> * Project Management for Instructional Designers – 1st Canadian Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=7c…> * Provincial English<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=cc…> * Safer Campuses for Everyone: Implementation Guide<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d8…> * Starting A Conversation About Mental Health: Foundational Training for Students<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=f9…> * Writing for Success - 1st Canadian H5P Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=fa…> The below books will be archived on June 1, 2022: * Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 1<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1e…> * Business Communication for Success<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=a3…> * Communication Theory<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=df…> * Digital Foundations<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=87…> * Information Systems<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=5f…> * Introductory Business Statistics (Tiemann)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=b9…> * Introductory Chemistry<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=2b…> * Introduction to Psychology (Stangor)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=13…> * Mastering Strategic Management<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=80…> * Principles of Social Psychology<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=d0…> * Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=78…> * Writing for Success - 1st Canadian Edition<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8d…> Regards, Lauri Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education Operations, BCcampus Cell: 250-893-0258<tel:250-893-0258> • Email: laesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:laesoph@bccampus.ca> Twitter: @lauriaesoph<https://twitter.com/lauriaesoph> • Skype: lauri.aesoph • LinkedIn: lauriaesoph<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriaesoph/> ____________________________________________________________ Learning. Doing. Leading. BCcampus.ca<https://bccampus.ca/> • @BCcampus<https://twitter.com/BCcampus> • #BCcampus<https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCcampus?src=hash> For thousands of years the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), W̱SÁNEĆ, and the Songhees Nation of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples have walked gently on the unceded territories where we now live, work, and play. We are committed to building relationships with the first peoples here, one based in honour and respect, and we thank them for their hospitality.

3 years, 2 months

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