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KPU launches its second Zed Cred program

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello friends, FYI a press release announcing our second Zed Cred (the Adult Graduation Diploma), along with zero textbook cost pathways in English, Math, Biology, and Physics Qualifying Studies just went out. See: http://www.kpu.ca/news/2018/08/29/kpu-launches-second-program-can-be-taken-… It includes a nice promotional video for our Zed Cred programs. Cheers, Rajiv

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Re: [Canadaoer] Q about question bank creation/management software

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, Just a quick follow up to say that I haven’t received any responses to this email (nor on the Open Textbook Network’s listserv); however, I am currently investigating TAO, which is a potential solution that was suggested to me by Clint Lalonde from BCcampus: https://www.taotesting.com/tao-community-edition/ Cheers, Rajiv ________________________________ From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Rajiv Jhangiani <rajiv.jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2018 1:41:36 PM To: Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca Subject: [Canadaoer] Q about question bank creation/management software Hello everyone, I am writing to inquire whether any of you have used software to support the authoring and management of question banks to support open textbooks? I have used Repondus in the past (https://www.respondus.com/products/respondus/index.shtml) as well as implemented simpler options that involve writing questions in MS word using a format that can easily be imported into an LMS using an importer like http://lyceum.algonquincollege.com/quizgenerator/. The former also has a free version (Respondus LE, https://www.respondus.com/download/respondus_le.shtml) which works for authoring and managing question banks that will be used for print exams (without LMS integration), while the latter approach works for LMS-delivered quizzes but not at all for print quizzes where, for example, you want to have the ability to randomly pick items. A third option is to create questions within the LMS question bank tool itself, but that is typically a very clunky system that does not export well for print quizzes. I am aware of online tools such as Proola (http://proola.org/) and Prendus (https://www.prendus.com/) that are geared towards collaborative question bank authoring by educators and students, respectively. Given the growing interest in creating ancillary resources to support open textbooks, I am wondering if anyone else has implemented (or even trialled) a different technological solution? Many thanks, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/>

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Creative Commons Canada Chapter Meeting - Monday, August 20 7pm Toronto time

by Jenni Hayman

Hello Everyone, Apologies for the short notice but the CC Canada Slack channel has been my locus of organization to get the CC Canada Chapter started. I will shift away from this channel to whatever communication mode the chapter deems most effective. Please join us Monday, August 20 from 7pm to 8pm Toronto Time if you are interested, it will take place by Zoom and be recorded: Zoom link: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/j/108889742 Or iPhone one-tap : Canada: +16475580588,,108889742# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): Canada: +1 647 558 0588 Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Sh2MkBS4KUHkT0Ka8ul3UDiIaQz45sceILTHV-… Best, Jenni // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/>

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FYI: Open Government Plan

by Amanda Coolidge

The Government of Canada has just released its 4 th Open Government Plan for public comment, which now includes a draft commitment on Feminism and Inclusion. This draft was partially informed by the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue’s recent [ http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/watch-read-discover/inclusion-in-open-government… | research and recommendations ] on Inclusion in Open Government. -- 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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Creative Commons Canada Chapter Meeting

by Jenni Hayman

Hello Everyone, With apologies for cross-posting, if you are interested in becoming part of the new Creative Commons Canada chapter (being reformed as part of Creative Commons' new governance structure), please respond to the Doodle poll below with your availability for our first Chapter meeting. If you can let me know by end of day Monday that would be great and I'll partner with others to set the date and get us rolling. Looking forward to seeing you there! Thank you, Jenni Doodle Poll: https://doodle.com/poll/hbawepmahrdi9zmq [https://doodle.com/graphics/static/facebookSharingThumbnail.png]<https://doodle.com/poll/hbawepmahrdi9zmq> Doodle: CC Canada Chapter Meeting<https://doodle.com/poll/hbawepmahrdi9zmq> doodle.com Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, meetings, appointments, etc. Herding cats gets 2x faster with Doodle. For free! // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/> Subscribe to the eCampusOntario newsletter<https://ecampusontario.wufoo.com/forms/z1svdvyh15srf9b/>

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Seeking a Sustainable OER Ecosystem - Redstone Report Available for Sharing

by Rajiv Jhangiani

FYI… From: Angela DeBarger <ADeBarger(a)hewlett.org> Date: Monday, August 6, 2018 at 3:51 PM To: Angela DeBarger <ADeBarger(a)hewlett.org> Cc: Nathan Huttner <NathanHuttner(a)redstonestrategy.com>, Lee Green <leegreen(a)redstonestrategy.com>, Rachel Cowher <rachelcowher(a)redstonestrategy.com> Subject: Seeking a Sustainable OER Ecosystem - Redstone Report Available for Sharing Hello all, Thank you for taking the time to meet with me and/or the Redstone team in the last few months about OER ecosystem sustainability. I’ve attached the final report from that effort and invite you to share the report with anyone you think will be interested. All of your input was valuable in shaping the document, and we greatly appreciate your thoughtful engagement on this topic. Best, Angela ----------- Angela Haydel DeBarger Education Program Officer The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation<http://www.hewlett.org/> 2121 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, California 94025 650 234-4739 (office) | 650 862-4690 (cell) adebarger(a)hewlett.org<mailto:adebarger@hewlett.org> | @AngelaDeBarger<https://twitter.com/AngelaDeBarger>

6 years, 12 months

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KPU Open Education Working Group terms of reference

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, I just shared KPU’s (just approved) OEWG terms of reference and thought it might be useful to some of you: http://www.kpu.ca/open/oewg Cheers, Rajiv

6 years, 12 months

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Looking for OER for Nutrition

by Ross, Heather

I received an email from an instructor in Nutrition who would like to replace the commercial textbook currently being used. Below is a link to the current book (Food and Culture) and the course learning outcomes. Thank you very much for any assistance you can provide. https://www.amazon.ca/Food-Culture-Kathryn-Sucher/dp/1305628055/ref=sr_1_2?… Here are the learning outcomes from last year: 1. Explain the relationship between food, food choices, ethno cultural, and religious identity 2. Recognize the role culture plays in influencing group and individual food selection, preparation, consumption and in producing different attitudes and beliefs around food 3. Understand the impact traditional health beliefs and practices have on food choice and health 4. Gain skills in intercultural communication 5. Explore food systems and their impact on individual food choices 6. Become familiar with world religions and understand religious influences on food choice 7. Understand how food patterns of people from different cultures help them meet nutritional needs 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Q about question bank creation/management software

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, I am writing to inquire whether any of you have used software to support the authoring and management of question banks to support open textbooks? I have used Repondus in the past (https://www.respondus.com/products/respondus/index.shtml) as well as implemented simpler options that involve writing questions in MS word using a format that can easily be imported into an LMS using an importer like http://lyceum.algonquincollege.com/quizgenerator/. The former also has a free version (Respondus LE, https://www.respondus.com/download/respondus_le.shtml) which works for authoring and managing question banks that will be used for print exams (without LMS integration), while the latter approach works for LMS-delivered quizzes but not at all for print quizzes where, for example, you want to have the ability to randomly pick items. A third option is to create questions within the LMS question bank tool itself, but that is typically a very clunky system that does not export well for print quizzes. I am aware of online tools such as Proola (http://proola.org/) and Prendus (https://www.prendus.com/) that are geared towards collaborative question bank authoring by educators and students, respectively. Given the growing interest in creating ancillary resources to support open textbooks, I am wondering if anyone else has implemented (or even trialled) a different technological solution? Many thanks, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/>

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Grade 12 Equivalent Open Textbooks

by Krista Lambert

Hello, I'm doing some research on open textbooks that are being used for grade 12 equivalent courses. Do you know of any open textbooks or resources that are used in subjects including (but not limited to): * Math 11 * English 12 * Biology 12 * Chemistry 12 * College Success 12 * Education and Career Planning 12 * Fine Arts 12 * Physics 12 * Social Psychology 12 * Social Science 12 * Previous Work and Job Skills 12 * Portfolio Learning 12 Any leads or links you might have would be greatly appreciated! Best, Krista Lambert, M.Ed. Advisor, Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2 Tel 604.512.4365 | www.bccampus.ca Skype: [ mailto:klambert@bccampus.ca | klambert(a)bccampus.ca ] Twitter: [ https://twitter.com/contentkrista | @contentkrista ]

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Re: [Canadaoer] Suggestions for physical geography open textbook

by Aline Goncalves

And please ignore the trail of messages in my first email. I was using an older message as template and forgot to delete the contents. Aline Goncalves InfoLit/Reference Librarian Library services/Innovation Commons t. 867.668.8727 Acknowledging that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This email may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this email in error, please delete it. Thank you for your co-operation. yukoncollege.yk.ca<http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/> the future Yukon University (YukonU) 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Canada From: Aline Goncalves<mailto:agoncalves@yukoncollege.yk.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:25 PM To: canadaoer <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca><mailto:canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca> Cc: canadaoer<mailto:canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: Suggestions for physical geography open textbook Hello there, One of the instructors at Yukon College is looking for an open textbook for Geog 101 and potentially Geog 102. What he is looking for is basically general physical geography content, including information about the seasons, atmosphere, water, lithosphere, weather and climate, and biosphere. Doesn’t need to be related to a region in particular. We did find some things that could work for him, but was just wondering if any of you know of materials that have been created more recently or something that you recommend. Many thanks, Aline Goncalves InfoLit/Reference Librarian Library services/Innovation Commons t. 867.668.8727 Acknowledging that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This email may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this email in error, please delete it. Thank you for your co-operation. yukoncollege.yk.ca<http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/> the future Yukon University (YukonU) 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Canada Hello there, One of the instructors at Yukon College is looking for an open textbook for Geog 101 and potentially Geog 102. What he is looking for is basically general physical geography content, including information about the seasons, atmosphere, water, lithosphere, weather and climate, and biosphere. Doesn’t need to be related to a region in particular. We did find some things that could work for him, but was just wondering if any of you know of materials that have been created more recently or something that you recommend. Many thanks, Aline Goncalves InfoLit/Reference Librarian Library services/Innovation Commons t. 867.668.8727 Acknowledging that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This email may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this email in error, please delete it. Thank you for your co-operation. yukoncollege.yk.ca<http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/> the future Yukon University (YukonU) 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Canada Hey all, For sure! For folks who may not know, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) picked up the #TextBookBrokeBC campaign, adapted some materials, and created a robust suite of new materials (digital & print). One of the things we made was a campaign guide for students' unions to have a place to start/refer back to while running the campaign. It is a great resource for any stage of OER work! I have attached it to this email. There is a handful of other materials and guides (classroom talk scripts, template presentations, suite of print materials, etc.), I would be more than happy to share with other students' unions who are interested in working on this. So please don't hesitate to contact me if you know of a students' union/association that would be interested. It is important for students to raise awareness on our end and working together works! Thanks Aran -- Aran Armutlu | Chairperson British Columbia Federation of Students (604) 733-1880 | wearebcstudents.ca<http://wearebcstudents.ca/> | @theBCFS On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Amanda Coolidge <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca>> wrote: Hi Aran, You know that whole package you put together for BCFS on textbookbrokebc? You showed us the handouts at Festival of Learning... Can you share those resources with our Canada OER Group? http://www.wearebcstudents.ca/our-campaigns/textbooks Heather- you can also look at: https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/open-101 BCcampus Open Education OER Student Toolkit<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=55b789e4-c4a3-42d3-8125-…> Thanks Amanda ________________________________ From: "Heather Ross" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>> To: "canadaoer" <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:21:54 PM Subject: [Canadaoer] Resources For Students Advocating for OER I just had a meeting with the VP Academic of our undergraduate student association and he’s looking for a resources for individual students to guide them in approaching their instructors about considering OER. Does anyone have something like talking points for individual students? 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:Canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca> https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 250-8<callto:250-580-6949>18-4592 | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca> 120-645 Fort Street<https://maps.google.com/?q=645+Fort+Street&entry=gmail&source=g> | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 BCcampus.ca<http://bccampus.ca/> | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for BCcampus news<http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/>

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Suggestions for physical geography open textbook

by Aline Goncalves

Hello there, One of the instructors at Yukon College is looking for an open textbook for Geog 101 and potentially Geog 102. What he is looking for is basically general physical geography content, including information about the seasons, atmosphere, water, lithosphere, weather and climate, and biosphere. Doesn’t need to be related to a region in particular. We did find some things that could work for him, but was just wondering if any of you know of materials that have been created more recently or something that you recommend. Many thanks, Aline Goncalves InfoLit/Reference Librarian Library services/Innovation Commons t. 867.668.8727 Acknowledging that we live and work in the traditional territory of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council. This email may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you have received this email in error, please delete it. Thank you for your co-operation. yukoncollege.yk.ca<http://yukoncollege.yk.ca/> the future Yukon University (YukonU) 500 College Drive, PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5K4 Canada Hey all, For sure! For folks who may not know, the British Columbia Federation of Students (BCFS) picked up the #TextBookBrokeBC campaign, adapted some materials, and created a robust suite of new materials (digital & print). One of the things we made was a campaign guide for students' unions to have a place to start/refer back to while running the campaign. It is a great resource for any stage of OER work! I have attached it to this email. There is a handful of other materials and guides (classroom talk scripts, template presentations, suite of print materials, etc.), I would be more than happy to share with other students' unions who are interested in working on this. So please don't hesitate to contact me if you know of a students' union/association that would be interested. It is important for students to raise awareness on our end and working together works! Thanks Aran -- Aran Armutlu | Chairperson British Columbia Federation of Students (604) 733-1880 | wearebcstudents.ca<http://wearebcstudents.ca/> | @theBCFS On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Amanda Coolidge <acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca>> wrote: Hi Aran, You know that whole package you put together for BCFS on textbookbrokebc? You showed us the handouts at Festival of Learning... Can you share those resources with our Canada OER Group? http://www.wearebcstudents.ca/our-campaigns/textbooks Heather- you can also look at: https://uspirg.org/reports/usp/open-101 BCcampus Open Education OER Student Toolkit<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=55b789e4-c4a3-42d3-8125-…> Thanks Amanda ________________________________ From: "Heather Ross" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>> To: "canadaoer" <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca>> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2018 2:21:54 PM Subject: [Canadaoer] Resources For Students Advocating for OER I just had a meeting with the VP Academic of our undergraduate student association and he’s looking for a resources for individual students to guide them in approaching their instructors about considering OER. Does anyone have something like talking points for individual students? 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca _______________________________________________ Canadaoer mailing list Canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca<mailto:Canadaoer@mail.bccampus.ca> https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/canadaoer -- Amanda Coolidge, MEd Senior Manager of Open Education BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate. 250-8<callto:250-580-6949>18-4592 | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca> 120-645 Fort Street<https://maps.google.com/?q=645+Fort+Street&entry=gmail&source=g> | Coast and Straits Salish Territory | Victoria, B.C. | V8W1G2 BCcampus.ca<http://bccampus.ca/> | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for BCcampus news<http://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/>

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Open textbook - Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy

by Naza Djafarova

Hello colleagues, Digital Education Strategies at The Chang School of Continuing Education, Ryerson University is pleased to announce that an interactive, open textbook, Professional Web Accessibility Auditing Made Easy, has been published as a free open educational resource. This is the first in a series of five open textbooks ( https://de.ryerson.ca/wa) that will be released over the next two years and will cover digital accessibility as it applies to web developers, content creators, designers, business leaders, and the general public. To read or download the open textbook, visit pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/pwaa. Thank you, Naza Djafarova Director Digital Education Strategies The Chang School of Continuing Education | Ryerson University Phone: 647-233-6788 de.ryerson.ca

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Re: [Canadaoer] Two new business open texts to share!

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Absolutely awesome! I have shared it with my Business faculty ☺ From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Lena Patterson <lpatterson(a)ecampusontario.ca> Date: Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM To: "canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca" <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Cc: Peggy French <pfrench(a)ecampusontario.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] Two new business open texts to share! Hi Canada OER! Six college business professors and our Program Manager team here at eCampusOntario just completed an adaptation of two open textbooks to support introductory business courses. Communication for Business Professionals and Fundamentals of Business were updated to reflect the Canadian context and align to Ontario's Program Standards and Learning Outcomes for Business. Communication for Business Professionals<https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/commbusprofcdn/> Fundamentals of Business<https://rc-openlibrary-pb.ecampusontario.ca/businessfuncdn/> I’ve attached a doc here which highlights the major enhancements. Congrats to all involved and big shout out to Jenni Hayman, Peggy French, Terry Greene and Joanne Kehoe who supported our faculty and made these adaptations happen! Lena // Lena Patterson Senior Director, Programs and Stakeholder Relations eCampusOntario 416.275.0190 [Image removed by sender. eCampusOntario] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>

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Summer Reunion for Canada OER

by Lena Patterson

Hello Canada OER, It’s been too long. Calling on all to join a summer reunion and share open education news from your province or institution. * Here’s the poll: https://doodle.com/poll/rhestunyu9t8ca2w * Here’s our google doc for notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KuWFCekNe2iKjS4mY5DGzy2KsgMdXidfWtkkSIi… See you there! Lena // Lena Patterson Senior Director, Programs and Stakeholder Relations eCampusOntario 416.275.0190 [eCampusOntario] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>

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Resources For Students Advocating for OER

by Ross, Heather

I just had a meeting with the VP Academic of our undergraduate student association and he’s looking for a resources for individual students to guide them in approaching their instructors about considering OER. Does anyone have something like talking points for individual students? 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Two new business open texts to share!

by Lena Patterson

Hi Canada OER! Six college business professors and our Program Manager team here at eCampusOntario just completed an adaptation of two open textbooks to support introductory business courses. Communication for Business Professionals and Fundamentals of Business were updated to reflect the Canadian context and align to Ontario's Program Standards and Learning Outcomes for Business. Communication for Business Professionals<https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/commbusprofcdn/> Fundamentals of Business<https://rc-openlibrary-pb.ecampusontario.ca/businessfuncdn/> I’ve attached a doc here which highlights the major enhancements. Congrats to all involved and big shout out to Jenni Hayman, Peggy French, Terry Greene and Joanne Kehoe who supported our faculty and made these adaptations happen! Lena // Lena Patterson Senior Director, Programs and Stakeholder Relations eCampusOntario 416.275.0190 [eCampusOntario] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>

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Two positive developments at KPU

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, Before I sign off for some vacation time I wanted to share two recent developments at KPU which I hope will serve as a model for other institutions: 1. We now have a searchable field in the course timetable for Zed Cred sections. To see how this works watch this video: https://media.kpu.ca/media/Search+the+course+timetable+for+zero+textbook+co… 2. Our Senate has now approved a policy that integrates a) a search for relevant OER and b) flagging as a potential Zed Cred course in the course development & revision process. Although this seems rather technical, in practice it means that within 5 years (the course review cycle at KPU) all courses will have undergone a search for OER. I am sharing these developments with this group because I am happy to provide guidance for anyone else seeking to achieve either of these two things. Cheers, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/>

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Template Letters from students to profs

by Krysta McNutt

Hi Everyone, Our students' union is developing a letter to share affordable resource options to instructors (OER being one of these). Do any of you have sample letters from their institutions that we could look to? Or experiences/lessons learned to share? Thank you! -- Krysta

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Canada OER Reunion

by Lena Patterson

Hi there, Lena Patterson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Canada OER Reunion Time: Jul 17, 2018 3:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/j/359685156 Or iPhone one-tap : Canada: +16475580588,,359685156# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location): Canada: +1 647 558 0588 US: +1 646 558 8656 or +1 669 900 6833 or +1 855 880 1246 (Toll Free) or +1 877 853 5257 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 359 685 156 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/gwXXGTy2

7 years, 1 month

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New Computer Science OER

by Ross, Heather

I received an email the Saskatoon Public School Division that they have released their first open textbook for Computer Science 20. It’s in the form of a website and carries a CC-BY-SA license. http://opensask.ca/ 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 1 month

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Glossary Tool For an Open Textbook

by Ross, Heather

Good morning. I received the following email this morning and am wondering if anyone has any suggestions. “Hi Heather, I have an open textbook/ ed tech question for you. Do you know of any software for making glossaries? Pressbooks has a type of page called a glossary, but doesn’t have any glossary-specific functionality. Perhaps it was intended as a placeholder. Right now the textbook just has end-matter with a long list of terms, but it’s a major job to keep track of whether a term has been listed and/or defined, and alphabetizing is all manually done. I did a quick search to see what glossary software is out there, but I was wondering if you knew off-hand about anything that is particularly reliable, and that we are unlikely to lose access to at some point in the future. An open source solution that we can run on our own might help, though I would need help with getting it set up on a local server.” 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<tel:306.966.5327> email: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: <http://open.usask.ca/>http://open.usask.ca<http://open.usask.ca/>

7 years, 1 month

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Open online course about open educational resources June 1-15

by Jenni Hayman

Dear Canada OER Friends, Apologies for cross posting if it occurs. You may, or may not have heard about the Cross-Canada OER mini-MOOC, Making Sense of Open Eduction. I am launching a two-week online course as part of my doctoral research from June 1-15, 2018 and would like to invite and include any educators in your region that you believe might be interested in learning more about open ed. If you can share the message below with post-secondary educators, I would be very grateful. I hope that it will be a fun and engaging learning experience for educators new to the practice of open. Thank you for your consideration! Best, Jenni If you believe there is interest, please share the following description with educators in your network: Suggested Subject Line: Open online course about open educational resources June 1-15 Dear Teaching Community, >From June 1-15, 2018, a global (and cross-Canada) mini-MOOC (massive open online course) called Making Sense of Open Education will take place through the OpenLearn UK Moodle platform. The course will consist of short daily lessons and activities at an introductory level. The purpose of the course is to increase awareness and use of open educational resources (OER) as part of post-secondary teaching and learning in Canada and globally. Topics will include OER, open educational practices (OEP), copyright and the Creative Commons licenses, and open tools for adaptation. A variety of experienced open educators, and friends from global regions will participate and support learning and sharing opportunities. Daily lessons will take approximately 30 minutes to complete with a targeted (and hopefully fun) daily practice opportunity to apply what you are learning. The course team and others that have already signed up look forward to your participation. There is no cost to participate in the course. The full set of course modules will be made available on the course front page June 1 for you to download, save, and adapt as you desire if you prefer to take the course in a self-directed way. Questions? Please contact the Course Lead and Researcher Jenni Hayman via email: jlhayman(a)asu.edu Registration is Open at the Following Link: https://bit.ly/2EV3FHV // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca>

7 years, 2 months

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Seeking Connections -- Open Indigenous OER Projects

by Krysta McNutt

*cross-posted* Hi Everyone, We have a new project at the University of Alberta where we are sourcing free/open resources which intersects with indigenizing education in K-12 (social studies). I'm hoping to recruit some other open educators to share their experience with the project team (instructor, doctoral student, librarians, and me). Faculty of Education, Elementary Education EDEL 335 Curriculum and Pedagogy in Elementary School Social Studies Project Lead: Sharla Peltier This project will conduct critical review of existing First Nation Metis and Inuit education materials in Alberta relevant to teaching Social Studies to identify and/or customize OER for teaching of pre-service teachers and/or classroom use by social studies elementary teachers and faculty with appropriate Indigenous contexts in response to recent revisions to Teaching Quality Standard #5: Applying Foundational Knowledge about First Nations, Metis and Inuit. (Supported through the University of Alberta OER Awards <https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/grants/oer/awards-…> ) Thank you in advance! -- Krysta McNutt, PMP Senior Project Manager, Open Education Centre for Teaching and Learning University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada krystam(a)ualberta.ca | 780-710-5674 | @mcnuttsays <http://www.twitter.com/mcnuttsays> UA OE Interest Group <https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/open-educational-resources> | Alberta OER Community of Practice <http://www.albertaoer.com/community> | Learn more here <https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/services/teaching-…> *The University of Alberta is located **o**n Treaty 6 territory, the territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the **Métis Nation.*

7 years, 2 months

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Canadian post-secondary faculty: opportunity to review new OER for Open Choice

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, See the below opportunity for all Canadian post-secondary faculty. Open Choice invites Canadian faculty to review OER for their upcoming database Choice, a publishing unit at the Association of College and Research Libraries, plans to release a new online database of open educational resource (OER) reviews called Open Choice. The new service will feature a significant collection of critical reviews of OER targeted to teaching faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and university staff charged with acquiring digital tools for instruction (IT, instructional technologies, etc.). We are looking for active teaching faculty who be interested in reviewing open educational materials for Open Choice. The reviews are more substantive, averaging 2,000-2,500 words, and use a structured review rubric. The rubric provides consistency in reviews and makes them easier to write. All reviews go through a formal copyediting process. We are able to provide a honorarium of $200 for each review. If you are interested in reviewing, or have questions about Open Choice or the reviewing process, please email Melissa Karp at [ mailto:mkarp@ala-choice.org | mkarp(a)ala-choice.org ] . 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 ]

7 years, 2 months

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Fwd: Call for 2018-2019 OER Research Fellows (please spread the word)

by Ross, Heather

This is definitely something that we need to get more Canadians into. I’m a member of the OER Research Fellows, as is Rajiv as well as a few other Canadians. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca Begin forwarded message: From: John Hilton <johnhiltoniii(a)byu.edu<mailto:johnhiltoniii@byu.edu>> Subject: Call for 2018-2019 OER Research Fellows (please spread the word) Date: May 15, 2018 at 12:50:52 AM CST Hello friends, I hope you are doing well. As you may have seen/heard, the call for applicants for the 2018-2019 OER Research Fellows has opened. I’m writing you directly to see if you would be willing to help spread the word. Because of your experience as an OER Research Fellow, I think you’re in the best position to both explain the program and identify candidates most likely to be successful/benefit as a result of the Fellowship. Please encourage qualified candidates to apply here: https://www.formpl.us/form/5292176104751104. Let me know if you have any questions! Best, John Hilton III Associate Professor, Religious Education, Brigham Young University Ed Tech Website<http://johnhiltoniii.org/> Religious Ed Website<http://johnhiltoniii.com/> Family Website<http://thehiltonfamily.org/>

7 years, 2 months

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Teaching and Learning Today Conference - Registration Deadline is April 24

by Ross, Heather

Good afternoon everyone. This is a reminder that the registration deadline for the Teaching and Learning Conference to be held in Saskatoon May 1-2 is April 24. Join us for what will be informative, engaging conversations about two of the most important paradigm shifts in Canadian higher education: indigenizing and open educational resources / open pedagogy. This two-day conference is bringing together voices from both movements from a dozen institutions in five provinces to share existing work, ideas for moving forward, and creating opportunities for new partnerships. There will be speakers from across Canada facilitating concurrent sessions and workshops, plus: - A keynote by Kory Wilson (Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships, BCIT) - A fishbowl discussion involving - Mary Burgess (Executive Director, BCcampus) - Maria Campbell (Cultural Advisor, writer, director, and teacher) - Jacqueline Ottmann (Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement - University of Saskatchewan) - David Porter (CEO of eCampus Ontario) - Kory Wilson For more information and to register, see the conference website - https://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/index.php 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 3 months

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BCcampus Open Education Info Sheet

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, Please find attached a new information sheet from BCcampus Open Education. It includes details about: * Open education in B.C. such as the values, 5Rs, and strategic priorities * Current projects and initiatives at BCcampus Open Education including B.C.'s Zed Cred Programs, Awards for Excellence in Open Education, the 2018/19 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellows, and the B.C. Open Textbook Collection Feel free to share this document, in print form or digitally, with colleagues, students, and others. 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/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

7 years, 3 months

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Examples of OER in Continuing Education

by Krysta McNutt

Hi Everyone, I'm looking for some examples of OERs being used in continuing education programs to include in a workshop I'm doing for contract instructors in the Faculty of Education (University of Alberta). Currently, we plan to feature: - Project Management open textbook <https://opentextbc.ca/projectmanagement/> (open textbook which directly aligns with industry accreditation and increases accessibility to the profession outside of professional associations and publications) - Project Management for IDs open textbook </> (co-creating with students to again, align with industry accreditation and increase accessibility) - ESL (English Second Language) CBL Level 5/6 open textbook <http://albertaoer.com/content/repository/item?uuid=19071e71-ab12-4184-bc03-…> (to share about how two institutions collaborated to create an open textbook for broad use in post-secondary, community, and professional education settings) - (in progress) "*Dental Community Education Package"* (to share about how the community can come together to equip emerging professionals, practicing professionals, and community educators with well-crafted, accessible educational material) If you have any examples of OER course materials used for non-credit continuing professional education programs (Language Arts, Business, Community Engagement, Information Technology, Art/Design, etc), I would love to hear about them! Thanks so much -- Krysta McNutt, PMP Open Education Project Manager Centre for Teaching and Learning / Libraries University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada krystam(a)ualberta.ca | 780-710-5674 | @mcnuttsays <http://www.twitter.com/mcnuttsays> UA OE Interest Group <https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/open-educational-resources> | Alberta OER Community of Practice <http://www.albertaoer.com/community> | Learn more here <https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/services/teaching-…> *The University of Alberta is located **o**n Treaty 6 territory, the territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the * *Métis Nation.*

7 years, 3 months

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Creative Commons Question

by Ross, Heather

I received the following email from our copyright office today. My initial thought is he can’t use it in the journal article, but I want to confirm this. Thank you. Hi Heather, A researcher with Geological Sciences named Jamal came in the other day to ask Kate some questions about a paper he would like to publish. We aren’t certain, but we think he wants to publish in a traditional (i.e., not open) geology journal. He has pictures from five different sources he would like to include. Four are third-party images from already published books are journal article. The last image is a creative commons image<http://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch/latelogin.jspx?records=:579552&r=1523389539059#152…> with a CC BY-SA 4.0<https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/> licence. Because it is a CC share-alike licence, Kate would like to confirm with you if Jamal can use the image in the article if the entire article cannot be licenced CC BY-SA 4.0. Can the article be published with only the one image maintaining the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, and the rest of the article have the standard “all rights reserved” copyright protection? Thanks! Shelby 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 3 months

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open licensing hematology (blood sample) slides

by Krysta McNutt

Hi Everyone, I have a project where an instructor would like to digitize and openly license thousands of blood sample slides as OER. The slides are dated and have been stored in the basement of the faculty for years and we are navigating the validation of* copyright and ethics of use*. At this stage, it seems that digitizing them is not a concern but licensing them as open is a question mark which we will begin exploring with our Copyright and Ethics office shortly. If any of you have experience in this type of OER project, could you please reach out? I'd love to be able to equip the instructor with examples as we navigate these conversations. Thank you! -- Krysta McNutt, PMP Open Education Project Manager Centre for Teaching and Learning University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada krystam(a)ualberta.ca | 780-710-5674 | @mcnuttsays <http://www.twitter.com/mcnuttsays> UA OE Interest Group <https://guides.library.ualberta.ca/open-educational-resources> | Alberta OER Community of Practice <http://www.albertaoer.com/community> | Learn more here <https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/services/teaching-…> *The University of Alberta is located **o**n Treaty 6 territory, the territory of the Papaschase, and the homeland of the * *Métis Nation.*

7 years, 4 months

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Physical Therapy

by Ross, Heather

Sorry for cross-posting. Our physical therapy program is interested in looking at some OER. Does anyone know of any potential resources? I already have the anatomy / physiology from OpenStax, but need some more PT specific resources. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 4 months

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Don't Miss Our on Registering for TLT

by Ross, Heather

This is your friendly reminder that registration for the Teaching and Learning Today conference to be held in Saskatoon May 1 and 2 at the University of Saskatchewan. Come join us for sessions from presenters from across five provinces discuss OER / open pedagogy and Indigenization, as well as how leaders and advocates for these initiatives can work together to advance change in higher education in Canada. Please share this with your colleagues as well. I hope to see you here in May. https://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/ 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 4 months

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BCcampus Pressbooks Major Release Scheduled: March 15-16

by Lauri Aesoph

Great news! Pressbooks has been making changes to the interface and functionality based on your feedback. The major release for the BCcampus Open Education Pressbooks instances is scheduled for later this month. Here’s a heads up of the changes that are on the way. Most of the improvements are under the hood. However, there are a few big changes we would like to call to your attention. First, a new look and feel is available for the network home page and catalog. The new standalone catalog page is sortable and filterable, for improved discovery. Pressbooks has also given the webbook a much-needed makeover, with some added functionality. A wider book layout, better scrolling and navigation are just some of the enhancements. We have also updated the Open Textbook theme at BCcampus. A big thanks to Ryerson University for supporting the development of these changes. The Luther theme will be retiring on the same day as the new release. In their place, Pressbooks is releasing two new themes, McLuhan and Jacobs. These two themes both offer expanded theme options, and both are designed with textbooks in mind. Their development has been generously funded by [ https://www.ecampusontario.ca/ | eCampus Ontario ] . We will be continuing to use the Open Textbooks as our default theme and the theme for the BCcampus open textbook collection. We are thoroughly testing the updated Pressbooks prior to the release and these improvements should not cause any issues with your existing books. But, if anything does come up, let us know right away at [ mailto:helpdesk@bccampus.ca | helpdesk(a)bccampus.ca ] Other changes include: * Save Button: Pressbooks heard your pleas for a clearer way to save your chapters. It’s here! (In the past, the “save” button was named Update, Publish, or other variations based on the status of your post.) Note that when you create a new chapter, front or back matter section, you will first see a “Create” button, but subsequent changes can be saved by clicking on the new “Save” button. * Contributor Management: Pressbooks added a centralized contributor management tool where you can add contributors who can then be reused throughout your book as authors, editors, translators, reviewers, illustrators, and generic contributors. * Organize Page Improvements: Pressbooks revamped the Organize page, improving the display on mobile devices, and improving accessibility for keyboard navigation and screen reader users. * Chapter Importing: Now, you can import individual chapters from public, openly licensed Pressbooks webbooks using the Import tool. All you need to drop is drop in the URL to a book, begin the import process, then select the chapters you wish to add to your book. (Content that is private, All Rights Reserved or that carries any of the Creative Commons Non-Derivative licenses cannot be imported.) * Content Visibility: Pressbooks has made it more intuitive to manage the visibility of your content across web and exports. Now you can simply designate content visibility in web and exports on both the Organize page and the edit screen for individual front matter, chapters and back matter. * Import Files from URL: You can now import supported file formats hosted on remote (web based) sources via URL. If you have files hosted elsewhere (with the right permissions), you no longer need to download and upload files, but can import them directly with just the URL. * Ebook Start Point: Pressbooks has moved the ebook start point setting to the ebook Theme Options page to ensure that only one front matter, chapter, or back matter can be set as the ebook start point. (Note that Pressbooks tries to enforce the ebook start point you select. However, ereader devices may still override the start point you designate.) * Language Support Changes: Pressbooks has renamed the Language Support section in Theme Options to Language & Script Support to better reflect its functionality; we’ve also re-labelled Hindi support to Devanagari, to clarify that the Devanagari script supports Hindi, Sanskrit, and over 120 other languages. As always, please let us know if you have any questions or problems navigating the new features. You can contact us at [ mailto:helpdesk@bccampus.ca | helpdesk(a)bccampus.ca ] Want to see how it looks? Our team put together a [ https://youtu.be/rBJ7pU-xddE | screencast ] of the new interface and the changes that you will see when the release happens mid March. [ https://youtu.be/rBJ7pU-xddE | https://youtu.be/rBJ7pU-xddE ] Stay up to date Interested in staying in the know on Pressbooks updates? * Check [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ ] * Attend one of the webinars we will be hosting reviewing the changes to the Pressbooks UI- * Friday, March 9 from 10-11 am * Tuesday March 13 from 10-11 am * Thursday March 15 from 10-11 am * Friday March 16 from 10-11 am * Make sure to stay updated via our [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-news/ | Blog ] and on [ https://twitter.com/bccampus | Twitter ] * Sign up for the [ https://confirmsubscription.com/h/d/97F887551C7932F2 | BCcampus Newsletter ] Regards, Lauri Aesoph, on behalf of 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/zimbra/bccampus.ca | BCcampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus Sign up for [ https://bccampus.ca/bccampus-around-the-web/ | BCcampus news ]

7 years, 5 months

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NEW: BCcampus Open Education Self-Publishing Guide

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, This morning we posted a new guide on a new topic: the BCcampus Open Education [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=1d31f3b7-dd9f-4f47-97eb-… | Self-Publishing Guide ] : [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6cp | https://urls.bccampus.ca/6cp ] Read more about it in this blog: [ https://urls.bccampus.ca/6co | https://urls.bccampus.ca/6co ] We hope you find value in this new resource, and will share it widely with your faculty, staff and students. Regards, Lauri Aesoph 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 ]

7 years, 5 months

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TLT Concurrent Sessions Schedule Now Up - Space is Limited

by Ross, Heather

Good Friday afternoon everyone. I just want to let you know that the concurrent schedule is now up and registration is open for the Teaching and Learning Today conference to be held here at the University of Saskatchewan May 1-2. If you plan to attend, please register early as space is limited. I am hoping to have a large contingent attend from the open community in Canada. http://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/ The focus of the conference will be on open and indigenization and how these two important initiatives in Canada may come together. Speakers for the conference include: Kory Wilson (Keynote) - Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships for BCIT Mary Burgess - Executive Director at BCcampus Maria Campbell - Writer, director, and teacher, and currently the Cultural Advisor at the U of S Jacqueline Ottmann - Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement at the U of S. David Porter - CEO of eCampus Ontario 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 5 months

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OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering

by Ross, Heather

Good morning all. There are some rumblings coming out of our College of Engineering that they are interested in using OER / open pedagogy in first year courses. This possibility is coming as they prepare to renew the first year curriculum. Currently first year Engineering students are using a local adaptation of University Physics, which we’ll hopefully release widely this summer, and an Engineering Economics book is in the works. We’ll hopefully release that one in the fall. I’m wondering if anyone else knows of other OER and open pedagogy being used in colleges of Engineering that they could share with me. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 5 months

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Re: [Canadaoer] OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hi Heather, The LibreTexts initiative has been doing some great work collaboratively building on the OpenStax texts. See for example: https://eng.libretexts.org/ Cheers, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/> From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of "Ross, Heather" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca> Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 8:34 AM To: canadaoer <canadaoer(a)kodos.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] OER and Open Pedagogy in Engineering Good morning all. There are some rumblings coming out of our College of Engineering that they are interested in using OER / open pedagogy in first year courses. This possibility is coming as they prepare to renew the first year curriculum. Currently first year Engineering students are using a local adaptation of University Physics, which we’ll hopefully release widely this summer, and an Engineering Economics book is in the works. We’ll hopefully release that one in the fall. I’m wondering if anyone else knows of other OER and open pedagogy being used in colleges of Engineering that they could share with me. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

7 years, 5 months

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Chasing down this one open textbook...

by Krysta McNutt

Hi Everyone, I’m trying to recall an open textbook that a colleague at UofA is looking for. It was on display at the last BC open textbook summit, he thinks at the OpenStax display and it's about how to collaborate on the development of OER. At first I thought he meant the REBUS ebook on collaborating with students but that’s not the one. The plan is to have some printed open textbooks available at the Faculty of Sciences’ celebration of teaching as prizes and share that digital copies are freely available. Any suggestions of unique science OER or what this collaboration text is? Thanks so much! Krysta

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FYI: VP University Affairs advocates for open educational resources at McGill

by Amanda Coolidge

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Great suggestion for a Webinar...

by Jenni Hayman

Hello Everyone, Our eCampusOntario OER Fellow Maureen Glynn suggests the following Webinar (if you have time). Good research! Title: The Open Educators Factory Project: In Search for the Open Educator The Open Educators Factory (OEF) project stems from the assumption that true progress in terms of openness in higher education (as well as in other educational sectors) requires a major cultural change in the mindset of all stakeholders from public policy makers to institutional leaders, to teachers and researchers, to students and parents. The aim of the Open Educators Factory project is to explore how to transform university teachers from "agents of resistance" into "agents of change" for openness in education. This presentation will discuss results based on data collected from more than 400 HE teachers. When: Wednesday, 7 February 2018 – 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Eastern Time (Canada) Where: Online through Adobe Connect at: https://athabascau.adobeconnect.com/cider Registration is not required; all are welcome. CIDER Sessions are recorded and archived for later viewing through the CIDER website. For more information on CIDER and our Sessions, please visit us at: http://cider.athabascau.ca<http://cider.athabascau.ca/> Also link to OEF Wikieducator page: http://wikieducator.org/Research/open_educators_factory Research/open educators factory - WikiEducator<http://wikieducator.org/Research/open_educators_factory> wikieducator.org 2. Self-assessment and development framework for Open Educators. Starting from the four areas presented in the definition, we have developed a framework for teachers ... // Jenni Hayman Program Manager eCampusOntario 226.500.0845 [https://i.xink.io/Images/Get/N87356/e.png] 211 Yonge St. 2nd Floor Toronto, ON, M5B 1M4 ecampusontario.ca<http://ecampusontario.ca/> Subscribe to the eCampusOntario newsletter<https://ecampusontario.wufoo.com/forms/z1svdvyh15srf9b/>

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Ebook Best Practice

by Greg Gay

Hello Canada OER List I have a couple questions I'm hoping I can find answers for on this list. We're in the process of developing a series OERs related to digital accessibility, to be distributed in various forms including HTML, epub, pdf, etc. We're experimenting with Pressbooks as the platform for assembling the content, content that was previously part of a MOOC based course. The content is quite varied, with typical text and images, lot's of video, and a variety of interactive activities, most of which link out to resource websites specifically created for the courses. 1. What is the best practice for including external video, with epub books in particular? From what I read, it seems the video needs to be included in the files for an epub book. This is not an option for us, given there are 30 or 40 videos in the course, which if added directly to the epub, would make the book's size too large to be usable for many (Gigabytes in size). Linking from Youtube etc. does not seem to work for epubs and PDFs. We've ended up using the YouTube embed code, to embed the videos for those viewing the book online, but for epubs and PDFs the videos are blank spaces. We've included links to the videos as a backup, so readers can go to YouTube and view the videos there. Question: Is there a better way to include external videos in epubs (and PDFs)? 2. Pressbooks allows iframes, into which we can open external activities from within the web version of the book, but again when exported as an epub or PDF, they show up as a blank space. Similar question: Question: Is there a best practice for linking external content into epubs and PDFs? Thanks greg P. S. is there an archive of this list one can go back and review? -- Greg Gay IT Accessibility Specialist Digital Education Strategies The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education Ryerson University Tel: 416 979-5000 #2061

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Fwd: OA book publisher - Intech - reputation?

by Ross, Heather

Does anyone know anything about this publisher? I’ve already told Catherine that the open textbook initiatives I’ve dealt with don’t charge authors to publish books openly. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca Begin forwarded message: From: "Boden, Catherine" <catherine.boden(a)usask.ca<mailto:catherine.boden@usask.ca>> Subject: OA book publisher - Intech - reputation? Date: January 26, 2018 at 11:31:06 AM CST To: "Ross, Heather" <heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca>> Hi Heather, I hope this email finds you well. I periodically check to see if there are any good options for open access books for physical therapy (one of my library liaison areas). I ran across Intech (https://www.intechopen.com<https://www.intechopen.com/>/) and am wondering if you know anything about it. I have done some checking, but would value your thoughts/experience if this is a publisher you are familiar with. Thank you and have a good day! Catherine Catherine Boden Liaison Librarian Leslie and Irene Dube Health Sciences Library University of Saskatchewan Room 1400, Academic Health Sciences Building 104 Clinic Place Saskatoon, SK S7N 2Z4 Tel: (306) 966-2931 Fax: (306) 966-5918 ORCID http//orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-1433<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-1433>

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CC Global Summit proposal?

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, I was wondering if any of you are planning to attend the CC Global Summit in Toronto (April 13-15) and, if so, whether you might be interested in developing a proposal with me about OER/OEP advocacy/support? Details here: https://summit.creativecommons.org/proposals/ Cheers, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Special Advisor to the Provost & Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning & Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://cos.io/>

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BCcampus OpenEd: Jan 9/18 - new books and updates

by Lauri Aesoph

Hello Everyone, We've added two new books and one new ancillary resource, as well as, a few updates. Please see below. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=8af49997-4d25-43fe-b6fa-… | Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students ] This new textbook, published by the Rebus Community, is designed for students in graduate-level nursing and education programs. Its intent is to recognize the significant role the literature review plays in the research process and to prepare students for the work that goes into writing one. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=37d3b486-45ef-4e38-a764-… | The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy ] This collection of original source readings by philosophers who originated many of the issues we discuss today was written by TRU faculty member Jeff McLaughlin and was produced with funds from a BCcampus Open Education OER Grant. Major areas of philosophy covered are Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Socio-Political Philosophy, and Aesthetics. [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=75ab4802-42c4-4fb7-9051-… | Education and Career Planning Open Course ] This unique open course which is the result of a collaboration between seven colleges and BCcampus Open Education, and funded in part by an OER Grant. Authored by Mary Shier and Allison Schubert from College of the Rockies, it is at the provincial ABE level (grade 12 equivalent) and can be used as an elective course towards the BC Adult Grad Diploma. Three file formats are provided (D2L, Moodle, Common Cartridge) so the course can be downloaded into a learning management system. Other news We have added the following new categories to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection: * "Engineering" sub-category to the "Sciences" category * "Education" as a main category and "Early Childhood Education" as sub-category Pressbooks updates are now available on the BCcampus Open Ed website (open.bccampus.ca) under [ https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ | https://open.bccampus.ca/pressbooks-updates/ ] Regards, Lauri Lauri Aesoph, Manager, Open Education BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovat e . 250-893-0258 | laesoph(a)bccampus.ca 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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Draft nomination letter for Shifrah Gadamsetti for the OEC Student Award

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Hello everyone, As promised, I have drafted the nomination letter for Shifrah for the OEC’s student award (see attached). Here is a link to the OEC awards page, which lists the criteria: http://www.oeconsortium.org/projects/open-education-awards-for-excellence/ And here is a link to Shifrah’s draft video to support the award (she will likely revise this a bit): https://youtu.be/gAmAeykObik Please feel free to suggest any revisions/additions to the letter by using tracked changes and sending it back to me. Please also let me know if you would like to co-sign the nomination letter. Many thanks, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/>

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Registration For Teaching and Learning Today Conference is Now Open

by Ross, Heather

Good morning all. I just want to let you know that registration is now open for the Teaching and Learning Today conference to be held here at the University of Saskatchewan May 1-2. If you plan to attend, please register early as space is limited. I am hoping to have a large contingent attend from the open community in Canada. http://teaching.usask.ca/tlt2018/ The focus of the conference will be on open and indigenization and how these two important initiatives in Canada may come together. Speakers for the conference include: Kory Wilson (Keynote) - Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships for BCIT Mary Burgess - Executive Director at BCcampus Maria Campbell - Writer, director, and teacher, and currently the Cultural Advisor at the U of S Jacqueline Ottmann - Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement at the U of S. David Porter - CEO of eCampus Ontario Concurrent sessions are still being reviewed. 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: heather.ross(a)usask.ca<mailto:heather.ross@usask.ca> http://teaching.usask.ca/index.php Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on: http://open.usask.ca

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Op Ed in the Globe & Mail

by Rajiv Jhangiani

Happy New Year my friends. I wanted to share this Op Ed about open textbooks, which I just had published in the Globe & Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/to-combat-soaring-textbook-costs-lo… Onward together, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/> New Book: Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbc)

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Re: [Canadaoer] Op Ed in the Globe & Mail

by Chris Fernlund

Fantastic article Rajiv! Great job ☺ Thank you for the eCampusOntario mention too! From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Rajiv Jhangiani <Rajiv.Jhangiani(a)kpu.ca> Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 10:15 AM To: "canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca" <canadaoer(a)mail.bccampus.ca> Subject: [Canadaoer] Op Ed in the Globe & Mail Happy New Year my friends. I wanted to share this Op Ed about open textbooks, which I just had published in the Globe & Mail: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/to-combat-soaring-textbook-costs-lo… Onward together, Rajiv ________________________ Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. Psychology Instructor, Kwantlen Polytechnic University<http://www.kpu.ca/arts/psychology> Associate Editor, Psychology Learning and Teaching<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202353> Ambassador, Center for Open Science<https://osf.io/> New Book: Open: The philosophy and practices that are revolutionizing education and science (DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbc)

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Happy Holidays

by Maureen Glynn

On behalf of Naza and the whole DES Team, just wanted to say thanks to the Canada OER community for your amazing inspiration and sharing of ideas throughout the year. May the holiday season bring you peace, hope and joy.

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