Dear colleagues,
Several BCcampus websites, including BCcampus Open Education (open.bccampus.ca), are currently unavailable due to recent power outages. We do not have an estimated time of when the sites will be online. However, our technical team is working on resolving this issue as soon as possible.
Affected sites (that we know of):
bccampus.ca and subpages (e.g., covid19.bccampus.ca)
open.bccampus.ca
bcoel.ca
bctlc.ca
etug.ca
Sites NOT affected:
pressbooks.bccampus.ca
opentextbc.ca
solr.bccampus.ca
tlpd.bccampus.ca
While the B.C. Open Textbook Collection (which is housed on open.bccampus.ca) is not available right now, if you have the direct link to a particular textbook that is in one of our Pressbooks instances, it should be available, as Pressbooks and SOL*R are unaffected.
We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve these issues.
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
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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.
Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Edited by Katherine Carpenter<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/introtoentrepreneurship/back-matter/appendix/>
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Link to Resource: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/introtoentrepreneurship/
This course introduces students to entrepreneurship as an approach to life and to create their own careers. Through foundational concepts and frameworks, this course examines entrepreneurship as a process including: entrepreneurial identity, opportunity creation and evaluation, mobilizing resources, and growth. The course is designed around the major stages in this process, and an overview of factors that are key to entrepreneurial success is provided. This resource is rich in multimedia content including video and H5P interactive activities.
Contributions by: Katherine Carpenter (Editor), Jonathan Carpenter, and Andrea Niosi.
This OER was funded by KPU | Open Education’s OER Grant Program<https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants> and supported by the Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)
For a complete catalogue of works published by the Open Publishing Suite (OPUS)<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS> at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, please visit: https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/catalog/openkpu
For more about KPU | Open Education, please visit: www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open>
Follow us on Twitter at @KPUopen<https://twitter.com/KPUopen>
Best,
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Urooj Nizami; MISt, MA (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, KPU | Open Education
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Calling all librarians and educators for a free online event!
Coffee & Conversations: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in OER<https://acrl.ala.org/cjcls/index.php/event/coffee-conversations-diversity-e…>
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 9AM PT / 10AM MT / 11AM CT / 12PM ET
Please join the Community and Junior Colleges Libraries Section OER Committee on November 30 at 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET for Coffee & Conversations: Equity and Diversity in OER, a follow-up from our summer series of What's Next? Equity & Diversity.
Participants will engage in facilitated breakout rooms to discuss a variety of topics related to DEI and OER including how campuses are handling access to technology faculty support, and dual enrollment issues.
Bring your own experiences with OER initiatives at your institutions.
Registration will end on Monday, November 22, 2021.
After registration closes, the Zoom link will be sent out to registrants with questions for them to mull over before the event on November 30.
For questions or concerns, please contact the OER co-chairs: Howard Marks (hmarks(a)midland.edu) or Ruth Slagle (rslagle(a)jscc.edu)
Attendance is free! Register here: https://bit.ly/3ulWSCr
Take care,
Jamie Witman (she, her, hers) | Online Learning and OER Librarian, Asst. Professor |
Community College of Baltimore County | jwitman(a)ccbcmd.edu |
Library Student Services
Library Faculty Services
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
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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.
Forwarding this message on behalf of the team developing an open textbook on research data management. Kindly share with any individuals you may know who would be interested in contributing a chapter to this effort. Contributions can be in English or French.
Je vous transmets ce message au nom de l’équipe qui élabore un manuel ouvert sur la gestion des données de recherche. Veuillez faire acheminer cette annonce à toute personne que vous connaissez qui serait intéressée à contribuer à un chapitre de cet effort. Les contributions en français et en anglais sont les bienvenues.
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Lise Brin, MLIS
Program Officer / Agente de programme
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Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada
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Ottawa Ontario K2P 0G5
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From: RDM OER Working Group <CAN-RDM-OER(a)LISTS.DAL.CA> on behalf of Emily Carlisle-Johnston <ecarlis2(a)UWO.CA>
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021 at 10:42 AM
To: CAN-RDM-OER(a)LISTS.DAL.CA <CAN-RDM-OER(a)LISTS.DAL.CA>
Subject: RDMOER CFP is open!
Good morning all,
We're excited to announce that the Call for Papers for the RDM-OER is now open! Many thanks to everyone who has helped get us to this point, including our translators Felicity Tayler and Mélanie Brunet. The full French and English CFPs are attached here, but we've also linked to the project site in the call.
We're going to share to the DLI and CanLib Data lists, as well as IASSIST. Please share to any other lists you know of, as appropriate.
We're looking forward to seeing submissions!
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We are excited to announce that the call for chapter proposals for the upcoming OER Research Data Management in the Canadian Context: A Guide for Practitioners and Learners<https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/d87dea3d-1c54-47e5-9c7a-dfe71b8463f4> is now open.
Proposal Submission Instructions
Proposal submissions can be put forth by individual authors or a team of co-authors.
Proposals should consist of abstracts of up to 500 words and a brief author bio, detailing your expertise and experience with the subject at hand. Chapter proposals should include a summary of content to be covered, proposed learning outcomes, and description of any proposed assessments or activities. A chapter layout template, style guide and support in creating any interactive elements will be made available to authors. Proposals will be accepted in either English or French and both English and French editions will be produced.
Proposals are due by November 15, 2021. Initial chapter drafts will be due in March 2022.
Please direct proposals and questions to the Editors at rdmoerteam(a)gmail.com<mailto:rdmoerteam@gmail.com>.
We welcome you to share this CFP far and wide! For more information on this project, drop by our homepage<https://www1.rebus.community/#/project/d87dea3d-1c54-47e5-9c7a-dfe71b8463f4>.
Interested in this project but not ready to contribute a chapter?
Please let us know if you might be interested in serving as a peer reviewer (email rdmoerteam(a)gmail.com<mailto:rdmoerteam@gmail.com>).
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Emily Carlisle-Johnston (she/her), MLIS
Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, Canada
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Join us on November 24th for this participative session! There will be opportunities for small group discussions on this month’s topic as well as a special time for all of you to show each other your favourite mug!
Participez à cette séance participative le 24 novembre ! Il y aura des occasions de discussions en petits groupes sur le sujet de ce mois-ci, ainsi qu’un moment spécial où vous pourrez tous vous montrer votre tasse préférée!
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Join us for the November Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat
Date: Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Time: 3-4 p.m. ET
Register here (everyone is welcome): https://bit.ly/3D4tHr6
The CARL Open Education Working Group<https://www.carl-abrc.ca/advancing-research/scholarly-communication/open-ed…> invites you to the eighth call in this series of informal gatherings for individuals involved in open education (OE) in Canada (faculty, instructors, librarians, students, instructional designers, etc.).
This month, we are bringing the Canadian open education community together for a discussion on the question Has the Pandemic Moved the Dial on Open Education? This month’s OECCCC is an active participation session where you will have an opportunity to show off your favourite mug and participate in breakout rooms for group discussion.
Calls in this series typically take place on the third Wednesday of most months. While this month’s discussion will be primarily in English, bilingual moderators will be on hand to help ensure participants are able to contribute in the official language of their choice.
Whether you’re an OECCCC regular or new to the group, please join us, settle in with your beverage of choice and prepare for some coast-to-coast sharing and networking.If you can’t attend this meeting but would like to know about future OE CCCC events (and receive other Canadian OE news), please email Lauri Aesoph (lauri.aesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:lauri.aesoph@bccampus.ca>) and ask to be added to the CanadaOER listserv.
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Soyez des nôtres pour l’appel « pause-café » du mois de novembre de la communauté des ressources éducatives libres du Canada [Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat #OECCCC]
Date : mercredi 24 novembre 2021
Heure : 15h à 16h HE
Inscrivez-vous (vous êtes tous les bienvenus) : https://bit.ly/3D4tHr6
Le Groupe de travail sur l'éducation ouverte de l'ABRC<https://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/faire-avancer-la-recherche/communication-savant…> (GTÉO) vous invite à assister au huitième appel de cette série de rencontres informelles pour les personnes impliquées dans l'éducation ouverte (ÉO) au Canada (membres du corps professoral, chargés de cours, bibliothécaires, étudiants, concepteurs pédagogiques et autres).
Ce mois-ci, nous réunissons la communauté canadienne de l'éducation ouverte pour une discussion sur le thème suivant : La pandémie a-t-elle fait avancer l’éducation ouverte?. Ce mois-ci, l’OECCCC est une séance de participation active où vous aurez l’occasion de nous présenter votre tasse préférée et de participer à des discussions en petits groupes.
Les appels de cette série ont lieu le troisième mercredi de la plupart des mois. Bien que la discussion de ce mois-ci se déroulera principalement en anglais, des modérateurs bilingues seront sur place pour aider les participants à contribuer dans la langue officielle de leur choix.
Peu importe si vous êtes un participant régulier de l’OECCCC ou un nouveau membre du groupe, veuillez vous joindre à nous, installez-vous avec la boisson de votre choix et vous préparer à partager et à réseauter d’un océan à l’autre.
Si vous ne pouvez pas assister à cette séance, mais que vous aimeriez en savoir plus sur les futurs appels dans la série OECCCC (et en apprendre plus sur les REL et les nouvelles en ÉO au Canada), veuillez envoyer un courriel à Lauri Aesoph (lauri.aesoph(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:lauri.aesoph@bccampus.ca>) et lui demander d’être ajouté(e) à la liste de diffusion CanadaOER.
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Lise Brin, MLIS
Program Officer / Agente de programme
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Canadian Association of Research Libraries
Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada
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Ottawa Ontario K2P 0G5
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Hello everyone,
I’m forwarding a message about a call for proposals for an “Untextbook” project that some people here in British Columbia are working on re: critical and open approaches to design in supporting OER and OEP development. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Harrison (mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:mharrison@tru.ca>). They are a great bunch of people and it is an interesting project.
Thanks,
Brenda
Open Education Librarian
Thompson Rivers University
From: Michelle Harrison <Mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:Mharrison@tru.ca>>
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 9:47 AM
To: Brenda Smith <Brsmith(a)tru.ca<mailto:Brsmith@tru.ca>>
Subject: Call for proposals - OER Librarians group
On behalf of our research team, Irwin DeVries, Tannis Morgan, Michael Paskevicius and myself, I invite you to consider making a written or other media contribution to an open resource for learning design students and professionals to critically examine contemporary issues and practice in learning design. We are using a modified WordPress instance that has been designed with an invitation for ongoing evolution, extension, and reframing of the original content. Our hope is that students will continue to add to this resource as part of their coursework in a process of ongoing co-creation in a manner consistent with open licensing and pedagogy.
We are seeking textual contributions between 750-1500 words or video/audio contributions no longer than 15 minutes. Brief proposals are due by November 29.
The following topic areas are of particular interest:
-Designing for open platforms and tools
-Assessment
-Learning design in different settings (HE, corporate, public service, etc,)
-Leadership in learning design
-Open pathways for learning – outcomes and frameworks
-Learning design from various worldviews
-Open pedagogies and practices
-Inclusive and/or Universal Designs for Learning
-Scale, space and place in digital design
-Data, surveillance and privacy
Full details of the call and important dates can be found on our website: https://rethinkld.opened.ca/2021/11/call-for-proposals/
Please reach out if you have any questions.
Michelle Harrison, PhD (she/her)
Senior Instructional Designer, Assistant Professor | Learning Design and Innovations Department
Thompson Rivers University Open Learning
mharrison(a)tru.ca<mailto:mharrison@tru.ca> | 250-571-9756
tru.ca/open
The Kamloops campus of Thompson Rivers University is located on the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc territory within the unceded traditional lands of Secwepemcúl’ecw, where learning has taken place since time immemorial. I am grateful for the Secwepemc Nation’s generosity and hospitality while we live, learn and work in their territory.
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Dear colleagues,
BCcampus would like to invite you to attend the Trades Summit Series 2021<https://bccampus.ca/event/trades-summit-series-2021/?instance_id=3383>.
Every Monday in November, join Tim Carson, provincial representative for open education in the trades, for opportunities for trades educators to explore different avenues for their course design and delivery.
Dates are Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 22, and Nov. 29, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. Pacific time.
This five-week summit series will cover the following topics:
* Pathways. Journey from Face 2 Face to Hybrid — with Lucy Griffiths (yesterday, Nov. 1)
* Leveraging Technology for Team-Based Learning — with Chad Flinn
* Humanizing Assessments — with Nicki Rehn
* Building Communities of Practice: From the Micro to the Macro — with Sally Vinden
* Podcasts for Learning Trades? — with Tim Carson
Participants are encouraged to attend each session, as each week builds on the last in hopes of creating a community of practice among trades faculty and staff. The last session with Tim Carson will be a live podcast recording.
This event is free. To ensure we have an inclusive and welcoming environment for all, we’ve added registration to all our sessions.
Register for the Trade Summit Series<https://events.eply.com/2021TradesSummitNov1> (there is one registration form to gain access to all five 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
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Hi all.
I just want to draw your attention to this blog post about the new open course we’ll be offering about open educational practices. It’s aimed at both post-secondary and K-12 educators.
https://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2021/11/01/gmctl-to-launch-new-open-course-on-…
Heather M. Ross, BA BEd MEd
Educational Development Specialist
University of Saskatchewan
Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning
Ph: 306-966-5327
Find open textbooks and other open educational resources on:
http://open.usask.ca
Hi All,
An instructor contacted recently with the following request:
We are creating a Pop Culture Sociology course and we are looking for an OER. Course Description:
Using a multi-disciplinary approach, students will explore and examine popular culture as one of the most significant cultural and social agents in contemporary society. Learners will study the emergence of pop culture studies and a range of diverse theoretical approaches including critical studies of gender, sexuality and race. Students will consider a variety of mediums such as music, video games, social media, art, film/television, fashion and celebrity. Finally, learners will study and reflect on the role of popular culture in the development of individual identity and group/community identity and action
I've checked the usual locations (OpenStax, OERCommons, MERLOT, BCcampus, eCampus Ontario, OASIS, Open Textbook Library, OASIS, OpenOregon, OAPEN) but I wanted to reach out in case there is a gem in a local repository. I think the instructor is looking for something equivalent to John Storey's textbook:
https://www.routledge.com/Cultural-Theory-and-Popular-Culture-An-Introducti…
Any leads are appreciated!
Cheers,
Jessica
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Jessica Norman, MLS
Open Educational Resources Librarian
Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
SAFA Table Officer, Division IV
(She/Her)
Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446>
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Stand Grad Building, MC113
(Office) 403.210.4073
jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman@sait.ca>
Oki, Amba'wastitch, Danit'ada, Tân'si, Hello. I would like to acknowledge that SAIT is situated on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which, today encompasses the Indigenous people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta: the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut'ina, the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, the Northwest Métis Homeland - Region 3. The City of Calgary is part of a region that the Blackfoot tribes of Southern Alberta described as Moh'kinsstis, meaning 'Elbow,' in reference to its location at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers.
Posting on behalf of Dr. Nishan Perera, Chair, Marketing Department, Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
Hello,
The OpenText Working Group in the Marketing Department of Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s School of Business is hiring for a limited term position of 110 hours with a compensation of $15.20/ hour. This position is fully remote. The successful candidate will work with the Chair of the OpenText Working Group and the KPU Business Librarian to search for Open Educational Resources (OER) relevant to specific courses offered in the Marketing Program. The candidate will also populate a website template developed by the working group to house these resources by course and resource type. Library and Information Studies graduate student preferred. Familiarity with marketing terminology preferred.
A full job description is attached.
To Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV to Dr. Nishan Perera at nishan.perera(a)kpu.ca<mailto:nishan.perera@kpu.ca> by November 15, 2021.
Applicant must be legally entitled to work in Canada
Please share widely.
Best,
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Urooj Nizami; MISt, MA (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, KPU | Open Education
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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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.
