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
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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
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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
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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/>
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
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>
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
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>
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/>
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
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
