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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

6 years, 12 months

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

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

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

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, 1 month

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, 1 month

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, 2 months

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, 2 months

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, 2 months

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, 2 months

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