Good morning/afternoon all!
It is contest time here at BCcampus!!
Enter the #OTSummit17 contest for your chance to win a printed ‘Made with Creative Commons’ book. Contest closes May 17 at 4pm PST. Good luck! [ http://ow.ly/3byn30bDZHd | Enter here. ]
Thanks
Amanda
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ | https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ ]
...and register here: [ https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 | https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 ] . Registration deadline is May 17th !
Join us! Any questions - contact Amanda Coolidge ( [ mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] )
Kind regards,
Amanda Coolidge and Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Hey there Canada OER,
Happy Open Ed Week! Looking for times and dates in the second week of May when we can get together again to catch up.
Please complete the poll: https://doodle.com/poll/2xuvfw2694v58nii
I will confirm once we've got a good number of responses.
Thank you!
Lena
Lena Patterson
Operations Director
Twitter:@lpatter10
416-640-7056
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Please register for Canada OER - Team Meeting on May 10, 2017 11:30 AM EDT at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/264794667783497218
May meeting of OER Canada group!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/
...and register here: https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017
Join us!
Any questions - you can send them directly my way: Amanda Coolidge (acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca)
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hello Everyone,
I'm please to announce the following 5 new additions to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection: ]
A First Course in Linear Algebra
Macroeconomics: Theory, Models, and Policy
Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Macroeconomics
We also new editions for two current books in our repository:
I [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=0370418e-be7d-4541-b0d1-… | ntroduction to Financial Accounting - Second Edition ]
This book has been updated to version 2.2. Files for the previous version are still posted, but will be removed on June 1.
[ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=662054ef-3b43-4e62-a509-… | Calculus: Early Transcendentals ] has been updated with the Lyryx version
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Congrats [ https://twitter.com/UBC | @UBC ] on incoporating OER practice into the tenure and promotion process, [ https://t.co/kh14JzqATr | http://bit.ly/2mKoiki ] Ed Leadership, section 3.4.1 [ https://twitter.com/hashtag/oer?src=hash | #oer ]
Specifically:
"Contributions to the practice and theory of teaching and learning literature, including publications in peer-reviewed and professional journals, conference publications, book chapters, textbooks and open education repositories / resources."
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hi Everyone,
Please see here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KqJjyTv1uF1VzStIJtg5ViI8y_IG6XKwbFNvit7…>
an
environmental scan conducted by UofA Libraries with input from the Canada
OER group and the Alberta OER Community of Practice.
This will supplement the Campus Alberta OER Program Evaluation report which
is still in progress including program overview, ROI/cost benefit
(program-specific and forecast), provincial & national landscape, and
steering committee recommendations.
Please do not hesitate to comment on the environmental scan
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KqJjyTv1uF1VzStIJtg5ViI8y_IG6XKwbFNvit7…>
,
any feedback is welcome and appreciated.
Thank you!
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Krysta McNutt, PMP
Program Manager, Campus Alberta OER Initiative <http://www.albertaoer.com>
Consultant, Faculty of Education, Technologies in Education
krysta.mcnutt(a)ualberta.ca | techined.ualberta.ca
780-710-5674 | 3-104 Education North
*Teaching and learning with every interaction*Click here
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/albertaoer> to join the
conversation: Alberta OER Community of Practice
