B.C. Open Education Updates
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Updates and news regarding open education in B.C. for 2019 as posted in the BCcampus newsletter.
January
- A Canada map icon now used to identify Canadian content in the OER by Discipline Guide
March
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- Teaching in a Digital Age now includes a Turkish translation.
New resources have been added to these categories in the OER by Discipline Directory
Support resources updates
- The BCcampus OpenEd website has upgraded its Help page.
- Two new support resources have been published: Working Group Guide and Information Directory
April
New in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- New ancillary resources are now available for Democracy in Brief including a summary and question bank, and slides created by Dr. Janni Aragon, University of Victoria.
ICYMI
- The new BCcampus Open Education website has been launched.
May
Support resources updates
- Pressbooks Guide: “When should LaTeX be used” has been added to LaTeX for Formulas
June
New in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- ebook and print ISBNs now added to all BCcampus published textbooks in the BC collection. See ISBN for Open Textbooks
- To improve the discoverability in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection, new categories and subcategories added to better reflect the structure and content of the collection.
Support resources updates
- The OER by Discipline Guide renamed OER by Discipline Directory
- Slides from the Inclusive Design Webinar Series have b een added to the Accessibility Toolkit
ICYMI
July
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- Cree: Language of the Plains / nēhiyawēwin: paskwāwi-pīkiskwēwin
- Introduction to Community Psychology
- Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)
- Organizational Behavior (OpenStax)
- Principles of Management (OpenStax)
- Résumer, Synthétiser, Argumenter
- Technical Writing Essentials
New resources have been added to these categories in the OER by Discipline Directory
- Academic Success
- Accounting
- Engineering – General
- English
- French
- Geography
- Geology
- History
- Language Learning
- Math
- Media
- Pedagogy and Instructional Design
- Political Science
- Science – General
- Sociology
- Statistics
- Urban Planning
- Theatre
Support resources updates
- New Embedding and Linking chapter in the Self-Publishing Guide
- Post-Secondary Directory now includes a section on Canada
- Books under consideration and review for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection now posted in the OER by Discipline Directory
- Pressbooks Feedback form removed from open.bccampus.ca
August
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- American Government 2e (OpenStax) (archived) This will be replacing the 1st edition, scheduled removal is Oct 1.
- Chemistry: Atoms First – 2e (OpenStax)
- Chemistry – 2e (OpenStax)
- Elementary Algebra (OpenStax)
- Introduction to Web Accessibility (published by Ryerson)
New resources have been added to these categories in the OER by Discipline Directory
- Anatomy
- Climate Change
- English Language Learning
- Farsi
- Gender Studies
- General OER Repositories
- Earth and Ocean Sciences – General
- English and Writing
- Health and Medical – General
- History
- Music
- Norwegian
- Philosophy
- Political Science
Open education resources
- A new set of answers have been added to the Open Education Sustainability Grant for Institutions.
Support resources updates
- Open Pedagogy Resources (see ancillary resources).
- See new Appendix 4: Contracts and Agreements. in the Self-Publishing Guide
- See new Appendix B: Pressbooks Catalogues in the Pressbooks Guide
- A definition for ‘open textbook’ has been added to Known Open Textbook Adoption in B.C. on BCcampus OpenEd.
September
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- College Mathematics for Everyday Life
- Composition and Literature: A Handbook and Anthology
- EmpoWord: A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers
- forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic – Fall 2019 Edition (Calgary) – This will be replacing the 2018 edition, scheduled removal Feb 1, 2020
- From MSA to CA: A Beginner’s Guide for Transitioning into Colloquial Arabic
- Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies
- Korean Through Folktales
- Opening Eyes into Inclusion and Diversity
- Physical Geology – 2nd Edition (old edition will be removed from collection February 1, 2020)
Ancillary resources
- Rajiv Jhangiani, of KPU, has created slide decks to accompany the open textbooks Principles of Social Psychology, 1st International edition and Principles of Social Psychology, now posted by each as an ancillary resource.
New categories in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- Language Learning: Arabic Language
- Language Learning: Korean Language
- Humanities: Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Education: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
New resources have been added to these categories in the OER by Discipline Directory
- Arabic
- Book/Textbook/Journal Collections and Publishers
- English Language Learning (ELL)
- General OER Repositories
- Pedagogy and Instructional Design
- Psychology
Support resources update
- The Frequently Asked Question guide is now called the Answer Guide
ICYMI
- Looking for students to submit short smartphone recordings on their open education views. All entries will be compiled into one video and shown at the OE Global Conference 2019 in Milan, Italy. Deadline: September 30, 2019. For details, see OE Global Conference on the BCcampus Events page.
October
Open Ed Blogs
- 33 Openstax textbooks now in Pressbooks (blog archived)
- BCcampus heads to #OpenEd19 in Phoenix, Arizona
- Hard-back OpenStax books come to Canada
- Ongoing Adoption – Estimating, Calculating, and Tracking
New in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- A test bank is now available for Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)
Books archived from the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- Native Peoples of North America has been archived as it does not meet the criteria for the B.C. collection. This book can still be found in the Open Textbook Library
New resources have been added to these categories in the OER by Discipline Directory
- Anatomy
- Course Collections
- Education – General
- English and Writing
- Gender Studies
- Geography
- Hairdressing
- Indigenous Studies
- Multimedia Collections
- Open Education and Open Pedagogy
- Pedagogy and Instructional Design
- Pharmacology
- Physics
Support resources updates
- Adoption Guide – 2nd Edition is now available
- Appendix C: OpenStax Textbooks in Pressbooks has been added to the Pressbooks Guide
- Find an Open Textbook and Evaluate an Open Textbook have been updated in the Adaptation Guide.
November
Open Ed Blogs
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
ICYMI
December
New books in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
- Faculty OER Toolkit
- Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind
- Teaching in a Digital Age – Second Edition
Ancillary resources
- PowerPoint Slides are now available for Environmental Biology
