We are catching up – here is my Open Education News and Stuff from September 6 – remember the beginning of this new term?  Seems like a very long time ago…

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the first day of a brand-new term.  I know today, and this week, will be a busy one for you all, but I wanted to start the term off with a little Open Education news and stuff.

Updates from Emily’s Open Education desk

• For a reminder of some of the amazing work being done on OpenEd at the college, see the eLearning blog site (open category).  Especially make sure to read our latest story from June, all about one student’s Open Education project in the Child, Family, and Community Services (CFCS) program.
• Do you have questions about Open Education or Open Educational Resources?  Want to talk about a potential Open Education project (or are your students interested in talking or hearing about OpenEd)?  Contact Emily Schudel (instructional designer, eLearning) and/or Gwenda Bryan (Librarian)!
• We in CETL are going to share the excitement and joy of Open Education across the college this term.  I (Emily) am available to come talk to your department/program about Open Ed – just shoot me an email to let me know if your department/program is interested in hearing more!

Open Education Conference

• Second, a reminder about the Open Education Conference 2022 (October 17-22, virtual!)  It is a great deal, and one of the best (if not THE best) conference I have ever attended.  Find out more and register at: https://openeducationconference.org/2022 

Finally, some news from BCcampus

• During the next few months, no new materials will be added to the B.C. Open Collection. We will resume adding new books this fall. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of new open textbooks and other OER available.
• This month, a variety of books were added to the OER by Discipline Directory covering education, medicine, criminal justice and more. Titles included Forensic Toxicology: From Crime Scene to the Virtual Lab from Trent University in Ontario and a pair of medical texts–Pulmonary Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students and Pulmonary Physiology for Pre-Clinical Students–from Virginia Tech were added to a new Pulmonary section. For those who follow open education research, Sustainability and justice: Challenges and opportunities for an open STEM education will be of interest.
• Learn more about Open Education Updates for August 2022  and See OpenEd updates for a complete list of what’s happening at BCcampus.

Apply to Review an Open Textbook

• We invite you to apply to review an open textbook to help us deliver quality content to students and faculty. Approved reviews will earn a $250 honorarium as a token of our gratitude for evaluating and improving the materials being created for the post-secondary classrooms of B.C. and around the world.  Learn more: Apply to Review an Open Textbook

BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education

• This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the open education movement in British Columbia. These contributions may include significant leadership, open educational resources (OER) development, research, or advocacy by faculty, students, support staff, or administrators at post-secondary institutions in B.C. or others who support the post-secondary system in B.C.  Learn more: BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education

And that’s it for today.  If you have anything you would like me to share in these every-other-Monday emails, let me know. 

Have a great week!