{"id":127,"date":"2018-12-12T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=127"},"modified":"2019-01-30T18:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T18:22:37","slug":"if-as-an-instructor-i-use-an-open-textbook-in-the-classroom-will-it-affect-whether-or-not-my-course-will-transfer-to-other-institutions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/chapter\/if-as-an-instructor-i-use-an-open-textbook-in-the-classroom-will-it-affect-whether-or-not-my-course-will-transfer-to-other-institutions\/","title":{"raw":"Does an open textbook affect a course's transferability?","rendered":"Does an open textbook affect a course&#8217;s transferability?"},"content":{"raw":"According to the BC Council on Admissions &amp; Transfer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BCCAT<\/a>), articulation and course transferability should not hinge on the use of specific textbooks in a course.\r\n\r\nArticulation is based on equivalency of content, skills, learning outcomes, topics, and competencies even though instructors may choose to use a textbook that covers the full range of learning outcomes of a course.\r\n\r\nThe guides,\u00a0<i>How to Articulate<\/i>,\u00a0<i>The Sender\u2019s Guide\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Receiver\u2019s Guide<\/i>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulation<\/a>), discuss the parameters for articulation, but none mentions textbooks as an element in the decision-making process.\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"text-align: center;\">For a full range of transfer requirements, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulate\/request\/develop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfer-Friendly Course Outline Form<\/a>.<\/div>","rendered":"<p>According to the BC Council on Admissions &amp; Transfer (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BCCAT<\/a>), articulation and course transferability should not hinge on the use of specific textbooks in a course.<\/p>\n<p>Articulation is based on equivalency of content, skills, learning outcomes, topics, and competencies even though instructors may choose to use a textbook that covers the full range of learning outcomes of a course.<\/p>\n<p>The guides,\u00a0<i>How to Articulate<\/i>,\u00a0<i>The Sender\u2019s Guide\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0<i>The Receiver\u2019s Guide<\/i>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulation<\/a>), discuss the parameters for articulation, but none mentions textbooks as an element in the decision-making process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"text-align: center;\">For a full range of transfer requirements, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccat.ca\/articulate\/request\/develop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Transfer-Friendly Course Outline Form<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"Course transfer","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-127","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":39,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":788,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/127\/revisions\/788"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/39"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/127\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/faqs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}