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SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
Rosario Passos, Instructional Development Consultant
Learning and Teaching Centre
Email: Rosario_Passos@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-456-1266
OR
Lin Brander, Open Education Librarian
Email: lbrander@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-432-8922
For library assistance related to open education, contact:
Ian Linkletter, Emerging Technology & Open Education Librarian
Email: Ian_Linkletter@bcit.ca
Phone: 604-451-6825
Website and information
- Open Education at BCIT
- Email: open@bcit.ca
Open BCIT is sponsored by the AVP, Education Support and Innovation, and supported by the Open Education Working Group, BCIT Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre.
Key documents
- BCIT Open Education Report 2019 [PDF]
- BCIT Open Education Report 2018
- BCIT Open Education Best Practices and Guidelines
- BCIT Learning and Teaching Framework
Events
- Open education events at BCIT and elsewhere (future and archived)
USING OER
Canadian Repositories
OER from BCIT
Showcase of completed projects, funded by BCIT and developed by BCIT faculty
Open textbooks – new
- Basic Electricity by Chad Flinn
- Basic HVAC by Aaron Lee
- Basic Motor Control by Chad Flinn and Aaron Lee
- A Brief Introduction to Engineering Computation with MATLAB by Serhat Beyenir
- Buds, Branches and Bark: A Guide to Winter ID in the Pacific Northwest by Julia Alards-Tomalin & Alex Tait
- Cellular Internet of Things for Practitioners by Reza Vahidnia, F. John Dian
- Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care by Jodie McCutcheon, Glynda Rees Doyle
- Design principles for adaptive learning platforms by Chad Flinn
- An Electrician’s Guide to Single Phase Transformers by Chad Flinn
- Engineering Systems, Dynamics Modelling, Simulation, and Design: Lagrangian and Bond Graph Methods by Mehrzad Tabatabaian
- General Electricity for Power Engineers, parts 1 and 2 by Harmesh Chander, Alok Dhungana
- Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals contributing authors Alex Haas, Ken Jeffery, Alan Martin, Roberto Medeiros
- IoT Use Cases and Technologies by F. John Dian, Reza Vahidnia
- Math for Trades: Volume 1 contributing authors Chad Flinn, Mark Overgaard
- Math for Trades: Volume 2 contributing authors Chad Flinn, Mark Overgaard
- Pulling Together: Foundations Guide by Kory Wilson
- Trigonometry and Single Phase AC Generation for Electricians by Chad Flinn
Open textbooks – adapted
- BCIT Astronomy 7000: A Survey of Astronomy by James Brewer
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC – 2nd Edition contributing author/lead editor Morgan Westcott
- Physics 0312 Textbook by Charles Hooge
- Physics 8400 Textbook by Charles Hooge
Supplementary materials
- Animal Dissection Images Library by Sabrina Cornish and Carol Wenzel
- Astronomy (OpenStax) Worksheets and Solutions, adapted by James Brewer
- Health Case Studies by Glynda Rees, Rob Kruger, Janet Morrison
- Marine Propulsion Plant Simulator by Sanjeev Sarwal
- Nursing Skills Videos by the BCIT BSN Program
- Plant Press: a plant identification card game by Julia Alards-Tomalin & Stacey Auld
- Sim Labs for Thermodynamics and Thermal Power Plan Simulator by Serhat Beyenir, Sanja Boskovic
- Strength of Materials Supplement for Power Engineering by Alex Podut
- The Electric Academy (videos) by Chad Flinn
- Standards of Practice: UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) Missions Manuals by Eric Suczak
- Standards of Practice manuals in conjunction with multi-spectral images by Eric Saczuk with student involvement
- Web Development and Database Question Bank by Amir Amintabar
Other OER
- Educational Electronic Health Record System (EdEHR) with contributions from Glynda Rees, Janet Morrison, Rob Kruger
- Image acquisition for 3-D mapping with DJI Phantom 3 Pro, Eric Saczuk
- Workplace Soft Skills for Indigenous Trades Students, learning module by Kory Wilson, Tara Mollett
OER evaluation (BCcampus Health ZTC/OER project)
- Assessment of nursing OER by Manu Gill
- Evaluation of RN Pharmacology open textbook by Manu Gill
On-campus OE Sustainability
CREATING OER
- From BCIT: Creating OER
Publishing
BCIT is piloting a publishing program. The Library will compile instructors’ digital teaching materials in Pressbooks and publish the work under a Creative Commons license. For more information, contact open@bcit.ca
Grants and projects
- Open Education Grants at BCIT
- BCIT Instructional Enhancement grants
- BCcampus – current calls for proposals
BCIT Open Education Grant Projects
Projects in progress
BCIT OER Grants
- Aircraft maintenance: Develop a Lectures Library on aircraft maintenance engineering, Scott Paterson
- Business Around the World, short video series, Svitlana Kominko & Mark Nakamura
- Computers: Create an OER introduction to working with text files, paths, and file handling by the operating system and by parsing programs, Lynda Williams, Bryan Fair
- Computers/Engineering: develop a C programming for engineers interactive learning resource, including videos, David Stropky
- Construction training videos for LEEP NZ Wall Systems #1, #2 and #4, along with instructor and learning materials, Mary McWilliam, Vanesa Alzate-Restrepo, Alexandre Hebert
- Drone: create a practical, hands-on operational manual on how to use an enterpise remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS, aka drone) to carry out general visual inspection of aircraft, Eric Saczuk
- Ecological design, online interactive manual, Ron Kato
- Fish habitat/stream assessment and silviculture practices: series of interactive virtual reality training videos, Lauri Stott
- Geography: create inventory of data points and set of georeferenced PDF self-guided tour maps of parks with important plant species identified, Stacey Auld
- Indigenous Awareness: Create supplementary materials to help bridge Kory Wilson’s three Open Modules on Indigenous Awareness into credit-bearing courses such as diploma and degree courses, Shannon Kelly
- Kongsberg’s Dual Fuel Steam Propulsion Plant software, student manual, Vadim Mikhailov
- Lighting: Create a textbook and question bank on lighting, Aaron Lee
- Marketing: Film an entrepreneurship events series on topics such as marketing, funding, and legal considerations, Laura Barreca & Chad Flinn
- Microbiology, introductory: series of video tutorials and online assignments, Sabrina Cornish, Sarah McLeod, Supipi Duffy
- Millwright and Mechanic programs, interactive learning resource on fasteners, Andrey Murphy, Erick Medina
- Nursing: Develop a test bank and/or case studies for Nursing Knowledge and Nursing Practice courses, Amanda Egert
- Pathology:Create a series of video lessons on human pathology, Jen Kong
- Piping Trades: Create a small curriculum package for the Piping Trades covering a new addition to the Provincial Outline – “Using Communication Techniques” and “Using Mentoring Techniques”, Tim Carsen
- Plant anatomy and morphology image libraries, learning assessment(s), Carol Wenzel, student Horton Lai
- Plant ID Video Library to identify 75+ local native plant species, Hélène Marcoux
- Plant Press identification playing card game: create a digital online game, Amy Miedzwiecki
- Podcasts: Create a series of entrepreneur podcasts, Chad Flinn
- Trades Access Common Core Safe Work Practices Line A: 1-5; Trades Common Core Line B Employability Skills: 1-4; and, Trades Access Common Core Tools and Equipment Line C: 1-4 – update, Tamara Pongracz
- Web server administration, interactive textbook, Quan (Frederic) Guo
Marketing OER 2020 (BCcampus)
- Mike Walmsley – Marketing Plan Development
Trades OER Development Grant 2020 (BCcampus)
- Mark Overgaard and Chad Flinn – Math for Trades: Volume 2
- Bryan Messer, under the support the Millwright Articulation Committee – Millwright, Student resources for Level 1 Apprenticeship
ZTC – OER for Health Education 2020 (BCcampus)
- Nursing case studies/virtual simulations by Amanda Egert, Adrianna D’Ilio
- Nursing Open Textbook Adaptation by Manu Gill, Kimberly Lee, Amanda Egert
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by BCIT faculty
- Active Calculus Multivariable
- Astronomy: OpenStax
- Basics of Fluid Mechanics
- BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Reader 3
- Data Analysis
- Forest Measurements: An Applied Approach
- Human Resource Management
- Line A: Safe Work Practices Competency – A4 Describe Personal Safety Practices
- Line C: Tools and Equipment Competency C-1: Describe Common Hand Tools and Their Uses
- Literature Reviews for Education and Nursing Graduate Students
- Mastering Strategic Management-1st Canadian Edition
- Mechanics
- Modern Philosophy
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Working group
BCIT Open Education Working Group supports and promotes the development and use of OER and OE teaching practices, functions as a community of practice, and is open to anyone who would like to join. The Group is under the umbrella of the Educational Technology and Learning Design Committee (ELTDC).
ELTDC is a sub-committee of Education Council. The committee provides strategic guidance and recommendations regarding the implementation and use of educational technology across the institute.
Open BCIT is sponsored by the AVP, Education Support and Innovation, and is supported by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre.
Working group co-chairs
- Lin Brander: lbrander@bcit.ca 604 432-8922
- Rosario Passos: Rosario_Passos@bcit.ca 604 432-8922
- Serhat Beyenir: Serhat_Beyenir@bcit.ca 604-456-1146
Blogs and news
- BCIT Bachelor of Science in Nursing program recognized for Excellence in Open Education – March 21, 2022 (BCIT News)
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: BCIT BSN Program – March 16, 2022 (BCcampus News)
- New supports for post-secondary students this fall (OER is mentioned) – July 15, 2020 (BCIT News)
- Open Pedagogy and the Trades – May 26, 2020 (BCcampus News)
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- Openly licensed learning materials – April 23, 2020 (BCIT Faculty & Staff Association)
- Cornering the Open Market: Announcing the Recipients of the Marketing OER Grants – March 15, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Introducing the 2019/20 Open Education Advocacy and Research Fellows – September 18, 2019 (BCcampus News)
- Award for Excellence in Open Education: Chad Flinn – June 27, 2019 (BCcampus News)
- Open Education Stories: OER for trades – March 20, 2019 (BCcampus News)
- Open Education Stories: Unmanned aerial systems taking off! – February 20, 2019 (BCcampus News)
- Open Education Stories: Learning between the lines with OER – April 12, 2018 (BCcampus News)
- The importance of open education – a fellow’s thoughts by Ken Jeffery
Videos
BEYOND BCIT
BCcampus Advisory Group
- Sanja Boskovic (2017-19)
BCcampus: Educational Electronic Health Record System (EdEHR) Project
- Cheryl Isaak, Glynda Rees, Janet Morrison, Rob Kruger (2018)
BCcampus Open Education
Advocacy and Research Fellow
- Chad Flinn (2019-20)
- Ken Jefferey (2017)
Secondee
- Tim Carson, Provincial Trades Representative for Open (2019-21)
- Rosario Passos, Advisor, Open Education (2016-17)
Advisory Board
- Rosario Passos (2019-20)
Business ZTC Programs Advisory Group
- Vicky Roy (2019-21)
STEM ZTC Programs Advisory Group
- Lin Brander (2019-21)
Trades Advisory Group
- Mark Deroche (2019-21)
- Chad Flinn (2019021)
- Bryan Messer (2019-21)
BCOEL Membership
- Lin Brander
- Amanda Grey