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SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Sue Doner, Faculty/Instructional Designer/eLearning Development & Support
Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Email: DonerS@camosun.bc.ca
Phone: 250-370-3939
OR
- Sybil Harrison,
Email: HarrisonS@camosun.bc.ca
Events
USING OER
Canadian repositories
Camosun Bookstore and Printshop
OER from Camosun
Open textbooks – new
- Common Core Trades (23 books) by Rod Lidstone
- Composition and Literature: A Handbook and Anthology contributing author James Sexton
- Cross Connection Control for Plumbing and Piping Trades: Plumber Apprenticeship Program Level 3 by Richard V. Mawle (retired)
- English Literature: Victorians and Moderns by James Sexton
- Professional Cook series (10 books) contributing author Gilbert Noussitou
Open textbooks – adapted
- Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition by co-author Charles Molnar
Supplementary materials
- 3D images and videos by Rod Lidstone and Nanette Plant for Common Core Trades books
- Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition – contributed to the addition of 80 H5P activities to this book
- PowerPoint slides, instructional videos (YouTube) by Charles Molnar for Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition
- Lab manual, prep sheets, and 10 text-based assignments by Charles Molnar for Concepts of Biology – 1st Canadian Edition
Courses
- Supporting Students with Disabilities in BC Postsecondary contributing author
Support resources
- Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition contributing author Sue Doner
- OER Toolkit for Trades Instructors by Sue Doner, Susan Chandler, Rod Lidstone, Josh Stull
- Pulling Together: A Guide for Leaders and Administrators contributing author Sybil Harrison
CREATING OER
Projects in progress
BCcampus OER Grant 2018
- Create an indigenization guide for librarians – contributor
OE Sustainability Gran 2019 (BCcampus)
Establish the Open Education Demonstration Initiative (OEDI) whichwill bring together a team of up to ten faculty with librarians, educational technologists, curriculum developers, and specialists in adaptive technology and indigenization to redevelop ten courses using open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) over a 12-18 month period.
A course redesign handbook on the OEDI will be also be created so this initiative can be implemented at other institutions.
Trades OER Development Grant 2020 (BCcampus)
- Sheet metal: alignment, gap analysis of student resources for Level 1 Apprenticeship – contributor
Trades OER Development Grant 2021 (BCcampus)
- Plumber Apprenticeship, Level 3 – contributor
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by Camosun faculty
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Camosun College Student Society
Blogs and news
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Brian Coey – August 17, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- Camosun to establish open education initiative with grant money – October 23, 2019 (Nexus)
- Camosun to help advance the use of open textbooks – September 25, 2019 (BC Colleges)
- Supporting students with disabilities in BC postsecondary online course – September 11, 2019 (eLearning Camosun)
- Camosun trades students use free open textbooks in class – September 28, 2016 (Camosun News)
- Camosun students save over $115,000 with free open textbooks – September 27, 2016 (BC Gov News)
Videos
BEYOND CAMOSUN
BCcampus Open Education
Faculty Fellow
- Rod Lidstone (2016-17)
OE Sustainability Grant
- 2019 recipient
Trades Advisory Group
- Brian Coey (2019-21)
- Olaf Nielsen (2019-21)
BCOEL Membership
- Gwenda Bryan
- Sybil Harrison
Last update: Sep 1/21
