B.C. Open Education Updates

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Updates and news regarding open education in B.C. for 2024 as posted in the BCcampus newsletter.

January

Reminder: B.C. Open Textbook Collection Retiring

On February 1, 2024, the B.C. Open Textbook Collection will no longer be hosted on the BCcampus OpenEd website. Open textbooks and open course packs will continue to be available in the B.C. Open Collection.

For more information, see FAQs on the BCcampus OpenEd Help page.

Please email open@bccampus.ca with questions.

DID YOU KNOW

We are currently seeking evaluators for the following open textbooks (and more!) that we are considering adding to the B.C. Open Collection:

This is a paid opportunity, and all subject matter experts working at post-secondary institutions in Canada are welcome to apply. For more information, see Evaluate OER Under Consideration.

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

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February

BCcampus is pleased to support Open Education Week this year by sponsoring several events in B.C. and the Yukon. We are delighted to support a range of events, including workshops, award ceremonies, and guest lectures on open education.

DID YOU KNOW

That the B.C. Open Collection website includes a Contribute link in the top right-hand corner of its home that leads to a list of ways that the post-secondary community can contribute to open education with BCcampus.

New in the B.C. Open Collection

The following OpenStax books will be archived on June 3, 2024, as they have been replaced by new editions:

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

Project Update

The following BCcampus Open Education funded project has been completed.

  • ZTC Business project – Douglas College

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March

On August 1, 2024, BCcampus will retire the email opentext@bccampus.ca. This distribution list email began in 2013 to serve as the general email to use for the open education community to send queries and the, then, B.C. Open Textbook Project staff to share information and updates.

Since then, the focus for BCcampus–and the post-secondary community–has expanded from open textbooks to all matters related to open education. Which led to the decision to reflect this broader perspective in our general open education email address, open@bccampus.ca, released in 2022.

DID YOU KNOW

There is a BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education recognizes outstanding contributions to the open education movement in British Columbia.

New reviews in the B.C. Open Collection

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

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Research

Barnes, C., Vine, S., & Nadeau, R. (2024). Assessing textbook affordability before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of student and faculty surveys. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2024.102864

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April

The open textbook and open course materials adoption forms can now be accessed on the Contribute page and in the footer of the B.C. Open Collection website.

DID YOU KNOW

That the BCcampus OpenEd website includes information about current and completed open education projects funded by BCcampus Open Education.

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

New in Canada

Ukrainian open textbooks from Alberta:

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May

DID YOU KNOW

That you can report errors found in open textbooks posted in the B.C. Open Collection by using the Report an Error form.

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

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June

DID YOU KNOW

New in the B.C. Open Collection

To be archived on October 1, 2024

New reviews in the B.C. Open Collection

Please note: We are currently not accepting new applications to review an open textbook.

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

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July

On August 8, 2024, BCcampus will retire the email opentext@bccampus.ca. This distribution list email began in 2013 to serve as the general email to use for the open education community to send queries and the, then, B.C. Open Textbook Project staff to share information and updates.

Since then, the focus for BCcampus–and the post-secondary community–has expanded from open textbooks to all matters related to open education. This led to the decision to reflect this broader perspective in our general open education email address, open@bccampus.ca, released in 2022.

DID YOU KNOW

That the Adoption Finder lists open textbooks adopted for specific courses at B.C. post-secondary institutions along side transferable courses which could potentially use the same open textbook.

New Review in the B.C. Open Collection

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

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August

DID YOU KNOW

That students attending post-secondary institutions in B.C. have saved over $39M since 2012. For more information on adoption stats, see Known Open Textbook Adoptions in B.C.

On December 31, 2024, University of Minnesota Libraries is unpublishing 25 textbooks that they republished several years ago with the author’s name removed.

Four of those books are in the B.C. Open Collection. BCcampus will be archiving these books on October 1, 2024, in line with our usual once-per-semester archiving dates. These books are:

New Review in the B.C. Open Collection

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

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September

DID YOU KNOW

That you can connect with and ask questions of the open education community in British Columbia through the BCOpen Community email and join its mailing list.

New in the B.C. Open Collection

To be archived on February 3, 2025

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

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October

DID YOU KNOW

That the B.C. Open Collection and OER by Discipline Directory were mentioned in a recent research paper?

Walters W.H. (2024). Finding free OER textbooks online: Untangling the web. Publications, 12(4), 32.

https://doi.org/10.3390/publications12040032

New in the B.C. Open Collection

New editions from Lyrx

To be archived on February 3, 2025

New in the OER by Discipline Directory

New in B.C.

From KPU

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