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.

Open Ed and Education in 2023

Open Ed Opportunities

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.

Open Ed Blogs and Opportunities

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, such as,

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The following OpenStax books will be archived on June 3, 2024, as they have been replaced by new editions: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

Open Ed Blogs

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.

Open Ed Blogs and Events

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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