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SUPPORT
Contacts
For assistance, please contact:
- Ken Laing, Instructional Services and Digital Initiatives Librarian
Email: klaing@selkirk.ca
Phone: 250-365-7292, ext 21382
Information
- Learning Commons & Library: Open Education Resources
Teaching and Learning Institute
USING OER
Canadian repositories
OER from Selkirk
Open textbooks – new
- A Guide to Numeracy in Nursing by Julia Langham
- Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Physical Geography, Second Edition contributing author Allison Lutz
- Professional Cook series contributing authors Wendy Anderson, Robyn Mitz, Harry Pringle
Open textbooks – adapted
- Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics – Books 1-6 by co-author Wendy Tagami
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC – 2nd Edition contributing author/lead editor Wendy Anderson; contributing author David MacGillivray
Open courses
- Education and Career Planning (EDCP) online course, contributing author
- Supporting Students with Disabilities in BC Postsecondary, contributing author
- Understanding Racism by Roisin Seifert
Supplemental materials
- BC Schools of Nursing Virtual Simulation Games (in collaboration with College of the Rockies)
Videos
- Personal Care – HCA videos (in collaboration with College of the Rockies)
On-campus OE Sustainability
- 2020 Open Education Foundation Grant for Institutions (with College of the Rockies)
- 2021 Time Investment Grant
CREATING OER
REVIEWING OER
Open textbooks reviewed by Selkirk faculty
- BC Reads: Adult Literacy Fundamental English – Course Pack 6
- Business/Technical Mathematics
- Creative Clinical Teaching in the Health Professions
- Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality in BC (archived)
- Macroeconomics: Theory through Applications
- Principles of Economics (OpenStax) – first edition (archived)
- Principles of Microeconomics (OpenStax) – first edition (archived)
- Writing for Success
OPEN EDUCATION IN ACTION
Selkirk College Student Union
Working group
- Selkirk has formed a joint open education working group with College of the Rockies . For more information, contact Theresa Southam at tsoutham@selkirk.ca.
Blogs and news
- BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Theresa Southam – June 23, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- Pivoting to Inclusion: Designing Ancillary OER in a Collaborative Cross-Institutional Environment – May 17, 2021 (BCcampus News)
- Open First! at Selkirk – June 25, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Announcing BCcampus’ 2020 Open Education Grant Recipients: Laying Foundations and Sustaining Futures – June 25, 2020 (BCcampus)
- Collaboration in the Interior opens new doors – April 28, 2020 (BCcampus News)
- Open education resources reduce cost to post-secondary – February 4, 2019 (Selkirk Sentinel)
BEYOND SELKIRK
BCcampus
Research Fellows
- Theresa Southam (2020-2021) – in collaboration with CotR
BCOEL Membership
- Ken Laing
Last update: Jun 26/24
