{"id":184,"date":"2018-08-30T22:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T22:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/workinggroupguide\/?post_type=back-matter&p=184"},"modified":"2022-09-15T17:54:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:54:21","slug":"open-technology","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/workinggroupguide\/back-matter\/open-technology\/","title":{"raw":"Appendix 7: Open Technology","rendered":"Appendix 7: Open Technology"},"content":{"raw":"
Open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues.\r\n

\u2014Cape Town Open Education Declaration, 2007<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\nThere are a number of supports and open technologies that you may wish to explore to help administer your open working group, implement at your institution, or share with faculty, staff, and students.\r\n

BCcampus Open Education<\/h1>\r\nFor\u00a0B.C. institutions, BCcampus can support the adoption of this\u00a0Working Group Guide\u00a0<\/em>by creating a cloned copy in Pressbooks. BCcampus also provides support and access to technologies such as Pressbooks<\/a> for B.C. faculty that may help with your collaboration efforts.\r\n

OpenETC<\/h1>\r\nThe OpenETC<\/a> is a community of educators, technologists, and designers sharing their expertise to foster and support open infrastructure for the B.C. post-secondary sector. \u00a0No contracts or agreements are required to join them, just a willingness and ability to actively participate in their collective endeavour to:\r\n