Call for Open Content: Digital Literacy Collection – Learning Activities for Students 

Status: open

BCcampus is inviting submissions to enhance the B.C. Digital Literacy Collection. We are seeking resources that reflect one or more of the eight competencies of the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework and support post-secondary students’ learning. The goal is to enrich our collection of assignments and activities post-secondary educators can adopt, adapt, and use in their own courses.    

Formats

• Individual or group learning activities
• Assignments, lesson plans, and exercises aligned with course content 
• Accompanying assessment tools (rubrics and other evaluation tools or frameworks) 

Note: Activities may be designed to be assessed by self, peers, or instructor.  

Topics

• Generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) 
• Algorithmic literacy 
• Digital wellbeing 
• Community-based learning 
• Any discipline-specific resources supporting the development of the eight competencies in the B.C. Digital Literacy Framework 

Criteria

All materials submitted must be: 

• Openly licensed 
• Easily shared file formats:  Word, PDF, H5P, HTML, or Pressbooks. Because the goal is for easy, online sharing with a wide audience, we cannot accept closed or proprietary formats (e.g., LMS-specific zip files).
• Accessible – at minimum, submissions adhere to the BCcampus Accessibility Toolkit’s Accessibility ChecklistAccessibility Checklist.  
• Quality, inclusive learning design – when reviewing materials for inclusion in our collection, we look for materials reflecting current best practices, principles, and frameworks, including:  
  • Open Pedagogy 
  • First Peoples Principles of Learning [PDF]
  • Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles
  • Representation and inclusion [PDF]

Compensation

We are pleased to offer compensation according to the scope or size of the materials: 

• Type 1 ($500) – shorter assignments or activities with learning outcomes, clear instructions for students and a simple rubric or other marking guide for instructors. 

• Type 2 ($1000) – longer assignments, a collection of learning activities, or assignments with outcomes, clear instructions for students and a simple rubric or other marking guide for instructors AND additional supplementary teaching materials (e.g., slides, list of related openly licensed online resources). 

• Type 3 ($2000) – integrated unit or module with robust learning activities, learning materials and assessments. 

We welcome multiple submissions, however, any one person can only receive a maximum of $2000. 

Timeline

• August – December 19, 2024 – Call for open content open
• December 20, 2024 – Deadline for submissions
• January 6 – 17, 2025 – All submissions reviewed
• February 14, 2025 – Final deadline for revised submissions

Questions? Please contact Britt Dzioba – bdzioba@bccampus.ca

Authors will retain copyright of their content and grant BCcampus permission to publish the content online under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 license. We are open to discussing other open licensing options if the CC BY license is not appropriate.