Open Textbook Project turns two
The B.C. Open Textbook Project turns two years old today. Birthdays are a good time …
Workshop builds confidence to make the teaching process smoother
A popular UNBC workshop uses case studies, group work, and interactive discussion to help educators …
New Open Textbook! English Literature: Victorians and Moderns
We are very happy to announce the release of a new open textbook, with significant …
Improving adoption of open textbooks through faculty advocates
Three instructors from each of three B.C. Institutions have joined the BCcampus Open Textbook team …
Wanted: Tech Buddies
Are you attending the Symposium on Scholarly Inquiry into Teaching & Learning Practice in person on …
OER for Psychology
Later this week Farhad Dastur and I will present at a symposium at the Annual Conference on the Teaching of Psychology in Atlanta, organized by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. Our symposium is titled “Opening up psychology: Adopting open textbooks, open pedagogy, and an open philosophy in the classroom.” The following is a list(…)
Adult Literacy Fundamentals Mathematics: Book 5
Fundamental mathematics for adult learners. Book 5 includes a Table of Contents, Glossary, Grades Records, …
Five questions with Patricia Cia, Langara College
Patricia Cia is the newly-minted (as of July 1) Director of Academic Innovation, a new …
The Fellowship of the Open
Over the past year I have had the pleasure of working with the fine folk at BCcampus a fair bit – first as a reviewer of two open textbooks, then as an adopter of three, adapter of two, organizer of an open test bank sprint, and a co-presenter at professional development workshops at Capilano University and(…)
Four new institutions join WriteAway e-tutoring service
Drumroll please: four new institutions will be joining WriteAway in the fall of 2014! A …