Fall 2014 for BCcampus: Open Textbooks, Symposiums and Workshops
Our Open Textbooks Project continues to generate interest from faculty and students not only across …
The Great Psychology Testbank Sprint
Well, we did it. Seventeen psychology faculty from six post-secondary institutions in British Columbia came together on July 18 & 19 and worked intensively for two days to create a testbank designed to accompany open textbooks for introductory psychology. As I have previously written about, the absence of ancillary materials (a testbank most of all) presents(…)
Throwback Thursday: David Porter’s Beyond Free presentation to KPU (slides)
Beyond free v2 from BCcampus
Throwback Thursday: Creative Commons Licenses for Non-Profits (video)
http://vimeo.com/84880520
New librarian group to support the use of OER in B.C.’s post-secondary system
Librarians who want to help post-secondary educators find and use quality open educational resources have …
Throwback Thursday: Mary Burgess’ Open Textbooks presentation to URegina (Video)
https://vimeo.com/96944921
The 2014 Horizon report: how does BC stack up?
The 2014 Horizon Report came out in February – how does the B.C. Post-secondary system stack …
How to turn a great idea into an open textbook in just four days
What’s the first thing you’d do after four days of non-stop writing, cranking out 48,420 …
5 Questions with Brian Lamb about technology, student engagement and blended learning
Brian Lamb is the Director, Innovation Open Learning at Thompson Rivers University. He shares his …
Four lessons learned from implementing Textbook Zero programs
“Everyone here will walk away knowing me as ‘that person who spoke with David Wiley,’” …