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By: Claire Hay (TLC) & Janelle Sztuhar (Library)
UFV Open Updates
- The Open Education Micro Grants Program (OEMGP) produced one MATH related homework system project under the supervision of Ben Vanderlai of Math and Stats – well done!
- Work Study Student (under TLC) hired in Oct. 2022 to help with data collection for OER usage on campus for the Fall 2022 semester.
- Open Access Week (October 24-30) – two events hosted by Janelle (one for students and one for faculty) on open access usage. Collaborated with UFV SUS on student textbook use via social media and in person event received good feedback from students.
- Next UFV OER Working Group meeting is November 29, 2022, at 10am via Zoom. Please contact Claire Hay for the Zoom link.
For more information on any UFV Open events or updates, please contact Claire or Janelle.
Updated BCcampus Website!
Looking for OER from BCCampus? Their website has been updated – use this new link to browse a collection of resources that are freely available and can be used in a variety of educational contexts (e.g. learning management systems). Users can browse by subject, title, or course code https://collection.bccampus.ca/
Highlighted Titles
- Kuczynska, A. (2022). Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry. https://collection.bccampus.ca/textbooks/uuid/76dc2b51-6695-4914-8d39-6118efd321b7 [updated by our own UFV faculty!]
- Ramoo, D. (2022). Psychology of Language. https://collection.bccampus.ca/textbooks/uuid/7a70435d-ff9f-4d0b-8bf4-18062806d395 [updated in Sept.]
MIT Open Access Books & Journals
“In 2021, the MIT Press announced the launch of Direct to Open (D2O). An innovative, sustainable framework for open access monographs” https://mitpress.mit.edu/open-access-books/
Highlighted Titles
Garcia-Swartz, D. D. & Campbell-Kelly, M. (2022). Cellular: An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543927/cellular/