BCIT has launched a new webpage that shares offers and discounts from technology partners – Dell, Microserve, and Apple with students. Visit Student Technology Requirements and Discounts for more details.
Summer Entrepreneurship Contest
Enter to win $1000!
For more info and to apply visit: https://www.bcitsa.ca/beaboss/contest/
Open Education Successful Proposals. Next Deadline is July 27th, 2020
These are the 6 successful proposals from the June 29th deadline:
- Create plant anatomy and morphology image libraries along with learning assessment(s) with Co-op Student, Carol Wenzel and student Horton Lai
- Develop a C programming for engineers interactive learning resource, including videos, David Stropky
- Create a comprehensive operating manual detailing the steps how a drone equipped with a methane sensor can be used to efficiently detect and localize a methane leak remotely, Eric Saczuk
- Create a series of interactive virtual reality training videos for fish habitat/stream assessment and silviculture practices, Laurie Stott
- Create a digital online game based on the Plant Press identification playing card game, Amy Miedzwiecki
- Develop an interactive learning resource on fasteners for millwright and mechanic programs, including interactive videos, Andrey Murphy and Erick Medina
Congratulations to all!
https://open.bcit.ca/grantprojects
In the 2020/21 Mandate Letter from Melanie Mark, BC Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Training, BCIT is directed to make substantive progress on the following priority:
- Advancing and supporting open learning resources.
- Open licenses give various permissions that usually allow the user to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the materials.
- OER encompasses a wide range of materials including textbooks, presentation slides, handouts, videos, images, and much more.
- Instructors have control over the learning materials they use in their classroom – OER can be customized or created to support class learning outcomes.
- Students can engage in meaningful class work to help create or improve open learning materials.
- Courses with low or no learning materials costs provide a significant advantage to students in lowering financial barriers to post-secondary education.
Grant Categories
Adoption – up to $250 – review and adopt an open textbook or other open learning resource, this can include minor revisions to customize it
Revision – up to $2K – take an existing OER and make substantial revisions to better suit class learning outcomes
Creation – up to $8K – create a learning resource – this can be in any category or format, eg.: textbook, video series, question or test banks
Key Dates for Summer Rolling Call
There will be a rolling call for grant applications for any of the grant categories over the summer.
Deadline 1: June 1, 2020
Deadline 2: June 29, 2020
Deadline 3: July 27, 2020
Deadline 4: August 24, 2020
Support
The LTC and the Library can provide some support for grant projects. Request for this support should be part of the grant application.
BCIT Library is running an open education publishing program pilot over the next several months. If you have digital learning materials that are suitable for conversion to PressBooks and that you want to license openly, the library will do that conversion for you.
Additional Information
Open BCIT is sponsored by the AVP, Education Support and Innovation, and is supported by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre. BCIT Open Education Working Group supports and promotes the development and use of OER and OE teaching practices. The Group is under the umbrella of Education Council’s Educational Technology and Learning Design Committee (ETLDC).
Open education grant funds, for the most part, are distributed as part-time studies contracts so are subjected to tax and benefits deductions.
All learning materials developed in whole or part with the support of an open education grant must be licensed openly and deposited in the BCIT Open Institutional Repository.
Learning materials should be developed using platforms and formats that are as open and editable as possible such as PressBooks. When closed formats are used, editable files, such as MP4s for videos, must also be included with the final project for submission to the Open IR.
Grant money cannot be used for travel expenses or to purchase or rent equipment, hardware, or software.
Find our more about Open Education at BCIT
AskAway Term 4 (July 6 – August 14) – dates and hours of service
BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/askalibrarian.shtml
Hours of Service
Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 11am – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 9pm
AskAway will be closed on the following Stat Holidays:
Monday, August 3, 2020
May and June 2020 Stats: How are we doing serving BCIT Students and Instructors online?
In May and June 2020, we worked reference service online using the AskAway chat:
- 144 BCIT Patrons were helped in May and June
- We spent 26 hours online serving BCIT Patrons
- Average session time per patron was 12.5 minutes
Just a few BCIT Patron Comments from May and June 2020:
5/4/2020 (37 minute session with a BCIT Instructor) Help accessing article they authored:
BCIT Faculty: This is great! I’ll use this more often. Very easy and thanks for being so responsive.
BCIT Librarian: Thanks for the positive feedback
5/1/2020 (6 minute session with a BCIT Student)
BCIT Student: No more questions. Thank you. This is a very useful service!
BCIT Librarian: Excellent. Great. Glad it’s helpful.
6/30/2020 (20 minute session with a BCIT Student)
BCIT Student: Hello! I am researching a marketing assignment on business to business (B2B) market segmentation. I’m having some trouble finding the different possible segments that a B2B company can have. Any help is appreciated!…
BCIT Librarian: Did you have any other questions?
BCIT Student: Not at the moment!
BCIT Student: Will continue on with my research through these databases
BCIT Student: I appreciate your help!
BCIT Student: Thank you once again
BCIT Librarian: You’re very welcome – check back in if anything else comes up
BCIT Student: Will do! Take care 🙂
BCIT AskAway Chat with A Librarian Service
Our Students and Instructors Can Get Help Online with:
- research
- citations
- using the library
- finding materials
- journal databases
- other library topics
Link to BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/askalibrarian.shtml
About AskAway
AskAway is a chat reference service for BC’s post-secondary institutions.
AskAway sessions are in real-time, and are staffed by Librarians from post-secondary institutions in B.C.
Next Call for Open Education Grant Proposals Closes June 25th, 2020
Congratulations to the June 1st grant recipients!
- Create a Plant ID Video Library to assist students and nature enthusiasts in learning to identify 75+ local native plant species, Hélène Marcoux
- Create an inventory of data points and a set of georeferenced PDF self-guided tour maps of parks with important plant species identified, Stacey Auld
- Create a textbook for MECH 8230 – System Design, Mehrzad Tabatabaian
- Create a database management and systems questions and answers bank, Amir Amintabar
- Create an interactive textbook on web server administration, Quan (Frederic) Guo
In the 2020/21 Mandate Letter from Melanie Mark, BC Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Training, BCIT is directed to make substantive progress on the following priority:
- Advancing and supporting open learning resources.
BCIT has received funding from BCCampus to continue its open education grant program, to support the adoption, revision, and creation of openly licensed learning resources.
A few advantages of using and developing OER:
- OER is shared in digital format so it is easy to add openly licensed materials to online learning management systems.
- Open licenses give various permissions that usually allow the user to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the materials.
- OER encompasses a wide range of materials including textbooks, presentation slides, handouts, videos, images, and much more.
- Instructors have control over the learning materials they use in their classroom – OER can be customized or created to support class learning outcomes.
- Students can engage in meaningful class work to help create or improve open learning materials.
- Courses with low or no learning materials costs provide a significant advantage to students in lowering financial barriers to post-secondary education.
Grant Categories
Adoption – up to $250 – review and adopt an open textbook or other open learning resource, this can include minor revisions to customize it
Revision – up to $2K – take an existing OER and make substantial revisions to better suit class learning outcomes
Creation – up to $8K – create a learning resource – this can be in any category or format, eg.: textbook, video series, question or test banks
Key Dates for Summer Rolling Call
There will be a rolling call for grant applications for any of the grant categories over the summer.
Deadline 1: June 1, 2020
Deadline 2: June 29, 2020
Deadline 3: July 27, 2020
Deadline 4: August 24, 2020
Support
The LTC and the Library can provide some support for grant projects. Request for this support should be part of the grant application.
BCIT Library is running an open education publishing program pilot over the next several months. If you have digital learning materials that are suitable for conversion to PressBooks and that you want to license openly, the library will do that conversion for you.
Additional Information
Open BCIT is sponsored by the AVP, Education Support and Innovation, and is supported by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre. BCIT Open Education Working Group supports and promotes the development and use of OER and OE teaching practices. The Group is under the umbrella of Education Council’s Educational Technology and Learning Design Committee (ETLDC).
Open education grant funds, for the most part, are distributed as part-time studies contracts so are subjected to tax and benefits deductions.
All learning materials developed in whole or part with the support of an open education grant must be licensed openly and deposited in the BCIT Open Institutional Repository.
Learning materials should be developed using platforms and formats that are as open and editable as possible such as PressBooks. When closed formats are used, editable files, such as MP4s for videos, must also be included with the final project for submission to the Open IR.
Grant money cannot be used for travel expenses or to purchase or rent equipment, hardware, or software.
Find our more about Open Education at BCIT
AskAway term 3 (May-June) : dates and hours of service
Service Dates: Monday, May 18, 2020 – Sunday, July 5, 2020
BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/library-contacts/ask-a-librarian/
Hours of Service
Monday-Thursday: 9am – 9pm
Friday: 9am – 5pm
Saturday: 11am – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 9pm
AskAway will be closed on the following Stat Holidays
Closed: Mon, May 18, 2020
Closed: Wed, July 1, 2020
April 2020 Stats: How are we doing serving BCIT Students online?
In April 2020, we worked a full month of reference service online using the AskAway chat:
- 92 BCIT Students were helped in April
- We spent 19.5 hours online serving BCIT Students
- Average session time per student was 12.5 minutes
Just a few BCIT Student Comments from April 2020:
4/2/2020 (14 minute session w a BCIT Student) Help with CSA Standards Database:
BCIT Student: Actually, I finally could search their database. I am able to find it now. Thanks a lot for the help!
4/6/2020 (26 seconds session w a BCIT Student) Help with Linkedin Learning:
BCIT Student: do we still have access to LinkedIn learning? I tried it does not let me in. is there a new way to access it?
Librarian: Yes we do. I will check that it’s working.
Librarian: Here is the link:
BCIT Student: it works omg. thank you so much!
4/9/2020 (35 seconds session w a BCIT Student) Circulation question:
BCIT Student: how do I renew a loan online? I borrowed HoloLens and can’t return now,
Librarian: I believe everything is being automatically renewed until May (or until we reopen) – but you may want to send a note to libcirc@bcit.ca just to confirm, since this is an A/V item
BCIT Student: Thank you
4/14/2020 (9 minutes session w a BCIT Student) Reference question:
BCIT Student: hello, I am looking for information for a project
Librarian: What is your project? Which program are you in?
Librarian: Are you looking for this information from an environmental standpoint, or a business standpoint or? ..
Librarian: OK – let me have a look…
Librarian: So maybe something like this? …
BCIT Student: that is fantastic
BCIT Student: That article and the references it has should get me most of the way through this project. Thank you so much!
4/28/2020: (22 seconds session w a BCIT Student) Textbook, Bookstore question:
BCIT Student: Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! 4/30/2020: (12 seconds session w a BCIT Student) Citation question:
Librarian: OK – I’m going to send to the link to citation style info.
BCIT Student: awesome thanks!!
BCIT AskAway Chat with A Librarian Service
Our Students Can Get Help Online with:
- research
- citations
- using the library
- finding materials
- journal databases
- other library topics
Link to BCIT AskAway Chat: https://www.bcit.ca/library/library-contacts/ask-a-librarian/
About AskAway
AskAway is a chat reference service for BC’s post-secondary institutions.
AskAway sessions are in real-time, and are staffed by Librarians from post-secondary institutions in B.C.
BCIT Open Education Grant Program
In the 2020/21 Mandate Letter from Melanie Mark, BC Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Training, BCIT is directed to make substantive progress on the following priority:
- Advancing and supporting open learning resources.
BCIT has received funding from BCCampus to continue its open education grant program, to support the adoption, revision, and creation of openly licensed learning resources.
A few advantages of using and developing OER:
- OER is shared in digital format so it is easy to add openly licensed materials to online learning management systems.
- Open licenses give various permissions that usually allow the user to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute the materials.
- OER encompasses a wide range of materials including textbooks, presentation slides, handouts, videos, images, and much more.
- Instructors have control over the learning materials they use in their classroom – OER can be customized or created to support class learning outcomes.
- Students can engage in meaningful class work to help create or improve open learning materials.
- Courses with low or no learning materials costs provide a significant advantage to students in lowering financial barriers to post-secondary education.
Grant Categories
Adoption – up to $250 – review and adopt an open textbook or other open learning resource, this can include minor revisions to customize it
Revision – up to $2K – take an existing OER and make substantial revisions to better suit class learning outcomes
Creation – up to $8K – create a learning resource – this can be in any category or format, eg.: textbook, video series, question or test banks
Key Dates for Summer Rolling Call
There will be a rolling call for grant applications for any of the grant categories over the summer.
Deadline 1: June 1, 2020
Deadline 2: June 29, 2020
Deadline 3: July 27, 2020
Deadline 4: August 24, 2020
Support
The LTC and the Library can provide some support for grant projects. Request for this support should be part of the grant application.
BCIT Library is running an open education publishing program pilot over the next several months. If you have digital learning materials that are suitable for conversion to PressBooks and that you want to license openly, the library will do that conversion for you.
Additional Information
Open BCIT is sponsored by the AVP, Education Support and Innovation, and is supported by the Open Education Working Group, the Library, and the Learning and Teaching Centre. BCIT Open Education Working Group supports and promotes the development and use of OER and OE teaching practices. The Group is under the umbrella of Education Council’s Educational Technology and Learning Design Committee (ETLDC).
Open education grant funds, for the most part, are distributed as part-time studies contracts so are subjected to tax and benefits deductions.
All learning materials developed in whole or part with the support of an open education grant must be licensed openly and deposited in the BCIT Open Institutional Repository.
Find our more about Open Education at BCIT
FREE webinar series … Learn. Balance. Thrive.
The BCIT Student Association is partnering with Rhodes Wellness College to launch a new webinar series to help you build stronger connections with yourself and others. These free 1 hour webinars will explore popular topics that BCIT students have requested resources on including; building healthy relationships through communication & conflict resolution skills, tools to help you manage and express challenging emotions such as uncertainty about the future and how to deal with lack of motivation or low energy when they interfere with our goals and relationships.
For more information visit: https://www.bcitsa.ca/wellbeing/
Openly Licensed Learning Material
FSA Member & BCIT Librarian, Lin Brander. Lin is the Open Education Librarian at BCIT. She is Co-Chair of BCIT’s Open Education Working Group and Chairs the BCOEL (BC Open Education Librarians)
This is an ideal time for faculty to consider licensing and using open educational resources (OER). Using OER can save faculty time and effort as openly licensed materials can be adopted as they are or adapted to suit class learning objectives. Students will benefit from low or zero textbook costs (ZTC).
A Few Advantages of Using OER
- OER is shared in digital format so it is easy to add openly licensed materials to online learning management systems.
- Using OER means that you do not have to start from scratch. Open licenses give you various permissions that usually allow you to do the following with the materials: retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistribute.
- OER encompasses a wide range of materials, including textbooks, presentation slides, handouts, videos, images, and much more.
If you are looking for OER, you can start here and you can contact your liaison librarians via email for help.
Openly Licensing Learning Materials
Creators of open educational resources retain the copyright for their work. While their intellectual property is protected, the authors have chosen to release their work using an open license which gives non-exclusive, worldwide, indefinite permissions for others to use the work without contacting the author. Creative Commons is the organization that has created the licenses, and legal way, for you to do this.
- Find out more about creating OER here
- For help with open licensing, contact Lin Brander
BCIT’s Open Education Publishing Program Pilot
BCIT Library is running an open education publishing program pilot over the next several months. If you have digital learning materials that are suitable for conversion to PressBooks and that you want to license openly, the library will do that conversion for you.
- To find out more, please contact Lin Brander
Library Materials
This is also a good time for faculty to explore the BCIT library databases for learning materials to use with students to help keep student costs low – there are thousands of fully online books, journals articles, training videos, and much more online.
You can contact your liaison librarians via email for help; or, chat with a BCIT Librarian 11-3 weekdays through AskAway.
3D Ear Savers for Health Care Workers
MediaWorks and our colleagues in the School of Health Sciences and the School of Energy have been doing some amazing work to support front-line health workers with the COVID-19 crisis. With the freed up 3D printing capacity, MediaWorks, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Dept., and the Biomedical Engineering Technology Dept. have been able to print “ear savers” which make wearing masks more comfortable for health care workers. They are able to produce approximately 100 ear savers per day, 2,144 which have been delivered via SoHS to BCW, RCH, ARH, SMH, VGH, and BCIT SoHS students.
Huge kudos to Richard Te, Treena Cardiff, Anna Chou, Jeff Dyck, William Han, and Mohammed Alnaeb for their initiative and support for this effort.
3D printer in action
All boxed up for delivery
Ear Saver in use
Happy recipients!
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