Curated by Ash Barber, Jennifer Hurley, Nikki Andersen, Alice Luetchford, Angie Williamson, members of the Australasian OEPSIG, and selected content from SPARC’s OEP Digest. This digest is sponsored by ASCILITE.
Welcome to the July edition of the Australasian OEP Digest for 2023.
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Australasian news
- New CAUL OER Collective texts:
- Congratulations to Western Sydney University for the publication of Customer Insights, 2nd edn by Aila Khan, Munir Hossein & Sabreena Amin
- Congratulations to Queensland University of Technology for the publication of Anatomical Variation: An Australian and New Zealand Context by Laura S. Gregory, Annabelle L. Kimmorley and Mikaela S. Reynolds
- Congratulations to Deakin University for publishing Mathematical Reasoning and Investigation by Simon James and Chris Rawson
- Congratulations to James Cook University for the publication of An Introduction to Research Methods for Undergraduate Health Profession Students by Faith Alele and Bunmi Malau-Aduli
- Congratulations to University of Queensland for the publication of Introduction to the Social Sciences by Zoe Staines, Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Ned Binnie
- Congratulations to Katya Henry for her new position as Acting Director (Strategy and Analytics) at CAUL while Kate Davis goes on maternity leave. We wish Katya the best on her secondment and Kate the best for her maternity leave.
- ASCILITE Conference Call for Papers deadline extended to 17 July 2023!
- Job Opportunity: Wikimedia Australia is looking for a Project and Communication Coordinator. Applications close 17 July.
International news
- Registration is open for the 2023 Creative Commons Global Summit, Oct 3-6 in Mexico City and online.
- 2023 OpenOregon OER Champion Awards. Open Oregon Educational Resources recognizes OER champions who have done outstanding open education work in Oregon’s community colleges and universities. Congratulations champions!
Professional development opportunities
Professional Development
- Register now: Tues 18 July OEP SIG Webinar #5: New research: The lived experience of open educational resources (OER) creator-practitioners presented by Dr. Alex Wanstrath, Instructional Design and Technology Ph.D., Liberty University (Virginia, United States), School of Education Alumnus.
- Recording: Check out the incredibly popular June OEP SIG Webinar #4: The Untapped Power of Wikis for Open Education and Information Literacy presented by James Neill and Mathieu O’Neil.
- Recording: Pub101: Accessibility and Inclusion in OER by Open Education Network. The second in a series of OER publishing webinars this year. Host Amanda Hurford of the Private Academic Library Network of Indiana (PALNI) is joined by guest speaker Jacqueline Frank of Montana State University for a discussion of accessibility and inclusion in OER.
- Recording: Pub101: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Publishing by Open Education Network. The third in a series of OER publishing webinars this year. Host Phoebe Daurio of Open Oregon Educational Resources is joined by guest speaker Christina Trunnell of Montana State University Library for a discussion of diversity, equity, and inclusion in publishing.
- Recording: Panel on OER Maintenance by OpenOregon. It takes a lot of momentum to get your OER publishing program up and running… but what happens next? This panel explores the challenges of OER maintenance from a variety of perspectives.
Readings
- Evidence and values-based approaches in OER by Emilia Bell, Nikki Andersen, & Adrian Stagg
- How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process by Anna Mills, Maha Bali and Lance Eaton
- A Journalist’s Guide to Creative Commons 2023
- Pushing the Envelope on Diversity in Academia: Why Do Professors Challenge or Uphold Traditional Ways of Teaching and Knowing?
In her research, BCcampus Research Fellow Lily Ivanova looks at the many influences that go into shaping an academic identity, from early life experiences with schooling to the influence of mentors in graduate school and the life purpose professors bring to their discipline
Topic Spotlight: Pressbooks Directory
Curated collections – not sure what you’re looking for? Start here!
Did you know you can browse Pressbooks curated collections? Explore key texts developed for high-enrolment courses, fully interactive genre-subverting OER, and more! You’ll find these collections on the landing page of the Pressbooks Directory.
Collection filter – find diverse, inclusive, and co-created content
The Pressbooks Directory has several filters to help refine your search. The Collection filter on the left side of the search results screen makes it easy to find texts which:
- highlight Indigenous voices
- are student-led
- include interactive H5P elements
New open texts by discipline
Arts and Humanities
- Introduction to the Social Sciences by Staines, Hoffstaedter & Binnie
- Transforming English Language Arts with Visual Art, Poetry, & Related Texts by Magro
- Cases on Social Issues: For Class Discussion – 2nd edn by Maultsaid
- Français inclusif: An Interactive Textbook for French 201 by Herbeck et al.
Business and Management
- Customer Insights, 2nd edn by Khan, Hossein & Amin
Education
- Addressing Evolving Needs with Universal Design for Learning by Northwestern University UDL Practicum Faculty and Staff
- Critical Race Theory in Education: Reader of Open Access Scholarship by Patrón et al.
- Designing for Justice: An Open Education Speaker Series by Vold
- Faculty Learning Communities for Culturally Responsive Teaching by Williams
Information Technology
Health and Medicine
- An Introduction to Research Methods for Undergraduate Health Profession Students by Alele & Malau-Aduli
- Anatomical Variation: An Australian and New Zealand Context by Gregory, Kimmorley & Reynolds
- Nursing Pharmacology-2e by Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN)
Law and Politics
- Introduction to Comparative Government and Politics by Bozonelos et al.
Psychology and Social Work
- Fundamentals of Psychological Disorders 3rd edition by Bridley et al.
Sciences
- Introduction to Library and Information Science by Hepler et al.
- Mathematical Reasoning and Investigation by James & Rawson
- Business and Financial Mathematics by Watts
- Crop Improvement by Walter et al.
- Fish, Fishing and Conservation by Orth
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