Released: March 7, 2024 | Last Updated: March 7, 2024
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Over 40 faculty members at Camosun College are being recognized for their contributions to open educational resources that are benefiting students in a diverse range of programs and courses.
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Camosun College staff provided students and faculty with information on open education resources during Open Education Week 2024
Open educational resources are defined by BCcampus as teaching, learning and research resources that, through permissions granted by their creator, allow others to use, distribute, keep or make changes to them. One of the simplest examples is open textbooks, which are available digitally in shareable formats to be used freely by anyone. Open textbooks have helped make post-secondary education more accessible by reducing costs to students, while allowing faculty to customize or modify the textbooks to meet specific learning outcomes.
Open educational resources are available to students at Camosun in programs ranging from anthropology and marketing through to trades and sports management.
“Faculty at Camosun have been adopting, adapting, and creating open educational resources to provide zero textbook course options for students for many years,” says Emily Schudel, Instructional Designer, Open Education and Chair of the Dr. Lloyd Morin Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Camosun College. “We are thrilled to finally be celebrating their important work so we can encourage more faculty to take the leap into open education.”
Award recipients will be celebrated at an Open Education Showcase and Recognition Awards event supported in part by a grant from BCcampus taking place on Friday, March 8 from 2pm until 4pm at the Sherri Bell Hall in the Wilna Thomas Building, Lansdowne Campus.
Open Education Week runs from March 4 -8 and is being marked by a number of events and initiatives taking place on campuses throughout the week.
BACKGROUNDER
The following faculty and programs are being recognized:
School of Arts and Science
Katie Waterhouse, Anthropology
Leanne Pyle, Geoscience
Randal Tonks, Psychology
Susan Chen, Math and Stats
Patricia Wrean, Math and Stats
Stephanie Ingraham, Physics
School of Access
Puja Gupta, CLP/Access
EDCP Program
Diane Gilliland
Val Neaves
Allyson Butt
School of Trades and Technology
Brian Coey, Sheet Metal
Kyle Broad, Sheet Metal
Pipe Trades Department
Al Paterson
Alasdair Reid
Andrea Durdle
Andy Wilson
Darren Hall
Darren Vaux
Dennis Morris
Derek Meadows
Josh Stull
Landon Martin
Robert Medwid
Rodney Lidstone
Ron Perkin
Steve Nixon
Steve Bitschy
Flynn Bowles
James Smyth
School of Business
Michelle Clement, Marketing
School of Health and Human Services
Liz Morch, Dental Hygiene
Centre for Sport & Exercise Education
Sport Management Program
Charles Parkinson
Brianna Waldman
Chris Psutka
Anthony Pluta (term)
Robert Bettauer (term)
Michael Suraci (term)
Graham Thomson (term)
Simon Cass (term)
Adventure Education Program
John Telford
Michael Pardy
Contact information
Rodney Porter
Camosun College
Additional Contact Info
Emily Schudel
Instructional Designer