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.
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
