British Columbia and Canada

Short Description:
This directory is an open educational reference for post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and Canada. The first section focuses on colleges, institutes, and universities in British Columbia and the way each: provides support for its community; uses, creates, and evaluates open educational resources; and engages in open education on campus through events, a working group, and student involvement. The second section lays out open education information for the rest of Canada by province and territory.

Long Description:
One of the challenges of working in a relatively new field, like open education, is finding the community, tools, and support needed–especially at the local level.

This directory is an open educational reference for post-secondary institutions in British Columbia and Canada. The first section focuses on B.C. colleges, institutes, and universities and the way in which each: provides support for its community; uses, creates, and evaluates open educational resources; and engages in open education on campus through events, a working group, and student involvement.

The second section is divided into Canada’s remaining nine provinces and three territories, listed alphabetically. Each chapter begins with province- or territory-wide post-secondary information such the names and links to open education projects and collections, post-secondary library associations, and government advanced education departments or ministries. This is followed by post-secondary institutions that have posted their OER/OEP guides and involvement in open education. An overview of Canada’s national open education initiatives can be found in the appendix.

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Including B.C.'s Peer Support Standards of Practice

Short Description:
"Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum" includes a facilitator’s guide. This adaptable training resource covers foundational peer support training for post-secondary students with ways to respond to peers with the core values of peer support.

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“Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum” includes a facilitator’s guide. This adaptable training resource covers foundational peer support training for post-secondary students with ways to respond to peers with the core values of peer support.

Word Count: 125530

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Including B.C.'s Peer Support Standards of Practice

Short Description:
"Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum: Facilitator's Guide for Use with Students" is the accompanying facilitator's guide to the Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum, an adaptable and modular training resource that covers foundational peer support training for post-secondary students with ways to respond to peers with the core values of peer support. It can be used for synchronous training sessions, for self-study and hybrid offerings.

Long Description:
“Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum: Facilitator’s Guide for Use with Students” is the accompanying facilitator’s guide to the Post-Secondary Peer Support Training Curriculum, an adaptable and modular training resource that covers foundational peer support training for post-secondary students with ways to respond to peers with the core values of peer support. It can be used for synchronous training sessions, for self-study and hybrid offerings.

Word Count: 11500

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An introduction to creating electronic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

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An introduction to creating electronic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. However, it discusses principles that can be applied to any presentation software.

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An introduction to creating electronic presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. However, it discusses principles that can be applied to any presentation software.

Word Count: 15307

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Creating and Facilitating an Accessible Presentation

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The Presenter Toolkit was created to support presenters in creating accessible and inclusive online and in-person presentations.

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A reference for OER creators using Pressbooks

Short Description:
This Pressbooks Guide builds on information provided in the Pressbooks User Guide published by Pressbooks.com. It follows the steps an author might take to create or modify an open educational resource (OER) in Pressbooks. Each chapter points readers to the pertinent chapters in the Pressbooks User Guide, provides any additional information, and includes instructions specific to post-secondary faculty and staff working in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Word Count: 23116

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A reference for open textbook authors using Pressbooks

Short Description:
This Pressbooks Guide does not replicate information provided by the Pressbooks Userguide published by Pressbooks.com. Instead, in parts and chapters laid out to mimic the steps an author might take to create or modify an open textbook in Pressbooks, it redirects readers to pertinent chapters in the Pressbooks Userguide, supplements it with additional information, and includes instructions specific to post-secondary faculty and staff working in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Long Description:
This Pressbooks Guide does not replicate information provided by the Pressbooks Userguide published by Pressbooks.com. Instead, in parts and chapters laid out to mimic the steps an author might take to create or modify an open textbook in Pressbooks, it redirects readers to pertinent chapters in the Pressbooks Userguide, supplements it with additional information, and includes instructions specific to post-secondary faculty and staff working in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Each section of this guide begins with a list of topics covered in its chapters. Key terms, specific to Pressbooks and its features, are set in bold and defined in the text body as well as summarized in the Glossary. Links to chapters in other BCcampus Open Education guides and toolkits are also included to complement the Pressbooks material.

Word Count: 17589

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Short Description:
Principles of Marketing - H5P Edition teaches the experience and process of actually doing marketing - not just the vocabulary. It carries five dominant themes throughout in order to expose students to marketing in today's environment: Service dominant logic, sustainability, ethics and social responsibility, global coverage, and metrics. This text includes over 75 interactive H5P activities.

Word Count: 164627

Included H5P activities: 78

ISBN: 978-1-77420-203-6

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Principles of Microeconomics is an adaptation of the textbook, Microeconomics: Markets, Methods, and Models by D. Curtis and I. Irvine, which provides concise yet complete coverage of introductory microeconomic theory, application and policy in a Canadian and global environment. This adaptation employs methods that use equations sparingly and do not utilize calculus. The key issues in most chapters are analyzed by introducing a numerical example or case study at the outset. Students are introduced immediately to the practice of taking a data set, examining it numerically, plotting it, and again analyzing the material in that form. The end-of-chapter problems involve numerical and graphical analysis, and a small number of problems in each chapter involve solving simple linear equations (intersecting straight lines). However, a sufficient number of questions is provided for the student to test understanding of the material without working through that subset of questions. This textbook is intended for a one-semester course, and can be used in a two-semester sequence with the companion textbook, Principles of Macroeconomics. The three introductory chapters are common to both textbooks.

The first International edition of this textbook provides students with an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of social psychology from an interactionist perspective. The presentation of classic studies and theories are balanced with insights from cutting-edge, contemporary research. An emphasis on real world examples and applications is intended to guide students to critically analyze their situations and social interactions in order to put their knowledge to effective use.

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The first international edition of this textbook provides students with an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of social psychology from an interactionist perspective. The presentation of classic studies and theories are balanced with insights from cutting-edge, contemporary research. An emphasis on real world examples and applications is intended to guide students to critically analyze their situations and social interactions in order to put their knowledge to effective use. In 2022, 25 interactive H5P activities were added throughout the book.

Word Count: 274076

ISBN: 978-1-77420-193-0

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A reference for setting up an open textbook print-on-demand service

Short Description:
The Print-on-Demand Guide provides an overview for post-secondary institutions interested in offering on-demand and pre-order printing services for open textbooks and other OER. Discussions on why offering a print option enhances learning accessibility for some students are included, as well as, templates that can be used to take inventory of open educational activity and interest on campus.

Long Description:
The Print-on-Demand Guide provides an overview for post-secondary institutions interested in offering on-demand and pre-order printing services for open textbooks. In addition to being an instruction manual, various templates in this guide can be used as tools for taking inventory of open educational activity and interest on campus. For post-secondary institutions interested in expanding student accessibility to learning, information on personal preference, limited computer and internet availability, learning needs, literacy, and accessibility in general provides background on why to offer a print option for course materials.

The guide is laid out in four parts and covers the history behind print on demand; situations when printing open textbooks is warranted; reasons why an on-campus print-on-demand service benefits the post-secondary community; suggestions, considerations, and templates for setting up a print-on-demand service. Chapters include research, real-life examples, and quotes from bookstores, printshops, and libraries.

Word Count: 13836

ISBN: 978-1-77420-069-8

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A reference for setting up an open textbook print-on-demand service

Short Description:
The Print-on-Demand Guide is a practical manual on the what, why, and how of creating a bound, printed copy of any openly licensed textbook found in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. However, these same steps can be used to create a print-on-demand textbook from other collections providing you have access to the correct file types.

Long Description:
The Print-on-Demand Guide is a practical manual on the what, why, and how of creating a bound, printed copy of any openly licensed textbook found in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection. However, these same steps can be used to create a print-on-demand textbook from other collections providing you have access to the correct file types.

Word Count: 2856

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This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share. This book has been adapted by the author as of August 15, 2014. The adaptation includes Canadianized content, PowerPoints, Audio Files, and Chapter Questions.

Short Description:
This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout that all projects share.

Word Count: 74589

ISBN: 978-1-77420-013-1

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Climate change is one of the biggest risks facing governments, businesses, societies and ecosystems around the world. Project managers, through their effective direction of complex projects, occupy a critical role in the successful transition to a resilient, low carbon world. This course is designed to prepare professionals with project management responsibilities to add a climate change lens to their projects.

The course is suitable for individuals in management roles and above who have significant project management responsibilities. “Projects” could include examples as diverse as infrastructure development, deployment of new technology, ecosystem restoration, or public engagement campaign, for example. The course will attract a diversity of professionals who enjoy multidisciplinary learning environments. Familiarity with general climate change issues and science is recommended.

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Welcome to the Provincial English textbook, which was designed to fulfill the requirements for the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Provincial English course. This text provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking skills, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition.

Word Count: 119236

ISBN: 978-1-77420-144-2

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Short Description:
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Long Description:
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Word Count: 294450

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Short Description:
Psychology - H5P Edition is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Long Description:
Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.

Word Count: 294690

ISBN: 978-1-77420-091-9

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The first chapter provides an overview of the textbook and reviews the history of psychology and its methodology. Psychology is described as a science studying how hereditary (nature) and experiential (nurture) variables interact to influence the thoughts, feelings, and behavior of individuals. The remainder of the text will be organized in sections entitled “Mostly Nature” (Biological Psychology; Sensation & Perception; Motivation & Emotion), “Mostly Nurture” (Direct Learning; Indirect Learning (i.e., observational learning and language); Cognition), and “Nature/Nurture” (Human Development; Personality; Social Psychology; Maladaptive Behavior; Professional Psychology and Human Potential).