BCcampus Trades Access Common Core

Open Textbook ProjectOpen Textbook Summit

Vancouver, BC May 28, 2015

Project Background

• In Dec. 2012 – Feb.2013, Camosun Piping Department Foundations Programs undertook the process of Program Review and Renewal

Redesign plan

• The project required a long-term development and delivery plan.

• Six redesign goals were identified as a result of the planning process.

• Hundreds of tasks were identified over a 5-phase approach.

• We are presently about halfway through phase 2.

Phase 1

Some of the highlights of Phase 1 were: • Setting up the existing course in D2L• Creating a gradebook for all theory and practical

marks (approx. 30 tests and 90 projects)• Creating computer testing for all line tests, which are

automatically imported into the student gradebook• Removing all project instructions from print

packages and placing onto D2L with option to print as needed

Phase 2

Four of the largest tasks in Phase 2: • Introduction of customized learning paths• Development of multimedia rich content• Online marking of Practicals• Development of online textbooks to

supplement online material

Open Learning Agency Common Core Modules

• In our existing program for the first level of study, students use the old green Open Learning Agency (OLA) text books which cover, for better or worse, the learning competencies that are common to many trades.

Customizing learning paths

Changing from one course to five courses of Face-to-face enhanced and blended delivery

Trades Nomenclature• A line represents a broad theme within a trade’s Program Outline,

the overarching curriculum framework for course delivery, issued by the ITA. Example: Line A: Use Safe Work Practices.

• Within a line, there are various subcategories organized by competency. Competencies are threads that inform various aspects of the theme found in a line. There are five competencies within Line A in TACC (see handout).

• Within each competency, there are multiple learning tasks. Learning tasks represent the broad outcomes that must be met in order to ensure that all aspects of a competency have been addressed. Learning tasks tend to borrow language from Bloom’s Taxonomy, such as “Describe” and “Use.”

Development of online text to supplement online material

• Camosun has received funding from BCcampus for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) to update and replace the outdated OLA Common Core textbooks.

23 TACC Competencies (Modules)

TACC Open Textbooks• These textbooks will be available in a paper-based format

and multiple digital formats for various devices and platforms:– PDF; printable document with TOC and hyperlinks intact– HTML; basic export of an HTML file and its assets, suitable

for use in Learning Management Systems– Reflowable EPUB; format suitable for all screen sizes

including phones– Fixed layout EPUB; suitable for tablet readers. It strictly

adheres to the print layout while allowing for some interactive elements

TACC Open Textbooks

TACC Open Textbooks

TACC Open Textbooks will be available at BCcampus September 2015.• They will have the Creative Commons Attribution

(BY) license which allows you to share and remix (create derivative works), even for commercial use, so long as attribution is given.

• For example, our high school partners can incorporate this free material into their programs.

• Students are better prepared when they arrive.

Refrigeration Foundations Program is also being updated

Other Trades Programs are also looking to adopt these resources

Contact Us

Rod Lidstone, Plumbing, Pipe and Refrigeration Trades Instructor, Camosun CollegeLidstone@camosun.bc.ca250 370 3790

Adrian Hill, Educational Project Manager, Open School BCAdrian.Hill@gov.bc.ca250 893 1989