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Fit for Online Learning (FitFOL) is designed to support Higher Education professionals with little or no previous online teaching experience in their transition to alternative modes of course delivery. We understand the challenges the current situation presents to both professors and students, but we believe that with the right knowledge and strategies, many of the hurdles of teaching online can be overcome and its possibilities will unfold.

In this course, you will take practical steps towards teaching and supporting your students online. In addition to reflecting on your pedagogical preferences and preparing concrete elements for your own online courses, you can  connect with your peers to share expertise and resources to help you get started and keep going in uncertain times.

Some Problems of Philosophy is designed to be used with a first year course in philosophy that covers a little informal logic, God, knowledge, and mind. It includes some first rate original contributions from contemporary thinkers and the obvious historical works.

With funding from Alberta Open Educational Resources, Bow Valley College and NorQuest College collaborated to create Open Educational Resources (OER) in the form of e-textbooks for English language learners.

Bow Valley College created In the Workplace: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook. The textbook:

• has a focus on the workplace in Canada
• gives you practice in the four main language skills – listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• helps you learn about some aspects of Canadian workplace culture
• helps you develop some important essential skills
• can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook

The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmark levels 5/6 and has been designed to be facilitated by an instructor.

Learn more about this collaborative project between Bow Valley College and NorQuest College.

An instructor guide for this book can be found here.

With funding from Alberta Open Educational Resources, Bow Valley College and NorQuest College collaborated to create Open Educational Resources (OER) in the form of e-textbooks for English language learners.

NorQuest College created In the Community: An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook. The textbook:

• helps learners notice, learn, and practice English that will be helpful in your community
• gives learners practice in the four main language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing
• helps learners learn about intercultural skills
• helps learners develop some important essential skills
• can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook

The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmarks levels 5/6 and has been designed to be facilitated by an instructor.

An instructor guide for this book can be found here.

A Practical Guide to Introductory Geology is a comprehensive laboratory manual covering the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, streams, structural geology, and much more. This manual provides ample background information to assist students learning remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The text has a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, especially Alberta and British Columbia, and includes a diverse set of exercises intended to accompany the GEOL 1101 curriculum at Mount Royal University. This laboratory manual is an adaptation of Physical Geology - 2nd Edition by Steven Earle.

An instructional text that seeks to untangle the social complexities and ethical dilemmas of online data and information. DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP will educate readers on the economics of the Internet and the means by which political bad actors exploit its platforms to pervert the public discourse.