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Registration for the Winter 2012 Term

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Registration for my Winter 2012 online math courses starts October 13. If you are looking for an online option for upgrading your math from Math 034 through 073, check out the college online registration system at http://camlink.camosun.bc.ca.

I will once again be offering early registrants to my online sections an opportunity to get a head start on their winter term course work. Once you get registered for the 2012W term, email me at martin@lwebs.ca for more info. To learn more about the online math system, check out the links on the right of the page.

I Have Seen the Future — and it includes Open educational resources (OER)

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I have been asked to give a brief, five minute, presentation on Open Educational Resources (OER) at our school’s welcome back event. Let’s start out with what are OERs?

Open educational resources (OER) are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone.[1]

A key part of OERs is that they are available under a Creative Commons License which permits the re-use and even re-mixing of educational resources.

There are a number of repositories available providing a range of resources from learning objects through to complete courses. Here are some examples:

To see more about what I’ve written about Open Eduational Resoures, enter OER into the search box on the top right of the screen.

New Mathematics Resources for Developmental Educators

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On June 30th, I participated in webinar presentation on the National Repository of Online Courses’ new developmental math online materials. I blogged about this earlier. See http://faculty.camosun.ca/martinbuck/2011/03/01/nroc-focus-group/ for background info.

The project’s website is http://www.nrocmath.org. A recording of the webinar is available at this link. You may also download the slides.

These media rich materials may have some application to our fundamental level learners at Songhees. I will be following up in the coming days about piloting the materials at Songhees.

Information on more than 50 Top Entry Level Jobs

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Here is a listing of the Top 50 Entry Level Jobs as identified in Essential Skills Profiles: Top 50 Entry-Level Jobs in Canada (2011) posted at nald.ca. To learn more about each job, click on the job name. To learn what Essential Skills are required for that job, click on the Skills Required link beside the job you want to know more about. For more information on each job, click on OSP Info link below to go to the Ontario Skills Passport website.

1411 General Office Clerks – Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1414 Receptionists and Switchboard Operators — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1422 Data Entry Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1431 Accounting Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1433 Customer Service Representatives — Financial Services — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1435 Collectors — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1441 Administrative Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1453 Customer Service, Information and Related Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1454 Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1471 Shippers and Receivers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1472 Storekeepers and Parts Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1474 Purchasing and Inventory Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

1475 Dispatchers and Radio Operators — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

3413 Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

3414 Other Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6411 Sales Representatives — Wholesale Trade (non-technical) — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6421 Retail Salespersons and Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6433 Airline Sales and Service Agents — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6435 Hotel Front Desk Clerks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6451 Maîtres d’hôtel and Hosts/Hostesses — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6452 Bartenders — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6453 Food and Beverage Servers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6471 Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6474 Babysitters, Nannies, Parents’ Helpers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6481 Image, Social and Other Personal Consultants — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6482 Estheticians, Electrologists and Related Occupations — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6611 Cashiers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6622 Grocery Clerks and Shelf Stockers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6623 Other Sales Occupations — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6641 Kitchen Helpers and Line Cooks — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6651 Security Guards and Related Occupations — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6661 Cleaners — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6662 Specialized Cleaners — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6663 Janitors, Caretakers and Building Superintendents — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6671 Other Occupations in Travel, Accommodation, Amusement and Recreation — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

6683 Other Elemental Service Occupations — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7411 Truck Drivers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7412 Bus Drivers and Subway and Other Transit Operators — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7414 Delivery and Courier Service Drivers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7421 Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane) — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7441 Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7443 Automotive Mechanical Installers and Servicers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7452 Material Handlers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

7611 Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

8431 General Farm Workers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

8432 Nursery and Greenhouse Workers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

8612 Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourers — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

9496 Painters and Coaters — Industrial — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

9617 Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info

9619 Other Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities — Essential Skills Required – OSP Info