Open Education Student Assistant

SUMMARY:

The Open Education (OE) Assistant provides support for various open education initiatives and projects, including the development of open educational resources (OER). The OE Assistant's responsibilities include supporting Pressbooks publishing projects through assistance with attribution, citation, captioning, alt-text, H5P development, and conversion. The incumbent follows appropriate style guides to ensure a consistent look and feel of publishing projects. The OE Assistant supports the collection, management, and reporting of data for the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) program through data preparation, clean-up, and organization. The incumbent may be called upon to support other open education projects on an ad hoc basis.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

• Migrate OER to open platforms
• Ensure that OER follows appropriate attribution, citation, and accessibility guidelines
• Execute copyediting changes received from a copyeditor
• Process data identifying ZTC course sections
• Create data visualizations with updated ZTC program statistics
• Provide BCcampus with KPU OER adoption information
• Provide feedback on KPU’s open publishing process

PREFERED SKILLS & COMPETENCIES:

Preference given to students with experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Familiarity with open practices, licensing, and values
• Open platforms, including Pressbooks, WordPress, and H5P
• Creating data visualizations using Power BI
• Citation styles
• Best practices for accessibility in an online environment

This position is reserved for KPU Students.

Salary Information:

Student Assistants are paid as per the following:

• Less than one year of post-secondary (less than 30 credits) – BC Minimum Wage
• One year of post-secondary (30-60 credits) – BC Minimum Wage plus 8%
• With a post-secondary diploma or degree – BC Minimum Wage plus 21%