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Subject: [SPARC] Theme of 2017 Open Access Week to be "Open in order to..."
FYI … Open Access Week 2017 Theme announced
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Open Education Consortium
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From: Nick Shockey < [ mailto:nick@sparcopen.org | nick(a)sparcopen.org ] >
Date: April 24, 2017 at 11:43:44 EDT
To: [ mailto:sparc-members@sparcopen.org | sparc-members(a)sparcopen.org ]
Subject: [SPARC] Theme of 2017 Open Access Week to be "Open in order to..."
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In conjunction with this year’s Open Access Week Advisory Committee, SPARC today announces the theme for this year’s 10th International Open Access Week, to be held October 23-29, will be “Open in order to…”.
This year’s theme is an invitation to answer the question of what concrete benefits can be realized by making scholarly outputs openly available. “Open in order to…” serves as a prompt to move beyond talking about openness in itself and focus on what openness enables—in an individual discipline, at a particular institution, or in a specific context; then to take action to realize these benefits.
Open in order to increase the impact of my scholarship. Open in order to enable more equitable participation in research. Open in order to improve public health. These are just a few examples of how this question can be answered.
Established by SPARC and partners in the student community in 2008, International Open Access Week is an opportunity to take action in making openness the default for research—to raise the visibility of scholarship, accelerate research, and turn breakthroughs into better lives. This year’s Open Access Week will be held from October 23rd through the 29th; however, those celebrating the week are encouraged to schedule local events whenever is most suitable during the year and to utilize themes that are most effective locally.
This year’s theme of “Open in order to…” also recognizes the diverse contexts and communities within which the shift to Open Access is occurring and encourages specific discussion that will be most effective locally. We invite the community to help us translate this prompt into new languages at [ http://bit.ly/translateoaweek | bit.ly/translateoaweek ]
“Effectively communicating the tangible benefits that Open Access provides is essential for open to become the default in both policy and practice,” said Heather Joseph, Executive Director of SPARC. “This year’s theme will help focus discussions during Open Access Week on those benefits of openness that are most compelling locally—whether that’s increasing citation counts, enabling anyone to learn from the latest scholarship, or accelerating the translation of research into economic gains—and encourage action to realize these benefits.
Last year’s “Open in action” theme encouraged all stakeholders to take concrete steps to make their own work more openly available and encourage others to do the same—from posting pre-prints in a repository to pledging to educate colleagues about Open Access. The 2017 theme will help build on that emphasis on action by identifying the end goals Open Access can enable and encouraging individuals and institutions to take steps to achieve those goals.
International Open Access Week is a global, community-driven week of action to open up access to research. The event is celebrated by individuals, institutions and organizations across the world. The official hashtag of Open Access Week is #OAweek. We also invite the community to use the hashtag #OpenInOrderTo to start an online conversation about the benefits of an open system of communicating scholarship.
For more information about International Open Access Week, please visit [ http://www.openaccessweek.org/ | www.openaccessweek.org ] .
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About SPARC
SPARC®, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC empowers people to solve big problems and make new discoveries though the adoption of policies and practices that advance Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education. Learn more at [ http://sparcopen.org/ | sparcopen.org ] .
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ | https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/ ]
...and register here: [ https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 | https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017 ] . Registration deadline is May 17th !
Join us! Any questions - contact Amanda Coolidge ( [ mailto:acoolidge@bccampus.ca | acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca ] )
Kind regards,
Amanda Coolidge and Lauri Aesoph
Lauri Aesoph Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate
Mobile 250.893.0258 | Twitter @lauriaesoph | Skype laesoph
Hi there,
Wondering if anyone might know of BC faculty who've adopted open textbooks/OER for Anthropology courses? If so, I have a faculty member at SFU who'd be interested in speaking with them further about their experiences.
Thanks in advance for any leads!
Best wishes, Hope
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Hope Power
Teaching & Learning Librarian
W.A.C. Bennett Library (Burnaby)
Simon Fraser University
hpower(a)sfu.ca / 778.782.4359
Hi all,
One of our faculty members is very interested in starting to use OERs after attending Robin DeRosa's talk , but he doesn't know whether they are available for his topics (see below). I will recommend BCCampus, since I saw some resources there that look relevant. Any other suggestions of places to look or specific resources you know of?
Thanks!
Karen
Ps. Please let me know if this list is not the right place to ask this :)
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I teach ENGQ (English qualifying) courses, especially the higher-end courses, 1099 (essay writing), 1089 (paragraph writing), 1091 (Gr. 12 equivalent), and 1092 (business writing).
I am also aware of the OER book:
https://opentextbc.ca/writingforsuccess/
I was wondering if you are aware of other OER resources that are specifically related to English writing upgrading skills, particularly essay-writing focused and sentence grammar skills related, but not too much geared toward a first- or second-year English level, as that might be beyond the scope of our curricula and student levels.
Thanks for any resources you can point me toward.
Hello,
Leading up to Open Education Week we had Robin DeRosa come and speak at Douglas College. If you aren't familiar with Robin, here is her blog https://robinderosa.net/my-blog/ and here is a link to her presentation - http://admin.video.ubc.ca/tiny/b23oo
She is very passionate and inspiring and I hope you enjoy listening to her.
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
Douglas College
Hi there everyone,
This event is tomorrow at noon, and I thought some of you might be
interested:
This call brings together all librarians working with, or learning
about, all things Open--and gives folks an opportunity to connect with
each other to better their work and librarianship.
Please share the invitation to participate in this call with any
librarians on your campus who may be interested.
http://www.opencon2017.org/april_2017_librarian_call
Cheers,
Rosario
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*Rosario Passos*
Instructional Designer
Cascadia Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Tel: 604 469 3595
M: 236 888 8599
Skype: portuguese_woman
Good morning!
In an ongoing effort to sustain and build the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] , BCcampus asks for your help to identify subject areas within this collection that are missing open textbooks either entirely or in specific categories and/or course levels. As an overview, there are currently 180 textbooks in this collection covering eight main subject areas (Sciences, Trades, Business and Management, Liberal Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Upgrading Programs, Health Related, and Recreation, Tourism, Hospitality and Service). Within these eight areas are 36 secondary subject areas. For a summary of these subject areas and links to specific books, go to the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-stats/ | Open Textbook Stats ] page and click on the "Subjects" tab.
We ask that you please send us suggestions for subject areas that are missing open textbooks, those subject areas where you have heard from faculty "I would adopt an open textbook, but there isn't one in my subject area". Additionally, it would be helpful to have the following information for each identified subject area.
Textbook Subject
1. Subject
2. Course level
3. Specific topic with the subject (if applicable)
We will be reviewing these suggestions as we publish a new call for proposals in the coming months- proposals for creation, adaptation, adoption of open textbooks- preferably with a targeted approach based on the needs of the system.
Thank you for your time and attention to this request-
Amanda Coolidge, Lauri Aesoph
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Hey everyone,
Has anyone developed Terms of Reference for the OER Working groups at
your institutions, and would you be able to share?
Please and thanks!
Rosario
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*Rosario Passos*
Instructional Designer
Cascadia Interactive Solutions Ltd.
Tel: 604 469 3595
M: 236 888 8599
Skype: portuguese_woman
Hello OER Friends!
Are you looking for an amazing Open Education experience- one that will inform you on open pedagogy, open innovation, open textbooks AND enhance your own open educational practice?
...I'm assuming you are now nodding your head and thinking- YES, what is this experience you speak of?
That experience is the amazing [ https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-2017/ | Open Textbook Summit in Vancouver, B.C. May 24-25, 2017. ]
You can review the schedule here: https://bccampus.ca/otsummit-schedule/
...and register here: https://www.eply.com/OTSummit2017
Join us!
Any questions - you can send them directly my way: Amanda Coolidge (acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca)
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Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 | [ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | www.bccampus.ca ]
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
