Hi all,
I hope that some of you may be available to attend the following event (details below). A video recording of the keynote speech and panel discussion will also be made and shared after the event. Please feel free to forward this information to any colleagues who may be interested as well.
Thanks, 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
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In celebration of [ https://www.openeducationweek.org/ | Open Education Week 2017 ] , [ http://www.sfu.ca/ | Simon Fraser University ] , [ https://www.ubc.ca/ | University of British Columbia ] , [ http://bccampus.ca/ | B ] [ http://bccampus.ca/ ] [ http://bccampus.ca/ | Ccampus ] , [ https://pkp.sfu.ca/ | Public Knowledge Project ] , and [ http://blogs.ubc.ca/bcrlglectures/ | British Columbia Research Libraries Group ] are pleased to host a discussion on The Failure of Access: Rethinking Open Education.
Please join us on Tuesday , March 28th at SFU Harbour Centre (515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC) from 5:30pm-8:30pm. This event is open to all and free, but seating is limited and [ http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 | registration ] is required.
The Failure of Access: Rethinking Open Education
The use of open re-use licenses and Internet technologies have long promised to reduce barriers to education by making it more distributed, equitable, and open. Indeed, the promise of open education can trace its roots to the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations 1948, which states “everyone has a right to education.” There is little formal evidence, however, that open education has an impact on increasing access to learning or making education more equitable.
This event will explore the goals, failures, and successes of open education. Join us in exploring such questions as: is open education succeeding in being a transformative movement that makes learning more accessible? What are the criteria and successes that should be used to measure if the open education movement is a success? What more needs to be done?
Our discussion will be led by keynote speaker Dr. Ishan Abeywardena (Advisor - Open Education Resources) from the [ https://www.col.org/ | Commonwealth of Learning ] and panelists from [ https://www.sfu.ca/ | SFU ] , [ https://www.ubc.ca/ | UBC ] , [ http://caperbc.ca/ | CAPER-BC ] , and [ https://sparcopen.org/ | SPARC ] .
For more information and to register, please visit: [ http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 | http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 ]
Hi everyone,
Here are some ways that you can promote OEW at your institution:
Cheers,
Rosario
Three ways that PSE institutions can participate in [ https://www.openeducationweek.org/ | Open Education Week ] (OEW March 27-31 )
1. Organize one or more local activities (speaker, workshop, student reception) on campus during OEW to create open education awareness. There are promotional materials that can be downloaded and customized from the OEW site (banners, posters, slide templates). Optional but recommended: submit these local events to the OEW site and let your colleagues around the country know what you are doing. (Organizers might include library, prof dev dept, teaching & learning centers, student services)
2. Share the OEW online activities and resources with your campus . Organize a brown bag lunch or faculty meet-up around a webinar submitted to the Open Education Week calendar. Facilitate informal discussions on open education before and after.
3. Submit resources to the OEW site from your college e.g. short videos, infographs, case studies that showcase your OER adoptions and degrees (due end-of-February). Colleges can also submit their own branded webinars to the OEW site and present about their OER programs/pilots.
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
[ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos@bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ]
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
[ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Hello,
Webinar on March 13th - Effectively encouraging the use of OER on your campus
http://openoregon.org/events/event/effectively-encouraging-the-use-of-oer-o…
Debra
Debra Flewelling
Open Education & Emerging Technologies Librarian
T 604.527.5190 F 604.527.5193
Debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:Debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca>
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Hi there,
I thought some of you may be interested in this:
Someone who participates in the Google group for the Community College Consortium for Open Education Resources (CCCOER) has indexed all the links to OER that have been discussed in the group, by subject matter. He created a webpage with the links:
[ http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/oer/oerlistfromlistserve.htm | http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/oer/oerlistfromlistserve.htm ]
This is a great resource if you are looking for subject matter related resources.
Cheers,
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
[ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos@bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ]
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
[ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Open textbooks: open to change, free to use
Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on [ x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca | open.bccampus.ca ] for the help you need.
Hi there everyone,
Some of you may be interested in attending these events. They will be listed in the BCcampus calendar as well.
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
[ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos@bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ]
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
[ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Open textbooks: open to change, free to use
Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on [ x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca | open.bccampus.ca ] for the help you need.
From: "Stephanie Chu" <Stephanie.Chu(a)kpu.ca>
To: "opentext" <opentext(a)bccampus.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 6:04:31 AM
Subject: Invitation to two March OER Sessions
KPU is pleased to invite educators at your institution to attend two upcoming sessions in March. Please register:
[ http://www.kpu.ca/events/beyond-oer-dr-robin-derosa-promises-pitfalls-and-p… | Beyond OER with Dr. Robin DeRosa: The Promises, Pitfalls, and Potential of Open Education ]
In this presentation, Dr. Robin DeRosa, Professor of English and Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies at Plymouth State University, will introduce the basic definition of Open Educational Resources and explore some ways that faculty have been using OERs to drive down and even eliminate the cost
[ http://www.kpu.ca/events/open-technology-3rd-pillar-open-education | Open Technology - The 3rd Pillar of Open Education ]
Clint Lalonde, Manager, Education Technology, BCcampus will lead a workshop for faculty on open source educational technology tools.
Hold the Date: Our first Teaching, Learning & Research Symposium will take place at KPU Surrey from June 7 to 9. All are welcome to attend as well. More information to come.
Have a nice weekend.
Stephanie
Stephanie T.L. Chu , PhD
Vice Provost, Teaching & Learning
and Interim Associate Vice President, Research
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
t 604.599.3447 c 604.842.4023 e [ mailto:Stephanie.Chu@kpu.ca | Stephanie.Chu(a)kpu.ca ]
[ http://www.kpu.ca/tlcommons | www.kpu.ca/tlcommons ]
[ http://www.kpu.ca/research | www.kpu.ca/research ]
This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the
intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies.
Good afternoon Librarians!
I am looking for a systems librarian for a technical consultation. To be more specific, we are moving our repository from Equella to DSpace and want to have permanent identifiers for the collection. DSpace is capable of working with handles and we need verification that there are no Canadian instances of handle registries and if that is correct, we need verification that a long term relationship with Handle.net (via USA) is in our interest.
Please reply to Brad Payne (bpayne(a)bccampus.ca) and I (acoolidge(a)bccampus.ca)
Thanks!
Amanda
Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 |
www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/>
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
In case any of you have not seen this notification. Registration for in-person attendance is $15-$20 and includes lunch. Streaming participation is free.
Dear colleagues,
Are you interested in learning more about open education, open pedagogy, and what roles are librarians are playing in promoting and supporting open education at their campuses?
Please consider joining the BCLA Academic Librarians Section, the BC Open Education Librarians group (BCOEL), BCcampus, and BCIT on Thursday, March 2nd 2017 for "The Future is Open: Libraries and Open Education." We will be gathering in downtown Vancouver from 8:30am to 2:00pm in the BCIT Atrium (Rm 825 - 555 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3H6).
We are very excited to welcome keynote speaker Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green, who is a passionate advocate for and trailblazing creator of open education resources (OERs). Dr. Green teaches geographic information science and environmental geography as a faculty member at both the University of British Columbia and at Okanagan College. He believes that OER is a core component of responsible, open pedagogical approaches. He is an open textbook author and developer of open source educational software. He is also a 2016 BCcampus Open Textbook Faculty Fellow and a 2016-2017 Hewlett Foundation Open Education Research Fellow. His research on property rights issues in Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and North America has been featured in several international conferences including the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). His current research program examines textbook costs for students in British Columbia, develops best practices for open pedagogy, and creates virtual reality OERs for environmental education.
Here is our full program<http://bit.ly/FutureIsOpen>:
Time
Session
Speaker
8:30 am to 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am to 10:00 am
Keynote
Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green
10:00 am to 10:30 am
Keynote reaction panel, Q & A
Dr. Arthur "Gill" Green
Rosario Passos, BCcampus
James Rout, BCIT
Caroline Daniels, KPU
Kevin Stranack, SFU/PKP
10:30 am to 10:45 am
Coffee, courtesy of BCcampus
10:45 am to 11:00 am
BCcampus supports for Open Education
Rosario Passos, BCcampus
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Librarians and Open Education
Debra Flewelling, Douglas College
Brenda Smith, TRU
Lin Brander, BCIT
12:00 pm to 12:45 pm
Lunch, courtesy of BCcampus
12:45 pm to 2:00 pm
BCLA ALS meeting
Adam Farrell, NVDL
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Wrap up
2:30 pm onwards
Social (nearby pub)
Please note that there is a registration fee charged for this event. In order to keep registration costs down, we can only accept payment by CASH at the door, but you must register online in advance to save your seat.
Registration fees:
Students: $15
BCLA members: $20
Non-BCLA members: $25
Livestream: $0
Registration fees include morning coffee and lunch. This event will adjourn to a nearby pub around 2pm.
Click here to register.<https://goo.gl/forms/jzR5TXQT6z6Ptens1> Spaces are limited, so please register early. If you must later cancel, please email Ali Moore (ajm30(a)sfu.ca<mailto:ajm30@sfu.ca>) so we can offer your space to those on the wait-list. The registration deadline is Friday, February 24th, 2017.
Everyone is welcome to attend this event. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Looking forward to seeing you all on March 2nd!
Lin Brander| Librarian, Electronics & Computer Systems; Collections Coordinator; Open Education|British Columbia Institute of Technology T 604-432-8922<tel:604-432-8922>| E lbrander(a)bcit.ca<mailto:lbrander@bcit.ca>| W bcit.ca/library<http://www.bcit.ca/library/>
Webinar presenter: Christina Hendricks, University of British Columbia
Webinar title: Faculty and Students working together to create OER: the Open Case Studies Project at UBC
Webinar date: February 22 from 10 am- 11 am
Link to Webinar <https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.9716A481E77FC1D4085E27F9A85CF8…>
Presentation Description:
The Open Case Studies project <http://cases.open.ubc.ca/> at the University of British Columbia brings together faculty and students to create and edit case studies as open educational resources. We have started by focusing on courses that have to do with sustainability because there are many courses across our campus that address issues in sustainability in some way and that use case studies to do so.
However, we are interested in any courses that use case studies and that want to make them open and available for others to revise and reuse. We have a small number of case studies so far, but hope the numbers will grow in the coming years as more faculty and students become involved. So far all of our cases are from courses at UBC, but we are investigating ways to include contributions from people around BC or beyond. Christina Hendricks, the lead faculty member on the project, will discuss how the project has worked so far, how courses have involved students in reading, adding to, or creating case studies, and how others can get involved.
Christina Hendricks is a Professor of Teaching in Philosophy at the University of British Columbia-Vancouver, who is also an advocate for open education generally, including the use and creation of open textbooks and other open educational resources. From 2014-2015 she was a Faculty Fellow with the BCcampus Open Textbook project, and from 2015-2017 she was an OER Research Fellow with the Open Education Group. <http://openedgroup.org/>
Amanda Coolidge
Senior Manager, Open Education
BCcampus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
120- 645 Fort Street | Victoria BC V8W 1G2
Tel 250-818-4592 |
www.bccampus.ca <http://www.bccampus.ca/>
Skype: coolidge.amanda
Twitter: @acoolidge
Open textbooks: open to change, free to use
Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the BC Open Textbook Collection <https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/> for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on open.bccampus.ca <x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca> for the help you need.
Hi there everyone,
These resources to help students license their work openly are quite good, so I thought of sharing just in case you are doing a presentation to students in the near future:
[ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-J6TXqfqqmuQkxTdlFuUEwzOU0 | https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-J6TXqfqqmuQkxTdlFuUEwzOU0 ]
The slides about citation and attribution are also excellent and can be used with both students and faculty.
[ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RJw5B9d_CYTU18iay73Ho81tQ_J9fVJKpAn… | Citation vs. Attribution ]
[ https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wdQo68n7JhpjIEGvJ8oMAATDeg_vw0Gysj9… | 3 Steps to Openly Licensing Your Work ]
Cheers,
Rosario Passos
Advisor, Open Education
BC campus | connect.collaborate.innovate.
[ callto:236-888-8599 | 236-888-8599 ] | [ mailto:rosario.passos@bccampus.ca | rosario.passos(a)bccampus.ca ]
200-555 Seymour Street | Vancouver BC V6B 3H6
[ http://www.bccampus.ca/ | bccampus.ca ] | @BCcampus | #BCcampus
Twitter: @PW_Passos | Skype: Portuguese_woman
Open textbooks: open to change, free to use
Over 200 B.C. Faculty are learning how to customize textbooks that also save their students money. Search the [ https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/ | BC Open Textbook Collection ] for a peer-reviewed book in your discipline. See the Resources and Contact dropdown links on [ x-msg://64/open.bccampus.ca | open.bccampus.ca ] for the help you need.
