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:

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. Spaces are limited, so please register early. If you must later cancel, please email Ali Moore (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| E lbrander@bcit.ca| W bcit.ca/library