2:10 p.m.
Dear colleagues,
Please join us for Open Education 2019: Transforming Teaching & Learning at
SFU<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/services/workshops/transforming-education>
on Monday, May 27th from 10am-3pm in Room 1415 at Harbour Centre (SFU Vancouver).
This event is targeted to instructors, students and staff interested in the potential of
open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy to enhance teaching and learning -- and
will be an opportunity to find out more about open education initiatives and projects
happening here at SFU.
Please feel free to adapt and share the following event announcement and details (below)
with any contacts who may be interested as well.
Thanks so much and hope to see you there!
Cheers, Hope
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Open Education 2019: Transforming Teaching & Learning at SFU
Date: Monday, May 27, 2019
Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Room 1415 at Harbour Centre (SFU Vancouver)
Registration: All sessions are free and open to all but
registration<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer/34420>
is required.
Sponsored by the SFU Open Educational Resources (OER) Working
Group<https://www.sfu.ca/oer.html>
Open educational resources
(OER)<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer> are gaining
momentum in higher education as a means of making learning more affordable and accessible
for students and creating new opportunities for instructors to adapt and customize
resources for their teaching practice and subject area.
OER include any teaching and learning materials that have been made freely available and
are openly licensed with legal permissions to use, adapt, and share their content.
Examples include open textbooks, videos, lesson plans, learning modules, full-length
courses ... and more! And unlike traditional textbooks, OER can be freely updated and
modified by instructors, students and other collaborators as well.
Open pedagogy<http://openpedagogy.org/> refers to a set of innovative teaching
approaches and practices made possible through the use of OER in the classroom. Through
open assignments, technologies and approaches, students can be involved in engaging and
meaningful course projects that contribute to public knowledge.
Are you interested in the potential of OER and open pedagogy to impact teaching and
learning, but not sure how to get started? Join us on Monday, May 27 from 10:00am to
3:00pm in Room 1415 at Harbour Centre (SFU Vancouver) for a keynote, panel discussion, and
lightning talks featuring SFU instructors, staff, and students leading open education
initiatives and working on OER-related projects.
Coffee and lunch provided. All sessions are free and open to all but
registration<https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/format-type/oer/34420>
is required.
Program
10:00am to 11:00am: Welcome & Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin, is an Assistant Professor at the School of
Publishing<https://publishing.sfu.ca/> at Simon Fraser University, the Associate
Director of Research for the Public Knowledge Project<https://pkp.sfu.ca/>, and the
co-director of the Scholarly Communications
Lab.<https://www.scholcommlab.ca/><https://www.scholcommlab.ca/>
11:00am to 11:15am: Coffee Break
11:15am to 12:30pm: Open Education in Action at SFU
Join us for a panel of instructors and students leading OER initiatives here at SFU
discussing:
- Why and how they became interested in OER and open education.
- What kinds of open education-related projects and/or initiatives they have been working
on.
- What kinds of impacts open educational resources and practices have had on their
teaching and/or learning.
12:30pm to 1:30pm: Lunch Break
1:30pm to 3:00pm: Open Education Showcase
Join us for a series of lightning talks featuring SFU speakers highlighting the
"whys, whats and hows" of open education. Learn about a range of approaches,
practices and technologies for finding, adopting, creating, publishing, and teaching with
OER.