Dear colleagues,


Please join us for Open Education 2019: Transforming Teaching & Learning at SFU 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 is required.


Open educational resources (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 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 is required. 

Program

10:00am to 11:00am: Welcome & Keynote
Speaker: Dr. Juan Pablo Alperin,  is an Assistant Professor at the School of Publishing at Simon Fraser University, the Associate Director of Research for the Public Knowledge Project, and the co-director of the Scholarly Communications Lab.

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.