10:44 a.m.
Dear colleagues,
Just a reminder that there is still time to register to join us for the following event
organized by the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL)<https://bcoel.ca/>:
Open Education: Transforming Practice through Innovative Classroom Projects
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Location: Room SH 219 (please note: room change), CapU Lonsdale
(Shipyards)<https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/get-to-know-us/our-locations/capu-lonsdale/>,
North Vancouver BC
Registration: This event is free and open to all, but registration is required:
https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/research-assistance/workshops-consultations/352…
Live Streaming: Join this event online
here<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbUkx8qHVyw&feature=youtu.be>
Open Education Week (March 2-6, 2020)<https://www.openeducationweek.org/> is an
annual, global event that aims to “raise awareness and showcase the impact of open
education on teaching and learning worldwide.”
On March 3rd, please join us at CapU Lonsdale (Shipyards
campus)<https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/get-to-know-us/our-locations/capu-lonsdale/>
for this Open Education Week<https://www.openeducationweek.org/> event showcasing
the impact of open educational resources, tools and practices on teaching and learning in
several BC post-secondary institutions. This event will feature a series of brief talks by
practitioners about innovative and open projects underway at a range of local
institutions.
Program:
8:30am-9:00am: Arrivals & Refreshments
9:00am-9:25am: Welcome & Introductions
* Speaker: Elder Rose Nahanee
9:25am-10:25am: Speaker Sessions
* Using Scrum to Support Student Learning in an Open Ed course at Capilano
Speaker: Laurie Prange-Martin (Instructor, School of Business)
Description: One of the biggest challenges for faculty making the switch to Open Ed
resources is the loss of the time-saving devices available from publishers, especially
test banks and slide decks. Supporting the switch to Open Ed also requires the
preparation of assessments, usually project-based, and active in-class learning. Learn to
make project-based learning and in-class activities work using the Scrum project
management method.
* Open Pedagogy in Trades Classroom Teaching at BCIT
Speaker: Chad Flinn (Instructor, Electrical Trades and Entrepreneurship for the Trades.
Author: The Electric Academy)
Description: Chad shares how he uses Open educational practices and Open educational
resources in his own teaching as a vocational instructor at BCIT. Throughout the past two
years, Chad has experienced a shift in mindset that involves bringing the students into
the process of co-creation of resources and shares how it has transformed his teaching
practice.
* Kwantlen Psychology Student Journal
Speaker: Arleigh Reichl (Instructor, Department of Psychology)
Description: This talk will cover two open education projects promoting student (and
faculty) learning. The first is a student-faculty collaboration to create an open access,
online journal publishing the work of KPU Psychology students. The second is the inclusion
of an international video competition as a course assignment – with some amazing results.
10:25am-10:45am: Break & Refreshments
10:45am-11:45am: Speaker Sessions
* From Adopting to Adapting: the Role of Pressbooks at Langara College
Speaker: Julian Prior (Chair of Educational Technology and Open Langara)
Description: Langara is one of the largest adopters of open textbooks in BC post-secondary
education. Recently we are seeing more interest from instructors in adapting and creating
open textbooks. This talk will discuss the role that the online authoring and publishing
platform Pressbooks has played in this transition.
* Using OJS for SFU Course Journal Projects
Speaker: Kate Shuttleworth (Community Scholars Librarian and Librarian, Digital
Publishing)
Description: Kate will share some examples of course journal projects at SFU Library which
feature student work and involve students in the production of online, open access
journals using Open Journal Systems. Students participate in the scholarly publishing
workflow, work together to design and develop the journal, and showcase their written and
multimedia assignments.
* Practice Makes Perfect: Developing for and Using WeBWorK Open Online Homework in
Engineering at UBC
Speakers: Agnes d’Entremont (Senior Instructor, Mechanical Engineering) with students
Warren Chan, Wan Fong and Tyler Leonizio
Description: Practicing problem-solving is an essential part of learning in many
engineering courses. WeBWorK is an open online homework system, primarily used in
mathematics, which provides instant feedback on practice problems. Over three years,
instructors at UBC have developed and deployed over 1000 WeBWorK problems across seven
engineering departments. We will share what worked (and what didn’t) from multiple
perspectives: instructor, developer, coder, tech support, and student user.
11:45am-12:00pm: Closing & Acknowledgements
* Speaker: Tim Carson (Trades Open Education Representative, BCcampus)
Organized by the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL)<https://bcoel.ca/> group with
support from BCcampus, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Capilano University,
Langara College, Simon Fraser University, University Canada West and the University of
British Columbia.
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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
I respectfully acknowledge that SFU Burnaby is located on the unceded and traditional
territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Kwikwetlem First Nations.