Good afternoon, BCOEL

Hope you're all having a great start to the week and are enjoying a reprieve from the rain! Some great things have been shared at the Steering Committee meetings lately, not least of which is all the terrific OA Week events coming up this week and next!

Here are a few that you might be interested in, and feel free to share any that are not on this list!

UBC - Various events from October 21-31: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver?cid=7544&t=g&d=0000-00-00&cal=7544&ct=34317&inc=0
VCC - Defining & Finding Open Educational Resources, October 23: https://vccca.libcal.com/event/3830633?hs=a
BCIT - Biotechnology Open Blog (ongoing): https://biotinthenews.opened.ca/
SFU - Open Education Community of Practice Launch, October 23: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sfu-open-education-community-of-practice-launch-event-tickets-1043246126247?aff=oddtdtcreator

Other topics of interest have been the many developments in the world of artificial intelligence, some of them include:

Wordpress vs WP Engine copyright battle: https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/20/wordpress-vs-wp-engine-drama-explained/
OER and GenAI workshop (part of UBC OA week), October 23: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3843654

Can't make it? You can find a similar session on the UBC CTE Youtube page.

I'm looking forward to all the upcoming content, and hope you are too!

Until next time, all the best

Liz

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