BCLA proposal - Bcoelsteering

23 Nov 2017

      Caroline let me know that you were all OK with the BCLA proposal. I am going to submit it
today. Amanda, Rosario, and Rajiv (tentative) have agreed to be on the panel. Does anyone
from our group want to be the librarian on the panel or moderate? Or, do you have an idea
for these two roles? I can put myself in for now if I don't hear from anyone right
away and we can change it up if the proposal is accepted, so don't let the submission
deadline stop you from putting your hand up if you are interested. I'll ask you for
faculty suggestions later if Rajiv can't do it.
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 From Open Educational Practices to Social Justice:
Making the Leap 
Open Education is about more than opening resources, it is also about opening pedagogy but
what does that mean? What does open education have to do with social justice? Do we
believe that education is about leveling the playing field and, at its best, addressing
issues of injustice, privilege and exclusion? Are open education practices, at their core,
about access, equity, innovation and creativity? If so, how is the open education movement
embodying those values?

Join a panel to discuss the broad impact of open educational practices. How are these
practices living up to their potential, and how are they failing to do so? Can open
education help provide a more equitable future where a multitude of diverse voices are
heard and respected? Librarians are key contributors in the open education movement as an
extension of their historical roles to provide safe places of learning that are open and
available to all; or, is that traditional role a myth? Let's discuss.

https://bclaconnect.ca/2018-conference/