Dear fellow Open Educators,
Just in case you are interested, here is a free UNESCO event on OER. Happy Summer.
From: UNESCO <mlw(a)unesco.org<mailto:mlw@unesco.org>>
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 6:42 AM
Subject: Invitation to the UNESCO webinar on the development of OER policies and masterplans - 27 and 28 July 2021
UNESCO is pleased to invite you to a webinar on the development of OER policies and masterplans, on 27 and 28 July 2021, from 11:00 to 13:00 GMT+2.
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Dear MLW community,
The Unit for Technology and AI in Education is pleased to invite you to a webinar on the development of national policies and strategies in the area of Open Educational Resources (OER), to be held on 27 and 28 July 2021, from 11:00 to 13:00 GMT+2 on Zoom: Registration link<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funesco.us…>
The webinar will be held in English and French.
The aim of the webinar is to spark discussion around the development of OER policies, strengthening the capacities of policy-makers to leverage the potential of OER for building post-pandemic technology-enabled resilient learning systems and reiterating the humanistic guiding principles and themes that should be reflected by such policies. It will be an opportunity to present resources such as the 2019 Recommendation on OER and the UNESCO Guidelines on the development of open educational resources policies<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funesco.us…>, as well as to discuss emerging trends in the field of OER policymaking and facilitate peer learning and resource sharing among Member States.
The event will include education programme specialists from UNESCO, international experts, and stakeholders of Member States who have recently developed ICT and OER policies.
You will find the agenda below, and we remain available to provide any additional information you might need about the event.
Hope to see you there,
Best regards,
The ED/FLI/ICT Team
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Provisional agenda
DAY 1: 27 July 2021
Time
Item
Presenter
Duration
Moderators: Mr. Yue Du, Director, Priority Africa Coordination Division, Sector Priority Africa and External Relations, UNESCO and Mr Sobhi Tawil, Director, Future of Learning and Innovation Team, UNESCO
11:00-11:20
Opening remarks
Ms Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO
Mr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Minister of Education, Ghana (video message)
20 minutes
11:20 –11:50
Keynote Presentation: Framework for Developing OER Policies
Mr Fengchun Miao, Chief, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
30 minutes
Moderator: Ms Michela Pagano, Associate Project Officer, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
11:50– 12:10
Open Educational Resources for Early Literacy in Africa: The Role of the African Storybook Initiative
Ms Jenny Glennie, Executive Director, South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE)
Ms Dorcas Wepukhulu, East and West African African Storybook Coordinator (SAIDE)
20 minutes
12:10– 12:30
Experiences of OER policy development process and lessons learnt: The case of Madagascar
Ms. Nivo Ralamboranto, Head of Studies at the Department of Technological Innovations and Development of Educational Management Systems, Information Systems Directorate, Ministry of Education, Madagascar
15 minutes
12:30-12:40
Experiences of ICT and OER policy development process and lessons learnt: The case of Ethiopia
Mr Engida Temechegn, National Professional Officer, UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
15 minutes
12:40 – 13:00
Moderated discussion with questions from participants and closing
Ms Yumiko Yokozeki, Director, UNESCO Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
20 minutes
DAY 2: 28 July 2021
Time
Item
Presenter
Duration
Moderator: Ms Michela Pagano, Associate Project Officer, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
11:00 –11:10
Welcome remarks and recap of day 1
Mr Fengchun Miao, Chief, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
10 minutes
11:10 – 11:30
The essentials of OER
* The five freedoms of OER
* Types of OER
* Creative Commons Licensing
Mr Cable Green, Director of Open Education, Creative Commons
20 minutes
11:30 – 11:45
Undertaking an OER needs assessment or gap analysis to assess current situation and readiness
* What is the status of existing openly-licensed teaching, learning and research materials (national repository/website, funding mechanism)?
* What educational materials should be obliged to be openly-licensed?
* What open license should be adopted?
* What strategies should be developed to encourage use, re-use, and sharing of OER?
Mr Werner Westermann, OER expert and chief of the Civic Education Program, Library of National Congress, Chile
15 minutes
11:45– 12:10
Developing an OER policy: a step-by-step guidance
* How does OER support the vision of education development of Philippines (policy context, mission and objectives of OER policy)?
* What OER policies and strategies should be developed (scope)?
* What kind of training and support do educators and teacher education institutions need as they develop and use OER?
* Where do we position the newly-developed OER policies and strategies (required changes in existing policies)?
Mr Fengchun Miao, Chief, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
25 minutes
12:10 – 12:25
OER activities in the framework of the UNESCO-KFIT project: The case of Ghana
Mr Joshua Mallet, Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), Ghana
15 minutes
12:25 – 12:45
Moderated discussion with questions from participants and closing
Ms Laicia Gagnier, Associate Project Officer, Unit for Technology and AI in Education, UNESCO
20 minutes
12:45-13:00
Closing remarks
Mr Abdourahamane Diallo, Director, UNESCO Office in Accra, Ghana (TBC)
15 minutes
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Chère communauté MLW,
L'unité de la technologie et de l'IA dans l'éducation a le plaisir de vous inviter à un webinaire sur le développement de politiques et stratégies nationales dans le domaine des ressources éducatives libres (REL), qui se tiendra les 27 et 28 juillet 2021, de 11h00 à 13h00 GMT+2 sur Zoom : Lien d'inscription<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funesco.us…>
Le webinaire se déroulera en anglais et en français.
L'objectif de ce webinaire est de susciter une discussion autour de l'élaboration de politiques en matière de REL, de renforcer les capacités des décideurs politiques à tirer parti du potentiel des REL pour construire des systèmes d'apprentissage résilients basés sur la technologie post-pandémique et de réitérer les principes directeurs et les thèmes humanistes qui devraient être reflétés par ces politiques. Ce sera l'occasion de présenter des ressources telles que la recommandation 2019 sur les REL et les lignes directrices de l'UNESCO pour l’élaboration des politiques sur les ressources éducatives libres<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Funesco.us…>, ainsi que de discuter des tendances émergentes dans le domaine de l'élaboration des politiques en matière de REL et de faciliter l'apprentissage par les pairs et le partage des ressources entre les États membres.
L'événement réunira des spécialistes des programmes d'éducation de l'UNESCO, des experts internationaux et des parties prenantes des États membres qui ont récemment élaboré des politiques en matière de TIC et de REL.
Vous trouverez l'ordre du jour ci-dessous, et nous restons à votre disposition pour vous fournir toute information supplémentaire dont vous pourriez avoir besoin au sujet de l'événement.
En espérant vous y voir,
Meilleures salutations,
L'équipe ED/FLI/ICT
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Ordre du jour:
JOUR 1: 27 juillet 2021
Horaire
Article
Présentateur
Durée
Modérateurs : M. Yue Du, Directeur, Division de la coordination pour la Priorité Afrique, Secteur Priorité Afrique et Relations extérieures, UNESCO, et M. Sobhi Tawil, Directeur, Futurs de l’éducation et innovation, UNESCO
11:00-11:20
Allocutions d'ouverture
Mme Stefania Giannini, Sous-directrice générale pour l'éducation, UNESCO
M. Yaw Osei Adutwum, ministre de l'éducation, Ghana (message vidéo)
20 minutes
11:20 –11:50
Présentation principale : Cadre pour le développement des politiques de REL
M. Fengchun Miao, Chef de l'Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation
30 minutes
Modérateur : Mme Michela Pagano, Chargée de projet associée, Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation, UNESCO
11:50– 12:10
Ressources éducatives ouvertes pour l'alphabétisation précoce en Afrique : Le rôle de l'African Storybook Initiative
Mme Jenny Glennie, Directrice exécutive, Institut sud-africain d'éducation à distance (SAIDE)
Mme Dorcas Wepukhulu, Coordinatrice des livres d'histoires pour l'Afrique de l'Est et de l'Ouest (SAIDE)
20 minutes
12:10– 12:25
Expériences du processus de développement de la politique des REL et leçons apprises : Le cas de Madagascar
Mme Nivo Ralamboranto, Responsable des études au Service des Innovations Technologiques et de Développement des Systèmes de Gestion de l’Éducation de la Direction des Systèmes d'Information, Ministère de l’Education, Madagascar
15 minutes
12:25-12:40
Expériences du processus d'élaboration de politiques en matière de TIC et de REL et leçons apprises : Le cas de l'Éthiopie
M. Engida Temechegn, administrateur national, Institut international de l'UNESCO pour le renforcement des capacités en Afrique, Addis Abeba, Éthiopie
15 minutes
12:40 – 13:00
Discussion modérée, questions des participants et clôture
Mme Yumiko Yokozeki, Directrice, Bureau de l'UNESCO à Addis-Abeba, Éthiopie
20 minutes
JOUR 2: 28 Juillet 2021
Horaire
Article
Présentateur
Durée
Modérateur : Mme Michela Pagano, Chargée de projet associée, Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation, UNESCO
11:00 –11:10
Mot de bienvenue et récapitulation de la première journée
M. Fengchun Miao, Chef de l'Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation
10 minutes
11:10 – 11:30
L'essentiel des REL
* Les cinq libertés des REL
* Types de REL
* Licences Creative Commons
M. Cable Green, Directeur de l'éducation ouverte, Creative Commons
20 minutes
11:30 – 11:45
Entreprendre une évaluation des besoins en matière de REL ou une analyse des lacunes pour évaluer la situation actuelle et l'état de préparation.
* Quel est le statut des matériels d'enseignement, d'apprentissage et de recherche existants sous licence libre (dépôt/site web national, mécanisme de financement) ?
* Quels matériels pédagogiques devraient faire l'objet d'une obligation de licence ouverte ?
* Quelle licence ouverte faut-il adopter ?
* Quelles stratégies devraient être développées pour encourager l'utilisation, la réutilisation et le partage des REL ?
M. Werner Westermann, Expert en REL et chef du programme d'éducation civique, Bibliothèque du Congrès national, Chili
15 minutes
11:45– 12:10
Développer une politique de REL : un guide étape par étape
* Comment le REL soutient-il la vision du développement de l'éducation aux Philippines (contexte politique, mission et objectifs de la politique du REL) ?
* Quelles politiques et stratégies en matière de REL devraient être développées (champ d'application) ?
* De quel type de formation et de soutien les éducateurs et les établissements de formation des enseignants ont-ils besoin lorsqu'ils développent et utilisent des REL ?
* Où positionner les politiques et stratégies de REL nouvellement développées (changements requis dans les politiques existantes) ?
M. Fengchun Miao, Chef de l'Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation
25 minutes
12:10 – 12:25
Activités de REL dans le cadre du projet UNESCO-KFIT : Le cas du Ghana
M. Joshua Mallet, Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), Ghana
15 minutes
12:25 – 12:45
Discussion avec modérateur, questions des participants et clôture
Mme Laicia Gagnier, Chargée de projet associée, Unité pour la technologie et l'IA dans l'éducation, UNESCO
20 minutes
12:45-13:00
Remarques finales
M. Abdourahamane Diallo, Directeur, Bureau de l'UNESCO à Accra, Ghana (à confirmer)
15 minutes
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Hello fellow Open Educators!
Please see below a call for authors for an open textbook on criminology. Please share widely across your networks.
Cheers,
Rosario
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Dear all,
I’m writing on behalf of faculty member Shereen Hassan at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. Dr. Hassan is looking for a contributor to author a chapter in a much-anticipated, Canada-focused, Introduction to Criminology openly-licensed textbook. The chapter that requires an author is:
1. Media and Crime
2.
Please see Dr. Hassan’s letter below and circulate this Call for Authors widely. This is a paid opportunity and would come with a $500 honorarium.
If interested, or you would like more please reach out to Dr. Shereen Hassan at shereen.hassan(a)kpu.ca<mailto:shereen.hassan@kpu.ca> by Wednesday, July 7, 2021.
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I hope that this email finds you well. My name is Dr. Shereen Hassan and I am an SFU criminology alumni. I completed my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Simon Verdun-Jones in 2010. I am now a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in the Criminology department and have been here for almost 17 years.
I am reaching out about an opportunity to contribute to an Open Education Resource for the Introduction to Criminology course. This text will be the first of its kind in Canadian Criminology and is unique as it seeks to incorporate Indigenous knowledge, history and content in a way that Criminology texts to date have failed to do. There are authors from several universities, including Simon Fraser University, the University of the Fraser Valley, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, the University of Winnipeg, as well as other institutions in B.C. and elsewhere, so it's quite a collaborative effort!
I am still looking for authors in the area of Media and Crime.
We are flexible on deadlines, and we are hoping to have a draft by the end of summer. This text is an introductory text, so the idea here is to provide a brief overview, but to also address how theories and principles in this area of research relate to Indigenous principles, Indigenous peoples, and/or Indigenous issues in some way, wherever possible. We have asked authors to keep the chapters short (approximately 4000 words) or as close to that as possible.
It would be a wonderful honour to have you contribute to this important project.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
All the best,
Shereen Hassan, PhD
Criminology Faculty
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Dear all,
I’m writing on behalf of faculty member Shereen Hassan at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. Dr. Hassan is looking for contributors to author two chapters in a much-anticipated, Canada-focused, Introduction to Criminology openly-licensed textbook. The two outstanding chapters that require authors are:
1. Methods/Measuring Crime
2. Environmental Criminology
Please see Dr. Hassan’s letter below and circulate this Call for Authors widely. This is a paid opportunity and would come with a $500 honorarium.
If interested, or you would like more information, please reach out to Dr. Shereen Hassan at shereen.hassan(a)kpu.ca<mailto:shereen.hassan@kpu.ca> by Friday, May 21, 2021.
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I hope that this email finds you well. My name is Dr. Shereen Hassan and I am an SFU criminology alumni. I completed my PhD under the supervision of Dr. Simon Verdun-Jones in 2010. I am now a faculty member at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in the Criminology department and have been here for almost 17 years.
I am reaching out about an opportunity to contribute to an Open Education Resource for the Introduction to Criminology course. This text will be the first of its kind in Canadian Criminology and is unique as it seeks to incorporate Indigenous knowledge, history and content in a way that Criminology texts to date have failed to do. Dr. Gail Anderson has contributed in the area of biological explanations of crime, and Dr. Zachary Rowan and Michaela McGuire have co-authored a chapter on learning theories. There are authors from several other universities in B.C. and elsewhere, so it's quite a collaborative effort!
I am still looking for authors in the area of (1) Environmental Criminology and (2) Measuring Crime and Methods. For environmental Criminology, we were hoping this chapter could begin with a discussion of the classical school and from that, stem into rational choice/choice theories to include also routine activities and other theories falling under this umbrella. The methods chapter should cover UCR, GSS and self-report surveys. It will also be necessary to introduce the idea of statistics, surveys, etc., as one method of measuring crime, but also talk about how qualitative inquiry is important for measuring things like perceptions of crime, severity, etc. A basic introduction to the various methods that criminologists use could be weaved into this chapter. Key methods concepts briefly defined here would include: empirical, qualitative and quantitative, sampling, reliability, validity, deductive and inductive, correlation, case studies and experiments. A detailed discussion of Indigenous methodologies, including but not limited to oral history, would be instrumental, as well as a contextual background for students to better understand the statistics which demonstrate the overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in crime statistics.
We are flexible on deadlines, and we are hoping to have a draft by the end of summer. This text is an introductory text, so the idea here is to provide a brief overview, but to also address this theoretical framework's application to Indigenous principles, Indigenous peoples, Indigenous issues in some way, wherever possible. We have asked authors to keep the chapters short (approximately 4000 words) or as close to that as possible.
It would be a wonderful honour to have you contribute to this important project.
I look forward to hearing back from you.
All the best,
Shereen Hassan, PhD
Criminology Faculty
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Hello fellow Open Educators,
I know some of you are working with LaTeX on your open textbooks…. So you might find this information helpful. See below.
Cheers,
Rosario
From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces(a)lists.bccampus.ca> On Behalf Of Arianna Cheveldave
Sent: April 1, 2021 9:49 AM
To: canadaoer(a)lists.bccampus.ca
Subject: [Canadaoer] BCcampus LaTeX Learning Community
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Dear colleagues,
In collaboration with open-education librarians in B.C., BCcampus is happy to announce the newly formed LaTeX Learning Community<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…>, which began providing one-hour drop-in sessions last month. These sessions provide assistance to a broad range of users tackling LaTeX<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopentextb…> in Pressbooks, from beginners to experienced users.
While these sessions are limited to members of the B.C. and Yukon post-secondary systems, each session will be recorded and posted in BCcampus's Events Archives<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbccampus.…>. A recording of the first (March 17, 2021<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopentextb…>) drop-in session is now available. To complement the recordings, a new LaTeX Questions Answered<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopentextb…> section has been added to the BCcampus Pressbooks Guide<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fopentextb…>.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
Best,
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca.linked…> • Pronouns: She/her
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
Hi there fellow open educators!
This is really short notice, but some of you might be interested in this event:
From: Tim Hawk <tim.hawk(a)hypothes.is>
Sent: March 18, 2021 1:08 PM
To: Rosario Passos <Rosario_Passos(a)bcit.ca>
Subject: Liquid Margins Show with Trent U and eCampusOntario
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Hello Rosario,
I realize this is a short notice, but want to share that educators from Trent University and eCampusOntario will be our Hypothes.is "Liquid Margins" tomorrow!
And, you are invited to this free show as we will be discussing how they've been making student reading active, visible, and social using collaborative annotation. The show starts at 12 Noon EST/9AM PST.
If you are interested here is a link to RSVP<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhypothes-…>. Please share with your colleagues!
Also, here is a quick background, Hypothes.is<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhypothes-…> is a tool for social annotation that's easy to add to any learning management system.
· Teachers can enable social annotation on specific readings
· Students do not need to install anything, or sign up for or log in to separate accounts
· Teachers can grade annotations with gradebook integration
Please join the show and learn more.
Kind regards,
Tim
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Tim Hawk
Senior Director
617-259-6118
Dear colleagues,
BCcampus, in partnership with Vretta<https://www.vretta.com/ordering.html> and the Manitoba Open Textbook Initiative<https://openedmb.ca/>, is surveying Canadian post-secondary institutions about their knowledge about/adoption of/suggested improvements to the distribution of OpenStax’s hardbound books in Canada<https://bccampus.ca/2021/02/23/hard-back-openstax-books-come-to-canada/>, and the usage of and need for printed open textbooks in general. Faculty, librarians, bookstore staff, and students are invited to participate in the Canadian Distribution of OpenStax hardcover textbooks<https://sfu-bccampus.cmail20.com/t/d-l-qcjdty-ehldhkki-jl/> survey. All responses are anonymous. Final results will be shared out later this year.
Regards,
Lauri Aesoph
Arianna Cheveldave
Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
Email: acheveldave(a)bccampus.ca<mailto:acheveldave@bccampus.ca> • LinkedIn: ariannacheveldave<https://ca.linkedin.com/in/arianna-cheveldave> • Pronouns: She/her
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I acknowledge that the land I live, work, and play on is the unceded territory of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. I thank them for their hospitality.
Dear colleagues,
Registration for the KPU Open Education Research Institute 2021 is now open. See below and the attached PDF for more information about this exciting opportunity for new and emerging open education researchers.
Dates: Monday, May 3 | Wednesday, May 5 | Friday, May 7
Time: 9am – 12pm (PST)
Program Description: As open education initiatives mature, it is imperative to investigate their impacts whether it be to advocate for institutional support or to iterate, innovate and further advance the goal of equitable access. For this reason, open education research is becoming an important facet within a healthy and thriving open ecosystem. This three-day Open Education Research Institute (OERI) provides an opportunity for new and emerging researchers interested in open educational practices to deepen their knowledge and sharpen their skillset while connecting with other researchers and joining a Provincial mentorship network.
Learning Outcomes:
Participants will
* receive an overview of existing research on open educational practices, including a special focus on research conducted in or by researchers in British Columbia.
* learn about different theoretical and methodological frameworks for research in open education
* receive guidance on practical issues such as preparing applications for ethical review of their research projects and publishing their work in open access journals or repositories
* work in affinity groups to draft and revise their research questions and be paired with an experienced researcher, who will serve as their mentor for the following year.
The OERI is jointly funded by KPU's Office of Open Education and BCcampus. While there will be no cost to register for the event, registration is required for planning and logistics.
To maintain a fruitful experience for participants, registration is limited. To cultivate a research community here is BC, priority will be given to registrants at BC institutions.
For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.kpu.ca/open/oeri
The full program will be published in April 2021.
For questions, please contact Rajiv Jhangiani and Urooj Nizami at open(a)kpu.ca.
