Hi all
There are a few events listed below worth noting planned for Open Access week<http://www.openaccessweek.org/> which takes place October 21-27. All are welcome. Note: you need to register for the Decolonize Open afternoon. We hope to see you there! You can keep up with how KPU is celebrating Open Access week by monitoring our events page at https://www.kpu.ca/library/Open_Access.
1. Can we Decolonize Open? An Open Access Week Event at KPU Richmond
Join Langara, Kwantlen, BCIT, SFU, and UBC for an exciting half-day celebration of Open Access Week (Oct 21-27, 2019). This year’s theme from SPARC is Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge. Our keynote speaker, Jessie Loyer, will explore this question alongside participants through the lens of decolonization. The conversation will continue with local panelists engaged in open knowledge work.
Light refreshments will be served courtesy of our partner BCcampus<https://bccampus.ca/>. All are welcome.
Date: Tuesday, October 22 2019
Time: 12:30pm-1pm (check-in); 1pm-4pm (program)
Place: Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 8771 Lansdowne Road, Richmond BC; Wilson School of Design, room 4900
Cost: Free! Registration required<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScD_hrXdrCfPgVUj2AN-aOPrXJDxUppgRX…>.
Summary of Jessie’s talk
Sometimes when folks are in the midst of a monumental, feel-good shift, they fail to realize who has been excluded from that space. Librarians and scholars have been advocating the ideals of open access for many years and have seen the exciting changes the movement creates for public knowledge. Yet we rarely think about whose voices are absent and the structures of power that limit this project. Together, we’ll query our positionality in these spaces, and consider how the politics of refusal and an ethic of care might intersect to complicate the open access movement, potentially creating futurities of reciprocity. If rethought as a tool of resurgence, open access can support justice.
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2. Intro to Open Science & Open Access (Student Directed Presentations)
Kicking off Open Access Week 2019, join us for a presentation about Open Science and Open Access. Learn about the benefits of open science practices such as pre-registering your hypotheses and sharing your data and research materials in open repositories. We will discuss the academic publishing process, sharing your pre- and postprints, and resources and other supports available to you at KPU, such as our institutional repository KORA. The talk will focus on practical steps that (student) researchers can take at KPU that will help make their work more visible, transparent, and rigorous.
Date: October 21, 2019
Time: 7:00-8:30 pm
Place: Surrey Conference Centre (Cedar 1205C)
All are welcome!
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Good afternoon everyone,
I am delighted to share some updated statistics with you from our Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative:
* We have now crossed $3.1 million in student savings. In the first year of the program (2018) we exceeded $1 million in savings whereas this year we have exceeded $2 million.
* The ZTC initiative now includes six credentials based on more than 700 unique courses that are taught by more than 300 instructors.
To view the data dashboard and learn more about our six ZTC programs, visit https://www.kpu.ca/open/ztc
Many thanks to Andrea Mah and Jasmine Marahar, student assistants who have been working on collecting and verifying these data.
Cheers,
Rajiv
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Associate Vice Provost, Open Education
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Dear colleagues,
I am delighted to share the news that we have just received a BCcampus Open Education Sustainability Grant<https://open.bccampus.ca/call-for-proposals/open-education-sustainability-g…>. This grant provides us with an additional $32,250 in funds over the next two years, support which will allow us to:
* enhance and further professionalize our Open Publishing Suite<https://www.kpu.ca/library/OPUS> by adding support for graphic design/layout, LaTeX authoring (e.g., for equations in Math, Physics, etc.), and a pre-publication peer review program for open textbooks published at KPU
* enhance our open education research capacity by establishing an annual Open Education Research Fellowship and host an annual Open Education Research Institute in partnership with the Office of Research Services (details to follow soon)
* expand our Open Pedagogy Fellowship program<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship> that focuses on the UN’s sustainable development goals
* developing a suite of resources and guides that will support our colleagues and the broader open education community
For more information read the BCcampus press release at https://urls.bccampus.ca/6mp
I look forward to sharing details of these and other new forms of support that will soon be available to the KPU community.
Warm regards,
Rajiv
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Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (pronouns: he/him)
Associate Vice Provost, Open Education
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Open Pedagogy<http://openpedagogy.org/> is an access-oriented commitment to learner-driven education and a process of designing architectures and using tools for learning that enable students to shape the public knowledge commons of which they are a part.
Open pedagogy in practice can include creating, adapting, or updating open educational resources with students, building course policies, outcomes, assignments, rubrics, and schedules of work collaboratively with students, or facilitating student-created and student-controlled learning environments such as Domain of One’s Own<https://reclaimhosting.com/domain-of-ones-own/>.
In 2018, KPU ran two cohorts of an interdisciplinary Faculty Learning Community (FLC) on Open Pedagogy (one face-to-face and one virtual). Each group explored a variety of open educational practices that go far beyond open textbooks and critically examined ways in which students and faculty can use open resources, open licensing, and open tools to work together to design powerful and authentic learning experiences. Each group read and annotated a single article and then met for a biweekly discussion.
This Fall, KPU is proud to partner with Keene State College<https://www.keene.edu/> in Keene, New Hampshire for an inter-institutional virtual FLC on Open Pedagogy. The FLC will meet biweekly on Mondays at 1:30pm Pacific Time (4:30pm Eastern Time) on the following dates: October 7, October 21, November 4, November 18, December 2, & December 16. The FLC will be co-facilitated by Karen Cangialosi (Professor of Biology & Open Education Faculty Fellow, Keene State College) and Rajiv Jhangiani (Associate Vice Provost, Open Education, Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and will be limited to 10 participants from each institution. Participants are expected to attend all of the sessions.
To express your interest in joining the FLC please complete the webform at: https://www.kpu.ca/open/flc
Thank you!
Rajiv
Congrats! This is really exciting news.
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From: Openkpu <openkpu-bounces(a)mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Arleigh Reichl <arleigh.reichl(a)kpu.ca>
Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at 3:51 PM
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Subject: [Openkpu] Publication of Kwantlen Psychology Student Journal
Dear open education community,
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of the Kwantlen Psychology Student Journal (KPSJ). KPSJ is an open access, online journal showcasing the excellent work of KPU Psychology undergraduates.
https://journals.kpu.ca/index.php/KPSJ
This was an incredible team effort, and I want to express my deepest gratitude to our amazing student and faculty team.
https://journals.kpu.ca/index.php/KPSJ/about/editorialTeam
KPSJ was generously supported with an Open Educational Resources Grant from KPU.
We welcome any feedback, or requests for more information.
Sincerely,
Arleigh Reichl, PhD
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Dear open education community,
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural issue of the Kwantlen Psychology Student Journal (KPSJ). KPSJ is an open access, online journal showcasing the excellent work of KPU Psychology undergraduates.
https://journals.kpu.ca/index.php/KPSJ
This was an incredible team effort, and I want to express my deepest gratitude to our amazing student and faculty team.
https://journals.kpu.ca/index.php/KPSJ/about/editorialTeam
KPSJ was generously supported with an Open Educational Resources Grant from KPU.
We welcome any feedback, or requests for more information.
Sincerely,
Arleigh Reichl, PhD
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Arleigh James Reichl, PhD
Faculty, Department of Psychology; Policy Studies
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Hello Everyone,
Below is a list of the latest at BCcampus OpenEd.
New books added to the B.C. Open Textbook Collection
* Technical Writing Essentials<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=83…> by University of Victoria professor, Suzan Last, is designed to introduce readers to the basics of professional communications in technical fields: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills.
* Introduction to Psychology (University of Saskatchewan)<https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/find-open-textbooks/?uuid=9e…> by Jorden Cummings and Lee Sanders, is a combination of original content and materials compiled and adapted from a number of open textbooks. This new version includes a Key Terms list for each chapter, an expanded glossary, and H5P chapter self-tests.
Support resource update
* The Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> now includes a section on open education in all provinces and territories in Canada
We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SME) from B.C. or other parts of Canada to review textbooks being considered for the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. See the list of Books open for review by Canadian faculty<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/front-matter/b-c-open-textbook-collecti…>. Contact bookreviews(a)bccampus.ca if you are interested in providing an SME review.
Help us identify the gaps
Contact opentext(a)bccampus.ca if you would like to see open textbooks made available for specific subject areas in the B.C. Open Textbook Collection<https://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/>. In particular, we'd like to hear of topics in these areas: business, early childhood education (ECE), health, STEM (science, technology, engineering, math), and trades.
For the most current open education information, look at these continuously updated directories.
* Information Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/openedinfo/> - Research, articles, blogs, and books related to open education in Canada, the U.S., and Global North, and Global South regions
* OER by Discipline Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/oerdiscipline/> - Lists a wide range of OER by discipline. It acts as a referatory with the resource name and link, its licence, and a short description. Discipline-specific collections are also included.
* Post-Secondary Directory<https://opentextbc.ca/postsecondary/> - An inventory of all things open for each post-secondary institution in B.C., and the provinces and territories in Canada
Best regards,
The OpenEd team at BCcampus
Lauri Aesoph
Manager, Open Education
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