Congratulations! | Deirdre Maultsaid & Jeannette Paschen Join the Office of Open Education in recognizing Deirdre Maultsaid (School of Business) on receiving the 2021 Open Education Research Fellowship. Deirdre will undertake invaluable research on the ethic of care in open pedagogical practices. [Diagram Description automatically generated with medium confidence] For more information about the OE Research Fellowship, please visit: https://www.kpu.ca/open/research-fellowship New and emerging researchers interested in open educational practices, register for the inaugural Open Education Research Institute (OERI) by visiting: https://www.kpu.ca/open/oeri Congratulations to Jeannette Paschen (School of Business) on receiving an OER Adaptation Grant to create a test-bank of questions using open pedagogy principles for Fundamentals of Business in Canada.<https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/businessfuncdn/> These ancillary resources will surely aid in the adoption of this open textbook. At KPU alone this project has the potential to benefit over 1500 student per year in BUSI 1110. In 2019, 43 sections of BUSI 1110 were offered with up to 35 students in each section. [A red box with a person's face on it Description automatically generated with medium confidence] For more information and to apply for OER Grants, please visit: https://www.kpu.ca/open/grants. The next deadline for submitting an adaptation and creation grant is May 3, 2021. Apply anytime for an adoption grant! Best, [logo gif] Urooj Nizami; MISt, MA (she/her) Open Education Strategist, Office of Open Education Kwantlen Polytechnic University e urooj.nizami@kpu.ca<mailto:urooj.nizami@kpu.ca> w www.kpu.ca/open<http://www.kpu.ca/open> Subscribe to the KPU Open listserv here<https://lists.bccampus.ca/mailman/listinfo/openkpu> Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential or legally privileged. If you received this message in error or are not the intended recipient, please destroy the e-mail message and any attachments or copies. At KPU, we work, study, and live in a region south of the Fraser River which overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semihamoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlen peoples.