Rie Namba

Educational Resources Developer at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology

UBC Canvas API User Community

By Rie Namba on May 28, 2018 in Examples:Code

The UCB Canvas API User Community is a community of people on working and sharing API scripts via GitHub for Canvas at UBC.

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Fostering Student-Created Knowledge

By Rie Namba on April 9, 2018 in Uncategorized

Janette Bulkan, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, is initiating student-led projects on the UBC Wiki, an open-source platform, to facilitate students as producers of knowledge.

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Open Dialogues: Using wiki pages to advance student-created knowledge

By Abigail Saxton on April 9, 2018 in Profiles, UBCV, Updates

Students in the Faculty of Forestry are no strangers to producing engaging content surrounding natural resources management — the medium is changing though. Janette Bulkan, Assistant Professor for Indigenous Studies in the Faculty of Forestry, is initiating student-led projects on the UBC Wiki, an open-source platform, to facilitate students as producers of knowledge.

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2018 Open Scholarship In Practice – May 2, 2018

By Rie Namba on April 9, 2018 in Events, UBCV, Updates

Open scholarship, which encompasses open science, open access, open data, open education, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is transforming how knowledge is created and shared. Join us for a full day of hands-on workshops.

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New UBC Library Grant for Open Textbook and OER Creation and Use

By michelle blackwell on February 21, 2018 in Funding Updates, UBCV, Updates

UBC Library to support faculty in creating open textbooks and open educational resources through 1-year grant project

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2018 Open Education Week Events

By Rie Namba on February 16, 2018 in Events, UBCV, Updates

Open Education Week, March 5-9, 2018, is an international event whose goal is to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in teaching and learning. Each year, as part of Open Education Week, UBC showcases diverse events highlighting areas of open teaching and learning. These events include discussion forums, lectures, seminars, workshops, […]

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a group of people working to improve the Wikipedia at the Art and Feminism event

Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

By Rie Namba on February 7, 2018 in Assignment & Projects, Examples:Education

Art+Feminism is a campaign improving coverage of cis and transgender women, feminism and the arts on Wikipedia. From coffee shops and community centers to the largest museums and universities in the world, Art+Feminism is a do-it-yourself and do-it-with-others campaign

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Engaging and Supporting Students in Open Pedagogy

By Rie Namba on January 29, 2018 in Uncategorized

For David Gaertner, it is important that his students have the opportunity to create work with a broader impact, that can live beyond the classroom walls.

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Open Dialogues: How to engage and support students in open pedagogies

By Wendy Chan on January 29, 2018 in Profiles, UBCV, Updates

For David Gaertner, it is important that his students have the opportunity to create work with a broader impact, that can live beyond the classroom walls. “A big part of my pedagogy is getting students to think outside the limitations of the university,” explains Gaertner, an instructor in First Nations and Indigenous Studies. Rather […]

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Use of Open Resources Continues to Increase

By Rie Namba on January 9, 2018 in Uncategorized

Since 2011, more than 47,000 UBC students have enrolled in courses that used open resources instead of traditional textbooks. At least $4.7 to $6.7 million dollars have been saved by UBC students in these courses and these figures are increasing.

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