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Open Scholarship in Practice – September 29, 2017

Open Scholarship in Practice – September 29, 2017


“Open scholarship, which encompasses open access, open data, open educational resources, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is changing how knowledge is created and shared.” – Association of Research Libraries
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Science Literacy Week Wikipedia Edit-a-thon – September 18 12:00 – 3:00 PM


To celebrate National Science Literacy Week, September 18-25, UBC will be hosting a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon focused on adding more content to Wikipedia about Canadian Science and Scientists.
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Open Dialogues: How to make open content accessible


The open education movement has helped people access content that they would otherwise not be able to view or interact with. Open education resources reduce costs for students and allow for greater flexibility for instructors.
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UBC Open Textbook Adoption Snapshot


Since 2011, at least 46,000 UBC students have been impacted by a range of open educational practices, including 16,450 who have been enrolled…
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Open Dialogues: How to do open courses


Gregor Kiczales, professor of computer science and Senior Advisor for Digital Learning Strategy, has been doing open since before it was called open…