Small TLEF call for proposals open; 2018 Priority Focus on OER
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic is inviting proposals from faculty, staff and students for Small TLEF Project Grants (under $50,000). One of the priority focus areas for 2018 is the development or integration of open educational resources that are intended to be used in a course, multiple courses within a program, or across […]
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
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.
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.
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…
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…
Open Dialogues: How to use social pedagogies and the web as an educator
Scholarly practice is a word that’s usually tied to research and publications, but that doesn’t have to be all that it is. You can also do scholarly practice in more informal ways…
Open Education Week 2017
Open Education Week, March 27-31, 2017, 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…
Minister of Advanced Education Visits UBC Class to Talk Open Textbooks
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson visited a social psychology class at UBC on February 10, to talk to students about how they have benefitted from the use of open textbooks…
Open UBC Snapshots: Textbook Displacements by Open Resources
Open UBC Snapshots is a new resource that will quantify and explore emerging trends in open educational practices at UBC…
