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Join Us! Fair Dealing Week

By Erin Fields on January 26, 2022 in Events, Updates

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines.

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Live Now! Open Scholarship in Practice Recordings

By Erin Fields on November 12, 2021 in Events, Slider, Updates

Missed Open Scholarship in Practice? Catch-up with video recordings of the sessions.

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Registration for POSE is now Open!

By Rie Namba on November 9, 2021 in Events, Slider, Updates

We are excited to announce that the next session of POSE will run again from January to April 2022. Please register to join us!

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OER in STEM: Opportunities & Challenges

By Dr. Agnes d’Entremont on November 8, 2021 in Profiles, Updates

Open resources can be an important tool for reducing student textbook costs. Dr. Agnes d’Entremont from UBC Mechanical Engineering explains why it’s harder to develop or adapt them for STEM — and the opportunities if we do.

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OER Fund(ed): Using Open Educational Resources to Support Student Learning Inside and Outside of Class

By Will Engle on November 1, 2021 in Profiles, Updates

Jonathan Verret received a 2019/20 OER Implementation Grant for a project that resulted in the creation of a “Foundations of Chemical and Biological Engineering” open textbook. This resource, which provides an introduction to foundational topics of chemical engineering…

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Open Scholarship in Practice: Join us November 2-6 for a week of workshops and webinars thatwill transform the way you create and share your research.

Join Us! Open Scholarship in Practice 2021

By Erin Fields on October 20, 2021 in Events, Updates

Join us for webinars and presentations exploring the practice of open scholarship.

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OER Fund(ed): Bringing culture and community to online language learning

By Will Engle on October 12, 2021 in Profiles, UBCV, Updates

Last year, Dr. Mark Turin and other faculty members from the UBC Himalaya Program received an Open Education Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation Grant for their proposal: Nepali and Tibetan Language in a Community Context. The resulting project created two OER courses, developed by UBC Himalaya Program and Asian Studies language instructors Binod Shrestha (Nepali) and […]

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2021/22 Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants

By Will Engle on September 22, 2021 in Funding Updates, Slider, UBCV, Updates

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBCV, is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply funding to support the use of OER in UBCV courses.

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AMS Announces Call for 2021 Nominations for OER Champions

By Eshana Bhangu on September 15, 2021 in Events, UBCV, Updates

The AMS is excited to announce a call to nominate and honour OER Champions — those members of the UBC community who foster open education at UBC.

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Open UBC Snapshot 2021: Open Strategies for Remote Teaching and Learning

By Will Engle on May 10, 2021 in Open UBC Snapshot, Reports, UBCV, Updates

The 2020/21 academic year brought a transition to remote learning and delivery of online courses. This transition, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, exposed the importance of student ease of access to textbooks and other course materials. One strategy for ensuring students had barrier free access to learning materials was the use of open educational resources […]

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