An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education. As we head closer to Open Education Week (Mar 6-10), here’s what UBC has planned! Also, be sure to check out Open Education Week events that are happening all over the world!
Open Carefully: Pursuing Open with an Ethic of Care
Date: Monday, March 6, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Online
Open practices offer so much: reduced financial burden in accessing materials, broader availability of research for more kinds of scholars, and unparalleled opportunities to make learning materials relevant and contextual for learners. But in a moment where teaching and learning professionals are focusing on pandemic-era questions of care, where does open fit in? Is open “enough,” or are there ways to expand our understanding of openness to embrace a broader vision of access, inclusion, and care-centred pedagogy? In this talk, Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray discusses the accessibility, ethical, and care-centred concerns that emerge in open practice, and offers some solutions for approaching the work with an ethic of care.
Brenna Clarke Gray (she/her/hers) is Coordinator, Educational Technologies at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia. Her research interests include the history and future of open tenure processes, the role of care and care work in the practice of educational technology, and scholarly podcasting. Prior to her transition to faculty support, she spent nine years as a community college English professor and comics scholar. Brenna has published extensively on Canadian comics and representations of Canada in mainstream American comic books. She holds a PhD in Canadian literature from the University of New Brunswick. Outside of the academy’s walls, Brenna co-hosts Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr, a podcast about young adult literature and film adaptation, and pretends at the role of a public intellectual on her Twitter, @brennacgray.
Indigenous Knowledges in Open Education
Date: Monday, March 13, 2023
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Online
Presenters:
- Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous Programs and Services Librarian, Xwi7xwa Library, UBC, and program manager librarian for Indigitization
- Donna Langille, Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian, UBC Okanagan
- Tashia Kootenayoo, past President of the University of British Columbia Students’ Union Okanagan
- Brad Wuetherick, Associate Provost, Academic Programs, Teaching and Learning, UBC Okanagan
Description: Many conversations around open education (OE) focus on a Eurocentric framework of copyright and intellectual property rights that are sometimes in tension with Indigenous knowledge systems. Kayla Lar-Son will explore some of the concerns around OER and Indigenous Knowledges and discuss the 6R’s of Indigenous OER, exploring tools, principles, and practices for engaging with Indigenous communities. Additionally, presenters will discuss an ‘in the works’ edited volume which centres Indigenous ways of knowing, culture, experiences, and worldviews within the work of open education pedagogy and advocacy work.
Additional Open Education Week Sessions
Copyright and Licensing in Open Educational Resources
Date: Monday, March 6, 2023
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Location: Online
Open Education 101
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am
Location: Online
Finding and Using Open Educational Resources
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Location: Online
Creating Accessible Open Educational Resources (OER): What Makes Content Accessible?
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00 pm
Location: Online
Publishing a book with Pressbooks – An Introduction
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Time: 11:00am – 12:00 pm
Location: Online
Open Pedagogy: Using the UBC Wiki to Enhance Student Learning through Open Assignments
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Online
Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education
Date: Monday, March 13, 2023
Time: 11:00am – 12:00 pm
Location: Online
Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Time: 10:00am – 12:00 pm
Location: Online
