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Live Now! Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back
By Leila Malkin on April 12, 2024
Missed Dr. Cory Doctorow's Open Education Week talk, Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back? A video recording is now available. Read More...
UBC OER Excellence and Impact Award Recipients Announced
By Will Engle on April 3, 2024
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, at UBC Vancouver recently announced the recipients of the inaugural UBC Open Education Resources (OER) Excellence and Impact Awards. These awards recognize outstanding work by faculty who materially advance the use and impact of open educational resources in credit courses at UBC. Recipients were selected based on […] Read More...
Open Education Practices – Free Virtual Conference – OEP2024
By Erin Fields on April 2, 2024
Registration is open for OEP@TWU 2024! Read More...
The Possibility of New Futures: Dreaming with Open Education – March 20
By Will Engle on February 29, 2024
Please join us virtually on March 6th at 4pm PST for the first of three talks related to the David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education. This session will focus on Open Education, exploring how you can use and create open educational materials for use in your classes. Read More...
Join us! Open Education Week 2024
By Leila Malkin on February 29, 2024
Join us for Open Education Week 2024! Read More...
Attend the Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on March 12
By Will Engle on February 27, 2024
A 2011 survey by the Wikimedia Foundation found that fewer than 10% of Wikipedia contributors identified as women. In 2014, Art + Feminism was launched by librarians, artists, curators, and educators to correct the gender imbalance in Wikipedia contributors and content. Since then, the project has grown worldwide. This year, the UBC Morris and Helen Belkin […] Read More...
Beyond the Classroom: Promoting and Supporting EDI in Health Care Education with Open Education
By Leila Malkin on February 13, 2024
Beyond the Classroom is a Q&A series where ALT-2040 project teams share their thoughts and experiences leading learning transformation at UBC Okanagan. This Q&A features: Lead Applicant: Dr. Zoë Soon Project: Development of Open Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology Instructor and Student Resources that Promote and Support EDI in Health Care Education Read More...
AMS Announces Call for 2024 Nominations for OER Champions
By Kamil Kanji on February 6, 2024
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is proud to announce a call for for students and other members of the UBC community to nominate UBC OER Champions — the faculty, staff, and administrators who dedicate their time contributing to the use of open educational resources (OER) at UBC. The significant costs associated with learning materials have […] Read More...
Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series: The Practices of Indigenous Knowledge in Open Educational Resources
By Leila Malkin on January 26, 2024
The Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series is focused on building knowledge, supporting a space for discussion, and engaging both theoretically and practically on how open education (OE) and Indigenous Knowledges can intersect in a respectful way. Read More...
A Conversation on Open Educational Resources
By Will Engle on November 15, 2023
Watch a conversation between AMS Vice-President, Academic and University Affairs, Kamil Kanji and UBC Vancouver VP & AVP Teaching and Learning, pro tem, Dr. Christina Hendricks, about OER. Read More...