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Call for Applications for Open Educational Resource Grants

By Will Engle on September 13, 2020

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC community to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Rapid Innovation and Implementation Grants. The UBC Vancouver OER Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund in 2019, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Judy Chan

By Amanda Gray on September 11, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Joel Feldman

By Rie Namba on August 28, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Open Dialogues: Daniel Heath Justice on Decolonizing Open

By Will Engle and Valeria De La Vega on August 19, 2020

Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, a professor in the Department of First Nations and Indigenous Studies and Canada Research Chair, states that if "people are interested in decolonizing open education, they have a lot of work to do. It's not just a matter of inclusion; it's questioning the very foundations of what knowledge is. [Not only] in the Academy, but also in society. And thinking very much about how power informs, influences, and limits the possibility of a much more humane and just approach to learning to knowledge and understanding." Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Uma Kumar

By Rie Namba on August 14, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Agnes d’Entremont

By Rie Namba on July 31, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Gregor Kiczales

By Rie Namba on July 17, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – M.V. Ramana

By Rie Namba on June 26, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

Chatting with Champions Interview Series – Siobhán McElduff

By Rie Namba on June 12, 2020

Welcome back for another mini interview with one of the 2019 AMS OER Champions to hear more about their project(s), why Open is important to them, some of the challenges they faced along the way, and what advice they have to offer. These interviews were done via email, and this interview was conducted before the […] Read More...

UBC Library – Open Education Impact & Activity Report

By Rie Namba on June 3, 2020

A brief open education impact and activity report from UBC Library for September 2019-April 2020. Read More...