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Open Scholarship in Practice seminar explores inclusive intersections between research and pedagogy
By Zachary Foote and Leonora Crema on October 23, 2017
UBC faculty and students gathered at the Open Scholarship in Practice seminar, held in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre’s Lillooet Room on September 29, to learn more about nascent technologies and innovative teaching approaches that encourage open scholarship. Advocates of open scholarship spent the day engaging the audience about what works – and what […] Read More...
Canvas Commons: Open Resource Sharing Made Easy – December 11, 2017
By Rie Namba on October 18, 2017
Canvas Commons is UBC’s new learning object repository that enables instructors to find, import, and share resources with UBC and the public. A worldwide library full of open educational content, the Canvas Commons allow UBC users to discover and find a broad range of subject specific resources from course design elements to problems sets. Join […] Read More...
Tension and Risk in Open Scholarship: A Conversation: October 26, 2017
By Rie Namba on September 28, 2017
We use “open” as though it is free of ideology, ignoring how much “openness,” particularly as it’s used by technologists, is closely intertwined with “meritocracy” — this notion, a false one, that “open” wipes away inequalities, institutions, biases, history, that “open” “levels the playing field.” -Audrey Waters, From Open to Justice Spurred by the need […] Read More...
Small TLEF call for proposals open; 2018 Priority Focus on OER
By Heather McCabe on September 13, 2017
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 […] Read More...
Open Scholarship in Practice – September 29, 2017
By Rie Namba on September 12, 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 Read More...
Science Literacy Week Wikipedia Edit-a-thon – September 18 12:00 – 3:00 PM
By Rie Namba on September 12, 2017
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. Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to make open content accessible
By Emi Sasagawa on July 28, 2017
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. Read More...
UBC Open Textbook Adoption Snapshot
By Rie Namba on July 18, 2017
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... Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to do open courses
By Emi Sasagawa on May 30, 2017
Gregor Kiczales, professor of computer science and Senior Advisor for Digital Learning Strategy, has been doing open since before it was called open... Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to use social pedagogies and the web as an educator
By Emi Sasagawa on April 4, 2017
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... Read More...