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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...
Open Education Week 2017
By Rie Namba on February 21, 2017
Open Education Week, March 27-31, 2017, is an international event whose goal is to highlight how open education can help people meet their goals in teaching and learning. Each year, as part of Open Education Week, UBC showcases... Read More...
Minister of Advanced Education Visits UBC Class to Talk Open Textbooks
By Emi Sasagawa on February 17, 2017
Advanced Education Minister Andrew Wilkinson visited a social psychology class at UBC on February 10, to talk to students about how they have benefitted from the use of open textbooks... Read More...
Open UBC Snapshots: Textbook Displacements by Open Resources
By Will Engle on December 10, 2016
Open UBC Snapshots is a new resource that will quantify and explore emerging trends in open educational practices at UBC... Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to Engage with a New Generation of Learners
By Emi Sasagawa on November 8, 2016
If you google “video game law” the first entry directs you to a UBC course website for Law 423B. The course, first taught five years ago, started out as a conventional law course... Read More...