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UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report – 2022/2023
By Leila Malkin on July 5, 2023
A highlight of UBC Library's combined impact on open educational practices at UBC for 2022/2023. Read More...
Replicability, Generalizability, and the ManyClasses Approach to Open Science
By Will Engle on June 21, 2023
In this recorded talk, Dr. Ben Motz, an assistant professor at Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, ties different themes of open scholarship together. Read More...
2023 Summer OER Accessibility Clinics
By Will Engle on May 23, 2023
Are you working on an OER Fund project or developing and incorporating open educational resources (OER) into your teaching and learning? Do you have specific questions on how to format your OER to be accessible for all learners? Drop-in to an online OER Accessibility clinic to chat with specialists about how to design or adapt […] Read More...
Live Now! Open Carefully: Pursuing Open with an Ethic of Care
By Leila Malkin on March 16, 2023
Missed Dr. Brenna Clarke Gray's Open Education Week talk, Open Carefully: Pursuing Open with an Ethic of Care? A video recording is now available. Read More...
Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) 2023
By Rachel Lee on February 22, 2023
The Program for Open Scholarship and Education (POSE) is an online three month flexible and blended program that will help you develop foundational knowledge of Open Scholarship, Open Education, and Open Research. In POSE, we’ll be exploring how open copyright licenses, collaborative practices, and networked technologies have the potential to lower barriers to knowledge by making the […] Read More...
Join Us! Fair Dealing Week 2023
By Leila Malkin on February 10, 2023
Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week is an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. It is designed to highlight and promote the opportunities presented by fair use and fair dealing, celebrate successful stories, and explain these doctrines. Read More...Join us! Open Education Week 2023
By Leila Malkin on February 9, 2023
Join us for Open Education Week 2023 (Mar 6-10)! Read More...
Creating Accessible OER Workshop Series
By Will Engle on February 1, 2023
Join us for a series of workshops about how to design or adapt OER so they are more accessible for all learners. We’ll explore different content types, formats, and examine how layout/format choices affect different users. Read More...
UBC Library research project explores Indigenous perspectives in open education resource development
By Erin Fields on January 25, 2023
UBC librarians are embarking on a new collaborative research project that aims to address a fundamental problem in how open educational practices approach Indigenous Knowledges, and instead replicate colonial concepts of ownership and knowledge transfer. Read More...
2022 OER Champions Announced
By Leila Malkin on November 21, 2022
Congratulations to our 2022 Open Champions! Read More...