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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 Wil 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...
OER Grant Support for Affordable Course Materials – Deadline Jan. 19, 20
By Wil Engle on November 3, 2022
The Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver is pleased to invite the UBC Vancouver community to apply for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grants. Read More...
Open Scholarship in Practice 2022
By Erin Fields on October 5, 2022
Join us for webinars and presentations exploring the practice of open scholarship. Read More...
An Open Letter to UBC
By AMS on September 13, 2022
Dear Educators at UBC Vancouver, The AMS would like to commend you for all of the extra hours and hard work put into the restructuring of curriculum and adjusting to online platforms since earlier this year. Read More...