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AMS Announces Call for 2022 Nominations for OER Champions
By Dana Turdy on September 9, 2022
The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is excited to announce that on November 30th, 2022, we will be hosting an event to honour those who work in Open Education at UBC. The call is now open for students and other members of the UBC community to nominate OER Champions Read More...
2022 OER Fund Evaluation Snapshot
By Wil Engle on September 9, 2022
The UBC Vancouver Open Educational Resources (OER) Fund, established through the UBC Academic Excellence Fund, aims to support affordable and inclusive access to learning materials through the adoption, adaptation, development, and integration of open educational resources in UBCV credit courses. In 2019, UBCV initially committed $1 million over four years to the UBCV OER Fund. As of spring 2022, […] Read More...
UBC Library Open Education Impact & Activity Report – 2021/2022
By Erin Fields on July 25, 2022
Find out about the open education projects, events, and services offered by UBC Library Vancouver and Okanagan campuses in 2021/2022. Read More...
New! UBC Open Text Publishing Guide
By Erin Fields on May 17, 2022
The UBC Library has created an Open Text Publishing Guide to help authors navigate the process of creating a text. Read More...
H5P: supporting knowledge assessment through an open tool
By Wil Engle on April 7, 2022
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Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-athon
By Erin Fields on March 9, 2022
The Belkin, UBC Art History Students Association, UBC Visual Arts Students Association, and Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory invites participants of all genders and expressions to join us and help balance representational imbalances at this year’s Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon taking place from 11 am to 2 pm on Thursday, 24 March 2022. Each spring, […] Read More...
Join Us! Open Education Week 2022
By Erin Fields on March 7, 2022
An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide. Read More...
The UBC OER Collection Challenge
By Erin Fields on March 2, 2022
Kicking off Open Education Week at UBC, the Alma Mater Society, Student’s Union UBC Okanagan and Open UBC invite UBC faculty, staff, and students to contribute open educational resources (OER) to the newly launched UBC OER Collection as part of a multi-campus challenge, starting March 7. Read More...
H5P Symposium: Feb 22-23
By Wil Engle on February 2, 2022
In this multi-day H5P symposium, we will introduce you to H5P, demonstrate its strengths and limitations, and highlight successful examples of implementation and course integration for various content types (e.g. multiple choice question sets, auto-graded essays, drag and drop, and interactive videos). Read More...
Join Us! Fair Dealing Week
By Erin Fields on January 26, 2022
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...