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H5P: supporting knowledge assessment through an open tool
By Will 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 Will 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...
Live Now! Open Scholarship in Practice Recordings
By Erin Fields on November 12, 2021
Missed Open Scholarship in Practice? Catch-up with video recordings of the sessions. Read More...
Registration for POSE is now Open!
By Rie Namba on November 9, 2021
We are excited to announce that the next session of POSE will run again from January to April 2022. Please register to join us! Read More...
OER in STEM: Opportunities & Challenges
By Dr. Agnes d’Entremont on November 8, 2021
Open resources can be an important tool for reducing student textbook costs. Dr. Agnes d’Entremont from UBC Mechanical Engineering explains why it’s harder to develop or adapt them for STEM — and the opportunities if we do. Read More...
OER Fund(ed): Using Open Educational Resources to Support Student Learning Inside and Outside of Class
By Will Engle on November 1, 2021
Jonathan Verret received a 2019/20 OER Implementation Grant for a project that resulted in the creation of a “Foundations of Chemical and Biological Engineering” open textbook. This resource, which provides an introduction to foundational topics of chemical engineering... Read More...