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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...
Open Dialogues: How to Rethink Textbooks
By Heather McCabe and Emi Sasagawa on November 3, 2016
In an effort to customize materials for their courses and save students money on rising textbook fees, instructors in the Math department at UBC have adopted open or freely accessible textbooks....Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to make education more accessible
By Emi Sasagawa on June 30, 2016
When Claudia Krebs, professor of teaching in the Faculty of Medicine at UBC, first thought of making videos for a course in neuroanatomy, her focus was on re-thinking how students are taught in medical school...Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to engage the general public
By Emi Sasagawa on April 1, 2016
“A lot of people in urban centres are aware of air quality, water quality. These are absolutely important issues, but so is soil,” said Maja Krzic...Read More...
Open Dialogues: How to Practice Responsible Pedagogy
By Emi Sasagawa on March 18, 2016
Arthur Gill Green’s interest in open education practices developed early in his career. . Just as he was finishing his first course, he noticed something peculiar...Read More...