Open Education Week

Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, quoi de neuf? _ Ndeye Massata Ndaye
2024-03-07 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | Université vituelle du Sénégal, Sangalkam, Sénégal, Senegal
Docteur en informatique, spécialité numérique éducatif Digitalisation de formations – FOAD/MOOC, Ndeye Massata Ndaye nous présentera l’Université Virtuelle du Sénégal, l’intérêt des ressources éducatives libres pour réduire les coûts d’accès à une éducation de qualité et les fruits du travail réalisé pour “apprendre les REL”.
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Open Publishing with Docsify-This: An Interactive Q&A
2024-03-07 09:00 - 09:30 (America/Vancouver) | Vancouver, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Are you interested in exploring the system-independent format of Markdown for online OER content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown/HTML into multiple platforms (e.g. LMS or CMS)? The open-source project Docsify-This.net (based on Docsify.js.org) provides an easy on-ramp to publishing, sharing and reusing open Markdown content!
With Docsify-This you can instantly turn any publicly available Markdown file into a responsive standalone web page, and multiple Markdown files can even be linked together to provide a simple website. The visual appearance of displayed pages can be altered by using the point-and-click Web Page Builder or URL parameters. When creating your own Markdown content you can also use a set of supported Markdown CSS classes. In addition, if GitHub or Codeberg are used to store Markdown files an “Edit this Page” link can be automatically provided for each page to support collaborative authoring.
This 30-minute session is a chance to chat with the author of Docsify-This, Paul Hibbitts, see examples of Docsify-This at work, and ask any questions you might have about the project and it’s possible uses.

LibreTexts Open Office Hours
2024-03-07 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Have a burning question you’re dying to ask about the LibreTexts project? Drop in to our open office hours and ask us anything!

Designing and Publishing OERs: Creator Panel Discussion
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | eCampusOntario, 372 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This panel discussion features OER creators who have recently completed the Specialized OER and Ancillary Resources project. Want to hear from others about taking your project from idea to final product? Creators for the project represent the diversity of OER developers: some were individuals and others project teams, some developed textbooks and others multimedia content, and some had no experience creating OERs while others did. Panelists will share their insights regarding development, using different platforms, along with challenges and successes to help future creators. Attendees will be able to submit questions or topics of interest when registering for the session.

Bricks Create & Brick Exchange: A Live Demo of the World’s First Open Health Professions Curriculum Exchange
2024-03-07 20:00 - 21:00 (Asia/Baghdad) | ScholarRX, Elizabethtown, KY, United States
Join us for a dynamic live demonstration showcasing the world’s first open Health Professions education exchange, powered by the innovative Bricks Create platform by ScholarRx. This platform is designed for health professionals and students eager to explore the frontier of medical education tools, where students are empowered to author, collaborate, and globally share curricular content.
Experience the power of Bricks Create, a game-changing tool that allows medical students to craft, curate, and disseminate educational modules tailored to diverse learning needs. Discover how this platform fosters a participatory learning environment, encouraging educators and students to contribute actively to the global medical education community.

Openness as a pedagogy of abundance – Presented by Dave Cormier
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
In 2011 Martin Weller made a call for a pedagogy of abundance. How do we help people learn in a world where we have too much information? How do we help people engage students in our classrooms when they are surrounded by so many distractions? And, maybe more importantly, how do we encourage students to do the work when they have so many options (I’m looking at you GenAI) to get around it? This presentation will argue that the solution is to open things up, rather than to shut them down

Open Badges, Diplômes: quels liens avec l'Open Education?
2024-03-07 18:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris) | Université de Lille, 42 rue Paul Duez, Lille, France
Comprendre le domaine complexe de l’éducation ouverte et le différencier clairement de l’open source et de l’open science peut être délicat. Actuellement, l’accent est mis sur les open badges, mais quel est le sens et le lien entre toutes ces notions ouvertes ? Perrine de Coëtlogon, en collaboration avec la Direction de la scolarité de l’université de Lille depuis 2021, mène la transformation numérique des diplômes et des open badges, explorant également des alternatives aux diplômes traditionnels avec des certificats couvrant d’autres types de connaissances, compétences ou savoir-être.

Débloquer le potentiel : Pratiques éducatives ouvertes et la transformation numérique des expériences d’apprentissage intégrées au travail
2024-03-07 13:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | eCampusOntario, 372 Bay St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cette présentation examine le potentiel de transformation de l’éducation ouverte en éliminant les obstacles à l’apprentissage par l’expérience dans les contextes de minorités linguistiques et en favorisant un paysage éducatif inclusif.
Nous commencerons par explorer les concepts d’apprentissage expérientiel, d’apprentissage intégré au travail (AIT) et de ressources éducatives libres (REL), et nous fournirons le contexte entourant la création de nos REL, à savoir que ce travail a été mené dans le cadre du programme Consortium d’apprentissage expérientiel francophone de l’Ontario (CAPFO) d’eCampusOntario.
Nous nous pencherons ensuite sur deux REL créées dans le cadre du CAPFO. Le premier REL présentera les résultats de notre enquête dans le cadre du rapport de l’AIT du CAPFO en 2023, qui décrit les tendances et les défis dans le secteur franco-ontarien. Ces informations seront complétées par une exploration du cadre de l’AIT, un outil stratégique développé dans le contexte du CAPFO pour renforcer l’engagement des professeurs.
En partageant nos expériences, nos résultats et nos cadres de collaboration, nous visons à inspirer les professeurs et les institutions à saisir le pouvoir de l’éducation ouverte en cultivant des environnements d’apprentissage expérientiel enrichissants, en particulier dans les milieux linguistiques minoritaires.
Nous souhaitons partager des idées précieuses et contribuer au discours en cours sur l’intersection de l’éducation ouverte, de l’apprentissage par l’expérience et des minorités linguistiques afin d’ouvrir la voie à un avenir éducatif plus accessible et inclusif.
Cette présentation aidera le public à explorer le pouvoir de l’éducation ouverte pour faire tomber les barrières de l’éducation expérientielle dans un contexte de minorité linguistique.

Save the Date – Upcoming webinar on Open Educational Resources in RDM // Réservez la date – prochain webinaire sur les Ressources éducatives libres (REL) en matière de gestion des données de recherche (GDR)
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Digital Research Alliance of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s National Training Expert Group is excited to invite you to join us for an upcoming panel discussion entitled “Introduction to OERs in RDM.” The webinar will take place on March 7 at 1pm ET. Please register in advance using this link: https://engagedri-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VdN18hNhRjarTjk0CZ9glw#/re…

This webinar is the first in the “Open Educational Resources in RDM Webinar Series” that will highlight several Research Data Management-focused Open Educational Resources (OERs) that have been developed in Canada. The series will also explore diverse topics around OERs, such as how they can be created, used, re-mixed, translated into multiple languages, and licensed.

The “Introduction to OERs in RDM” session will introduce the series and the concept of OERs, highlight three Canadian-made OERs that will be showcased in greater detail in future sessions, and facilitate a discussion around OERs generally and their uses. The panelists will be:

Robyn Stobbs (Athabasca University): “Athabasca RDM Microcourse <https://powered.athabascau.ca/product?catalog=Research-Data-Management>”

Eugene Barsky (University of British Columbia): “UBC Library Research Commons Open Educational Resource (OER) <https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/rdm/>”

Emily Carlisle-Johnson (Western University): “Research Data Management in the Canadian Context: A Guide for Practitioners and Learners <https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/canadardm/>”

The webinar will be moderated by Jen Abel and Nick Rochlin, Co-Chairs of the National Training Expert Group.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Best,
Lee, Jen, and Nick on behalf of the Organizing Committee

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Chères/chers collègues, Le Groupe d’experts national sur la formation de l’Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada a le plaisir de vous inviter à vous joindre à nous à l’occasion d’une prochaine table ronde intitulée « Introduction aux Ressources éducatives libres (REL) en matière de gestion des données de recherche (GDR) ». Le webinaire aura lieu le 7 mars à 13 h (HNE). Veuillez vous inscrire à l’avance à ce lien : https://engagedri-ca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VdN18hNhRjarTjk0CZ9glw#/re…

Ce webinaire est le premier d’une série de webinaires sur les Ressources éducatives libres en matière de GDR. Il mettra en relief plusieurs ressources éducatives libres (REL) axées sur la gestion des données de recherche mises au point au Canada. La série se penchera également sur divers sujets autour des REL, tels que la manière dont celles-ci peuvent être mises au point, utilisées, remaniées, traduites en plusieurs langues et concédées sous licence.

La séance « Introduction aux REL en matière de GDR » portera sur la présentation de la série et du concept des REL, mettra en lumière trois REL mises au point au Canada qui seront présentées plus en détail lors des séances ultérieures, et une discussion sur les REL en général et leurs utilisations y sera également animée. La discussion aura pour panélistes :

Robyn Stobbs (Université d’Athabasca) : « Athabasca RDM Microcourse <https://powered.athabascau.ca/product?catalog=Research-Data-Management> »

Eugene Barsky (Université de la Colombie-Britannique) : « UBC Library Research Commons Open Educational Resource (OER) <https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/rdm/> »

Emily Carlisle-Johnson (Western University) : « Gestion des données de recherche dans le contexte canadien : Un guide pour la pratique et l’apprentissage <https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/canadardm/> »

Le webinaire sera animé par Jen Abel et Nick Rochlin, coprésidents du Groupe d’experts national sur la formation.

Au plaisir de vous y voir !

Cordialement,
Lee, Jen et Nick au nom du comité d’organisation

Open Office Hours with an Intellectual Property Specialist from MIT Open Learning: Adding OER Content to your Educational Materials
2024-03-07 13:00 - 13:45 (America/New_York) | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, United States
Join us for office hours with MIT Open Learning’s IP specialist Geoff Wilson. He’ll answer your questions about adding open content to your courses or other OER materials. He’ll also share a new CC-licensed informational video about intellectual property that you can use as a personal reference or that you can remix for your own professional development initiatives. Bring your IP ideas, thoughts, and conundrums. MIT OpenCourseWare’s Collaborations & Engagement Manager Shira Segal will moderate a conversation between you, Geoff, and Sarah Hansen, the Senior Manager for Open Education and Strategic Initiatives at MIT OpenCourseWare. Let’s discuss!

Open Education in Action at SFU
2024-03-07 10:30 - 11:30 (America/Vancouver) | Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Join a panel of SFU instructors, students, and staff sharing how they’ve explored and implemented open educational resources and practices.
Open education is a growing movement that seeks to advance affordable, accessible and flexible learning through the development and use of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy.
In celebration of Open Education Week (March 4-8, 2024), please join us for a panel of SFU instructors, students and staff leading open education projects and exploring open practices in the classroom to learn:

Why and how they became interested in open educational resources (OER) and/or practices
What kinds of open education projects and/or initiatives they have been working on
How the use of OER and/or open pedagogy impacts teaching and learning
Where to get further support with OER and open education at SFU

Panelists

Meghan Danyluk, Undergraduate Honours Student, SFU English
Nicky Didicher, University Lecturer, SFU English
Michael Filimowicz, Senior Lecturer, SFU’s School of Interactive Arts & Technology
Ouldooz Baghban Karimi, Lecturer, SFU’s School of Computing Science
Claudia Wong, Senior Lecturer, SFU Linguistics

Moderators

Hope Power, Teaching & Learning Librarian, SFU Library
John Born, Manager, Educational Media, SFU Centre for Educational Excellence (CEE)

Attendance options
Join us in-person or online:

In-person at Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby campus), Room 7200
Online via Zoom

Coffee, tea and light snacks will be provided for in-person participants.
Registration options
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If you prefer not to use Eventbrite to register for this event for privacy reasons, please register by emailing Hope Power at hope_power@sfu.ca.
Partners
This event is hosted by SFU Library and the Centre for Educational Excellence (CEE) with sponsorship from BCcampus.

Creative Commons and Copyleft Trolls
2024-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | University of British Columbia, 2329 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
Founded in 2001, Creative Commons has become one of the most used open licensing schemes for those engaging in open scholarship. Understanding the nuances and complexities of using these licenses in your work can be a daunting task, especially with the rise of content creators using outdated versions of licenses for profit.
This session will provide participants with a more in-depth understanding of Creative Commons licenses and some of the potential pitfalls when using and assigning licenses to your work. Topics covered in this session include:

considerations for choosing an appropriate Creative Commons license
Creative Commons licenses and open culture
why the legal code behind Creative Commons licenses matters
how copyleft trolls take advantage of outdated licenses
when Creative Commons licenses might not be appropriate for your work

Webinar - Grasple presents interactive practice exercises with direct feedback for your students without a big time investment?
2024-03-07 20:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Grasple, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Grasple, an official OpenStax partner, introduces a game-changing approach to teaching Calculus without a big time investment. By integrating the widely-used OpenStax Calculus Volume 1 seamlessly into our solution, we provide a plug-and-play course structure that requires minimal setup time and can be used free of charge. That means the teachers get interactive practice exercises for their students that align with the content from the OpenStax Calculus Vol. 1 Course, includes adaptive feedback, is easy to use and adaptable to the individual teaching style so that the teachers remain in control.

Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy? Results from our Community “Open” Conversations
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 3035 Center Green Drive, Boulder, CO, United States
Open education has made remarkable progress, yet the evolving landscape continues to present challenges. As open education work continues to grow at institutions, in states, and across regions, questions increasingly surface about how we might coordinate and advocate more effectively as a field. This includes how to advance open education policies at the national and state level, how to reach institutional leaders, and how to expand sustainable funding.
NCOER (a collaboration among the four regional education compacts), working together with DOERS3 and SPARC, invited members of the open education field to join us for an open conversation about the potential need for U.S. national open education strategy and discuss how we might better collaborate to advance shared priorities. This built on a discussion started at the 2023 Open Education Conference. To include as many voices as possible, there were three community sessions. All who are interested in open education were encouraged to participate.
This session will share the results from those conversations. Representatives from DOERS3, NCOER, and SPARC facilitated these conversations.

Copyright Mythbusters & © Microcourse
2024-03-07 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD), San Mateo, CA, United States
San Mateo CCCD’s Open Education Week 2024
San Mateo County Community College District’s (SMCCCD) Textbook Affordability Solutions Workgroup (TASW) invites you to participate in Open Education Resources Week. This year’s theme is Leveraging Our Capacity to Reduce Barriers for All. Our website is the central location to learn about the events that will take place across the district. You can participate in as many events as you please.
Copyright Mythbusters & © Microcourse (11am-12pm)
You found a great resource for your class and shared it with students. Did you check the copyright? What is copyright? Why does it matter? Join Prof. Ame Maloney (Skyline College), Dr. Julieth Díaz Benítez (College of San Mateo) & Dr. Bianca Rowden-Quince (Skyline College) for an overview of myths and pitfalls to avoid when adopting or adapting OER texts. You will discover the inner workings of copyright, explore common copyright myths and ways to use various resources according to their permissions, and meet campus partners who can answer sticky copyright questions.. You will also get an overview of the new SMCCCD self-paced microcourse on copyright in education that can earn a badge!
Register for the virtual Mythbusters & Microcourses session

Finding and Using OER
2024-03-07 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
One of the biggest barriers to OER adoption and use is finding the right resource. In this session, we will look at some McMaster-specific resources that will help you in your search (including McMaster’s OER by Discipline Guide version 2.0), explore some OER repositories, and consider some strategies to fine tune your results. We will also look at how you can evaluate the OER you’ve found for possible inclusion in your teaching.

Introduction to Editing OER With LibreTexts
2024-03-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to edit OER textbooks with LibreTexts. With a powerful, easy to use WYSIWYG interface, and over 600,000 pages of content from which to choose, editing OER with LibreTexts will help you take your OER to the next level.

Cost Savings and Beyond: Demonstrating Impact and Effectiveness with Open Education
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Pressbooks, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Whether you’re getting started with a new project or leading a mature open education initiative, the questions of how to demonstrate effectiveness, measure impact, and quantify value are always relevant.
What do key stakeholders care about, and which metrics and proof points will resonate with them? As you build support for your initiative, what success stories are you trying to tell, and for what purpose?
Attend this webinar to gain inspiration and ideas from a thought-provoking panel of open education leaders as they share how to think strategically and practically about demonstrating the value of open education.

From Textbook to Homework: A Collaborative Journey in Developing Our Spanish OER Projects with LibreTexts
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
In this presentation, four instructors from California community colleges will discuss their transition from traditional commercial textbook bundles to Open Educational Resources (OER) and innovative homework solutions in Spanish language instruction. They will focus on three collaborative projects supported by the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative (ASCCC OERI) and LibreTexts: Entrada Libre (2020), Tarea Libre (2022), and Tarea Libre 2 (expected summer 2024). Attendees will learn about the collaborative process, from conception to implementation, and the challenges faced during the development of the materials.

The speakers will share valuable insights into OER development and offer actionable takeaways. The presentation aims to renew enthusiasm for reshaping the future of Spanish language education through innovative solutions. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of open and accessible resources that align with the ASCCC OERI IDEA framework of inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and accessibility.

You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Open Educational Resources and Universal Design for Learning: Complementary Practices Supporting Student Success
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Regina) | Saskatchewan Polytechnic, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Open educational resources (OER) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) complement each other well to further accessible learning opportunities and support students’ success. In this webinar, we will explore concepts like the social model of disability and how the UDL principle of “multiple means of representation” can be applied in the design of OER through things like multiple formats, interactivity, multimedia, and good learning design and structure. This session will include lots of concrete examples to explore.
Josie Gray (she/her) is the manager of production and publishing at BCcampus. She manages the B.C. Open Collection and provides training and support for B.C. faculty publishing open textbooks in Pressbooks. Josie has been learning about and teaching accessibility best practices in OER since 2016 and has a Masters of Design in Inclusive Design. Check out the event website for details.

Open Educational Resources (OER) Showcase
2024-03-07 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Vancouver) | University of Victoria Libraries, 3800 Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
This event is supported by BCcampus and UVic Libraries.
Please join UVic Libraries, ePublishing Services on Thursday, March 7 from 1:00pm-2:30pm PST, for our Open Educational Resources (OER) Showcase! This event, in celebration of Open Education Week 2024, is a panel discussion between UVic authors who have created open textbooks. After the panel discussion, there will be an opportunity for informal discussion over some light refreshments.
This is a hybrid event, taking place in UVic Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Commons, and on Zoom (URL will be sent via registration email).

LibreTexts Intro for College of Lake County
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he introduces College of Lake County faculty to LibreTexts, a user-friendly open education resource platform where educators can locate, customize, and share textbooks, adaptive homework, and other ancillary materials.

In Your Likeness: The Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity (AVID) project- presented by Dave Andrews
2024-03-07 16:00 - 16:20 (America/Toronto) | University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
The purpose of the Anatomy Video and Imagery Diversity (AVID) project is to create anatomical illustrations and short instructional videos that depict the diversity of humans, including people of different ages, sexes, body compositions, skin tones, hair colours and styles. People with amputations, prosthetics, tattoos and piercings are also portrayed in the images that have been produced to date.
This joint initiative between the University of Windsor and the University of Calgary engages medical illustrators and students, many of whom are from equity-deserving groups, to create the images and videos. These products are stored in an open digital repository that can be accessed by anyone worldwide for teaching and other non-commercial purposes.
This presentation will provide an overview of the AVID project, illustrate how it will help students see their likeness in the material they are learning, and introduce the digital repository and samples of the content currently available within it.

Leveraging Grant Funding: Faculty Experiences in Developing & Implementing OER
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Austin, United States
Listen to testimonials from the Open Educational Resources (OER) Grant Program grantees in a panel discussion about their experiences developing and implementing OER to support student success.

Introduction to Populating Learning Trees in LibreTexts Open Homework and Assessment Platform, ADAPT
2024-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Join LibreTexts Founder and Executive Director, Delmar Larsen, as he shows you how to populate learning trees in LibreTexts open homework and assessment platform, ADAPT. Currently sponsored by the California Education Learning Lab (CELL), ADAPT is free for all California instructors and students for the next three years. For educators outside of California, ADAPT is available at cost–with a price point far below what traditional publishers charge.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Moving Open Education Forward through Faculty Governance
2024-03-07 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Moreno Valley College, 16130 Lasselle St, Moreno Valley, CA, United States
This presentation by Dr. Daniel Wilson, Open Education Librarian at Moreno Valley College (MVC), discusses the vital role of faculty governance in moving forward with open education initiatives. It will present the story of MVC’s Course Materials Affordability Committee; how that body was created as a part of the community college’s Faculty Senate, the reception it received, the challenges it’s faced, and it’s work and achievements since it became an official committee in Spring 2021.

Converting Your Math Classes to OER With LibreTexts
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
Over a period of three semesters, the Mathematics department at Cosumnes River College transformed their entire STEM pathway to OER materials and textbooks using the LibreTexts platform. At this point, a student can earn an A.S. in Mathematics at CRC without paying anything for course materials (at least in the mathematics classes). Additionally, this transition to OER allowed several other STEM programs to offer fully ZTC degrees. In this talk, mathematics professor Roy Simpson, who transitioned six of the courses, will speak about his experiences with the process and provide some recommendations on how to speed up the transition process.
You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Virtual Watch Party - Building Open Community: Lessons from the Commons
2024-03-07 15:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Open Oregon, Portland, OR, United States
Rajiv Jhangiani delivered a powerful keynote address at this year’s Open Education Conference. We’ll watch the recorded session synchronously via Zoom with the option to use the chat feature for real-time discussion. Hosted by Open Oregon Educational Resources.

The Magazine Cover Story: LibreTexts Engages Students’ Interests and Insights through Snippets and Snapshots
2024-03-07 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | LibreTexts, Davis, CA, United States
This session is both a presentation and a discussion of how instructors and students engage with LibreTexts Open Educational Resources (OER) through a creative semester-long assignment. The three co-presenters — one professor and her students — share their perspectives on the use of LibreTexts as a foundation for a project in two different courses: interpersonal communication and intercultural communication.

Presenter: Dr. Armeda C. Reitzel, Professor, Communication
Presenter: Ms. Julia Kurtz, Undergraduate Student, Communication
Presenter: Josué Valdez, Undergraduate Student, Communication

Dr. Reitzel is Professor of Communication who is a true believer in the creation and use of LibreTexts.

Julia Kurtz is a third year at Cal Poly Humboldt majoring in communications. She is passionate about creating channels for people of all backgrounds to share knowledge and their stories to better connect us as humans.

Josué Valdez is a recovering poet and communications major at Cal Poly Humboldt with an interest in examining the ways we interpret messages.

You can watch a recording of this presentation on the LibreTexts YouTube channel.

Navigating the impact of GenAI disruption with Open Educational Practices
2024-03-08 11:00 - 12:00 (Australia/Sydney) | University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
We continue to celebrate Open Education Week with our keynote speaker, Paul Stacey, Former Executive Director of Open Education Global.
During this one-hour online session, Paul will highlight the pedagogical approaches to AI training, delve into the current practices of employing Generative AI (GenAI) for generating Open Educational Resources (OER), and explore how Open Educational Practices (OEP) can optimise the benefits of AI in education.
