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SUMMARY:Free Books: Open Publishing at Concordia
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate Open Education Month\, Concordia Library is pleased to present a new display highlighting open publishing at the Library and Concordia University Press (CUP). Together\, the Library and CUP collaborate to make scholarship and education free and accessible within and beyond the university. \nOpen Educational Resources (OER) are digital resources for teaching\, learning\, and research that are made available for use and re-purposing. They increase the variety of instructional resources in students’ learning experiences while lowering the financial barriers. OER in the form of open textbooks are a hallmark of Concordia’s OER program. Although open-access publications from university presses often do not permit repurposing in the same way that open textbooks do\, they are nonetheless free for students and can be adopted in courses. In parallel with open publishing\, Course Reserves also offer a free option for students. \nThis collaborative display illustrates how open education and open scholarship can nurture each other. As higher education becomes increasingly costly\, students stand to gain from the cost-saving benefits of viable alternatives to commercial textbooks. Meanwhile\, professors can choose to deepen their research and pedagogical impact by developing open-access and knowledge-mobilization plans to benefit students and the wider public. \nOrganized in six sections\, this display introduces students and faculty to the parallels between CUP and the Library’s OER program. In the vitrine and the digital counter\, you will find awareness efforts alongside physical and digital books from CUP and Concordia’s OER program. QR codes make these titles easily accessible\, while OER and CUP buttons and slogans promote the importance of open publishing. \nFinally\, the horizons of free course material options can be expanded through student advocacy and faculty pedagogy. We encourage students to nominate a course for open education and show their support for open publishing by wearing one of our buttons found at the Ask-Us Desk. We encourage faculty to consider open textbook grants\, course reserves\, and open-access university presses. \nLet’s reduce barriers to higher education together! \nCurated by the Library’s OER Team and Concordia University Press\, the exhibition will be on display from March 3 until April 30\, 2025. Special thanks to Zo Kopyna\, Chhayhee Sok\, Saelan Twerdy\, Meredith Carruthers and Rachel Harris. \nConcordia University Library supports open scholarship\, education\, and science. As part of this commitment\, the Library leads the University’s OER Program and continues to develop open scholarship initiatives and services\, such as our open guides and institutional repository. \nConcordia University Press is a non-profit publisher of peer-reviewed books. Concordia University Press is committed to barrier-free scholarship and our titles are available as free\, open-access e-books\, as well as for sale in thoughtfully designed print editions.
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LOCATION:Concordia University\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Libraries,Open Education Resources,Open Educational Practices
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SUMMARY:Open Educational Resources and Practices for Impactful Learning Design
DESCRIPTION:In this session hosted by University of Technology Sydney\, we will explore how learning designers can integrate Open Educational Resources and Practices (OER/OEP) in ways that enhance engagement\, foster authentic learning and drive meaningful impact. Through lightning talks by learning design professionals in higher education\, we’ll examine some real-world strategies for embedding OER and OEP and empower participants with practical tools for implementing them. \nRegister via Humantix \nOur guests\nTannis Morgan\, Vancouver Community College\nTannis Morgan\, PhD\, is Associate Vice President\, Academic Innovation\, at Vancouver Community College (VCC) in Vancouver\, Canada. At VCC\, Tannis plans and advances teaching\, learning\, and research innovation\, and leads initiatives on online learning\, alternate delivery\, universal design\, and open educational resources. \nOver her career\, Tannis has been responsible for developing and implementing e-learning strategy\, and leading open education\, educational technology and research projects. She is one of the founding members of the OpenETC\, a community of educators\, technologists\, and designers sharing their expertise to foster and support open ed tech infrastructure for the British Columbia post-secondary sector. She also consults with organisations around online learning strategy and educational technology selection. \nVerena Roberts\, Thompson Rivers University and University of Calgary\nDr Verena Roberts is a passionate online and blended K-12 and Higher Education educator\, open learning designer and consultant who completed her EdD in Learning Sciences with a focus on K-12 Open Educational Practices with the Werklund School of Education\, University of Calgary. She is currently an Instructional Designer with Thompson Rivers University (Open Learning) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the University of Calgary. She is a 2018-2019 OER Research fellow and 2018 Global Open Graduate Network (hashtag#GO-GN) member who lives in Edmonton\, Alberta\, Canada. \nDanielle Dubien\, Instructional Designer\nDanielle Dubien is a Canadian instructional designer whose experience includes designing online science courses for Franco-Ontarian secondary students\, coordinating the development of training materials for professors across Africa aiming to offer open and distance learning\, and designing corporate training materials. She is a member of GO-GN and has delivered professional development on Open Education and Trauma-Informed Pedagogy. She obtained her PhD in Education from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. \nMais Fatayer\, University of Technology Sydney\nMais is the Learner Experience Design Manager at the University of Technology Sydney. She has been working in higher education since 2008 in a variety of settings as a lecturer\, subject coordinator\, researcher\, and learning designer. She utilises her experience in enhancing the adoption of educational technology in teaching practices. She led many initiatives for educational professional development\, participated in multidisciplinary research and designed technology-enhanced learning and teaching solutions. Her research interests focus on the use of technologies in learning and teaching\, including Open Educational Practices (OEP)\, learning design\, and design-based research. \n\nImage attribution\nPostcard by @visualthinkery is licensed under CC BY-SA. Remixed with OEWeek Flyer by OEGlobal\, licensed under CC BY. Remixed by Jenny Wallace.
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/oer-and-practices-for-impactful-learning-design/
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