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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks 2024: Open Education in STEM
DESCRIPTION:Register for the 2024 Open Education Talks! \nWe’re excited to announce the third annual offering of The Open Education Talks\, first offered in 2022 as The Open Pedagogy Talks\, a series of lightning talks focusing on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks will be about facets of open education\, including open pedagogy and learning\, utilizing open educational resources\, and integrating open strategies in higher education. \nThese talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks\, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration: \n…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative\, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues” (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration\, 2018). \nSessions will focus on open education initiatives\, projects\, and programs related to: \n\nExploring Open Education: These talks focus on the facets of open education\, why it has been impactful in higher education\, and examples in higher education.\nOpen Learning Design: These talks focus on integrating open learning principles into current and future program and course designs.\nCreating Open Educational Resources: These talks focus on creating\, identifying\, using\, and sharing open educational resources in higher education. \nOpen Scholarship and Research Practices: These talks focus on how educators and learners integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.\n\nTalks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March 2024 at 12:00 PM MST. Please see the website for an updated schedule. Weekly topics will be: \n\nMarch 06\, 2024: Open Education in STEM\nMarch 13\, 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design\nMarch 20\, 2024: Collaborative Open Education\nMarch 27\, 2024: The Future of Open Education\n\nRegistration: Please register any time! \nOpen Education Talks Working Group: This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary\, Thompson Rivers University\, and the University of Alberta. \nPlease feel free to share this invitation with your network. Thank you!
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/oe-talks-2024-stem/
LOCATION:University of Calgary\, Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design
DESCRIPTION:Register for the 2024 Open Education Talks! \nWe’re excited to announce the third annual offering of The Open Education Talks\, first offered in 2022 as The Open Pedagogy Talks\, a series of lightning talks focusing on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks will be about facets of open education\, including open pedagogy and learning\, utilizing open educational resources\, and integrating open strategies in higher education. \nThese talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks\, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration: \n…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative\, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues” (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration\, 2018). \nSessions will focus on open education initiatives\, projects\, and programs related to: \n\nExploring Open Education: These talks focus on the facets of open education\, why it has been impactful in higher education\, and examples in higher education.\nOpen Learning Design: These talks focus on integrating open learning principles into current and future program and course designs.\nCreating Open Educational Resources: These talks focus on creating\, identifying\, using\, and sharing open educational resources in higher education. \nOpen Scholarship and Research Practices: These talks focus on how educators and learners integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.\n\nTalks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March 2024 at 12:00 PM MST. Please see the website for an updated schedule. Weekly topics will be: \n\nMarch 06\, 2024: Open Education in STEM\nMarch 13\, 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design\nMarch 20\, 2024: Collaborative Open Education\nMarch 27\, 2024: The Future of Open Education\n\nRegistration: Please register any time! \nOpen Education Talks Working Group: This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary\, Thompson Rivers University\, and the University of Alberta. \nPlease feel free to share this invitation with your network. Thank you!
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-2024-course-design-open-learning-design/
LOCATION:University of Calgary\, Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks 2024: Collaborative Open Education
DESCRIPTION:Register for the 2024 Open Education Talks! \nWe’re excited to announce the third annual offering of The Open Education Talks\, first offered in 2022 as The Open Pedagogy Talks\, a series of lightning talks focusing on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks will be about facets of open education\, including open pedagogy and learning\, utilizing open educational resources\, and integrating open strategies in higher education. \nThese talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks\, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration: \n…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative\, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues” (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration\, 2018). \nSessions will focus on open education initiatives\, projects\, and programs related to: \n\nExploring Open Education: These talks focus on the facets of open education\, why it has been impactful in higher education\, and examples in higher education.\nOpen Learning Design: These talks focus on integrating open learning principles into current and future program and course designs.\nCreating Open Educational Resources: These talks focus on creating\, identifying\, using\, and sharing open educational resources in higher education. \nOpen Scholarship and Research Practices: These talks focus on how educators and learners integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.\n\nTalks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March 2024 at 12:00 PM MST. Please see the website for an updated schedule. Weekly topics will be: \n\nMarch 06\, 2024: Open Education in STEM\nMarch 13\, 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design\nMarch 20\, 2024: Collaborative Open Education\nMarch 27\, 2024: The Future of Open Education\n\nRegistration: Please register any time! \nOpen Education Talks Working Group: This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary\, Thompson Rivers University\, and the University of Alberta. \nPlease feel free to share this invitation with your network. Thank you!
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-2024-collaborative-open-education/
LOCATION:University of Calgary\, Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks 2024: The Future of Open Education
DESCRIPTION:Register for the 2024 Open Education Talks! \nWe’re excited to announce the third annual offering of The Open Education Talks\, first offered in 2022 as The Open Pedagogy Talks\, a series of lightning talks focusing on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks will be about facets of open education\, including open pedagogy and learning\, utilizing open educational resources\, and integrating open strategies in higher education. \nThese talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. For these talks\, we share our understanding of open education from the UNESCO Cape Town Declaration: \n…open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative\, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues” (UNESCO Cape Town Declaration\, 2018). \nSessions will focus on open education initiatives\, projects\, and programs related to: \n\nExploring Open Education: These talks focus on the facets of open education\, why it has been impactful in higher education\, and examples in higher education.\nOpen Learning Design: These talks focus on integrating open learning principles into current and future program and course designs.\nCreating Open Educational Resources: These talks focus on creating\, identifying\, using\, and sharing open educational resources in higher education. \nOpen Scholarship and Research Practices: These talks focus on how educators and learners integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices.\n\nTalks Schedule: Every Wednesday in March 2024 at 12:00 PM MST. Please see the website for an updated schedule. Weekly topics will be: \n\nMarch 06\, 2024: Open Education in STEM\nMarch 13\, 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design\nMarch 20\, 2024: Collaborative Open Education\nMarch 27\, 2024: The Future of Open Education\n\nRegistration: Please register any time! \nOpen Education Talks Working Group: This initiative has been developed in partnership with the University of Calgary\, Thompson Rivers University\, and the University of Alberta. \nPlease feel free to share this invitation with your network. Thank you!
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-2024-future-open-education/
LOCATION:University of Calgary\, Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada
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SUMMARY:OEWeek 2025 Kickoff Event at TRU and Open Education Talks
DESCRIPTION:Join us in celebrating Open Education Week (March 3–7\, 2025) with a special kickoff event on March 5th! 🎊 \n📍 Thompson Rivers University is hosting a catered lunch and streaming the first set of Open Education Talks\, followed by an inspiring keynote by Dave Cormier\, Director of Curriculum Services at TRU Open Learning. on “What Might Open Ed Look Like in the Future?” Everyone is welcome—virtual participation options are available! \n📅 Date: Tuesday\, March 5\, 2025 \n🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 1:30 PM \nEvent Schedule: \n🔹 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Open Education Talks (Lightning Talks) 💡 \n👉 Register and join the live Zoom stream to explore innovative ideas shaping the future of Open Education. \n  \n🔹 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | What Might Open Ed Look Like in the Future? 🌍 \n🎤 Speaker: Dave Cormier\, Director of Curriculum Services\, TRU Open Learning\nDave is the author of ‘Learning in a time of Abundance: the community is the curriculum‘ \n🔗 Join this exciting talk in person at Brown’s House of Learning HL269 (Register for lunch!) \nOr for those that can’t make it in person\, join via this Microsoft Teams link. \n💡 About the Open Education Talk: \nThe word open in education carries many meanings—spanning licensing\, pedagogy\, and social justice. But how do we communicate its importance effectively? This engaging session will introduce a simple\, inclusive model for thinking about openness and how it can guide decision-making in education. \n🚀 Let’s celebrate openness\, innovation\, and collaboration in education together! \nThis event is generously funded by BCcampus and organized by TRU Open Press\, TRU Library\, and TRU Learning Technology & Innovation. \n 📢 #OEWeek | #OpenEducation | #OER | #TRUOpenPress \nOpen Ed Talks 2025 Lunch & Learn Sessions  \nAfter our March 5th Kickoff event\, three interactive sessions will be held on March 12\, 19\, and 26. Each session includes the streaming of lightning talks from University of Calgary\, followed by 30 minutes of facilitated roundtable discussions to explore and apply the open education ideas and concepts discussed in the streamed lightning talks from that day. Each roundtable discussion will be facilitated and focused on the themes outlined in the Open Ed Talks 2025 schedule. Tea/ Coffee/ Water will be provided\, and in-person participants are encouraged to bring their lunch. \nDates: March 12\, 19\, and 26\, 2025  \nTime: 11:00 am–1:00 pm  \nLocation: Brown’s House of Learning HL269\, or via this Microsoft Teams link  \n 11:00 am–12:30 pm: Streamed lightning talks \n\n12:30–1:00 pm: Facilitated round table discussions\n\nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-ed-talks-2025-2/
LOCATION:Thompson Rivers University (TRU)\, Kamloops\, BC\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Equity and Access,Open Education Policies,Open Educational Practices
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SUMMARY:Opening Knowledge: Open Education at TRU — Impact\, Innovation\, and Community
DESCRIPTION:Join TRU Open Press and the Open Education Working Group (OEWG) for a special Open Education Week 2026 panel and showcase celebrating the impact of open education at Thompson Rivers University. \nThis interactive hybrid event will feature: \n\nA panel discussion with faculty\, staff\, and student contributors engaged in Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP)\nA showcase of selected TRU Open Press projects\nAudience Q&A and live engagement opportunities\n\nPanelists will share their motivations\, challenges\, and successes in creating and adopting open resources\, with a particular focus on: \n\nStudent affordability\nAccessibility and inclusive pedagogy\nCollaboration across disciplines\nReducing barriers to learning\n\nWhether you are curious about OER\, already engaged in open education\, or interested in supporting equitable access to post-secondary learning\, this session offers an opportunity to connect\, reflect\, and explore what openness looks like in practice at TRU. \nThis event is made possible in part through support from BCcampus as part of Open Education Week 2026. We gratefully acknowledge their leadership in advancing open education across British Columbia and their commitment to improving access\, affordability\, and inclusion in post-secondary education. \nThis event is open to all TRU faculty\, staff\, student\, and administrators. Let’s celebrate Open Education Week together and explore how open education strengthens our community. \nOEWeek image by Mario Badilla is licensed CC BY 4.0 \n\nRelated LibGuide: Open Education Resources (OERs) by Brenda Smith
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-at-tru/
LOCATION:Kamloops\, Canada\, Kamloops\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Educational Practices
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks- Strategies for Supporting Students in Open Education
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Talks is a series of 15-minute lightning talks and digital posters about facets of open education. These talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space for conversations about open education. We welcome proposals from educators\, students\, administrators\, librarians\, instructional designers\, and all other roles related to the design\, delivery\, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions. We encourage student-led or partnered talks that showcase the critical role of student leadership and student-educator collaborations in open education. To register for these Zoom sessions\, visit: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXMbkC \nStrategies for Supporting Students in Open Education \n\nOE Talks History and Context – Brianna Calomino and Sarah Adams (University of Calgary\, OE Talks Co-chairs)\nStudent OER for Inclusive Poster Design – Jamie Drozda & Melanie Latham (Thompson Rivers University – British Columbia\, Canada)\nCrafting Magic\, Conjuring Open Practices – Neil Mulholland (University of Edinburgh – Scotland)\nFrom Static to Dynamic: Collaborative Student/Faculty Approach to Interactive OER – Veronique Van Lierde & Yasser Lemghari (Al Akhaw ayn University in Ifrane – Morocco)\nBC Institutional Capacity to Support Open Educational Practices – Josie Gray (BCcampus – British Columbia\, Canada)
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-strategies-for-supporting-students-in-open-education/
LOCATION:Calgary\, Canada\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Access Publishing,Open Education Policies,Open Education Resources,Open Repositories,Open Source Platforms,Tools and Techniques
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks- Utilizing GenAI and Technology in Supporting OE and OER
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Talks is a series of 15-minute lightning talks and digital posters about facets of open education. These talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space for conversations about open education. We welcome proposals from educators\, students\, administrators\, librarians\, instructional designers\, and all other roles related to the design\, delivery\, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions. We encourage student-led or partnered talks that showcase the critical role of student leadership and student-educator collaborations in open education. To register for these Zoom sessions\, visit: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXMbkC \nUtilizing GenAI and Technology in Supporting OE and OER \n\nBeyond Openness: Transdisciplinary Collaboration as the Heart of Open Education in the Age of AI – Sandra Abegglen\, Mohammadmadhi Zanjanian\, Alexandra Poppendorf (University of Calgary – Alberta\, Canada)\nBuilding Trust Through AI Transparency in OERs – Amanda Grey and Karen Meijer (Kwantlen Polytechnic University – British Columbia\, Canada)\nOpterna: BCcampus Open GenAI Project – Elizabeth A. Childs (Royal Roads University – British Columbia\, Canada)\, Robynne Devine\, and Harper Friedman (BCcampus – British Columbia\, Canada)\nThinking Outside the Box! Creating and Implementing a Secondary Database as a Teaching Tool for Dental Students – Nazlee Sharmin and Ava Chow (University of Alberta – Alberta\, Canada)\nA Critical Examination of the Economics of Open – Mima Diab (University of Calgary – Alberta\, Canada)
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-genai/
LOCATION:Calgary\, Canada\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Digital Skills,Equity and Access,Libraries,Open Access Publishing,Open Education Policies,Open Research
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260318T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260318T133000
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks- Enhancing OER Publishing and Connections with Open Scholarship
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Talks is a series of 15-minute lightning talks and digital posters about facets of open education. These talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space for conversations about open education. We welcome proposals from educators\, students\, administrators\, librarians\, instructional designers\, and all other roles related to the design\, delivery\, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions. We encourage student-led or partnered talks that showcase the critical role of student leadership and student-educator collaborations in open education. To register for these Zoom sessions\, visit: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXMbkC \nEnhancing OER Publishing and Connections with Open Scholarship \n\nFrom Research to Reach: Open Education and OER for Knowledge Mobilization – Mélanie Brunet (University of Ottawa – Ontario\, Canada)\nOER and the Future of Open Science – Melissa Chim (Excelsior University – New York\, USA)\nTrusting OERs: Peer Review for Open Textbooks – Irena Knezevic (Carleton University – Ontario\, Canada)\nEmpowering Open Education through Wikimedia: The EduWiki Hub Experience – Barakat Adegboye and Bukola James (EduWiki Hub – Nigeria)\nThe Forge: A Next-Generation Platform for Open Pedagogy and Resource Co-Creation – Delmar Larsen (LibreTexts\, University of California\, Davis – California\, USA)
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-open-scholars/
LOCATION:Calgary\, Canada\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Equity and Access,Open Access Publishing,Open Education Resources,Open Educational Practices
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SUMMARY:Open Education Talks: User-Centric Approaches to OE and Affordability
DESCRIPTION:Open Education Talks is a series of 15-minute lightning talks and digital posters about facets of open education. These talks aim to create an accessible\, virtual space for conversations about open education. We welcome proposals from educators\, students\, administrators\, librarians\, instructional designers\, and all other roles related to the design\, delivery\, and evaluation of open education in post-secondary institutions. We encourage student-led or partnered talks that showcase the critical role of student leadership and student-educator collaborations in open education. To register for these Zoom sessions\, visit: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXMbkC \nUser-Centric Approaches to OE and Affordability \n\nCalm Tech Choices for Open Education: A Usability and Equity Framework for Faculty Support – Fanny Tsai (University of California\, Irvine – California\, USA)\nLeaning into the Message of the Medium – Rosalyn Ediger (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Alberta\, Canada)\nStudent Voices and Student Leadership in the McMaster Textbook Affordability Survey – Katie Harding\, Rebecca Bekele\, Joanne Kehoe (McMaster University – Ontario\, Canada)\nMaking Openness Visible: Cost Indicators as an Open Education Practice – Rebecca Shortt and Arianna Cheveldave (BCcampus – British Columbia)\nSmall and Ugly OER: Reframing the Conversation to Ease Faculty into Open Education – Nancy A. Henke (University of Northern Colorado – Colorado\, USA)
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-education-talks-user-centric/
LOCATION:Calgary\, Canada\, Calgary\, AB\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Libraries,Open Access Publishing,Open Education Resources,Open Educational Practices,Open Repositories
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