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SUMMARY:Keynote: Open and the Oligarchs: Planting Seeds in a World on Fire (Dr. Robin DeRosa)
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Robin DeRosa has been working on open initiatives\, including projects around OER\, open pedagogy\, and open access to research\, for more than a decade. She has been interested not only in the practices that animate open\, but also in the values that power an open vision for the future of education and knowledge-sharing. But recently\, Robin has come to question the efficacy of the work in which she has been engaged. How can such well-conceived\, thoughtful praxis around “open” be gathering steam at the same time as our public educational institutions\, our libraries\, and our publishing models creep closer toward privatization or economic ruin? How can our community’s investments in equity and access be thriving even as global political contexts bend toward neoliberalism\, plutocracy\, and fascism? This presentation will reimagine the “tragedy of the commons\,” not as Garrett Hardin (mis)understood it in his seminal 1968 essay of that name\, but in its current state. As LA burns and Trump ascends\, we will pause and ask tough questions about where open education has gotten us. \nSpeaker bio: Dr. Robin DeRosa is the Director of Learning & Libraries at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire (USA). She has previously been an English professor\, the chair of a customized major program for undergraduates\, and the director of a faculty development center. Robin is an advocate for public higher education and has been working on OER and open pedagogy initiatives at institutions around the world for more than a decade. You can read more about Robin at her website\, robinderosa.net \nDate: Tuesday\, May 13\, 2025 \nTime:11:00am – 12:00pm \nTime Zone:Saskatchewan Time \n  \n 
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-and-the-oligarchs/
LOCATION:Regina\, Canada\, Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Educational Practices,Social Justice,Sustainability
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SUMMARY:Shifting Power: University Openness and Collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Please join the University of Regina for an Open Education Speaker Series online presentation with Dr. George Siemens\, University of South Australia/ University of Texas (Arlington) \nSession Description: Universities have become end-consumers of AI. Unlike previous technology innovations\, where higher education played an active role in technology developments and adoption\, learner and institutional use of AI has advanced with only minimal voice from the university system itself. While frontier labs\, such as Anthropic and OpenAI\, have focused on offering services for learners\, they’ve largely sidestepped the system\, leaving universities as spectators. This talk will highlight the urgent need for universities to collaborate around shared data\, technology\, and services to ensure that the mission of serving learners remains central in the adoption of AI in courses and classrooms. When universities collaborate and pursue open standards\, they have a sufficiently powerful voice to shape the products and services offered by big tech companies\, shifting power from closed systems to the network of education institutions. \n  \nPresenter bio: George Siemens researches how human and artificial cognition intersect in knowledge processes. He co-founded Matter and Space – a human development platform that responds to the systemic impact of AI on learning\, human development\, and wellness. He now serves as Chief AI Officer at SNHU. He is the founding Director and Professor of the Center for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L) at University of South Australia and developed the Masters of Science in Learning Analytics at University of Texas at Arlington. He has delivered keynote addresses in more than 40 countries on the influence of technology and media on education\, organizations\, and society. His work has been profiled in provincial\, national\, and international newspapers (including NY Times)\, radio\, and television. He has served as PI or Co-PI on grants funded by NSF\, SSHRC (Canada)\, OLT (Australia)\, Intel\, Boeing\, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, and the Soros Foundation. He has received numerous awards\, including honorary doctorates from Universidad de San Martín de Porres and Fraser Valley University for his pioneering work in learning\, technology\, and networks. He holds an honorary professorship with University of Edinburgh. Dr. Siemens is a founding President of the Society for Learning Analytics Research (http://www.solaresearch.org/).  In 2008\, he pioneered massive open online courses (sometimes referred to as MOOCs). George is President of the Global Research Alliance for AI in Learning and Education (GRAILE – www.graile.ai).
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/shifting-power-george-siemens/
LOCATION:Regina\, Canada\, Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Artificial Intelligence,Open Data,Open Education Policies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Regina:20260303T110000
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SUMMARY:Open Education Solutions for Complex Times
DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Regina for this special Open Education Week presentation\, “Open Education Solutions for Complex Times” with Anne-Marie Scott\, Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver\, BC. \nAbstract: Post-secondary institutions across Canada are facing a complex and uncertain future as they rapidly adjust to economic scarcity\, and it is clear that business-as-usual operating models will not support us to meet the challenges ahead. Compounding this is a tendency towards historical amnesia and constant reinvention; often the answers we need are already out there waiting to be discovered. The Commonwealth of Learning has a long history of working in contexts where complexity and uncertainty are the norm and has successfully used open education as an effective innovation toolkit. Drawing on examples\, this talk will outline the ways in which various elements of the open education ecosystem could be used to meet some of these big challenges in Canada head-on\, and (I hope) provide some inspiration to keep us moving forward. \nPresenter bio: Anne-Marie Scott is the Vice President of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) in Vancouver\, Canada where she supports COL’s mission and work in open learning for sustainable development across fifty-six countries. She is an internationally recognized expert in digital\, online\, and open education\, with leadership experience across higher education and the non-profit sector. She previously served as Deputy Provost of Athabasca University in Canada\, and before that spent nearly two decades at the University of Edinburgh in the UK. She serves on the Board of the Open Source Initiative and continues to teach in the Masters in Learning and Technology at Royal Roads University in Canada.
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/open-ed-solutions-complex-times/
LOCATION:Regina\, Canada\, Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Open Education Policies,Open Educational Practices
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SUMMARY:University of Regina Open Education Week Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Mr. Orandi Harris\, University of Regina Business Administration Student \nTitle: Supercharging the Creation of Open Textbook Resources as a Student \nTime: 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (CST/Saskatchewan time) \nAbstract: Pressbooks offers editors the possibility to edit and create textbooks using a visual editor and publish it live for usage in university courses. Students can then access these resources at no cost to them. There is opportunity for professors to collaborate with students for further supporting the publication of material and if they have the ability\, they can learn how to use web development techniques for successfully publishing on Pressbooks. \nIn this talk\, Orandi will explain how he assisted Associate Professor Jacqui Gagnon with developing her open textbook. \n\nPresenter: Dr. Arzu Sardarli\, Professor\, First Nations University of Canada (Prince Albert Campus) \nTitle: OER Quality: Bridging the Gap Between Openness and Expertise \nTime: 11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (CST/Saskatchewan time) \nAbstract: As a big advocate of OER\, Dr. Sardarli recognizes there is a problem with the quality of OER. He will present on how to bridge the gap between openness and expertise. \nThis presentation will be online\, but in-person attendees are welcome to view in the CTL Seminar Room. \n  \n 
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/u-r-open-education-week-presentations/
LOCATION:Regina\, Canada\, Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Digital Skills,Open Source Platforms,Tools and Techniques
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SUMMARY:Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:Join the University of Regina\, Centre for Teaching and Learning for our final 2025/2026 Open Education Speaker Series presentation “Universal Design for Learning and Open Education: Integrating Accessibility and Inclusion” with Dr. Ann Gagné and Kosar Dakhilalian (Brock University) \n📅Date: Wednesday\, April 15\, 2026\n🕰️Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm\n🗺️Time Zone: CST/Saskatchewan Time\n📌Register at https://uregina.libcal.com/event/4004017 (This link will open in a new tab). \nAbstract: This session will explore the three main principles of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) guidelines\, to provide examples of how open education can foster engagement\, give options for representation\, and demonstrate learning. The speakers will provide examples of resources\, tools\, and assessments from their co-created OER on Accessible Adoption\, to allow participants to reflect on how UDL can be an attainable and sustainable way to approach accessibility and inclusion in Open in their specific disciplinary contexts. \nDr. Ann Gagné (she/her) is Senior Educational Developer\, Accessibility & Inclusion at Brock University. She has worked in higher education for over 22 years. Her work focuses on the need for accessible pedagogies through awareness of disabled lived experiences. She regularly facilitates workshops on accessible and inclusive pedagogy and trauma-informed UDL. \nKosar Dakhilalian is an Educational Developer\, Open Educational Resources at Brock University since 2023. She facilitates workshops to respond to the OER needs of the instructors\, offers consultations\, and helps with design and creation of OER and interactive elements. \n 
URL:https://oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/universal-design-for-learning-and-opened/
LOCATION:Regina\, Canada\, Regina\, Saskatchewan\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Equity and Access,Open Educational Practices
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