Hello!
I want to share this new article that was recently published by KPU faculty member Deirdre Maultsaid and TRU faculty member Michelle Harrison. This publication is the result of Deirdre’s year working with us as an Open Education Research Fellow and explores student perspectives on Open Pedagogy.
Can Open Pedagogy Encourage Care? Student Perspectives<https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/6901>
Abstract: As a response to the increasing commercialization of postsecondary education, educators argue for a practice of care in education. Open pedagogy (OP) seems like an ideal practice where care, trust, and inclusion can be realized. OP is characterized as a democratic and collaborative pedagogical practice, in which students and teachers work to co-create learning and knowledge using openly licensed materials, open platforms, and other open processes. The purposes of this study were, first, to reveal ways students in postsecondary institutions perceive care and, second, to determine how students suggest OP can be used to create an open/caring learning process. A task-oriented focus group method engaged students from four teaching-focused institutions. The students created open cases on social issues for class discussion and reflected on care and OP processes in postsecondary settings. Using four elements of the ethics of care—attentiveness, responsibility, competence, and trustworthiness—as conceptual categories, the study examined students’ experience of care and care in OP using affective coding and thematic analysis. The results showed that through OP, with teacher support and explicitly designed practices of care, students can assert their agency, have quintessential roles in creating and participating in highly relevant curriculum and importantly, care about others, and be cared for. OP is a process able to involve a diverse population of students and embody care as an all-encompassing practice.
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Amanda Grey, MLIS (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, Teaching & Learning Commons
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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We are delighted to let you know that the program for Studio23: Reignite Your Teaching and Facilitation Practice is now available. This 2-day event will take place at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver on November 1 and 2, 2023. We invite you to visit the Studio23 event website<https://studio23.bccampus.ca/> and register!
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* Day 1 Keynote<https://studio23.bccampus.ca/day-1/> Kathi Camilleri “A Resilient Village Around Every Learner”
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Thanks to Rich Hershman, Shauna Roch, and Justine Munds for sending information on this topic.
Summary of Results
Fanshawe College: “In the colleges we compensate full-time faculty through a course release and part time faculty through a curriculum development contract to the equivalent of the FT folks. This works out to about 6 hrs a week for a 14-week semester and 12 hrs during the condensed 7-week summer term. We provide all the support, and the faculty member is responsible for the content. We take an agile approach where the faculty is delivering one chapter per week, and we are building in pressbooks right behind them.” https://fanshawec.libguides.com/c.php?g=724582&p=5205170
Clackamas Community College: The college has developed a chart<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O5pnfB0Y-SVJQnjle-qIvV6D-6cbW6gfP1zWzeI…> that summarizes the number of hours per week for different types of OER projects. Hours range from 1-3 hours/week for 1 term to adopt an OER, up to 6-9 hours/week for 3 terms to author a completely new OER.
Cheers,
Jessica
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Jessica Norman, MLS
Open Educational Resources Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
SAFA Table Officer, Division IV
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Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446>
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Stan Grad Building, MC113
(Office) 403.210.4073
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Oki, Âba wathtech, Danit'ada, Tawnshi, Hello. SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney. We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the City of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation, Region 3.
Hi everyone!
We’re excited to share with you the following new OER that has just been published at KPU:
Stitched sewing techniques, how-to, and more
By: Heather Clark and Catherine Hay
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Within the fashion, sewing, and textile classrooms it is a challenge to find a textbook on the topic of sewing that covers the range of skills and techniques taught within these learning spaces. Typically to supplement student learning, handouts will be utilized along with in-class, and in-person demos. The open-source and online format of this OER will enable educators to continually update the resource to meet current student needs, learning outcomes, and reflect best practices within the apparel and fashion industry. Content in this OER supports skills and knowledge learned within the classroom while providing supportive resources for learners. This open-source learning resource contains details and step-by-step instructions, supported with images, videos, and text.
This resource will be continually worked on, with videos, text, and information being added. The vision for this resource is to provide learning resources to the sewing community – an array of learners, with multiple ways of ‘how-to’.
Visit the Website<https://wordpress.kpu.ca/stitched/>
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We at Kwantlen Polytechnic University respectfully acknowledge that we live, work and study in a region that overlaps with the unceded traditional and ancestral First Nations territories of the Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem; and with the lands of the Kwantlen First Nation, which gifted its name to this university.
Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action
Hi All,
This message is cross-posted. I've had a request to provide estimates for the number of faculty hours that are required for both creation of a new OER textbook and ongoing maintenance of an existing work. This information will be used to develop budget numbers for offloads. I know the hours can vary greatly based on topic, technology, and format! But, I believe I have seen grant programs that include an assumption of the number of hours funded. Any information about how you estimate the amount of time allocated for large projects would be appreciated, especially in the area of business.
Thanks in advance!
Jessica
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Jessica Norman, MLS
Open Educational Resources Librarian, Reg Erhardt Library
Liaison to: Construction, Manufacturing & Automation
SAFA Table Officer, Division IV
(She/Her)
Book an appointment<https://sait.libcal.com/appointment/16446>
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Stan Grad Building, MC113
(Office) 403.210.4073
jessica.norman(a)sait.ca<mailto:jessica.norman@sait.ca>
Oki, Âba wathtech, Danit'ada, Tawnshi, Hello. SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney. We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the City of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation, Region 3.
