Canadaoer October 2024

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Open textbook for Developmental Psychology - conception to puberty

by Canada Open Education Resources

Hello, Apologies for cross posting. I have a faculty member who is looking for a new textbook for her Child Development 3rd year Psychology class. She has reviewed a number of open textbooks, and so far, she has found one textbook that is very promising: Understanding the Whole Child: Growth and Development Conception Through Adolescence<https://pressbooks.pub/scchildgrowthanddevelopment/> However, she would still be interested if anyone has a favourite or one that they would really recommend for this course. Here is a brief course description: This course provides an introduction to the process of development from conception to puberty. The major focuses are on developmental theory, descriptive changes in physical growth, cognition, language, social and emotional behaviour of children and applications of the research and theory. Learning Goals: At the conclusion of the course the student will be able to: 1. Describe the research methods associated with child development. 2. Explain the significance of heredity and environment on the developing child. 3. Describe the factors associated with physical development, prenatally through to puberty. 4. Describe the processes of cognitive development throughout childhood. 5. Describe the socio-emotional changes experienced by the infant through to puberty. 6. Explain how child developmental research can be applied to real life situations. 7. Explain contemporary issues in child development such as child abuse, attention-deficit disorder, special needs, and the role of television and video games. Thanks so much for any suggestion of an open textbook you think would be particularly suitable. Warm regards, Debra Debra Flewelling (she/hers<https://www.mypronouns.org/>) Open Education Librarian Douglas College, B.C. Canada 604.527.5190 debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca> [image.png] I am grateful to learn and work on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and qiqéyt (Qayqayt) First Nations. Debra Flewelling (she/hers<https://www.mypronouns.org/>) Open Education Librarian Douglas College 604.527.5190 debra.Flewelling(a)douglascollege.ca<mailto:debra.Flewelling@douglascollege.ca> [Description: logo_2012_for_email_signature77172] I am grateful to learn and work on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and qiqéyt (Qayqayt) First Nations.

5 months, 3 weeks

1Lib1Ref Workshop 2024

by Canada Open Education Resources

*[French below // **Apologies for cross posting, feel free to share**]* Hello, *Are you a library worker or someone passionate about free knowledge?* If so, you should participate in the *#1Lib1Ref* campaign! Short for "1 Librarian, 1 Reference", this international initiative aims to add missing references to Wikipedia articles. Join us on* November 19, 2024* for a virtual one-hour workshop to learn more about 1Lib1Ref, citations on Wikipedia, and how to contribute to the Canadian 1Lib1Ref contest in January 2025. There will be one session in French at 12:00 ET and one session in English at 14:00 ET. More info: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikimedia_Canada/1Lib1Ref_Workshop_20… _____ Bonjour, *Vous travaillez dans une bibliothèque ou vous vous intéressez aux connaissances libres ?* Si oui, participez à la campagne *#1Bib1Ref* ! Abréviation de "1 Bibliothécaire, 1 Référence", cette initiative internationale vise à ajouter des références manquantes aux articles Wikipédia. Rejoignez-nous le *19 novembre 2024 *pour un atelier en ligne d'une heure pour en savoir plus sur 1Bib1Ref, les citations sur Wikipédia, et comment contribuer à l'édition canadienne du concours 1Bib1Ref qui aura lieu en janvier 2025. La session en français est programmée à 12:00 ET et la session en anglais à 14:00 ET. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wikimedia_Canada/1Lib1Ref_Workshop_20… Cheers, *Sophie Valade* (she/elle) Chargée des communications et du développement philanthropique | Communications & philanthropic development officer *Wikimedia Canada* Chapitre officiel soutenant Wikimédia | Official chapter supporting Wikimedia 535 avenue Viger Est, Montréal (Québec) H2L 2P3 www.wikimedia.ca

5 months, 4 weeks

Upcoming free webinar and report on OEP + openly-licensed institutional self-assessment instrument (ISAT2)

by Canada Open Education Resources

Hello everyone, One week from today, on October 31st, I will have the great pleasure of co-presenting with my research collaborators Rajiv Jhangiani<https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajivjhangiani/>, Oya Pakkal<https://www.linkedin.com/in/oya-pakkal-8a38b9249/>, and Robert Luke<https://www.linkedin.com/in/raluke/> at a free pre-conference webinar titled "On a path to open: A report on the capacity of Ontario’s post-secondary institutions to support open educational practices | Sur la voie de l’ouverture : un rapport sur la capacité des établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire de l’Ontario à soutenir les pratiques relatives à l’éducation ouverte." The webinar will provide a preview of a major report that we will release on November 5, at eCampusOntario's Technology + Education Seminar + Showcase (TESS2024) conference<https://www.ecampusontario.ca/tess-2024/>. The report (and the webinar) will share the outcomes of a Province-wide survey of Ontario’s colleges, universities, and Indigenous institutes conducted between February and July 2024 using an updated version of the institutional self-assessment tool (ISAT2)<https://inclusiveeducationlab.com/isat2/>. The webinar will include a brief overview of the development of the ISAT2, followed by a summary of results, including strengths and weaknesses across various dimensions of support for open educational practices (OEP) across the post-secondary sector. The webinar will conclude with recommendations and practical strategies for institutions seeking to further develop their capacity to support OEP. Registration is open for the free webinar at: https://ecampusontario.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_05Hg-jNWQoeDVmRhHnsckw#/… Note that similar research is now planned in partnership with our colleagues at BCcampus in British Columbia. If you are also interested in using the ISAT2 within your institution or region, please don’t hesitate to reach out. The instrument itself is openly-licensed and available in both English and French at: https://inclusiveeducationlab.com/isat2/ Catherine Catherine Lachaîne, M.S.I., M.A., PhD (student) Bibliothécaire de l'éducation ouverte (intérimaire) | Open Education Librarian (Interim) Bibliothèque de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Library catherine.lachaine(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:catherine.lachaine@uottawa.ca> Coordonnatrice scientifique | Scientific Coordinator Chaire de recherche sur l’épanouissement numérique des communautés franco-ontariennes (Collège des chaires de recherche sur le monde francophone - CCRMF)

6 months

UCalgary Open Access Week Panel: Fear of the Unknown

by Canada Open Education Resources

Hello everyone, I’m sharing with you a virtual panel session the University of Calgary’s Libraries and Cultural Resources is facilitating next week as part of our Open Access Week programming called Fear of the Unknown: What REALLY happens when you make your work open?. We are excited to have four members of our UCalgary community join us for a discussion to explore a variety of perspectives in Open Scholarship, share personal experiences on how open resources and practices benefits our UCalgary community and beyond, and considerations on the evolution of Open Scholarship to reduce barriers and silos within "open.” Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Time: 12:30 - 2:00 pm MT Registration: through the LCR Event page<https://workrooms.ucalgary.ca/event/3845399> Our Panelists: * Jennifer Abel, Research Data Management Librarian, Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary * Ottilia Berze, Open Science Strategy Consultant, Knowledge to Impact Team, Research Services, University of Calgary * Melissa Morris, Editorial Consultant, The Motley Undergraduate Journal * Verena Roberts, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary; Educational Developer, Office of Teaching and Learning, Thompson Rivers University Our Moderators: * Sarah Adams, Open Education Librarian, Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary * Brianna Calomino, Digital Projects Librarian – Digital Scholarship, Libraries and Cultural Resources, University of Calgary Best, Sarah _____________________________________________ Sarah Adams | MISt | she/her/hers Open Education Librarian Undergraduate Education (Werklund) Liaison TFDL | Libraries and Cultural Resources | University of Calgary sarah.adams1(a)ucalgary.ca<mailto:sarah.adams1@ucalgary.ca> | 403-220-8360 I gratefully acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Districts 5 and 6.

6 months

Re: NEW OER: Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art & Society in the Nineteenth Century

by Canada Open Education Resources

Dear Colleagues in the OER Community, Are you looking for examples of what an image-intensive open textbook for the fine arts might look like in Pressbooks? After exploration and customization, we’re especially excited to share with you the following new open textbook published at Concordia University Library: Title: Creating the Modern: Intersections of Art & Society in the Nineteenth Century Authored by Loren Lerner and Karine Antaki For the course: ARTH 366 Studies in 19th Century Art and Architecture Creating the Modern by Loren Lerner and Karine Antaki is a visually rich open textbook for visual studies, art history, and nineteenth-century studies. “Topics such as class and gender, academism and the avant-garde, the reception and consumption of progressive art, the culture of spectatorship, psycho-social illness, Eurocentrism, and religious and racial prejudice encourage a multi-faceted understanding of how the narrative of nineteenth-century art is a narrative intrinsically attached to the problematics, and promise, of emerging modernity.” Read and view the resource<https://opentextbooks.concordia.ca/creating-the-modern/> Part of Concordia University Library’s OER Program<https://www.concordia.ca/library/oer.html> WorldCat Record <https://concordiauniversity.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1436664054> Happy Open Access Week, Rachel Harris Dr. Rachel Harris<https://www.concordia.ca/faculty/rachel-harris.html> Scholarly Publishing Librarian English Book Review Editor, Papers/Cahiers<https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/about/editorialTeam> ORCID: 0000-0002-7356-0127<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7356-0127> Contact: rachel.harris(a)concordia.ca Concordia University Library, Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal (unceded Indigenous land) [cid:52de2d22-675a-4efd-98cc-b7a00de3be3c]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/2f53ef835f43484d99ed02e99b1e5a86…> Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/2f53ef835f43484d99ed02e99b1e5a86…>

6 months

Atlantic Provinces Invest in OER / Les provinces de l’Atlantique investissent dans les RÉL

by Canada Open Education Resources

[Logo Description automatically generated] Le français suivant The Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries (CAAL-CBPA<https://caul-cbua.ca/>) is excited to share news of a provincial investment into Open Educational Resources (OER). The four Atlantic provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island are working together through the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training (CAMET) to invest in a 3-year pilot program with AtlanticOER. The funding from the pilot program will be used to support efforts to increase the creation, adoption, and adaptation of OER at publicly funded post-secondary institutions across the Atlantic Region. This investment is the result of years of advocacy. CAAL-CBPA would like to thank Students Nova Scotia, the New Brunswick Student Alliance, the University of Prince Edward Island’s Student Union, the Memorial University Student Union, past and present members of the CAAL-CBPA OER Committee, past members of the Open Textbooks Survey Working Group, past members of the Open Textbooks Roadmap Working Group, and past members of the OER Repository Implementation Working Group for their hard work and dedication. All of these individuals have been strong advocates for OER and have made this investment possible. More information about the investment can be found on the AtlanticOER Website<https://atlanticoer-relatlantique.ca/2024/10/17/atlantic-provinces-invest-i…>. Sincerely, Alexandra Marcaccio ****************************************************************************************** Le Conseil des bibliothèques postsecondaires de l'Atlantique (CAAL-CBPA)<https://caul-cbua.ca/> est heureux d’annoncer un investissement provincial dans les ressources éducatives libres (REL). Les quatre provinces de l’Atlantique, soit le Nouveau-Brunswick, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, la Nouvelle-Écosse et l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, collaborent par l’entremise du Conseil atlantique des ministres de l’Éducation et de la Formation (CAMEF) pour investir dans un programme pilote de trois ans avec RELAtlantique. Le financement du programme pilote servira à appuyer les efforts visant à accroître la création, l’adoption et l’adaptation des RÉL dans les établissements d’enseignement postsecondaire financés par l’État de la région de l’Atlantique. Cet investissement est le fruit de plusieurs années de travail de sensibilisation. La CAAL-CBPA tient à remercier Students Nova Scotia, l’Alliance étudiante du Nouveau-Brunswick, l’Union étudiante de l’Université de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, l’Union étudiante de l’Université Memorial, les anciens membres et les membres actuels du Comité des RÉL de la CAAL-CBPA, les anciens membres du Groupe de travail sur l’Enquête sur les manuels scolaires ouverts, les anciens membres du Groupe de travail sur la feuille de route des manuels scolaires ouverts et les anciens membres du Groupe de travail sur la mise en œuvre du dépôt des REL pour leur travail acharné et leur dévouement. Toutes ces personnes ont été de fervents défenseurs des REL et ont rendu cet investissement possible. De plus amples renseignements sur l’investissement sont disponibles sur le site Web RelAtlantique<https://atlanticoer-relatlantique.ca/fr/2024/10/17/atlantic-provinces-inves…>. Sincèrement, Alexandra Marcaccio Alexandra Marcaccio (she/ her/ elle) AtlanticOER Lead Council of Atlantic Academic Libraries / Conseil des bibliothèques postsecondaires de l’Atlantique (CAAL-CBPA) 120 Western Parkway, Suite 202, Bedford, NS B4B 0V2 | W: caul-cbua.ca<https://caul-cbua.ca/> | T: 902-830-6467 | E:oer@caul-cbua.ca<mailto:oer@caul-cbua.ca> CAAL members sit on unceded and traditional territories of the Mi’kmaq, Beothuk, Innu, Inuit, Wəlastəkwiyik, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. "Treaties of Peace and Friendship" were first signed in 1725 between the British Crown and the Mi'kmaq and Wəlastəkwiyk Peoples. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources, but recognized Mi'kmaq and Wəlastəkwiyk title, and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. We acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the First Peoples of this region, and we express our gratitude as guests on this land. Les membres du CBPA siègent sur des territoires traditionnels des peuples Mi’kmaq, Beothuk, Innue, Inuit, Wəlastəkwiyik et Peskotomuhkati. Les « Traités de paix et d’amitié » ont été signés pour la première fois en 1725 entre la Couronne britannique et les peuples Mi’kmaq et Wəlastəkwiyk. Ces traités ne portaient pas sur la cession de terres et de ressources, mais reconnaissaient en fait les titres Mi’kmaq et Wəlastəkwiyk, et portaient sur l’établissement de règles pour ce qui devait être une relation continue entre les nations. Nous reconnaissons avec respect les diverses histoires et cultures des premiers peuples de cette région, et nous exprimons notre gratitude en tant qu'invités sur cette terre.

6 months, 1 week

Genetics OER

by Canada Open Education Resources

Our biology department would like to move to an OER for a course on genetics. The current text is: Introduction to Genetic Analysis’ – 12th edition. Griffiths et. al. 2020. They specifically use chapters 1-6, 8-12, 14,15,18 (currently) Heather M. Ross, BA BEd Med (she/her) Educational Development Specialist University of Saskatchewan Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Ph: 306-966-5327 Find information about open educational practices including open textbooks on: http://open.usask.ca [Text Description automatically generated with medium confidence]

6 months, 2 weeks

UBC Open Access Week - Sessions Open to All

by Canada Open Education Resources

[https://open-2021.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2024/09/OAWeek_BannerGeneric-1536x…] Open Access Week is an an international event whose goal is to highlight how open scholarship can help people meet their goals in research, scholarly publishing, teaching and learning. Each year, as part of Open Access Week, UBC showcases diverse events highlighting areas of open scholarship that UBC’s faculty, students and staff participate in as well as guests from local and global community. This year’s events will explore the evolving role of generative AI<https://genai.ubc.ca/> in open scholarship, addressing its potential benefits and challenges, including ethical considerations related to Indigenous knowledge, the impacts on institutional barriers, and strategies for responsible use. All of these events are FREE and open to the public, students, faculty, staff and schools. The Influence of AI on Academic Publishing Date: Monday, October 21, 2024 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: Online Join us for a discussion with Taylor & Francis VP External Affairs and Policy, Priya Madina, on AI and academic publishing. This session will provide an overview of AI and opportunities and challenges of utilising AI, illustrated by academic publisher use cases of AI. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. This session will be recorded an made available in UBC’s institional repository, cIRcle<http://circle.ubc.ca/>. Presenter * Priya Madina , Vice President, External Affairs and Policy, Taylor & Francis Priya joined Taylor & Francis in December 2019. She has extensive experience in developing and positioning global policies with relevant stakeholders and decision-makers. Priya sits on the company’s Race and Ethnicity Network, the Publishers Association’s Academic Publishers Council and chairs STM’s Open Research Committee. Before joining the world of publishing, Priya spent ten years at GlaxoSmithKline in a variety of government affairs, policy and market access roles. In her most recent role as Director of Government Affairs, she led the company’s positioning on international intellectual property and global health issues.  She also gained experience in the external affairs function for the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations in Geneva. Priya’s previous roles include working across a wide range of policy and government affairs functions at the World Health Organization, the European Commission and the UK Government‘s Department of Health. Her global and regional experience includes working in the Philippines, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. Priya has a Masters in Classics and Modern Languages from Oxford University. She speaks English and French and has good knowledge of Hindi and Spanish. Register<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3839450> “Stop Generating”: Generative AI in the Contexts of Indigenous Studies Date: Thursday, October 24, 2024 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Location: Online Generative AI has forced universities to contend with complex ethical and social questions—namely because writing is so deeply entrenched as an institutional gatekeeping. For many students, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds or for whom English is not a first language, the pressure to translate ideas into “proper” English contributes to attrition rates and exacerbates feelings of inadequacy, alienation, and exclusion from many academic communities. From an equity and inclusion perspective, AI has the potential to disrupt institutional barriers by offering accessible tools that level the grammatical playing field. By functioning as virtual tutors or co-writers, AI systems can assist students in producing more polished and coherent prose, thus challenging the traditional hierarchies that privilege certain grammatical and stylistic norms. Instead of attempting to ban these tools (which is, to say the least, impractical), I side with a growing number of technology scholars who argue that we should focus on teaching students how to use generative AI responsibly and effectively. However, I do so with the caveat that teaching responsible AI use means critically engaging the complex and often messy processes that make AI what it is. In this presentation, I draw from Indigenous theorists and authors to situate generative AI and large language models (LLMs) within a long colonial history of extraction. Just as colonial states declare Indigenous lands terra nullius, allowing settlers to exploit resources through mining, clear-cutting, and other forms of extraction, generative AI similarly depends on the unchecked extraction of data, including Indigenous knowledge and cultural resources, often without consent. The late Gregory Younging refers to this process as gnaritas nullius, the colonial rendering of Indigenous knowledge into public property. The unchecked extraction of writing, including, but not limited to, Indigenous knowledge, represents a new frontier for colonial capitalism, where cultural and intellectual property are commodified by those with the most access and power. As Nando de Freitas notes, the future of AI development depends on scale: those who control the largest datasets will have the greatest advantage and profit the most from AI. The numerous high-profile copyright cases against companies like OpenAI and Meta show that how this data is collected is treated as a secondary issue. This unbridled, dehumanizing race for data mirrors the extractive practices that have driven capitalist-colonial expansion for centuries. Building on these ideas, I mobilize the insights of Indigenous authors like Younging, Scott Lyons, and Cherie Dimaline to highlight strategies for resisting colonial extraction and challenging capitalist systems through rhetorical sovereignty and the concept of incommensurability. The goal is not to discourage the use of generative AI but, in the Faustian sense, to reveal the costs of embracing it, especially when it is employed to subvert oppressive institutional structures. Speaker * David Gaertner, Assoicate Professor, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies David Gaertner is an assistant professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the co-Director of the CEDaR space: a community-centered new media and immersive storytelling lab. He writes, researches, and teaches new media, critical Indigenous studies; Indigenous literatures; contemporary Canadian literature, cultural theories of reconciliation, and speculative fiction. He has published articles in Canadian Literature, American Indian Research and Culture, and Digital Pedagogies in the Humanities, amongst others. He is the author of The Theatre of Regret: Literature, Art and the Politics of Reconciliation in Canada (UBC Press) and editor of Soykeyihta: The Poetry of Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe (WLUP). Register<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3820653> ________________________________ Additional Open Access Week Sessions: Finding, Using, and Creating Open Educational Resources<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3814560> Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Online Publishing a Book with Pressbooks – An Introduction<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3818866> Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: Online Accessibility and OER Studio<https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/accessibility-studio-october-22-2024/> Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Location: Online OER and GenAI<https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/oer-and-genai-october-23-2024/> Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 Time:11:00 am – 12:30 pm Location: Online Beware the Copyleft Trolls – Questionable Use of Open Licenses<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3818864> Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Online Sharing & Discoverability – Making an Impact with your Open Education Resources<https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3814561> Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: Online

6 months, 2 weeks

AI Use in the Production of OER

by Canada Open Education Resources

I’m sorry for cross-posting this. Does anyone have guidelines specific to using AI to create/adapt OER at their institution? Heather M. Ross, BA BEd Med (she/her) Educational Development Specialist University of Saskatchewan Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning Ph: 306-966-5327 Find information about open educational practices including open textbooks, on: http://open.usask.ca [Text Description automatically generated with medium confidence]

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