Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit your talk or poster proposal for the fourth annual Open Education Talks<https://oetalks.opened.ca/>, a series of 15-minute lightning talks about open education, open pedagogy, and integrating open resources and technologies in higher education. This virtual event aims to foster conversations and share best practices in open education.
Talks & Poster Opportunities:
· Talks: Share your experiences in open education, focusing on open pedagogy, OER, student partnerships, AI in education, and more. Sessions will occur every Wednesday in March 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM MT, and will be hosted on Zoom.
· Posters: New this year! Submit your infographic or poster to the Digital Poster Wall to visually showcase your open education work. Accepted creators will receive guidelines and licensing information.
Proposal Deadline: December 15, 2024
Speakers Notified: January 10, 2025
Registration Opens: February 3, 2025
This Year's Streams:
1. Building Blocks of OE: Basics of open education and OER adoption
2. AI, Technology, and OE: AI's role in open education and its ethical implications
3. Student Leadership and Partnership: Student-led projects and collaboration in OE
4. Tensions and Possibilities: Integrating open research and addressing challenges
We invite you to submit your proposal to this form<https://forms.gle/DsobzvxkRYxQfje26> no later than December 15, 2024.
For more details, visit the Open Education Talks website<https://oetalks.opened.ca/>.
We look forward to hearing about your innovative work in open education!
Best regards,
Sarah Adams
On behalf of The Open Education Talks Steering Committee
(University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta)
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Sarah Adams | MISt | she/her/hers | sarah.adams1(a)ucalgary.ca<mailto:sarah.adams1@ucalgary.ca>
Open Education Librarian
Undergraduate Education (Werklund) Liaison
Libraries and Cultural Resources | University of Calgary
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.
Hello everyone,
It is with great joy that I share a report that I am proud to have co-authored with my collaborators Oya Pakkal<https://www.linkedin.com/in/oya-pakkal-8a38b9249/>, Catherine Lachaîne<https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-lacha%C3%AEne-51923791/>, and Robert Luke<https://www.linkedin.com/in/raluke/>. The report focuses on the capacity of Ontario's post-secondary institutions to support open educational practices and is based on a Province-wide survey of Ontario’s colleges, universities, and Indigenous institutes using our Institutional Self-Assessment (ISAT2) tool<https://inclusiveeducationlab.com/isat2/>. This research project was supported by an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada.
The report, which will be formally launched tomorrow at eCampusOntario's Technology + Education Seminar + Showcase<https://www.ecampusontario.ca/tessconference/> event at the Toronto Reference Library, is available online in English and French at:
https://www.ecampusontario.ca/on-a-path-to-open/https://www.ecampusontario.ca/fr/sur-la-voie-de-louverture/
Additional research is planned in other jurisdictions, including in British Columbia, in partnership with BCcampus. If you are interested in doing similar work in your institutional or regional context, please do reach out.
Thank you,
Rajiv
Rajiv Jhangiani, Ph.D. (he/him/his)[A button for name playback in email signature]<https://www.name-coach.com/rajiv-jhangiani>
Vice Provost, Teaching and Learning
Brock University
Niagara Region | 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way | St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1
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