Hi Everyone, 

Unfortunately, I may not make the call. I have invited two others from UofA in case they can join. Below is an update on the Campus Alberta OER Initiative: 

Grant Funding: Initiative is winding down, closure pending March 31. An evaluation report to provide to the Ministry at closure which is gaining guidance and input from across the province. This report includes recommendations to the Ministry and aims to influence future funding allocation to support OER. 

OER Adoption Projects: 21 grant-funded adoption pilot projects took place during Fall 2016. Many of these projects included multiple courses (projected at onset at 52 courses, some did not fully implement). Closure reports for these projects are due on Jan 31 which will include cost and student metrics to support forecasted cost benefits and provincial recommendations. 

Community of Practice: The Alberta OER Community of Practice has been developing over the last few months. Primarily utilized as a way to engage the province in the evaluation process of the grant funding initiative, and, support the planning of the provincial summit. 

Alberta OER Summit: this 1-day event will be hosted at University of Alberta drawing speakers and attendees from across the province to provide professional development on adaptation, adoption, and championship of OER, connect provincial OER champions, develop the provincial Community of Practice, and share Alberta OER case studies, successes and lessons learned. We aim to have a student keynote speaker to kick off the day. 

PS - welcome, Brady! 

Krysta 

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:47 AM, Brady Yano <brady@sparcopen.org> wrote:
Hi all,

Unfortunately I will not be able to make the meeting as I am currently out of the country, but wanted to take the opportunity to send a quick introduction to you all. 

My name is Brady Yano and I work for SPARC, a library advocacy organization representing over 200 institutions across Canada and the United States. SPARC focuses on advancing the open agenda in the fields of open access, open education and open data. I am the Assistant Director of Open Education which has me focused on supporting our library members in advancing OER on their campuses while also leading special projects. One project in particular that I am excited to share is the Connect OER Project (name subject to change) which will serve as a directory of OER efforts happening at institutions across Canada and the U.S. The official launch of the project is set for September 2017. I look forward to talking to you folks more about the project in the near future.

Prior to working at SPARC, I served as a student leader for two years at Simon Fraser University. While there, I was involved in efforts to advance OER adoptions at SFU and neighbouring institutions. If anyone is interested in discussing student engagement, please feel free to reach out.

Hope you have a great meeting.

Best,
Brady

On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Tricia Donovan <tricia.donovan@ecampusalberta.ca> wrote:
Hi Aline,
 
Thank you for letting us know and providing your update, it is appreciated. 
 
Sounds like you are making some  nice progress at Yukon College - thank you for sharing,
 
Kind regards
Tricia
 
Tricia Donovan, Ph.D.
Executive Director
eCampusAlberta
 
 
From: Aline Goncalves [agoncalves@yukoncollege.yk.ca]
Sent: January 23, 2017 4:35 PM
To: Tricia Donovan; canadaoer
Subject: Re: Thursday, Jan. 26th 11:00PT, 12:00MT, 2:00 ET and 3:00AT

Hello all,


I will be out of the office on Jan. 26 and will not be able to attend this meeting. My apologies for that.


In terms of updates for our institution, the faculty at Yukon College is starting to become more inclined to the use of OERs, particularly in English and Business Communication. New online courses in these areas are being designed with the principle that most (if not all) resources will be open and accessible to students. OERs are being adopted from a number of sources, and at least a couple of instructors are either adapting or designing their own materials under open license. Our college is unique in terms of courses and student population (a majority is first nations), so we are also trying to include some concepts of indigenization in this process.


This is still not an institutional change, but it is part of what our Teaching and Learning Lab is recommending for the future. Next month we will have a week dedicated to faculty PD, and OERs is one of the big themes. The expectation is that other areas will follow the same path.


Again, apologies for missing this meeting a second time. Hope to be able to make it to the next one.


Cheers,



Aline Goncalves
Information Literacy/Reference Librarian
IT & Learning Commons

t 867.668.8727

yukoncollege.yk.ca

the future Yukon University (Yukon U)
500 College Drive, PO Box 2799
Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 5K4 Canada
From: Canadaoer <canadaoer-bounces@mail.bccampus.ca> on behalf of Tricia Donovan <tricia.donovan@ecampusalberta.ca>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2017 11:02:33 AM
To: canadaoer
Subject: [Canadaoer] Thursday, Jan. 26th 11:00PT, 12:00MT, 2:00 ET and 3:00AT
 

 Hello Everyone - and Happy Friday!

 

I have updated the Agenda in google docs and have dropped it here for your convenience:

 

January 26, 2017


 

Agenda

  1. Adam Stewart from Crandall University, New Brunswick

  2. Brady Yano from SPARC (working in Vancouver)

  3. CCGlobal Summit - Canada OER Presentation (BCcampus/eCampusOntario/Campus Manitoba - https://creativecommons.org/global-summit-2017/

  4. Provincial Roundtable Updates (West to East)

  5. Next Meeting:

  6. Other?


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KuWFCekNe2iKjS4mY5DGzy2KsgMdXidfWtkkSIiDlyY/edit

We are going to be using Blackboard Collaborate - which is not open, but...

Please see below to test your connection and audio prior to the meeting.
 
 
 
Blackboard Collaborate Meeting Link

 

For first time users -  a dialog box should appear with the option to install the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher application. If the dialog box doesn’t appear then users could try running one of the configuration rooms on this page https://blackboard.secure.force.com/apex/publickbarticleview?id=kA770000000CbIW

 

Thank you, looking forward to catching up,
Tricia

Tricia Donovan, Ph.D.
Executive Director
eCampusAlberta
 

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