Hi all, Just wanted to share links to the videos and presentation materials from [ http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 | The Failure Of Access: Rethinking Open Education ] event during Open Education Week at SFU Vancouver (details below). - Failure of Access: Rethinking Open Education - Keynote Presentation : http://summit.sfu.ca/item/17141 - Failure of Access: Rethinking Open Education - Panel Discussion : http://summit.sfu.ca/item/17140 Thanks very much, Hope on behalf of the organizing team from SFU Library, UBC Library, BCcampus, Public Knowledge Project & BC Research Libraries Group -- Hope Power Teaching & Learning Librarian W.A.C. Bennett Library (Burnaby) Simon Fraser University hpower(a)sfu.ca / 778.782.4359 The BC Research Libraries Group, is proud to co-present The Failure of Access: Rethinking Open Education March 28 2017, 5:30pm-8:30pm Room 1430, Harbour Centre (SFU Vancouver) 515 W Hastings St, Vancouver This special event is presented in collaboration with SFU Library, UBC Library, BCcampus, and the Public Knowledge Project as part of Open Education Week 2017 The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register visit: [ http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 | http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 ] The use of open re-use licenses and Internet technologies have long promised to reduce barriers to education by making it more distributed, equitable, and open. Indeed, the promise of open education can trace its roots to the the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations 1948, which states “everyone has a right to education.” There is little formal evidence, however, that open education has an impact on increasing access to learning or making education more equitable. This event will explore the goals, failures, and successes of open education. Join us in exploring such questions as: is open education succeeding in being a transformative movement that makes learning more accessible? What are the criteria and successes that should be used to measure if the open education movement is a success? What more needs to be done? Our discussion will be led by keynote speaker Dr. Ishan Abeywardena (Advisor - Open Education Resources) from the [ https://www.col.org/ | Commonwealth of Learning ] and panelists from [ https://www.sfu.ca/ | SFU ] , [ https://www.ubc.ca/ | UBC ] , [ http://caperbc.ca/ | CAPER-BC ] , and [ https://sparcopen.org/ | SPARC ] . For more information and to register, please visit: [ http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 | http://www.lib.sfu.ca/about/branches-depts/rc/32099 ]