February 2025 - Canadaoer - lists.bccampus.ca

Open Gathering at STLHE
by Canada Open Education Resources 26 Feb '25

26 Feb '25

The STLHE conference is being held in Saskatoon June 10-13. It would be good to get those of us active in open together at some point during the conference. If you are planning to attend, please drop me an email. Thank you. 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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2025 Open Education Talks coming up in March
by Canada Open Education Resources 25 Feb '25

25 Feb '25

Hello everyone, We are excited to announce the fourth annual offering of The Open Education Talks<https://oetalks.opened.ca/>. This series of lightning talks and new digital poster wall focus on open education in postsecondary institutions. These 15-minute talks and posters will cover facets of open education, including open pedagogy and learning, utilizing open educational resources, and integrating open strategies in higher education. These talks aim to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. Schedule and Topics: Every Wednesday in March 2025 from 12:00 pm - 1:30pm MT, presentations will focus on the following broad topics: * Building Blocks of Open Education: These talks focus on the basics of open education, what it is, and why it has had an impact on higher education, including examples. * Artificial intelligence, Technology, and Open Education: These talks focus on emerging and responsive connections between artificial intelligence, technology, and Open Education. * Student Leadership and Partnership in Open Education: These talks amplify student-led Open Education projects and initiatives. * Tensions and Possibilities for the Future of Open Education: These talks focus on how educators integrate open research into their courses and scholarship of teaching and learning practices. For more information, visit the Open Education Talks website<https://oetalks.opened.ca/>. Registration: Registration is free and open to all interested in attending. On the registration page, you can select to attend one or more of the weekly sessions. Register for Open Education Talks 2025<https://ucalgary.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpfuuhqjsiE9xwLFkoS4uK-KLd0bwXM…> Please feel free to share this invitation with your networks. Best, Christina Hendricks, and the rest of the Open Education Talks Steering Committee<https://oetalks.opened.ca/#committee> ------------------------------------------------------------------- Christina Hendricks, PhD (she, her, hers<https://equity.ubc.ca/resources/gender-diversity/pronouns/>) Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Professor of Teaching, Philosophy The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory 214 – 1961 East Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca<mailto:christina.hendricks(a)ubc.ca>

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CARL’s Open Education Community of Practice Steering Committee | Comité directeur de la Communauté de pratique en éducation ouverte de l’ABRC
by Canada Open Education Resources 11 Feb '25

11 Feb '25

Call for Expressions of Interest: Join CARL’s Open Education Community of Practice Steering Committee! https://lnkd.in/dfaVSMJh We are seeking 6-8 passionate representatives from CARL member libraries to join the newly established Open Education Community of Practice (OE CoP) Steering Committee. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of open education in Canada! 🌟 About the OE CoP: Building on the work of CARL’s Open Education Working Group<https://www.carl-abrc.ca/advance-teaching-learning/open-education/oewg/>, the OE CoP aims to foster a national network of open education practitioners. Through collaboration, information sharing, and best practices, this community will advance open education initiatives across Canadian research libraries. 💡 What to Expect: Members serve a two-year term and dedicate 5-10 hours per month. 📥 Interested? Send a brief statement about your interest and experience in open education to Taleen Aktorosian (taleen.aktorosian(a)carl-abrc.ca<mailto:taleen.aktorosian(a)carl-abrc.ca>) by February 14, 2025. -------------------------- Appel à manifestation d’intérêt : Rejoignez le comité directeur de la Communauté de pratique en éducation ouverte de l’ABRC ! https://lnkd.in/dH9KWmSi On est à la recherche de 6 à 8 représentants des bibliothèques membres de l’ABRC pour rejoindre le comité directeur de la nouvelle Communauté de pratique en éducation ouverte de l'ABRC. Une occasion unique de contribuer à l’avenir de l’éducation ouverte au Canada ! 🌟 À propos de la CdP ÉO : S’appuyant sur le travail du Groupe de travail sur l’éducation ouverte<https://www.carl-abrc.ca/fr/faire-avancer-lenseignement-et-lapprentissage/e…> de l’ABRC, la CdP ÉO vise à créer un réseau national de praticiens en éducation ouverte. Cette communauté favorisera la collaboration, le partage d’informations et de bonnes pratiques pour faire progresser les initiatives en éducation ouverte dans les bibliothèques de recherche canadiennes. 💡 Ce que cela implique : Les membres siègent pour un mandat de deux ans et consacrent environ 5 à 10 heures par mois. 📥 Intéressé(e) ? Envoyez une brève description de votre intérêt et vos expériences en matière d’éducation ouverte à Taleen Aktorosian (taleen.aktorosian(a)carl-abrc.ca<mailto:taleen.aktorosian(a)carl-abrc.ca>) d'ici le 14 février 2025. Merci! Catherine Catherine Lachaîne, M.S.I., M.A. PhD (étudiante) Chef intérimaire, Stratégie des collections | Interim Head, Collections Strategy Bibliothèque de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Library catherine.lachaine(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:catherine.lachaine(a)uottawa.ca> Agente de programme invitée pour l'éducation ouverte | Visiting Project Officer for Open Education Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada (ABRC) | Canadian Association of Research Libraries 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)

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Importing Epubs into Pressbooks
by Canada Open Education Resources 06 Feb '25

06 Feb '25

Hey OER list, I'm hoping for some advice, although I think it's likely that the answer to my question is that there's something weird going on in the conversion process that only the folks with access to the source files can fix. I've been working with a group on campus who has created cookbooks in PDF and fixed layout epub format, and they would like to get the books into Pressbooks. They hired a designer for the pdf and epub on a contract, and that person is no longer working with them. The source files they have are nicely laid out with lots of pictures. We can import the epub into Pressbooks, but whenever we do it gets super junky (example<https://books.lib.uoguelph.ca/plantbasedproteins/chapter/plant-based_easy_p…>), while the pdf looks like this<https://guelphfamilyhealthstudy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Plant-Based-…> (page 31). It's definitely possible it could be the fault of Pressbooks, but I also took a look at the epub files and when I open them in Digital Editions they also have issues, though the issues are mostly to do with fonts, and are not visible in Books on a mac. Does anyone have any advice for troubleshooting / still getting this content into Pressbooks, or is it a bit of a lost cause? Best wishes, Jordan Jordan Pedersen (she/her) | Research and Scholarship Librarian McLaughlin Library | University of Guelph 50 Stone Rd E | Guelph, ON | N1G 2W1 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4548-9957

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Fwd: [SPARC OE Forum] Call for Proposals: The Open Pedagogy Cookbook
by Canada Open Education Resources 05 Feb '25

05 Feb '25

FYI - ACRL is the Association of College and Research Libraries ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Melissa Chim <melissa.aaronberg(a)gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM Subject: [SPARC OE Forum] Call for Proposals: The Open Pedagogy Cookbook To: <oeforum(a)sparcopen.org> The Open Pedagogy Cookbook Apologies for cross-posting. Please share widely! Title: The Open Pedagogy Cookbook Editor: Melissa Chim Publisher: ACRL Chapter Proposals due May 2, 2025 I’m excited to invite chapter proposals for The Open Pedagogy Cookbook, an edited volume to be published by ACRL! Please email me at mchim(a)excelsior.edu with any questions. About the book: Open pedagogy promotes students as active creators of information, rather than passive consumers of it. It relies on the use and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER). In place of “throw away” assignments, open pedagogy allows students to engage with meaningful and relevant assignments that will be preserved for future audiences. These assignments can elevate student participation and give students valuable skills to take with them to the workforce. This edited volume contains lesson plans, resources, and inspiration from librarians who have successfully implemented open pedagogy at their institutions. Whether your campus is just beginning its open education journey or has multiple OER champions, this book is for you! Call for Chapter Proposals: Proposals are invited from librarians who champion open pedagogy at their institutions in various ways. Final chapters/recipes need to thoroughly describe a replicable lesson plan or activity and are typically between 1,000 and 2,500 words. The book is tentatively organized in four parts, each dealing with a different aspect of open pedagogy: 1) Library instruction, 2) Technology, 3) Open Licensing, and 4) Resources & Sustainability. This section list is tentative so please do not feel limited in your creativity! Part I Rolling up your sleeves: Library instruction This section will focus on chapters that talk about using open pedagogy in library instruction. These can include one shot presentations, semester long library projects, and more! Same topics can include: Posting to Wikipedia Social annotation assignments Video series Creating a glossary Part II A lid for every pot: Technology This section will focus on technology related to open pedagogy assignments. Chapters may focus on any technology used and its implications for open pedagogy as a whole. Sample topics can include: Using Pressbooks/LibreText/Manifold/other publishing platforms Using Hypothesis Using Padlet Using Generative AI and LLMs(ex. ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc) Accessibility Part III Potluck: Open Licensing This section invites chapters on any aspects of Open Licensing, including Creative Commons. Sample topics can include: Choosing a Creative Commons License Rights Reversal Other licensing options (such as in science publishing) Part IV Taste testing: Sharing Resources and sustainability This section will focus on sharing open pedagogy works and how to keep your initiatives sustainable. Sample topics can include: Partnering with your library publishing platform Utilizing your Institutional Repository Student privacy and open pedagogy Making your assignments sustainable Preserving your work (ex: migrating platforms, changing jobs, etc) Evaluation criteria: Chapter proposals will be evaluated based on the following criteria, as listed in the rubric here: https://excelsior.libwizard.com/f/rubric - Relevance - Uniqueness - Implementation Proposal instructions: Please submit your proposals using the online form by May 2, 2025: https://excelsior.libwizard.com/f/openpedagogy . The proposal should include all contributing authors, a contact email for the main author, a working title, what part you envision your chapter in, 3-5 keywords describing your proposed topic, and a summary of your lesson plan or learning activity. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 30th, 2025. Publication is anticipated in 2027. Please email Melissa Chim at mchim(a)excelsior.edu with any questions! About the editor: Melissa Chim is the first Scholarly Communications Librarian at Excelsior University where she both created and manages the university’s scholarly publishing platform and institutional repository. She holds an MLIS from St. John’s University and an MA in History from Queen Mary, the University of London, and hold certificates in open education and Creative Commons licensing. She was a SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow for their 2022-23 cohort, a Society for Scholarly Publishing Fellow for 2024, an Accelerating Science and Publishing in Biology (ASAPbio) Fellow for 2024, and a member of the Fulbright Specialist Roster from 2024-2027. She co-authored the OER textbook entitled Living Archives: A History of the Center for Christian Spirituality, and is currently co-authoring another textbook on information literacy to be published in 2025. -- SPARC Open Education Forum https://sparcopen.org/our-work/sparc-oe-forum/ To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to oeforum+unsubscribe(a)sparcopen.org.

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