Congratulations UN SDG Fellows & Wilson School of Design!
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Congratulations to Monica Affleck and Reynold Vaz, recipients of the 2021-22 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowship<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship>!
This fellowship is designed to assist faculty with creating renewable assignments (all of which will carry a Creative Commons<https://creativecommons.org/choose/> license) to help students become agents of change in their own communities. Each fellowship team (which will include at least one faculty member from KPU and one faculty member from a partner institution will design three renewable assignments during the Summer 2021 semester. A minimum of two renewable assignments will be deployed in the classes of each fellowship team during the subsequent academic year.
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Congratulations to the Wilson School of Design on its second Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)<https://media.kpu.ca/media/What+is+the+Zero+Textbook+Cost+%28ZTC%29+initiat…> program—the Bachelor of Interior Design<https://www.kpu.ca/calendar/2018-19/design/interiordesign/interiordesign-de…>!
KPU’s ZTC programs allow students to pursue an education without spending a cent on textbooks. The IDSN program joins the Wilson School of Design’s Certificate in Foundations in Design<https://www.kpu.ca/design/find> along with five other ZTC programs. Search the KPU timetable<https://media.kpu.ca/media/Finding+Zero+Textbook+Cost+%28ZTC%29+Courses/0_o…> to find a growing list of for-credit courses without the cost of textbooks. Students who enrol in this four-year program can expect to save money!
Hear what Lucie Gagne, Chair of Interior Design, has to say:
“Our Interior Design Program is a highly regarded program, one that, in large part, focusses on student success. Given the global economy and issues of fundamental affordability, we have made it a priority to ensure the program remains viable and sustainable by finding cost savings strategies for our students. We are thrilled that we have been able to implement making the Interior Design Degree a Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) program”
-Lucie Gagne, Chair of the Interior Design Program
Best,
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Now Accepting Applications | UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship
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Interested in designing meaningful assignments that take on some of the world's most pressing sustainability needs? The UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship is for you! Apply for this award-winning fellowship<https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2020/open-pedagogy/united-nations-sustai…> and work in interdisciplinary, inter-institutional teams this summer to create renewable assignments*. Once created, deploy these assignments in your courses toward reaching any of the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals <https://en.unesco.org/sustainabledevelopmentgoals> .
For more information and to apply by Friday, April 1, 2022, please visit: www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship<https://www.kpu.ca/open/un-sdg-fellowship>. Please note that successful applicants will receive $500 in professional development funding.
KPU faculty interested in applying for the Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship should register for an information session scheduled for Monday, March 14, 2022, at 10:30am. Register here<https://tlevents.kpu.ca/mod/booking/view.php?id=3442>.
Hear what past participants of the UN SDG Open Pedagogy Fellowship have to say: Video Content<https://media.kpu.ca/id/0_uwnqvrx8?width=608&height=402&playerId=23451315>.
*Renewable assignments (also known as non-disposable assignments) are those that add value to a student's world, live outside of the boundaries and beyond the duration of the course, and are likely to have a lasting impact. Disposable assignments, on the other hand, are those that only the instructor and students will see and which students are likely to throw away once they have been graded (Seraphin et al., 2019<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1475725718811711>; Wiley, 2013<https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/2975>).
Best,
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Urooj Nizami; MISt, MA (she/her)
Open Education Strategist, KPU | Open Education
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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You're Invited! Open Education Week 2022 | March 7-11
ZTC Essentials: Integrating Pressbooks and Library Resources into Moodle
Monday, March 7, 11:30AM-12:30PM | Caroline Daniels & Urooj Nizami | REGISTER<https://tlevents.kpu.ca/mod/booking/view.php?id=3430>
Join this session to learn about KPU’s ZTC Program, and how to integrate library resources and Pressbooks into Moodle.
Zero Textbook Cost: A Panel Discussion
Tuesday, March 8, 10:00AM-11:00AM | ATTEND<https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/oer/index.h…>
This panel will explore the variety of implementations of Zero Textbook Cost initiatives across Canada. Robel Ng’ong’a (Students’ Association President at Augustana Campus, University of Alberta), will facilitate the discussion with representatives from five Canadian universities and colleges, including KPU.
This event is part of the Open Education Symposium, organized by The University of Alberta, Centre for Teaching and Learning.
Getting Started with OER: A Librarian's Guide of Must-See Destinations
Tuesday, March 8 | Karen Meijer-Kline WATCH<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/oeweek2022/chapter/chapter-1/>
This asynchronous video resource will showcase 3 places to find OER. Don't know where to start? You will after watching this video!
Office Hours: Discover Open Educational Resources (OER)
Wednesday, March 9, 1:00PM-2:00PM | Karen Meijer-Kline & Urooj Nizami | REGISTER<https://tlevents.kpu.ca/mod/booking/view.php?id=3434>
Bring your course syllabi to this participant-led session and work to identify open educational resources, including open textbooks and ancillary materials for your courses.
Educational Technologies for Open Pedagogies
Thursday, March 10, 12:30PM-1:30PM | Teaching & Learning Commons' Strategists | ATTEND<https://www.ualberta.ca/centre-for-teaching-and-learning/events/oer/index.h…>
In this presentation, strategists from KPU Teaching and Learning Commons will discuss how they harness various educational technologies to support open pedagogy.
This event is part of the Open Education Symposium, organized by The University of Alberta, Centre for Teaching and Learning.
Introduction to Open Pedagogy
Friday, March 11 | Urooj Nizami | WATCH<https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/oeweek2022/chapter/a-brief-introduction-to-open-…>
Open pedagogy can include creating, adapting, or updating OER with students, building course policies, outcomes, assignments, rubrics, and schedules of work collaboratively with students, or facilitating student-created and student-controlled learning environments. Access this asynchronous session for an introduction to open pedagogy, including popular practices like designing renewal assignments.
