This workshop has been cancelled. If you are interested in learning more about the grant please reach out to us at OERgrant@uwaterloo.ca or review the grant guidelines.
Presented by Lauren Byl and Abbey Colucci
Making learning materials freely accessible and available to the Waterloo community is part of the Library's mission.
Presented by Lauren Byl and Abbey Colucci
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab
Making learning materials freely accessible and available to the Waterloo community is part of the Library's mission.
Presented by Tim Ireland and Agnes Zientarska-Kayko
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 1 – 2 pm
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab
Bring your computer to this hands-on Zotero workshop. Zotero is an online citation management software program. If you are writing any academic papers, this software will save you a lot of time and frustration. We will guide you through:
Presented by Sandra Keys, Vicky Chung and Anneliese Eber
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab
Depositing and making your research data available for (maybe) sharing is becoming increasingly important and often required by funding agencies and journals.
Presented by Lauren Byl
Date: Tues Oct 24
Time: 10 – 11 am
Location: Dana Porter Library Room 329, Computer Lab
How do you choose a quality journal? What are predatory journals? How do you avoid publishing in a predatory journal? By the end of this workshop, you will:
- Understand what makes a journal predatory
- Have tips and tricks to use to identify quality and predatory journals
- Know who to reach out to for help
Speaker: Kari Weaver (learning, teaching, & instructional design librarian)
Speaker: Daniel Opperwall (online learning consultant, CEL)
Speakers: Zoë Carbone (student), Sabrina Romano (student), James Skidmore (professor, Germanic & Slavic Studies)
This presentation will address this head on by shedding light on the adaptation process: the mechanics of going about it, the problems that sometimes arise, the editing decisions that need to be made.
Speakers: Leslie Wexler (senior educational developer, Indigenous Knowledges and anti-racist pedagogies, CTE), Benjamin Lefebvre (copy editor, CEL)
Speakers: Rebecca MacAlpine (graduate educational developer, CTE), and Svitlana Taraban-Gordon (senior educational developer, CTE)
Speaker: Sandra Lopez Rocha (intercultural learning specialist, Student Success Office)
Intercultural competence (IC) is an area of personal development that informs and influences interactions across formal and informal contexts involving cultural difference. Although there are numerous programs aimed at supporting learners’ engagement with IC components, there is a limited availability of comprehensive programs offered as open access resources.
Speaker: John W. Johnston (continuing lecturer, Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Speakers: Kim Cuddington (associate professor, Biology), Debora Andrade-Pereira (PhD candidate, Biology), Eddie Wu (MSc student), and Zitao He (teaching assistant)
Moderator: Mark Morton, senior educational developer, CTE
Join us for a panel featuring OER Fellows 2022 recipients. Panelists will discuss their ongoing projects, the benefits of OER funding in supporting this work, and practical considerations in creating, adapting and sharing OERs.
Speaker: Anna Barichello (manager, Agile Development Team, CEL)
Whether you are interested in creating your own OER from scratch, or adapting an existing OER, the ADT is here to help! Come and chat with the team in this 45 min. presentation and Q&A session to learn more about ADT services and how we can support your OER design, development, or adaption! Our online learning consultants and multimedia experts will be available to answer your questions or discuss your unique OER project.
Speaker: Dana Francoeur (copy editor, CEL)
Speakers: Christine Zaza (workplace accessibility specialist, HR), Stephanie Boragina (online learning consultant, CEL) and Gitanjali Shanbhag (online learning consultant, CEL)
Speakers: Lauren Byl (copyright & licensing librarian) & Abbey Colucci (open education & instructional design librarian)
Making learning materials freely accessible and available to the Waterloo community is part of the Library's mission. Staebler Insurance is bolstering these efforts by donating $100,000 to the Library to support the update of open educational resources (OER) at Waterloo.
Speakers: Gillian Dabrowski (online learning consultant, CEL) and Mark Morton (senior educational developer, CTE)
- What extended reality (XR) is and how it can benefit learning
- Use-case examples of XR-OER apps in a range of disciplines
- An overview of how to create XR content and experiences with various tools and platforms, touching on emerging 3D AI opportunities for creating content.
- Q and A
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Open Education Week runs March 6–10, 2023. The Open Scholarship Committee is planning several events throughout the week to profile OE projects at Waterloo, promote the open community, and highlight support that is available for the creation, adoption, and adaptation of open educational resources. See Open Education Week 2023 for events at Waterloo.
In addition to these events, there are many opportunities to learn more about OER at other Canadian institutions.
ALBERTA
Open Education Week runs March 6 – 10, 2023. The Open Scholarship Committee is planning several events throughout the week to profile OE projects at Waterloo, promote the open community, and highlight support that is available for the creation, adoption, and adaptation of open educational resources. These events include live presentations as well as Daily Bulletin articles. A schedule of events will be posted here: Open Education Week 2023.
The Open Library at eCampusOntario has announced a series of virtual lunch and learns (12–1pm) focused on adopting openly licensed materials in their collection.
Webinars
- January 24, Media and Arts Open Education Resources
- February 16, Tabletop Roleplay as OER
- February 22, Games and Roleplay
- March 29, Open and Ouvert
- April 26, Indigenous Content
Drop-In Sessions (Q&A regarding the Open Library, associated platforms and services, and OER)
