Events

Improving Research Collaboration and Transparency: Using the Open Science Framework to Enhance Your Research Projects

Kevin Read, a health sciences librarian at the University of Saskatchewan, discusses the Open Science Framework, a research tool that supports collaboration, data management, and transparency throughout the research lifecycle.

Plan S Rights Retention Strategy Webinar

Starting in January 2021, cOAlition S Organisations are changing their grant conditions to mandate Open Access for all publications reporting original research supported in whole or in part by their funding. cOAlition S Organisations offer three routes that allow their funded researchers to be compliant with this policy. Authors can publish in fully Open Access journals and platforms, they can self-archive a version of their paper, or they can publish in journals that are under a Transformative Arrangement.

Policy is one of the key ingredients for sustainable, effective open education efforts. In this special Open Education Week webcast, members of the SPARC policy team will provide a timely update on the state of open education policy across the U.S. and Canada. What are the key trends in successful state and province-wide efforts? What are the opportunities with the new U.S. administration? What can community members do to advance open education policy in your context?

The target audiences for this webinar, presented jointly by SPARC Europe and EIFL, are "Open Science policymakers, Research Funding Organizations and Research Performing Organizations managers, librarians, repository managers and academic institutional copyright experts." More information

 

James Skidmore + Myrto Provida

March 23, 2021, 1:00-2:15 PM

Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021
Time: 1 p.m. ET
Register here (all are welcome): https://bit.ly/39Wd707

Learn how to search for and ethically use open educational resources in your course materials. This introductory workshop covers copyright, licensing, sourcing, and selection of OERs. Join us for this interactive session Wednesday, June 29, 2021, between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Teams. If you would like to discuss a particular type of OER/repository/subject area during the workshop, please contact us.

Facilitators
Carmen Peters: cpeters@uwaterloo.ca
Kathryn Blair: kblair@uwaterloo.ca

Hosted by Open Education Global (OEG), Open Education Week is an annual, week-long event that aims to raise awareness, showcase initiatives and highlight open education efforts in teaching and learning worldwide. Launched in 2012, Open Education Week provides instructors, practitioners and students with an opportunity to gain an understanding of open educational practices (OEP) and be inspired by the wealth of open educational resources (OER) being developed by the local and global communities.

eCampusOntario is hosting a series of workshops and a webinar on tools to help facilitate the easy creation and adaptation of open educational resources. Check out the events below to learn more and sign-up. 

Starting with a critical look at how Open Educational Resources (OERs) can open doors to college affordability and student success, Robin and Rajiv will expand the conversation to move beyond cost-savings into a broader focus on access and equity. They will give examples of teaching practices that center learner agency and voice, catalyze the open sharing of knowledge, and demonstrate the value of higher education to students, faculty, and the wider community. Robin and Rajiv will explore how Open Education can shape a hopeful and humane vision for the future of higher education.