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Dr. Ken Allan and Anne Dymond

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Interview with Recipients from the Open Access Learning Resource Fund

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Interview with Recipients from the Open Access Learning Resource Fund

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promote results and processes

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with MATH & CS, PHYS& ASTR and CHEM Departments

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Promotion of OER Champion Work in UNEWS and local news outlets

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Promotion of OER Champion Work in UNEWS and local news outlets

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to inform greater Lethbridge community about the benefits of OER to educators and students

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University of Lethbridge faculty members saved students more than $250,000 in textbook costs last academic year by adopting Open Educational Resources (OERs).

OERs are freely accessible and openly licensed educational materials in text, media or other digital forms that are used in teaching, learning, assessment and research. OERs represent quite a savings for students, who may spend up to $1,500 on textbooks during one academic year.

Dr. Sean Fitzpatrick, a mathematics professor, has created OERs for seven courses being taught in the department. He customized open-source textbooks in a way that makes them fit closely with the course curriculum. Students can download the OER for free or print it at a low cost.

"I greatly appreciate the freedom for an instructor to create something that custom fits the course in question," says Fitzpatrick.

In the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Drs. Dan Furgason and Ken Vos, after a trial semester of using the Astronomy textbook on Openstax, convinced the department to move to OER textbooks for all introductory courses.

"As you craft lectures to emphasize what you believe is important, there are times when a traditional textbook gets in the way," says Furgason.

Dr. Ying Zheng, an instructor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, is passionate about her work and recommends OER to novices.

"If you think that Open Education is the right approach for your students, then do it!" she says. "Through my own experience, I know that, with the assistance from OER champions, access to openly licensed resources in your discipline, and funding opportunities for adoption, any OER project can become reality."

Art History professors have also adopted open source educational resources in their two largest classes and they've saved students more than $45,000 in textbook costs.

The U of L supports OER and currently funds projects involving students. Keith Aiken was hired to assist Zheng in creating a unique course package.

" I get to add some bragging rights to my CV when I enter the job world; not many people can say they helped develop materials for a university course," he says. "It also gives me a great way to involve my future students in a cross-curricular way by creating our own textbooks, allowing for deeper learning through a different form of engagement. It also allows us to be more up-to-date with content."

The OER initiative came about after faculty, instructors, the Library, the Bookstore, the Students' Union and The Teaching Centre joined forces to form the Campus Open Education Working Group. The group has done presentations, conducted workshops and helped secure funding for open access learning resources.

Students have responded favourably in surveys, commenting that they don't have to spend money on a textbook that might not be useful, don't have to carry a heavy book around and can save money.

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U of L faculty members help students save money on textbooks | UNews

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University of Lethbridge faculty members saved students more than $250,000 in textbook costs last academic year by adopting Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are freely accessible and openly licensed educational materials in text, media or other digital forms that are used in teaching, learning, assessment and research.

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2nd run  in the SPRING TERM

Research to investigate the perception and use of open textbooks in the Physics & Astronomy and the Mathematics and Computer Sciences Department

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Want to learn more about the Open Educational Resource which helps you create engaging interactive activities for your in-class and online teaching? Try it out here - Moodle Course link

Hit this link once, if you have never been on test-server before https://moodle-test.uleth.ca/plugins-test/my/

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application open to all who wish to adopt or create openly licensed learning resources with high student impact

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TC presented OE efforts at Uleth in a shared session with UofA and Uof C as part of GLOBAL OPEN EDUCATION WEEK

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Open Education at the UofL/ Alberta/ Canada

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May 14 at MRU
Keynote Dr. David Porter CEO at eCampus Ontario
strategy meeting with no conclusive action items for how to gain government support - role is on student advocacy
slides for TC

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4 Uleth profs and  OER advocates speak about their Open Practices and the open textbooks they are using in their courses
access slides here

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OPEN EDUCATION at ULETH YEAR 2 (2018 - 2019

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OPEN EDUCATION at ULETH YEAR 2 (2018 - 2019

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OPEN EDUCATION at ULETH YEAR 1 (2016-17) 

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OPEN EDUCATION at ULETH YEAR 1 (2016-17) 

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MATH dept

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an email update sent out to all parties involved in OER advocacy on campus to outline OER Initiative events in the last year with all relevant links

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Meeting with Chinook Summer Research Award Recipient

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Meeting with Chinook Summer Research Award Recipient

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who wants to create an open resource for the Philosophy Department

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4 presenters share insights from their practice to discuss accessibility issues in textbooks and other resources

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Rebus Webinar on Accessibility in Open Textbooks

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group of faculty, librarians and admins from HEI's in AB working on OER Join here

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Award-winning Workshop created by Uni of Edinburgh

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public discussion list intended for academic and research librarians interested in OER
Join here

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bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders ( edited by Creative Commons and SPARC) Subscription form here

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OER-related LISTSERVS to stay up-to-date

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OER-related LISTSERVS to stay up-to-date

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needs links to recent workshop slides, but is otherwise up-to-date

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Open Educational Resources at the UofL | University of Lethbridge

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In August 2016, the Teaching Centre launched an OER Awareness Initiative on the UofL campus that now also involves dedicated OER Faculty Champions, the Library, the Student Union and the Bookstore.

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created for Uleth using PRESSBOOKS as a Guide introduce OER Basics and adoption steps  to faculty (NOTE - It's the start of the project and will need polishing (e.g. our own pics/ useful links to Website Resources and materials being used at Uleth, etc)

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SOME FACULTY expressed interest in WORKSHOPS ON OER IN THE FALL

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SOME FACULTY expressed interest in WORKSHOPS ON OER IN THE FALL

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OER Signage up

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Guide from BCOER Librarians

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Checklist by BC

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Call for OpenStax OER Partnership Application 

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Call for OpenStax OER Partnership Application 

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would be a great way to support Astronomy/ Physics Adoption and move forward OER on Uleth campus with guidance from Rice University Email to nicolef@rice.edu  DUE June 1

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hosted by REBUS Community and joined by OER Creation players who shared their expertise with guides

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notes and Links mentioned in the webinar

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adopts OpenStax Open Textbook Astronomy

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of Michael Dabrowski's Spanish 1000

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in the the Guide of Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Procedures
that now recognises OER creation efforts for Teaching Professors (3.4)

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Please give it a try and provide us with some feedback on the  questions and design of the survey

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The showcase materials are available in print and digitally to inform audience about open textbook contetn, formats and design

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publishes results of AB government funding of 1.76 M to HEIs in AB from 2014-2017

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Host presentation of AB OER funded Spanish OER

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Host presentation of AB OER funded Spanish OER

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Athabasca instructor presents Spanish OER course

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TC CORE GROUP MEETING 1 (02/ 2017) see items below for action

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TC CORE GROUP MEETING 1 (02/ 2017) see items below for action

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Action Items/ Brainstorm

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designed by Glenda

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Open Language/ Culture Course (B1 level German)

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Open Language/ Culture Course (B1 level German)

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on free LMS Eliademy

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Adoption Impact on Cost and Student Satisfaction

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Library, Bookstore, ULSU, Faculty + Teaching Centre:
to inform each other about
*upcoming workshops
*Resources to inform faculty
*Strategies for collaboration

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Encourage Faculty to Design and Conduct Research on Impact of OER Adoption

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Encourage Faculty to Design and Conduct Research on Impact of OER Adoption

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to support evidence-based decision-making concerning OER policies and practices

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2 profs talking alternative/ low-cost option
plan is to pair Sean with another adopter to discuss why and how they use Open Educational Resources

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assembled on one Padlet Board for easy navigation of resources

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Interview with Dr. Inge Genee (needs to be scheduled still)

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MODL: Japanese Dr Abby McMeekin (Interview done but need to transcribe it and write article still)

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with Dr. Carol Williams

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Open Pedagogy at the University of Lethbridge | OER Commons

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This is an interview with a Faculty Member at the Women & Gender Studies Department and the Department of History at the University of Lethbridge in a conversation on her Open Education Practice in the classroom and beyond

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with Dr. Ken Vos and Dr. Dan Furgason. Click here to read more

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by BC Campus in Vancouver
click here to get more details about individual sessions

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a full-day event with sessions on OER use and adaption in Alberta - hosted by ABOER at UofA in Edmonton that are being live-streamed at Uleth in L1170B
All recordings can be accessed here

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Open Up My Classroom: Why and How. The presentation slides can be accessed here.

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OER Showcase

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OER panel: Faculty, Teaching Centre, Library and ULSU: Presenation slides can be accessed here

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to provide participants with an insight into the Current State of OER. Presentation Slides are available here
(11 participants)

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How to Modify an OER

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on OER Repositories and Licensing. Presentation Slides are available here(3 participants)

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to showcase at upcoming events

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TC Firefly and on OER Commons with Dr. Sean Fitzpatrick

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Uleth library

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Alternative textbook campaign

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champions at Uleth with a video outlining Sean Fitzpatricks effort and impact in small video clip

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'In and across Disciplines'

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on OER

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Open Educational Resources | University of Lethbridge

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"Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that provide users with (1) free and unfettered access and (2) 5R legal permissions to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute them, that can be used to replace traditional expensive learning resources (such as textbooks)." Open Education Group

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on OER

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Workshop at Maskwacis College