International Open Education Week at The Collaboratory continues through March 8
Open Education is an amazing and chaotic concept that challenges traditional notions of who creates knowledge, and who controls its dissemination in traditional, closed, and system-constrained methods of education.
With sponsorship from eCampus Ontario, the Teaching and Learning Centre will host three drop-in sessions at The Collaboratory (Campus Corners, Room 1100) during (Monday, March 4 through Friday, March 8) to discuss various aspects of open education. These sessions are available to any University of Ontario Institute of Technology community member; students, faculty and staff are welcome to join in during any times that work with their schedules.
The event will include light refreshments, swag and door prizes, provided by event sponsors eCampus Ontario.
Monday, March 4: Open Pedagogy and Open Educational Practices
- Presentation from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: Learn about the open education movement from eCampus Ontario representative Terry Greene, and University of Ontario Institute of Technology faculty members who are already working in the open education realm. The university’s Student Union will also provide a student perspective.
- Drop-in session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: This session invites all stakeholders in the university’s teaching and learning community to consider how open education extends beyond cost savings for students, to learner empowerment and engagement. Come prepared to ask questions, explore and learn.
Wednesday, March 6: Open Educational Resource roundup
- Drop-in session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: What are open educational resources, and how can we find and use them? The university’s librarians will guide you to a plethora of open goodies you can explore and consider as you plan next year’s courses. Learn how to locate, adopt and adapt openly licensed material including open textbooks, images, learning objects and more.
Friday, March 8: Tools for Open Pedagogy Sandbox
- Presentation from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.: Demonstration of Google’s G Suite for Education.
- Drop-in session from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.: Tools for open pedagogy support open teaching and learning by reducing the need to pay for licensed software or subscriptions, making learning available at a distance, or giving educators and learners new ways to access learning materials. Explore tools such as Pressbooks (software for editing and producing books), Google G Suite for Education, and much more!
For more information, contact teachingandlearning@uoit.ca.
