30 min
presentation followed by the 10 min Q
& A
Session 1:
April 17, 11 am MT Edmonton
How to
Collaboratively Create Open Education Resources with your Students: Part 1
In this
introductory session, we will learn about Open Education Resources and how to
create them using Open Pedagogy practices. We will look at examples of
different type of Open Education Resources and discuss the initial ground work
for starting a project. There will also be time for brainstorming ideas and get
advice for how to start creating your own OERs with your students.
Session 2:
May 1, 11 am MT Edmonton
How to Collaboratively Create Open Education Resources with your
Students: Part 2
In this
second session, we will continue to build on what you can do to create
successful OERs with your students. We will look at ways of engaging students
and selecting creative commons licensing options, how to manage data, and the
importance of creating style guides for your project. I will share with
you the challenges and successes I've had in creating my own OERs with my
students.
Presenter
Julia
Alards-Tomalin is an instructor at the British Columbia Institute of Technology
(BCIT), in Burnaby, Canada. She studied Forestry and Ecological Restoration at
BCIT and recently completed a Master of Education at Simon Fraser University.
Her background is diverse, including horticulture, arboriculture, invasive
species management and ecological restoration, but is united by a common theme
of plants.
Starting in
2019, Julia began to work with her students to create an Open Education
textbook focusing on the winter identification of plants entitled Buds, Branches and Bark: A
Guide to Winter ID in the Pacific Northwest. Buds,
Branches and Bark is free to download, and the 3rd edition is currently
available on the BCIT website. In 2022 Julia was awarded the
Teaching Excellence in Open Education Employee Excellence Award at BCIT
for her involvement in this Open Education Resource and several others. In 2023
the 2nd edition of Buds, Branches and Bark was awarded the Open Education Global Award for Excellence in
the Open Pedagogy category and the BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open
Education.
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This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Online Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
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