Pressbooks is a powerful and popular tool for creating open educational resources such as textbooks. Whether you are looking for training for yourself or your research assistants, this training will cover the basics of how to use Pressbooks to create and enhance content. BCcampus Open Education has created a self-serve instance of Pressbooks. This is […]
One of the priorities when we are teaching is to ensure that our course content and educational resources are accessible to all our learners, regardless of any physical limitations that they might have. In this workshop, we will talk about design practices that can help ensure online course content and open educational resources are more […]
Open education is grounded in Western notions of copyright law and ownership and it often has a goal of making all knowledge available for all people. Within Canadian Copyright Law there is tension with Indigenous Knowledges, Ways of Knowing and Being. Within the open education community there needs to be careful consideration for Indigenous Knowledges […]
Unlike traditional publishing models, where marketing and promotion are completed for authors, engaging in open education activities requires some effort from practitioners in getting the word out there about their resources. This session will introduce you to workflows for making your resource discoverable, streaming impact data collection, and marketing and promotion processes to showcase the […]
Unlike traditional publishing models, where marketing and promotion are completed for authors, engaging in open education activities requires some effort from practitioners in getting the word out there about their resources. This session will introduce you to workflows for making your resource discoverable, streaming impact data collection, and marketing and promotion processes to showcase the […]
Abstracts play a vital role in the communication of research. Studies show that abstracts are the most frequently read part of a research article, and that abstracts help researchers determine whether or not to read the entire study. But how do writers communicate the relevance and legitimacy of their research to members of the discipline? […]
This event is part of the Honouring Indigenous Writers series, which seeks to increase awareness of Indigenous authors. Learn more: https://hiw.open.ubc.ca/ Join us on Wednesday, March 16th from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm (PT) for an author reading with Kim Senklip Harvey, who will be reading from her story, Kamloopa: An Indigenous Matriarch Story. Thanks […]
Science Literacy Week (September 19-25, 2022) showcases the many ways people of all ages can explore and enjoy the diversity of Canadian science. This year’s theme is mathematics, the language in which science is written. In its oldest forms, mathematics studies trajectories in space, solves equations, calculates probabilities, generates statistics, and much, much more. UBC […]
Join Dr. Gregory Betts in the Pena Room to discuss his recent book Finding Nothing: The VanGardes, 1959-1975. In Finding Nothing, winner of the 2022 Basil Stuart-Stubbs Prize for Outstanding Book on British Columbia, Dr. Betts charts the literary avant-garde in Vancouver, a key site for Canadian cultural transformations in the 1960's and early 1970's. […]
I’ve never had a strong sense of self, and it’s still something I’m working on. This lack of self has manifested itself in a number of ways. As extreme shyness. As narcissism. As obsessive-compulsive disorder. As uncritical obeisance. Recognizing the role heteronormative white supremacy has played in this struggle has helped me make better sense […]
How can everyone be powerful? Here is a question that challenges us to consider the existence and experiences of others, inviting us to contrast them with our own. It can inspire the expansion of our beliefs, deepen our understanding and grow our connections, and ultimately inspire us towards manifesting greater equity and justice in our […]
Join us on January 6, 2023, at the Museum of Vancouver (MOV) for an illuminating discussion panel on World War II Japanese Canadian Internment, produced in collaboration with UBC Library, the Arts Club Theatre Company and the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre. This event is supported by UBC Community Engagement through the UBC Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund. Inspired by Finding […]