Open Education Resources (OERs)

The 11th annual Open Education Week (OE Week) (6-10 March 2023) is approaching! This is a week to raise awareness and highlight Open Education, which includes open educational resources, open pedagogy/practices, and open research practices. It’s a chance to learn more about open education and be inspired by the work that is being developed.

This year, OE Week is being hosted by the TRU Library in collaboration with TRUSU and TRU's Open Education Working Group (OEWG)

Open Education is an international event, and there are events that highlight what’s happening at TRU via the TRU Library's OE Week offerings, the Open Education Talks, and BCcampus' BCOEL.

NOTE: All sessions will be online either via Teams or Zoom.

Monday

• 10-11am: Unleashing the Potential of Open Education at TRU: Student Voices
• 2-3pm: Z is for Zero: ZTC at TRU

Tuesday

• 10-11am: Are We The Product?: Artificial Intelligence Edition
• 2-3pm: OER 101: Getting Started: Finding, Using, and Adapting Open Educational Resources

Wednesday

• 10-11am: How Does Open Tech Promote Open Practice at TRU?
• 11-12:30pm: Open Education Talks: Using Open Education in Student and Academic Development
• 2-3pm: Agents of Change: UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship

Thursday

• 10-11am: Adopting, Adapting, or Creating OER: An OER Showcase of What’s Happening at TRU
• 2-3pm: A Peer-Reviewed Podcast?: New Approaches to Open Scholarship

Friday

• 10-11:30am: Finding the Free Path: Making Zero-Textbook-Cost Courses Visible
• 2-3pm: Introduction to Open Access

Open Education Talks is series of lightning talks focusing on open education in post-secondary institutions. This joint initiative of Concordia University (Edmonton), Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and University of British Columbia seeks to create an accessible, virtual space to engage in conversations about open education. Talks will be held every Wednesday in March from 11am to 12:30 Pacific Time (12pm-1:30 Mountain Time) via the University of Calgary's Zoom.

Check out the schedule (https://oetalks.opened.ca/) and then register to attend. (Please note that the registration system is via the University of Calgary, so their schedule is in Mountain Time).

March 1, 2023: Institutional Pathways and Open Scholarship

March 8, 2023: Using Open Education in Student and Academic Development 

• Note: Featuring TRU's Brenna Clarke Gray, Noah Arney, Sarah Gibson, and Leanne Mihalicz

March 15, 2023: Using Open Educational Resources for Interactive Learning

March 22, 2023: Creating Open Educational Resources

March 29, 2023: Partnerships for Open Education