Open Education Resources (OERs)

The 12th annual Open Education Week (OE Week) (4-8 March 2024) 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 TRU's Open Education Working Group (OEWG) and TRU Open Press.

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

Stay tuned for more information, but here's a hint about what we're planning:

Monday

• 10-11:30am: Open Press Information Table at Student Street
• 11am-12pm: Planes, trains, and generative AI: Recentering open education values in new technology adoption 
  • Featuring Autumn Caines and TRU's Brenna Clarke Gray
  • Organized y the BC Open Education Librarians (BCOEL), and sponsored by BCcampus, with additional support from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Langara College, and University Canada West

Tuesday

• 10-11am:  Agents of Change: UN SDG Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship (online - Teams)

Wednesday

• 10am-2pm: Open Education Pep Rally @ CAC, Mountain Room
  Includes:
  • Free refreshments!
  • 11-12:30: Live screening of Open Education Talks and Follow up Discussion
  • 1:1:30: Open Press Presentation (hybrid) 

Open Education Talks is series of lightning talks focusing on open education in post-secondary institutions. This joint initiative of Thompson Rivers University, University of Alberta, and University of Calgary 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 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 6, 2024: Open Education in STEM

• Note: Featuring TRU's Natasha Ramroop-Singh

March 13, 2024: Course Design and Open Learning Design 

• Note: Featuring TRU's Michelle Harrison; Marie Bartlett, Brenna Clarke Gray, Jessica Obando Almache, Kailyn Meyers, and Ananya Kamboj; and Jamie Noakes, Sarah Gibson, and Leanne Mihalicz

March 20, 2024: Collaborative Open Education

March 27, 2024: The Future of Open Education

• Note: Featuring TRU's Alana Hoare