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Waterloo's Open Scholarship Committee is celebrating Open Education (OE) week on Thursday,
<b>March 7, 2024</b>! Please join any of a series of events, including opportunities to discover what new Open Educational Resources (OERs) are being created on campus and discussion with support staff how your own ideas for Open Education may be realized.<br>
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Registration is now open for:</div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-creating-oer-uwaterloo-open-house-agile" id="OWA463e0782-e7d9-250a-3a85-ae87ab7ad44a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-creating-oer-uwaterloo-open-house-agile" data-outlook-id="c94cf0e1-a157-4d55-82cb-75781de00385" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">Creating
open educational resources (OER) at UWaterloo: Open house with the Agile Development Team and LITE Seed Grant</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b><i>(11am
– noon)</i><br>
Do you want to speak with the Agile Development Team about your ideas and what might be possible? Or ask questions of members of the CTE about the LITE Seed Grant in order to fund your ideas? This is he chance to have informal discussion about your ideas!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-introduction-oer-ecampus-ontario-and" id="OWA35f33676-22a0-2e4d-f6c1-5a14f3aa9ca3" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-introduction-oer-ecampus-ontario-and" data-outlook-id="ebcbcdbc-ec58-4c7e-948c-e73bdb3cc7ce" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">Introduction
to OER with eCampus Ontario</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b><i>(12 to 1:30pm)</i><br>
Join us in-person or over Zoom while eCampus Ontario’s librarian Siri guides us through the basics of OER and how to navigate the Open Library!
<i>(Lunch provided in person)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-staebler-insurance-oer-fellows-grant" id="OWA992c9b00-4751-bc5b-4068-67690cc4ce9c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-staebler-insurance-oer-fellows-grant" data-outlook-id="d9f5cc21-db41-4bec-8846-fa23e8426e21" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">Staebler
Insurance OER Fellows Grant Panel</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b><i>(1:30 – 2:30 pm)</i><br>
Join us for a panel featuring Vivian Dayeh and Dan Wolczuk, two of the Library’s 2023 Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant recipients. They will discuss their ongoing projects, the benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER) funding in supporting this work,
and practical considerations in creating, adapting and sharing OER.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><b><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-inclusive-instruction-and-facilitation" id="OWA38812218-81fa-cf93-5841-89298674864a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/library/events/open-education-week-inclusive-instruction-and-facilitation" data-outlook-id="42b84f2a-f053-4efe-89cc-77515fc31ae3" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">Inclusive
Instruction and Facilitation Practices: Useful OER for Instructors and Staff Facilitators</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b> </b><i>(2:30
– 3:00 pm)</i><br>
In the last three years, several excellent OER that focus on inclusivity, in a broad sense, were developed by Canadian institutions, including Waterloo. In this 15-minute resource demonstration session, we will highlight some OER that have been developed with
a focus on Indigenization, intercultural considerations, anti-racism, mental health and wellbeing, and equity-minded teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Further event details and registration
</b>can be found at the </span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><u><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/open-scholarship/open-educational-resources/open-education-week-2024" id="OWA6760b3f2-2b8f-91ec-e372-9a73f6641d46" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://uwaterloo.ca/open-scholarship/open-educational-resources/open-education-week-2024" data-outlook-id="bbe9e75c-dce7-42e3-8d39-9eff44e0d5d5" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">Open
Scholarship website</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. Open Education Week is a
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: blue;"><b><u><a href="https://www.oeglobal.org/activities/open-education-week/" target="_blank" id="OWAbb7464a4-e581-da52-4e90-18811b3cbbf7" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.oeglobal.org/activities/open-education-week/" data-outlook-id="054940b1-3a4e-418c-bc6c-d17b5afdab67" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="color: blue;">global
initiative</a></u></b></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. At Waterloo, the series is coordinated by the Open Scholarship Committee, an umbrella
group comprising staff from the Library, CTE, CEL, the Bookstore, as well as faculty members.</span></div>
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