Hello POSE participants!
We hope your July is going well. We are over half-way through the Open Education unit and we wanted to share with you about what has been happening in the last couple weeks.
Looking Back
On July 1st, we opened the Open Education Unit. This unit focuses on how the use of open copyright licenses and internet technologies have the potential to reduce student costs and lower access barriers to education by making it more distributed, equitable, and open. It takes a deep dive into Creative Commons licenses and open educational resources and explores how open education can be applied to pedagogy, the practice of teaching and learning.
If you haven’t had a chance yet, please be sure to explore the Activity Bank and contribute to the discussion for this unit.
Representing Open Education Work in Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion Processes
The POSE open chat this month took place on July 12th. During this panel discussion, UBC faculty members and open education leaders discussed their experiences, including challenges and successes, in representing their open education work for tenure and promotion. We’ve embedded the recording of the video below and if you were unable to attend the session, we highly recommend watching it – learn how these instructors are documenting, measuring impact, and promoting their open educational efforts:
Looking Ahead
The POSE Program is flying by! All of the units will stay open for completion until the end of the course and we encourage those of you who have not completed learning activities from the previous units to jump back in and complete them. For those of you who are interested in completing the course and receiving a certificate of completion, the Canvas course activities will remain open until the end of day on August 31. In order to receive the certificate of completion you need to complete each of the unit learning activities and confirm this by completing the end of unit quizzes.
Please also be sure to join us for the POSE Wrap Up Session on July 31:
- POSE Wrap UP Session
- Date & Time: July 31 – 11am to 12:30
- Registration: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/pose-wrap-up-session-2023/
We’re looking forward to continuing the POSE journey and discussing different aspects of open scholarship with you.
Sincerely,
The POSE Facilitation Team