Hello!
Thank you for signing up for POSE – the Program for Open Scholarship and Education. We are looking forward to joining you at the POSE Kick-Off Session tomorrow, May 1 at 10:30am Pacific. The session will provide an opportunity to meet some of your fellow participants and provide an overview of the POSE program structure as well as definitions and values of open scholarship.
Below, please find the outlined the steps to help get you going in POSE.
Step 1: Register for the synchronous sessions and add them to your calendar
There are three required synchronous sessions for the course and three optional discussion sessions. We ask you to register for each session separately as that helps with our planning.
OA Workshop – Coalition Publica: Supporting and Advancing Canada’s Open Publishing Infrastructure
Date: May 8, 2025
Time: 12pm-1pm (PST)
Speakers: Jeanette Hatherill, Chloë Marshall
Registration: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3895687
OA Chat – Has the Open Access Movement Failed?
Date: May 14, 2025
Time: 11am – 12pm (PST)
Speakers: Erin Fields, Stephanie Savage
Registration: https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3883439
OR Workshop: Replicability, Generalizability, and the ManyClasses Approach to Open Science
Date: June 17, 2025
Time: 10am to 11am
Speakers: Dr. Ben Motz; Assistant Professor at Indiana University’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Registration: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/replicability-generalizability-and-the-manyclasses-approach-to-open-science-june-17-2025/
OR Chat: How Generative AI (GenAI) impacts perceptions of critical thinking skills and practices
Date: June 23, 2025
Time: 10am to 11am
Speakers: Craig Thompson, Trish Varao-Souza
Registration: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/pose-open-research-chat-how-generative-ai-genai-impacts-perceptions-of-critical-thinking-skills-and-practices/
OE Workshop: GenAI and Open Educational Resources
Date: July 16, 2025
Time: 12pm to 1:30pm
Speakers: Lucas Wright, Rie Namba, Will Engle
Registration: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/gen-ai-and-open-educational-resources-oer-in-teaching-and-learning/
OE Chat and POSE Wrap-up: Envisioning the Future of Open in Higher Education
Date: July 30, 2025
Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Speakers: Lucas Wright, Rie Namba, Will Engle
Registration: https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/pose-open-education-discussion-and-program-wrap-up-envisioning-the-future-of-open-in-higher-education/
Please spend a moment and make sure that you have added these to your calendar and registered for any of the sessions you plan to attend.
Step 2: Orient yourself to the course and get started on the first unit
Go to https://pose.open.ubc.ca and familiarize yourself with the website. Work through the Getting Started content; this will provide you information about course completion, how to move through the course, and course communication.
Step 3: Getting Started with the Open Access Unit
In this month’s Open Access Unit, we’ll be exploring the current economics of publishing and its impacts on academia; authors’ rights and intellectual property and the connection to publisher agreements and negotiations; and models for open access, including the challenges and opportunities it affords. The Open Access Unit provides many opportunities to “Dig Deeper” into specific topics and includes many hyperlinks to additional resources. Please note that this additional reading is optional. As learners, you should feel comfortable following your interests and capacity. There is no expectation that you will read all of the additional content, but we hope that you will walk away from POSE with access to a robust set of resources that you can engage with and reference in the future.
We’re looking forward to the coming weeks and all of your thoughtful contributions to our collective learning
We look forward to meeting and kicking off the program on May 1 at 10:30am! If you have any questions about the POSE program, please contact us at open.ubc@ubc.ca.
Best,
Your POSE facilitators
