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Festival of Learning 2018

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Claude Laflamme

University of Calgary and Lyryx Learning
Professor & President
Calgary, Canada

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Calgary, and President of Lyryx Learning.
I have been involved in educational software development projects to support students for many years, from which Lyryx was eventually born. Initially created solely to develop (formative) online assessment, Lyryx is now an independent publisher supporting Open Educational Resources.

1:15pm AKDT

Launching Canada’s First Zed Cred programs: Motivations, Strategies, and Next Steps Ballroom 2Naomi Cloutier • Rajiv Jhangiani • Krista Lambert • Todd Mundle • Brenda Thomson Putting Students First in a Changing Open Movement Port of New YorkNicole Allen Critical Thinking in the Age of Alternate Facts Port of SingaporeBob Aitken Education for the Masses: How Massive we Would Like to Be? Port of Hong KongNatasha Boskic

3:15pm AKDT

How to Ruin an Open Education Initiative at your Institution Port of New YorkAmanda Coolidge • Rajiv Jhangiani • Rosario Passos

4:00pm AKDT

Liberating Structures Meet-up (OPEN to all) Ballroom 3Beth Cougler Blom • Barish Golland • Leva Lee • Tracy Roberts

10:30am AKDT

Measuring the Institutional Impact of OER Initiatives in BC: Challenges and Preliminary Results Ballroom 2Jenn Barker • Amanda Coolidge • Ken Jeffery • Rajiv Jhangiani • George Veletsianos Open Educational Resources Initiatives: From B. C. Institute of Technology, Canada to Linnaeus University, Sweden Port of Hong KongSerhat Beyenir • Sanja Boskovic

11:20am AKDT

They are Coming! A New Generation of Learners from BC’s K-12 Curriculum Redesign: Considering Enhanced Assessment and Flexible Learning Experiences in PSE Ballroom 2Liesel Knaack

1:15pm AKDT

A Flexible New Teaching Technology for Facilitating Peer Evaluation in a Safe Environment: The ComPAIR Project at UBC Port of San FranciscoJames Charbonneau • Letitia Englund • Pan Luo • Tiffany Potter

2:05pm AKDT

Everyone Wants A's: Accessibility, Affordability and Adaptability Port of New YorkStephanie Keyowski • Claude Laflamme Supporting UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education Challenges and Opportunities with OER Ballroom 3Rory McGreal

3:15pm AKDT

We've Led the Horses to Water... Now What? Student Perceptions, Use, and Impact of Open Textbooks at Douglas College Ballroom 3Jenn Barker • Jennifer Kirkey