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Festival of Learning 2018

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10:30am AKDT

Advocating for OERs: A Student Perspective Port of New YorkAran Armutlu • Phoebe Lo Patigdas An Adventure into Creation of OER: A STEM Wiki Project Port of Hong KongDr. Pamini Thangarajah (3M recipient 2022)

11:20am AKDT

We Need an Instructional Designer, STAT! The Critical and Underrated Role of Instructional Designers in Advancing Open Education Port of New YorkMary Burgess

1:15pm AKDT

OER Adoption as a Community Project Port of SingaporeSylvia Currie • Ross McKerlich Rebus Community: What’s Next Port of New YorkZoe Wake Hyde Tension and Risk in Open Scholarship: A Conversation Ballroom 3Amanda Coolidge • Leonora Crema • Sue Doner • Erin Fields • David Gaertner • Jessica Gallinger • Kory Wilson

2:05pm AKDT

Handle with Care: How OER Policy Development can Influence Institutional Practices Port of New YorkChristine Horgan

3:15pm AKDT

OE Advocacy and Action at the University of Alberta: The Progress, Collaboration and Challenges for OE Initiatives at a Large, Multi-Campus Institution Port of SingaporeMichelle Brailey • Michael B. McNally OEP in Remote Australian Aboriginal Workforce Development: What translates? Ballroom 3Johanna Funk

10:30am AKDT

Storytelling for Care: Using Stories to Facilitate Good Pedagogy and Design Tuscany RoomMichael Cenkner • Patrick von Hauff

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 Making Pressbooks Better for Making Open Textbooks Port of VancouverZoe Wake Hyde Putting Students First in a Changing Open Movement Port of New YorkNicole Allen

2:05pm AKDT

.Innovative Education in Sustainable Forest Management Port of New YorkDr. Guangyu Wang

3:15pm AKDT

Building Warmth in the Cold, Dark Quiet: The Promise and Challenge of Fostering a Pedagogy of Care in an Online Graduate Degree Port of SingaporeJo Axe • Elizabeth Childs • George Veletsianos Communities of Praxis: Opening Education with Collective Community Action Ballroom 2Michel Castagné • Caroline Daniels • Krista Lambert • Hope Power • Lucas Wright How to Ruin an Open Education Initiative at your Institution Port of New YorkAmanda Coolidge • Rajiv Jhangiani • Rosario Passos

10:30am AKDT

Exploring the Experience of Educators Enacting Open Educational Practices Port of SingaporeMichael Paskevicius 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

Open to Health: Alone and Together – PART 1: How Healthy is Open Education? Port of Hong KongLauri Aesoph • Josie Gray

1:15pm AKDT

Collaborative Approach to OER Policy and Guidelines Development in the Commonwealth: The Case of Botswana, Cameroon and Sri Lanka. Ballroom 3Ishan Abeywardena Open to Health: Alone and Together – PART 2: Explore and Develop a Personal Plan Port of Hong KongLauri Aesoph • Josie Gray Venturing Beyond the Walled Garden: Building Online Learning Activities Outside of the Learning Management System that Allow for Flexible, Adaptable and Meaningful Learning. Port of VancouverLiesel Knaack • Michael Paskevicius

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

The Balancing Act of Collaboration, Openness, Quality and Ensuring Impact in the Creation of OER Copyright Resources Port of SingaporeMichelle Brailey • Michael B. McNally 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 What do Open Textbooks Really Mean to Students that Have to Use Them? Port of San FranciscoFlorence Daddey • Krista Lambert