DATE: Tuesday, March 8, 2022

TIME: 1:00-2:30pm (60 min workshop + 30 mins for anyone who wants to stay and chat)

COST: Free

WHERE: Online //Scroll down to register

WHO: undergraduate students across disciplines at Concordia University are encouraged to attend

Paying too much for textbooks? This workshop introduces the basics of Open Educational Resources (OER) such as renewable assignments and open textbooks and their place in the open ecosystem. Given the challenges and significant benefits of integrating OER into course content, such as saving students money, this is an opportunity to ask questions, including about the implications of OER for affordability, accessibility, and social justice, and participate in growing the availability and relevance of OER at Concordia.

You will learn how to search for and discover OER relevant to your courses and disciplines. In an open document, we will collaboratively search OER repositories for materials that can be added to Concordia’s OER By Discipline Resource Guide. Through collaborative small group discussions and guided practice, you can contribute a tangible benefit for yourself and your fellow students, and leave equipped to advocate more effectively for OER in your classrooms.

Learning Objectives:

LO: Understand the basics of OER

LO: Search OER repositories for discipline-specific OER

LO: Co-adapt Concordia’s OER By Discipline Resource Guide

Facilitators: Saelan Twerdy, MA (Student Librarian) AND Rachel Harris, PhD, MISt (Scholarly Publishing Librarian)