A celebration of the open education movement is the motivation behind a lineup of virtual events offered by McMaster University.
Open Education Week, set for March 7 to 11, is an annual event highlighting the latest successes in open education, providing an opportunity for educators, practitioners, and students to gain an understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wealth of open educational resources available.
Staff at McMaster University Libraries and the MacPherson Institute are teaming up to present four exciting activities to mark the occasion.
“Now in its tenth year, Open Education Week is a time to celebrate the impact of open education on teaching and learning, and to showcase the latest work being done in open education, worldwide,” said Olga Perkovic, open education and scholarship librarian at McMaster library. “We are pleased to share some of McMaster’s contributions and initiatives in open education to the community, in particular, projects involving the adaptation and creation of open educational resources.”
Joanne Kehoe, lead educational developer at MacPherson Institute, says everyone on campus is welcome to attend the week’s free events.
“Our events are targeted to the areas of open education that we have seen the greatest interest and growth in,” said Kehoe. “Attendees will hear about the successes of others and leave with the tools and knowledge to get started in small, impactful ways.”
Schedule of Events
Monday, March 7 | 11-11:45 a.m.
Play OER Bingo and Win!
Play a few rounds of virtual Bingo and learn about open educational resources (OER). This is a fast and fun activity where you can play Bingo and learn some facts about OER. Three Uber Eats gift cards to be won!
Presenters: Laura Banfield and Jo-Anne Petropoulos, health sciences librarians, Health Sciences Library
Register: Play OER Bingo and Win!
Monday, March 7 | 3:30-4:30 p.m.
OER Lightning Round: Teaching in the Open at McMaster
This event features McMaster faculty and instructors who are incorporating open education into their teaching. Hear from some of the 2021-2022 OER grantees as they update us on their awarded projects. Learn about the open resources being created for coursework, and hear about the grantees' experiences in creating open and accessible content. Gather ideas for possible OER projects of your own. Find out more about the McMaster OER Grant which will be offered again in spring 2022.
Presenters and projects:
- Konstantinos Apostolou and Amin Rajabzadeh, assistant professors, W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology
Open Content Creation: Introduction to Mass Balances
- Mirna Carranza, professor, School of Social Work
Open Content Creation: The Colonial Mirror: Newcomer Families as Civic Bodies
- Chad Harvey, associate professor, School of Interdisciplinary Science
Open Content Adaptation: Adaptation of Biology 2e (OpenStax)
- Miroslav Lovric, associate professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Open Content Creation: 99 Numbers: Mathematics of Everyday Life
- Antonio Paez, professor, School of Earth, Environment & Society
Open Content Creation: Spatial Statistics
- Kristina Vidug, research coordinator, Department of Medicine presenting on behalf of Anne Holbrook, professor, Department of Medicine
Open Content Adaptation: Adaptation of the National Prescribing Curriculum (NPC) of Australia
Register: OER Lightning Round: Teaching in the Open at McMaster
Wednesday, March 9 | 1-2 p.m.
Pressbooks 101
Did you know McMaster has single-sign on to Pressbooks, an easy-to-use open content publishing platform for creating (or adapting) online resources such as textbooks, guidebooks, modules, lab manuals, student-generated assignments, and more? This session will provide an overview of Pressbooks and the dynamic features that are natively baked in – including H5P interactivity, Hypothes.is annotation and embedded multimedia. If you’re looking to self-publish content of any length, and want a simple tool that enables customization, flexibility and accessible, varied publishing formats with web-hosting options, Pressbooks may be right for you. We’ll look at examples of instructor-created and student-created content and get you started on using Pressbooks for your teaching and learning.
Presenter: Joanne Kehoe, lead educational developer, digital pedagogies, MacPherson Institute
Register: Pressbooks 101
Thursday, March 10 | 3-4 p.m.
Introduction to Creating Interactive Content with H5P
Interested in learning about how to use H5P to create an OER for your course? This hands-on interactive workshop will introduce you to H5P, an interactive content creation platform, where you can create interactive content using content type templates (e.g., course presentations, practice questions, historical timelines, scenario branching exercises, etc.) and collaborate with other instructors and students. Anyone with an institutional email at McMaster (instructors, staff, students, etc.) can create an H5P login for free. Here is the link to register for an account: eCampusOntario H5P Studio.
Presenter: Jennifer Williams, educational development fellow, MacPherson Institute
Register: Introduction to Creating Interactive Content with H5P
All are welcome to join the events. Registration is free.
For more details about related events at McMaster and at other Canadian academic institutions, visit the Open Education Week 2022 webpage.
To learn more about McMaster OER, visit the OER research guide or email oer@mcmaster.ca.
