We’re pleased to announce the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s celebration of Open Education Week, our second year participating in the global event. This year’s event will be unique in that we will both welcome Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani as our opening keynote and highlight the wonderful outputs from the first round of UHM OER grants!
Rajiv is the Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Vancouver, British Columbia. Rajiv was instrumental in the launching Kwantlen Polytechnic’s Zed Cred (http://www.kpu.ca/arts/zedcred) program, an entire degree with zero textbook costs by way of using OER and/or free library materials. He has delivered dozens of keynote addresses and is one of the most informed, influential proponents of Open Educational Resources and Open Access anywhere in the world. Rajiv will follow his keynote with a workshop on Open Pedagogy, offering guidance in crafting learning activities that leverage of the openness of OER to provide improved feedback and help end the “throwaway assignment.”
OER projects funded through the UHM Outreach College are nearing completion, and we’re excited to have many of our grantees join us during this years event. Ranging from nutrition to physics, second language studies to economics, these projects represent the work of forward-thinking faculty, staff, and students at UHM who are embracing the power of open and building learning content that will be free forever.
Other exciting sessions happening on our March 8th celebration will include:
* OER Panel with Faculty and Instructors — What does it take to go open?
* 2017-2018 UHM OER Grantee Showcase lunchtime meet-and-greet
So, mark your calendars for Thursday March 8th!
Full schedule and details to be shared shortly.
