Hi everyone,

I wanted to share details about our event for Open Education Week, the second event in the OER Speaker Series. There will be some familiar faces present. I hope to see you there! Registration is available to attend in-person and online.  

This Open Education Week, the University of Manitoba will be hosting a speaking event featuring keynote Kayla Lar-Son, who will join us by Zoom with a talk titled Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education. Next, an in-person panel of OER users from the University of Manitoba will discuss their experiences with OER. Pizza and coffee will be provided for registrants.

Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education

6 R’s of Indigenous OER to provide an Indigenous focused framework for incorporating Indigenous Knowledges into openly-licensed teaching and learning materials. The R’s are influenced by the FAIR/CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Sovereignty, OCAP, and were originally adapted from the 4 R’s of First Nations and Higher Education and the UBC Longhouse Teachings. This talk discusses new developments in the 6 R's based on the presenters own refection and protocols. 

Kayla Lar-Son is a member of the Metis Nation of Alberta, with mix Ukrainian heritage, and originally from Tofield Alberta. She holds a BA in Native Studies from the University of Alberta and an MLIS from the University of Alberta. She is the current Acting Head of the Xwi7xwa at the University of British Columbia. 

Panel of UM OER users

• Dr. Julianne Doner, Linguistics
  Julianne Doner is an instructor in the linguistics department at the University of Manitoba. She is currently developing an OER for a second-year linguistics course called The Linguistics Analysis of Word and Sentence Structures. She was also a co-author on the introductory linguistics OER Essentials of Linguistics, 2nd edition. Julie strives in her teaching and pedagogical materials to demystify the hidden curriculum, promote the intersection between social justice and linguistics, apply the principles of the universal design for learning, and incorporate Writing Across the Curriculum.
• Dr. Xinli Wang, Mathematics
  Xinli Wang teaches entry-level math courses at the University of Manitoba. 
  Her teaching career in Canada began in 2016 after her family moved here from Singapore.
  She is passionate about utilizing Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices in her teaching. Xinli also engages in educational research to incorporate evidence-based teaching methods into her classrooms. Currently, her primary interests include learning community, active learning in large classes, and alternative grading.
• Charlotte Moore, Education
  Charlotte Moore (she/her) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba, where she is studying the experiences of neurodivergent graduate students. Before her time at the University of Manitoba, she taught writing at the university level in the United States. In her free time, Charlotte edits Wikipedia. She has created over 450 articles and improved many, many more.

Facilitator: Dr. Mark Meagher, Architecture 

Schedule: March 6, 2024

12:00-1:15 Keynote and Q&A with Kayla Lar-Son 
1:00-1:15 Q&A
1:15-1:30 Break
1:30-2:30 Panel Discussion + Q&A

Location: University of Manitoba, St John’s College room 108

The event can also be attended virtually. Register by Zoom.

This event is sponsored by Advancing Open Education 2023-24. A recording is available of Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani’s talk, From Access to Justice: Realizing the Transformative Potential of Open Educational Practices, the previous event in this speaker series.

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Janice Winkler, MLIS (She/her)

Social Sciences Librarian

Kinesiology and Recreation Management, Women’s and Gender Studies, Disability Studies, Linguistics

University of Manitoba 

Schedule an appointment in person or by Zoom

E: Janice.Winkler@umanitoba.ca
T: (431) 334-9054

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The University of Manitoba campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibwe-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.

Open Education Week, March 6, 2024 – see details for the event hosted by UM!