Advance Open Ed News Archive
Libraries
Impact the future of education in Manitoba at Manitoba’s first Open Education Symposium
April 30, 2025 —
The Manitoba Open Education Symposium is a free two-day event with panels, discussions and talks by leaders in open education in Canada. The event is hosted at the University of Manitoba, and is open to faculty, instructors, students and open education advocates in Manitoba and beyond.
Libraries
The Future is Open: Director of world’s largest OER publisher to speak at UM
February 10, 2025 —
This Open Education Week, March 7-11, 2025, the University of Manitoba will be hosting an event featuring keynote speaker Richard Baraniuk, Director of OpenStax, the world’s largest open educational resource (OER) publisher, and professor of computer and electrical engineering at Rice University.
Libraries
Database of discounts for open access publishing now available
October 18, 2024 —
UM Libraries has released a new database of open access publishing fee discounts and waivers, making it easier than ever for UM faculty and researchers to publish their work in open access journals.
Libraries
Educators make resources open and free for students
October 17, 2024 —
Now in its second year, the Advance Open Ed project with UM Libraries is providing grants and practical support for faculty who want to create and adapt open educational resources for use in the classroom. Here are two resources already being used by students.
Libraries
Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education
February 20, 2024 —
6 R’s of Indigenous OER provides an Indigenous-focused framework for incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into openly-licensed teaching and learning materials.