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2011-06-05
Alireza Mohammadi, Mahdi Tavakoli, Ali Jazayeri
The PHANToM R devices (SensAble Technologies Inc., MA, USA) provide the users in industry and academia with an opportunity for research and education in virtual reality, haptics, robot motion control and teleoperation. Traditionally, one has to develop C/C++ codes using the OpenHaptics R software...
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2016-11-09
McNutt, Krysta, Christiansen, Erik G.
This presentation provides an overview of two online toolkits created for the Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative. The Champion's Toolkit provides strategies for promoting OER at educational institutions. The Starter Kit outlines considerations when adopting or creating OER such as...
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Choices and Consequences in Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses
2016-12-07
Christiansen, Erik G., McNally, Michael B.
This presentation examines the continuum from closed to open for both open educational resources in general and open courses. The presentation evaluates what instructional choices are needed to increase openness. In this regard the presentation will identify not only how to move resources and...
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Alberta OER Toolkits
2016-11-09
McNutt, Krysta, Christiansen, Erik G.
This presentation provides an overview of two online toolkits created for the Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative. The Champion's Toolkit provides strategies for promoting OER at educational institutions. The Starter Kit outlines considerations when adopting or creating OER such as...
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Open Enough? Eight Factors to Consider when Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses: A Conceptual Framework
Download2018-04-24
Christiansen, Erik G., McNally, Michael B.
There is both a feeling of excitement and hesitation when mentioning open educational resources (OERs) to university educators. The idea of being an “open educator” and using only openly licensed teaching materials sounds noble. Such an approach has the potential to benefit students on multiple...
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2018-02-02
This OLA Super Conference 2018 session introduced a three-year, grant-funded project to develop OER-compatible copyright tutorials for a wide Canadian audience. Completed modules were demonstrated and feedback about moving forward with the project solicited. The open nature of these works were...
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Biting off as much (or maybe more) than you can chew: Insights form managing the an OER project from Opening Up Copyright
Biting off as much (or maybe more) than you can chew: Insights form managing the an OER project from Opening Up Copyright
Download2018-10-04
Grant, Toby, Wakaruk, Amanda, McNally, Michael B.
The University of Alberta is developing an open educational resource series on copyright (Opening Up Copyright Instructional Modules) that aims to develop and enhance copyright literacy in Canada. While the project is supported by a diverse number of individuals and offices on campus and has...
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The balancing act of collaboration, openness, quality and ensuring impact in the creation of OER resources
The balancing act of collaboration, openness, quality and ensuring impact in the creation of OER resources
Download2018-05-30
McNally, Michael B., Brailey, Michelle
This presentation examines the tensions in developing a large scale, institutional OER project and the care that must be undertaken in a project with a diverse range of team members, stakeholders and learners. The University of Alberta’s (U of A) Copyright OER project, funded through a Centre...
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Copyright OER as Open Education Enabler
2019-11-27
Wakaruk, Amanda, Guy, Julia, Joseph, Kris, Fagnan, Luc, Sheppard, Adrian, McNally, Michael B.
Concerns over copyright issues can present a practical barrier to open educational resource (OER) use and adoption. The proposed presentation provides a case study of the University of Alberta’s Opening Up Copyright (OUC) instructional module series and discusses how the series improves access to...