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Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum 2023 - Broadband 101
2023-11-06
This presentation provides an overview of broadband in Canada and the province of Alberta, as well as an introduction to the 2023 version of Understanding Community Broadband: The Alberta Broadband Toolkit.
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Broadband 101 (2022 Alberta Version)
2022-05-17
This presentation, given at the Alberta Rural Connectivity Forum 2022, provides an introduction to broadband in the province of Alberta. The presentation covers four parts - putting broadband in context; broadband technologies; policy and regulation and the 2022 broadband landscape.
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How does our advocacy garden grow? Analyzing advocacy initiatives by Canadian library associations
How does our advocacy garden grow? Analyzing advocacy initiatives by Canadian library associations
Download2023-06-02
Carr-Wiggin, Merran, Gareau-Brennan, Céline, Carrier, Hélène, McNally, Michael B.
Advocacy initiatives by library associations seek to enact change by influencing governments and other stakeholder organizations for the benefit of libraries, their clients, and the profession of librarianship. This session will describe an exploratory study to see what seeds of advocacy and...
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Open Enough? Choices and Consequences When Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses
Open Enough? Choices and Consequences When Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses
Download2017-10-12
Christiansen, Erik G., McNally, Michael B.
This paper examines the continuum from "closed" to "open" for both open educational resources (OER) and open courses. The primary focus is to evaluate what instructional choices are needed to increase the openness of courses and how such openness impacts the student experience. The majority of...
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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...