“Free Screening of the award winning documentary “Terms and Conditions May Apply”.
Come join Katie Kalk and the Digital Tattoo project team for a fascinating documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it.
Facilitators: Katie Kalk, Marga Heras, Rie Namba
Lillooet Room (Rm 301), Chapman Learning Commons, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. The delivery of open online learning has become a more common practice (or at least a more desired practice) in higher education in recent years. In this session, two diverse universities will share their lessons learned in delivering open learning. UBC has long embraced open learning projects through a robust WordPress and MediaWiki publishing framework that helped advance a broad range of open educational activities, including student produced OER and open courses. UBC’s embrace of both a self-maintained open infrastructure as well as emerging third party platforms is creating new potentials for open education at UBC. Meanwhile Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has an “Open Learning” division with a long history of providing open access post-secondary distance education (online and print) by offering continuous enrolment, flexible scheduling and minimal admission requirements, as well as extensive capacity for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) and a well-established transfer credit system. It is working to enhance its capacity to support learning and public engagement via open platforms as well, via alignment with the Open Educational Resources university (OERu) and by working with UBC to adapt its MediaWiki and WordPress framework for its own needs.
This session will examine how institutions and instructors can provide open educational experiences and develop the required expertise, capacity and support systems. The co-faciliators of this session will identify sharable and extensible tools, approaches and means of cooperation that will allow educators and learners to shape their open learning experiences.
Speakers:
Brian Lamb is the Director of Innovation Open Learning at Thompson Rivers University (TRU). Brian moved on to TRU after more than a decade with UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, where he was a Strategist contributing to a wide range of new media, open education and sustainability education initiatives. He founded some of the earliest campus services for blogs and wikis in higher education. He’s been a Research Fellow at Utah State University’s Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL), and a Visiting Researcher at Barcelona’s Open University of Catalonia. He mutters ill-tempered observations on his weblog: http://abject.ca/
Jon Festinger, Q.C. is a Vancouver, British Columbia based counsel and educator. A Faculty member at the Centre for Digital Media (http://thecdm.ca) Jon teaches Video Game Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia (http://videogame.law.ubc.ca) where he has now taught as an Adjunct Professor for two decades, is the author of the first edition of “Video Game Law” published by LexisNexis in 2005, and co-author of the 2nd Edition published in 2012(http://www.lexisnexis.com/store/ca/catalog/booktemplate/productdetail.jsp?prodId=prd-cad-01004). As a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Law, Jon began his legal career in private practice, in turn becoming General Counsel of WIC Western International Communication, Senior Vice President of the CTV Television Network and Executive Vice President, Business & General Counsel of the Vancouver Canucks. Jon practices law through Festinger Law & Strategy, is Vice Chair of Ronald McDonald House British Columbia, City Opera Vancouver and the Simon Fraser University Foundation. Twitter: @gamebizlaw Xbox Gamertag: cdmjon
Will Engle is a strategist at UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning & Technology. Will is engaged with open education initiatives that are leveraging emerging technologies, approaches, and pedagogies to support flexible and open learning. With a background in library science, Will is interested in understanding and supporting the removal of barriers that limit access to education, information, and knowledge. He occasional posts at http://blogs.ubc.ca/open or @infology on Twitter.
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. What will higher education become as the MOOC innovation era plays out? Setting dire predictions aside it seems likely that students will have a vast range of resources for learning at their disposal. With MOOCs, MOORs, badge systems, learning communities and other innovations coming on line students will be able to get content delivery, active learning support, office hours and assessment from a variety of different sources. All of these will be available these at a wider range of price points and qualities than is possible today. What do we do with our on-campus courses in this environment? How can we use these innovations to offer students a better education than ever before? What will it be like running courses that make extensive use of open online resources? What will open online courses be best at? Worst? What must we excel at? These questions led us to develop a Coursera MOOC, which ran for the first time this summer. We are now offering that MOOC in parallel with an on-campus course, in a continued effort to understand the relative strengths of each modality. The talk will report on these experiences and present our current beliefs about the challenges ahead.
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Gregor Kiczales is a Professor in the Computer Science Department. His work is directed at enabling programmers to write programs that, as much as possible, look like their design. He is best known for his work on aspect-oriented programming, and he led the Xerox PARC team that developed aspect-oriented programming and AspectJ. He is a co-author of “The Art of the Metaobject Protocol” and was one of the designers of the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS). He is an ACM Fellow and the 2012 recipient of the Dahl-Nygaard Senior Prize for his achievements in programming language design research. He is also the instructor for the Introduction to Systematic Program Design MOOC at Coursera.
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Kiczales, G. (1996). Beyond the black box: Open implementation. IEEE Software, 13(1), 8-11. doi:10.1109/52.476280. [Link]
Davis, S., & Kiczales, G. (2010). Registration-based language abstractions. ACM Sigplan Notices, 45(10), 754-773. doi:10.1145/1932682.1869521
Wand, M., Kiczales, G., & Dutchyn, C. (2004). A semantics for advice and dynamic join points in aspect-oriented programming. ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems (TOPLAS), 26(5), 890-910. doi:10.1145/1018203.1018208. [Link]
Hannemann, J., & Kiczales, G. (2002). Design pattern implementation in java and AspectJ. ACM Sigplan Notices, 37(11), 161-173.
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. Open access to research has become a core goal of academic libraries. The growth of open access initiatives, such as digital repositories, supports a very democratic notion of openly accessible publicly funded research. However, transitioning the support of open access initiatives to courses (e.g. LOOCs, MOOCs, e.g.) has been received with mixed views by librarians. Using current examples of courses at UBC, this session will explore open online courses and the future of library practice in these environments. This session will draw on participants ideas and opinions to further develop the dialogue on this issue.
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Erin Fields is the Teaching and Learning Librarian at UBC Library with a focus on flexible learning environments. Her current work involves collaborating on a TLEF funded open online course and supporting the flexible learning initiative at UBC.
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Fields, E. (2010). A unique Twitter use for reference services. Library Hi Tech News, 27(6/7), 14-15. doi:10.1108/07419051011095863. [Link]
Fields, E. (2011). Managing gender diversity in asia: A research companion. Feminist Collections, 32(2), 22-22. [Link]
Fields, E. (2011). Feminist Podcasting: Delivering Scholarship Outside the University Walls. Feminist Collections, 32(1), 26. [Link]
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. In October 2012, the government of British Columbia announced its support for the creation of open textbooks for the 40 highest-impact first and second-year courses in the province’s public post-secondary system. This project has generated a lot of interest in open textbooks in general, the financial benefits they may have for students, and the impact such open educational resources may have on curriculum development and flexible pedagogies. This session will provide an overview of open textbooks and will specifically explore: an update on the BC open text book project; individual faculty and institutional changes in practice; benefits and challenges of adopting an open textbook; options for finding, selecting, and building on existing open educational resources. We will also share experiences to gain insights into what we should be aware of when venturing into the use of OER, including a discussion of Creative Commons licensing.
Speaker:
Mary is responsible for the portfolio of programs and services at BCcampus that includes open education programs, the Open Textbook program, professional learning and training programs, and applied research projects such as the remote web-based science labs (RWSL / NANSLO).
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Greene, J. F. (1974). The suitability of continuing education programs in open education for teachers: Instrument validation. International Journal of Continuing Education and Training.
Rogers, V. R., Church, B., & Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. (1975). Open education: Critique and assessment. Washington: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Rapp, D. (2011). LYRASIS program aims for open source education. Library Journal, 136(12), 18. [Link]
Bremer, A., & Bremer, J. (1972). Open education: A beginning. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. The Open Access ‘Megajournal’ (a class of journal defined by the success of PLOS ONE) is a reasonably recent phenomenon, but one that some observers believe is poised to change the publishing world very rapidly. A megajournal is typically understood to be an online-only journal; covering a very broad subject area; selecting content based only on scientific and methodological soundness; and with a business model which allows each article to cover its own costs. With these attributes, megajournals are not limited in potential output and as such are able to grow commensurate with any growth in submissions. PLOS ONE pioneered this category of journal and is currently expected to publish in excess of 30,000 articles in 2013 alone – possibly approaching 3% of all STM articles published that year. Recognizing the success of this model, many other publishers (such as Nature, Springer, SAGE, BioONE, PeerJ, , BMJ, F1000 and so on) have launched similar journals and each of these publishers is seeing their megajournal grow in volume, month on month. In many ways, the growth of the megajournal has been one of the most visible successes of the open access movement. Dr Peter Binfield, who led PLOS ONE for 4 years until mid-2012 and left PLOS to co-found PeerJ, has experienced the megajournal both from within PLOS ONE, and from the point of view of starting an entirely new megajournal (PeerJ). In this keynote Peter shares some of his insights about megajournals, how they operate, how they can succeed, and whether or not this new category of journal will truly revolutionize the publishing landscape.
Speaker:
Pete has worked in the academic publishing world for almost 20 years. Since gaining a PhD in Optical Physics, he has held positions at Institute of Physics, Kluwer Academic, Springer, SAGE and most recently the Public Library of Science (PLOS). At PLOS he ran PLOS ONE, and developed it into the largest and most innovative journal in the world, publishing some 3% of the world’s literature at the time of his departure. During that time, he also championed the development of Article-Level Metrics and continues to advocate for this approach towards literature assessment.
Peter left PLOS to co-found Peer J Inc, alongside Jason Hoyt (previously of Mendeley). PeerJ, the journal, launched in Feb 2013 (with PeerJ PrePrints following in April 2013) and makes use of an Editorial Board of over 800 world class researchers, including 5 Nobel Laureates and several faculty from UBC. PeerJ provides researchers with a low cost lifetime membership (starting as low as $99) which gives them the lifetime rights to publish for free thereafter. PeerJ has been hailed as “a significant innovation” by Nature, and was named as one of the “Top 10 Tech Innovators or 2013 by the Chronicle of Higher Education” – the company aims to drive down the costs of open access publishing, whilst simultaneously raising the bar for innovation and functionality.
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Binfield, P. (2012). Peer J: An open-access experiment. EDUCAUSE Review, 47(6), 104. [Link]
Binfield, P. (2014). PeerJ – more than just a publisher. Insights: The UKSG Journal, 27(1), 75-81. doi:10.1629/2048-7754.130. [Link]
Binfield, P. (2013). PeerJ — A case study in improving research collaboration at the journal level. Information Services & use, 33(3-4), 251-255. [Link]
Binfield, P., Graves, T., & Rolnik, Z. (2008). Publishing 101: The basics of academic publishing. The Serials Librarian, 54(1), 37-42. doi:10.1080/03615260801973414. [Link]
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by Open UBC Week. Students nationally and internationally are a major force in advocating for open access. Join five student leaders who will excite and inspire you about the impact of open access on your research and learning at UBC, Pecha Kucha style! Originally from the Japanese term chit chat, Pecha Kucha is a presentation style that allows each speaker 20 slides shown for 20 seconds each (total presentation time is 6 minutes and 40 seconds).
Speakers:
Joaquin Acevedo
Joaquin Acevedo is the Vice-President, Finance for the AMS/Student Society of UBC Vancouver. He is a third year student in the Faculty of Science, in the Cognitive Systems: Brain & Cognition program.
Goldis Chami
Goldis Chami is an Internal Medicine resident at the University of British Columbia. She has been actively involved in advocacy to promote an open access policy at UBC, and in open access initiatives more broadly. She sits on the steering committee of the Right to Research Coalition.
Rowan Cockett
Rowan Cockett designs open-access web-based tools for geoscience education that have been used for teaching and learning around the world. In his spare time, he is a PhD student researching large-scale numerical simulation and optimization in geophysics.
Colum Connolly
Colum Connolly is the Vice President Academic and External of the Graduate Student Society of UBC Vancouver. He is also a 4th year PhD candidate in the Department of Medical Genetics.
Jae-Yung Kwon
Jae-Yung Kwon is a registered nurse, an author, and a graduate student in the school of nursing at UBC. He is currently editor-in-chief of the UBC nursing student journal.
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Shields, P., Rangarajan, N., & Stewart, L. (2012). Open access digital repository: Sharing student research with the world. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 18(1), 157-181. [Link]
Feldstein, A., Martin, M., Hudson, A., Warren, K., Hilton, J.,III, & Wiley, D. (2012). Open textbooks and increased student access and outcomes. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, (2). [Link]
Signor, L., & Moore, C. (2014). Open access in higher Education–Strategies for engaging diverse student cohorts. Open Praxis, 6(3), 305-313. doi:10.5944/openpraxis.6.3.132 [Link]
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This year’s celebration of science took place in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum. The featured scientist was Dr. Andrew Trites, Professor & Director, Marine Mammal Research Unit, Fisheries Centre at UBC whose research on pinnipeds (Steller sea lions, northern fur seals, and harbor seals) is designed to further the conservation and understanding of marine mammals. In 2007 as part of the Big Blue Project team, he unearthed a blue whale skeleton in PEI. This experience plus his driving passion to resolve conflicts between people and marine mammals are compelling. “I don’t know what questions will raise their heads tomorrow, that’s partly what makes this so interesting”. Find out more about this awesome scientist. A panel of BC science writers highlighted their works and talk about why they love science and how to make science fun for kids.
Featured BC Science Writers
Claire Eamer, author The World in Your Lunch Box, Lizards in the Sky, Spiked Scorpions and Walking Whales and more
Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone, hands-on science writers with over 70 science books including the Dirt Book, Kitchen Science, and Hockey Science
Carol McDougall, creator of Salmon Sky View
Lori Sherritt-Fleming, artist, aRYTHMetic poet
Ashley Spires, illustrator of Scary Science and Blinky the Space Cat books
Paul Zehr, writer of books using superheroes to improve scientific literacy, Becoming Batman and Inventing Iron Man.
Special Tribute to science educator, Gordon Gore and founder of the Big Little Science Center in Kamloops.
Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library
Wilson, G. (1994). Researcher Andrew Trites takes fat measurement from captive sea lion pups at the Vancouver aquarium. Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library.
Bowles, E., & Trites, A. W. (2013). Faecal DNA amplification in pacific walruses (odobenus rosmarus divergens). Polar Biology, 36(5), 755-759. doi:10.1007/s00300-013-1296-6 [Link]
Benson, A., & Trites, A. (2002). Ecological effects of regime shifts in the Bering sea and Eastern North Pacific ocean. Fish and Fisheries, 3(2), 95-113. doi:10.1046/j.1467-2979.2002.00078.x [Link]
Trites, A. W. (1991). Does tagging and handling affect the growth of northern fur seal pups (callorhinus ursinus)? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 48(12), 2436-2442. doi:10.1139/f91-285 [Link]
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Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by HCI@UBC. Given that an ecommerce web site is a company’s “window to the world”, customers interact directly with a number of information technology artifacts provided by the company (such as, product recommendation software, videos for product presentations) as well as entities within that company (such as, sales assistants) and other customers (such as, collaborative shopping) via information technology mediated channels. HCI design and evaluation in this specific context have two major components: 1) the first resembles traditional HCI work in that a customer has to interact with a computer interface to reach the online company, and 2) the second is about communication between the customer and the company that is necessary for trading to occur. The first type of interaction is designed to enhance customers’ efficiency, effectiveness and shopping enjoyment by providing high quality information technology-based services, and the second type of interaction, or more correctly communication, is intended to improve customers’ trust in online merchants, reduce their perceived risks of buying on the web, and increase their loyalty to web merchants and commitment to online shopping. We have conducted over 20 studies with my colleagues and graduate students over the last decade investigating a wide range of topics that included: how to improve product understanding on the web; how to provide services to customers via IT support; improving customers’ purchase quality via recommendation agent use, designing product recommendations agents that are trustworthy, and designing social interfaces to such agents; collaborative shopping; and reducing risk and deception in electronic commerce. The talk will provide a brief summary of these studies and their findings, and describe their practical implications for HCI designers and users of electronic commerce for improving the online shopping experiences of customers.
About the Speaker
Izak Benbasat is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and CANADA Research Chair in Information Technology Management at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Canada.
His current research interests include: investigating the methods for customer service provision on the Internet (business-to-consumer, business-to-business, and citizen-to-government); evaluating product recommendation agents used in electronic commerce to support consumers including those for social shopping networks; designing methods to help reduce risk and deception in electronic commerce; and safeguarding users’ privacy in social shopping networks. This work is supported by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, and the University of British Columbia Hampton Grants.
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Benbasat, Izak, (2013). A contingency approach to investigating the effects of user-system interaction modes of online decision aids. Information systems research. 24 (3), pp.861 – 876. [Link]
Benbasat, Izak, (2013). Integrating service quality with system and information quality. Information systems research. 24 (3), pp.861 – 876. [Link]
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