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- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- The Alberta OER Journal Club was started in Autumn of 2018 as a way of continuing the OER discussion in Alberta, following the end of the provincial government's one-time funding. The journal club hosts monthly Twitter chats where guest facilitators guide a discussion on a piece of OER literature. This presentation will review the background and development of this project, provide an overview of the format and best practices, and highlight the project's significance and surprises.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Lauren Hays; Claes Dahlqvist; Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- Information literacy (IL) is both a discipline and transdisciplinary skill (ACRL, 2015). Its transdisciplinary and context-dependant application, as well as its theoretical underpinnings, make it a natural fit within the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). IL is broadly defined as the ability to search for, select, critically evaluate and use information for solving problems in various contexts (ACRL Framework, 2015; SCONUL 7 Pillars, 2015). Previous decades of expansion and diversification in higher education - with a growing interest in research on teaching and learning (e.g. SoTL), along with the rapidly changing information landscape – has highlighted IL as an important...
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen; Michael B. McNally
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- 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 fronts. However, making the transition from closed to open resources requires a significant time investment from the instructor and requires specialized knowledge. These skills include an understanding of open licensing/copyright, accessibility standards, language and cultural considerations, anticipated support costs for the resource, digital distribution, file formats, and potential pedagogical...
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- This webinar presentation was delivered to the Psychology Librarians Canada group. The presentation outlines a SoTL project which aims to discover students' information literacy competencies in the Psychology undergraduate program at Mount Royal, and discusses how these competencies could be used to develop a scaffolded information literacy program.
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- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- Soon-to-be Professor Emerita, Margy MacMillan is currently a Senior Researcher with Project Information Literacy on their latest study "How Students Engage with News". The study surveyed over 5,800 students across 11 U.S. institutions about where they encountered news, what tools they used, what topics they followed and shared, and the role of news in their lives. It also asked specifically about the differences between their personal and academic news habits. The results were fascinating, and countered popular narratives of disengaged 'newsless' youth; on the contrary, following the news takes effort and time, and while many of the participants have developed effective strategies for...
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- This presentation provides an overview of the open education movement and open education resources (OER) policy directions in Western Canada. In addition, it discusses way libraries can support the open education movement and provides examples of provincial OER initiatives. This presentation was given at the 2017 Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- This lightning talk was given during an afternoon event hosted by the MRU Library Scholarship Sub-Committee on December 12, 2017. It discusses the progress of two research projects on open educational resources (OER) - one of OER policy in Western Canada and the other on the challenges introduced by openness in higher education.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Krysta McNutt; Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- 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 intended audience, copyright, and accessibility and usability. The presentation was given at the OER In and Across Disciplines Conference at Mount Royal University, on Nov 9, 2016.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- This presentation is from a workshop on open educational resources (OER). This workshop was part of the Code4Lib Alberta Conference, on November 24, 2016. It provides an overview of OER in the context of the open education movement while emphasizing practical considerations when using/creating OER. The audience participated in an OER search activity and added their findings to the live slide deck.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2016
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2016
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan; Siobhán Dunne
- Date issued
- 2016
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Michael B. McNally; Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- 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 courses from closed to open, but also any potential negative impacts those decisions raise.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2016
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan; Stephanie Rosenblatt
- Date issued
- 2015
- Description
- Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Pearl Herscovitch; Margy MacMillan; Sara Sharun
- Date issued
- 2015
- Description
- Librarians at an undergraduate university have embarked on a year-long project to map what is actually being taught in each of the over six hundred course-integrated information literacy (IL) classes taught each year. Data from the project is informing planning for IL programming as we develop a more strategic program-integrated curriculum that makes better use of librarians’ expertise. We are gaining insights on areas of duplication and opportunities to develop higher-level IL sessions to address more advanced use of information.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2015
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Brian Jackson; Margy MacMillan; Michelle Sinotte
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- In the fall of 2012, our library surveyed teaching faculty to gauge their expectations around students’ use of information. We asked instructors what they thought was important for students to know in each year of study, how proficient they felt students were in performing tasks associated with research, how they expected students to acquire that proficiency, and how they assessed students’ skills. The survey also polled faculty on the types of resources they felt were important for each year of study. The results of the study are informing the development of the library’s strategic plan and the inclusion of information literacy outcomes in program reviews and assessments. The good news...
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- Presentation at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan; Kalen Gibb; Richard Hayman; Francine May; Madelaine Vanderwerff
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- A spirited discussion of what’s happening behind the scenes as journals respond to developments in scholarly communication. How are traditional journals responding to open access, how are they maintaining prestige in a changing environment and how can you really tell where articles will have the widest reach.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library