Open UBC, the Library’s annual celebration of Open Access week, highlights areas of open scholarship for UBC’s researchers, faculty, students and staff.
The events include presentations, debates, workshops, demonstrations and a film screening. This year’s events will be held October 28 and 29, in conjunction with UBC’s Celebrate Learning Week.
Highlights include:
- a keynote with Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education at SPARC
- a debate on the value of Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), moderated by UBC VP Angela Redish
- a discussion on the future of scholarly publishing
- brown bag sessions on open education resources
- student presentations on open access research
- a robotics and 3D printing demonstration
All events will be held in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, in the Lillooet Room (301) unless otherwise stated.
For registration and a full schedule of events visit the Open UBC website.