Upcoming Event: Open Scholarship in Practice, May 2 | Scholarly Communications @ UBC | BC Canada

"Register Now for the Next Open Scholarship in Practice Day – May 2 Open scholarship, which encompasses open science, open access, open data, open education, and all other forms of openness in the scholarly and research environment, is transforming how knowledge is created and shared. Join us for a full day of workshops exploring the practice of open scholarship – from new tools that can increase the reproducibility of research, to new pedagogies that become possible when students and faculty become co-creators engaged in generative knowledge creation. Hear from UBC colleagues who are incorporating “openness” in innovative ways to enhance teaching, research, and public impact. Featured sessions include: hands-on training for tools such as Open Science Framework, GitHub, WeBwork, Pressbooks next steps in Canada’s Tri-Council Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management faculty lightning talks on open education tools and practices at UBC. Eric Eich, Vice Provost and Associate VP Academic and Jason Pither, Associate Professor of Biology at UBC Okanagan, are among those leading UBC’s efforts towards a more open research culture. “There’s clearly a huge appetite among UBC researchers to learn how to ensure their work is reproducible, transparent, and open. We’re excited about all the initiatives surrounding open scholarship at UBC, and look forward to describing some of these efforts to the UBC community.” Christina Hendricks, Deputy Academic Director of CTLT adds that open education “activities have the potential to engage students more in what they’re doing, and also thereby help promote deeper learning, since their work will have more lasting and widespread value.” The event will be held May 2, 9am-4pm at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. All events are free and open to all but registration is required. Lunch and coffee breaks provided. The full program with registration links is available at https://events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/2018-open-scholarship-in-practice/. Space is limited so register by April 25th."