OPEN EDUCATION TALKS 2023 – “Harnessing the power of students in open education at the University of the Fraser Valley” by Janelle Sztuhar, Ashley McDougall and Claire Hay
On Wednesday March 1st 2023, Claire Hay alongside Janelle Sztuhar (UFV Library) and Ashley McDougall (VP External, UFV Student Union Society) presented a lightning talk as part of the Open Education Talks 2023 series (https://oetalks.opened.ca/). Their talk focused on the important role students play in open education initiatives at UFV. We talked about the advocacy work of UFV SUS in building awareness among the student population on the role of open education resources to support learning. As Ashley noted in the presentation, very few students know about open education resources and how it can support learning if used in courses. We also presented the ways students have been directly involved in open education initiatives at UFV: as Open Education Student Assistants for the Open Education Faculty Fellows projects which involved faculty projects from Math and Stats (2 projects) and Kinesiology; and. for the Open Education Micro Grants Program for an online linear algebra project in Math and Stats. In both initiatives students have commented on the value of applying course knowledge to a real world deliverable that supports other students and the experiential learning opportunities they have received. Students are also involved in work study projects and as members of the ad hoc Open Education Working Group.
For information on Open Education at UFV or to join the ad hoc Open Education Working Group, please contact Claire Hay (claire.hay@ufv.ca) or Martin Warkentin (martin.warkentin@ufv.ca).