Brisbane workshop

Join the Brisbane team for a day of workshops, panels and presentations focused on open educational resources.

Key Information

When

Tuesday 13 September 2022
10am to 3:15pm local time (registrations open at 9.30am)

Where

Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus - OJ Wordsworth Room
Level 12, S Block
2 George Street, Brisbane

Directions

View campus map. The venue is located at level 12 of S Block.

By public transport:

You can travel to and from Gardens Point by bus, train, CityCat (ferry) or taxi. The campus has its own CityCat stop, and is a short walk from Central and South Bank train stations, and King George Square and Queen Street bus stations. Plan your trip by Translink.

Drive and park at own cost:

Gardens Point Campus, QUT
Secure Parking in CBD

Catering

Tea and coffee on arrival
Lunch provided

Sponsor

Program

Planning for Open Educational Resources Advocacy

As open education initiatives continue to gain traction in Australian higher education, the work of advocates has become critical to translate small pockets of good practice into strategically focused, evidence-based activities. This workshop is for staff involved in formal or informal open education advocacy at any level, and especially for those only beginning advocacy work - be it one on one advocacy, or advocacy to groups. It introduces an advocacy planning process, with an emphasis on localising action. Participants will have the opportunity to begin planning, and will have access to a curated collection of supporting open resources after the workshop.

Alice Luetchford

Alice Luetchford is the Open Education Librarian at James Cook University. This role includes the development of open education resources such as ebooks using the publishing platform, Pressbooks. Alice has worked in a variety of roles in academic libraries including Law Librarian and Liaison Librarian for Business, Criminology, Politics and Creative Media. Alice is currently on a number of university and national working projects and committees relating to open education resources and open scholarship.

Marianne Sato

Marianne is a Digital Content Specialist at the University of Queensland Library. She holds a Master of Information Studies and has previously held positions as a liaison librarian. Marianne supports the development of Open Educational Resources at UQ and creates learning resources to build staff and student digital literacy.

Adrian Stagg

Adrian Stagg is the Manager (Open Educational Practice) for the University of Southern Queensland. His career has included both public and academic libraries, and positions as a Learning Technologist, and eLearning Designer. Adrian holds a Master of Applied Science (Library and Information Management) and is a confirmed PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania. His research areas include the ecology of open educational practice and higher education policy as it relates to, and supports, open educational initiatives. He is an active member of the open education community through the Australasian OEP Special Interest Group (ASCILITE), OERu, Creative Commons, and facilitates the USQ Open Education Staff Scholarships Scheme.

CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions & Open Educational Resources: Digital Skills GitBook & OER Commons

The CAUL Digital Dexterity Champions have led two OER projects over the past 12 months - the creation of the Digital Skills GitBook and the OER Commons Digital Dexterity Educators Group. The Queensland Digital Dexterity Champions will share how they became involved and demonstrate how others can be a part of these initiatives also.

Nica Tsakmakis

with the Queensland Digital Dexterity Champions

Nica has worked in both private libraries and in the education sector at TAFE and universities in Melbourne and Brisbane. While she trained as a rare book librarian, she is fascinated by all things digital in the library world. She is currently working on embedding VR into the Faculty of Arts and Education at the Australian Catholic University. Nica is the interim Co-Convenor for the Digital Dexterity Community of Practice.

Pressbooks: Our Journey So Far

Queensland university libraries, USQ, QUT and UQ have grown their Pressbook platforms and support for some time. Panellists will share their experiences - both the successes and challenges.

Kate Nixon

Learning Technology Adoption Lead

Queensland University of Technology

Katya Henry

University Copyright Officer

Queensland University of Technology Library

Tahnee Pearse

Associate Director, Content

University of Southern Queensland Library

Adrian Stagg

Manager, Open Educational Practice

University of Southern Queensland Library

Kathleen Smeaton

Director, Collections & Digital Services

University of Queensland Library

Thomas Palmer

Senior Manager, Digital Learning

Univeristy of Queensland Library

The CAUL Open Educational Resources Professional Development Program

The creation of the CAUL OER Professional Development Program has been a wonderful expedition, as a small dynamic team of librarians across Australia construct an online program for Australian and New Zealand Librarians and beyond. More will be revealed!

Nikki Andersen

Nikki Anderson is the Open Education Content Librarian at USQ Library and a member of the CAUL OER Professional Development Program Team.

Sarah Howard

Sarah Howard is the Associate Director, Library at QUT Library and a member of the CAUL OER Professional Development Program Team.