Curated by Ash Barber, Jennifer Hurley, Nikki Andersen, Alice Luetchford, Angie Williamson, members of the Australasian OEPSIG, and selected content from SPARC’s OEP Digest. This digest is sponsored by ASCILITE.
Welcome to the November edition of the Australasian OEP Digest for 2023.
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Australasian news
- University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and State Library of Queensland will be hosting the 2024 Open Education Global Conference in Brisbane from 13-15 November 2024. Watch the video invitation featuring Adrian Stagg.
- Congratulations to the authors from Griffith University who have published the new open text Leading in Health and Social Care.
- Congratulations to the authors from Southern Cross University who have published Case Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand.
- Job opportunity: Copyright and Open Content Librarian at Charles Sturt University. Applications close 7 November.
Special announcement: The OEP SIG will be at OpenEd23!
Check out our latest post to Join us at the Open Education Conference this week! The conference is virtual and this session on Wednesday 8 November at 1pm (AEST) will be free for our community to attend and participate in. An OpenEd23 staff member from the US will be hosting us and the session will be available to all OpenEd23 conference attendees to join if they wish – so we may connect with other international open ed practitioners, too! Check out the post for all the details to get involved.
International news
- There’s still time to register for the Open Education Virtual Conference 2023 which is on 7-9 November (US Eastern Standard Time).
- OER24: Digital Transformation in Open Education, on 27-28 March, hosted by MTU in Cork, UK. Call for Proposals now open! Deadline is Sunday 12 November (midnight anywhere in the world).
- BCcampus news article by Amanda Coolidge: Developing policies for generative artificial intelligence at post-secondary institutions: What we need to consider.
- The gift we give one another: A collection of anti-racism and anti-hate resources – BCcampus Anti-Racism Anti-Hate Working Group project deliverable.
Professional development opportunities
Conferences
- Open Access Week Recordings
- UniSQ’s session ‘Beyond access & affordability: The impact of open textbook publishing on your academic profile‘
- Official Australasian OA Week sessions
- From around the globe: International OA Week sessions
Readings
- Are open educational resources (OER) and practices (OEP) effective in improving learning achievement? A meta-analysis and research synthesis by Tilili et al.
- Scholarly Communication Librarianship and Open Knowledge by Bonn (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign)
- The Open Pedagogy Student Toolkit by Witman (Open Education Network)
- ‘New Resource Roundup’ – latest blog post from EmpoweredOER
From the CAUL Digital Dexterity Blog
- DIY degree? Why universities should make online educational materials free for all (republish of The Conversation article by Heller)
Podcasts
- Navigating OER: Jeff Gallant and Affordable Learning Georgia episode of Speaking of Higher Ed podcast
New open teaching resources
- The Open Education Network have created a new collection in the Open Textbook Library for Library Science and Museum Studies
Equity pop
Learning how to make your open resources more inclusive, diverse, equitable, and accessible? Check out this bite-sized tip for embedding equity into your practices.
- November accessibility focus: Color contrast from the Pope Tech blog where you can find a wealth of accessibility articles. You can also subscribe to receive monthly tips.
New open texts by discipline
Arts and Humanities
- Reading social science methods by Reisner
- Artistic literacies: Creative and imaginative learning in a global era by Magro
- Introduction to philosophy: Philosophy of mind by Salazar et al. (Mixed, including some Australian chapters)
Business and Management
- Business literacy skills pocketbook by Sheehy, Jewell & Hillsley
- Economics for the greater good: An introduction to economic thinking for public policy by Krafft
Education
- Learning by doing: Postsecondary experiential education by Wilson & Mackie
Health and Medicine
- Leading in health and social care edited by Sheree Lloyd, Richard Olley, and Eleanor Milligan
- Case studies for health, research and practice in Australia and New Zealand by Nicola Whiteing, Lucy Shinners, Nicole Graham, Dima Nasrawi, Donna Wilson, Anna Foster, Elicia Kunst, and Jennene Greenhill
- Community interventions in obesity-related chronic diseases by Cirignano et al.
Indigenous Studies
- Exercise and physical activity in Indigenous health by Miles & Huguenin
Information Management & GLAM Sector
- Peer review: A critical primer and practical course by Ford
- Contemporary issues in collection management edited by McNally
- Finding balance: Collaborative workflows for risk management in sharing cultural heritage collections online by Hintz et al.
Psychology and Social Work
- Introduction to social work: A look across the profession by Langford & Keaton
- Biopsychology by Bahm et al.
Sciences
- Introduction to vacuum technology by Hata et al.
- Introduction to probability by Baxter
- Natural resources sustainability: An introductory synthesis by Lant
- Introduction to soil science by Anderson
- Matrix algebra with computational applications by Colbry
- Physical geology by Earle
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