Webinar 1: The Practices of Indigenous Knowledge in Open Educational Resources
Date: January 29, 2024
Time: 4:00 – 5:00 pm ET / 1:00 – 2:00 pm PT
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As we seek to create more equitable, accessible, and inclusive learning environments, Open Educational Resources (OERs) hold immense possibilities for teaching. Current educational movements focused on decolonization and reconciliation call for inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in teaching and learning. Emerging digital technologies that enliven OERs make possible new modes for curating, viewing/listening, displaying, and transmitting Indigenous knowledge. Yet, interfacing Indigenous knowledges within open education initiatives should be considered carefully given the histories, politics, practices, and protocols associated with Indigenous knowledge traditions. This presentation draws on a set of curriculum projects in teacher education to demonstrate reconfigurations of colonial learning practices for the creation and use of OERs that are more respectful, build from Indigenous engagement, and uplift Indigenous priorities of resurgence and reclamation.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Jan Hare is an Anishinaabe scholar and educator from the M’Chigeeng First Nation in northern Ontario. Dr. Hare is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, currently serving as Dean pro tem, and former Associate Dean for Indigenous Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hare has also held the position of the Director of NITEP – The Faculty’s Indigenous Teacher Education Program. More recently, she has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Indigenous Pedagogy, which focuses on the complex processes of teaching from Indigenous knowledge frameworks by focusing on instructor knowledge, beliefs, and practices from across different disciplines in higher education. She led the development of the Massive Open Online Course, Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education.
Facilitators:
Brad Wutherick, Associate Provost, Academic Programs, Teaching and Learning, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus
Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous Programs & Services Librarian Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
About the series:
The principles of OER can be in tension with Indigenous Knowledges that are deeply rooted in community defined ethics and protocols and relationships. The Indigenous Knowledges and Open Education Webinar Series is focused on building knowledge, supporting a space for discussion, and engaging both theoretically and practically on how open education (OE) and Indigenous Knowledges can intersect in a respectful way.
The series of three open webinars will cover: 1) issues, concerns, policies, and approaches to Indigenous Knowledges and OE; 2) case studies of current Indigenous OER development across Canada; and 3) Indigenous student perspectives on the value of Indigenous OER.
The series will also provide vital background to support participants at a subsequent invitational event, the Open Education Summit: Exploring Indigenous Knowledges and Open Educational Resources, at UBC on February 22, 2024. This summit will focus on active engagement and development of a Canadian framework for Indigenous open educational resource (OER) development.
This webinar series is brought to you by the Open Educational Resources (OER) National Strategy – Stratégie nationale en matière de ressources éducatives libres (REL) group, in collaboration with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, University of British Columbia Libraries, University of the Fraser Valley, and eCampusOntario.
