Abstract:

Open Education must be understood as a reaction against closed forms of education in which scholarly, cultural, and economic capital have been closely guarded. These closed systems of knowledge, such as the University, seek to extract as much as possible from those with little access to control over the institutions of formal education while excluding them from these institution, and to impose knowledge and ways of thinking upon them. Against this exploitation and this oppression, to open education would then mean to examine ways of sharing knowledge and acknowledging expertise according to different epistemologies and cultures, so that we may create places to gather and create knowledge together. Open Educational Resources can offer opportunities to come to know, each within our own cultures and associated epistemologies (interculturally), and together as we explore the differences in our perspectives and experiences on our shared realities (transculturally).

Registration is required (see below) as we have limited seats available.

If you are a member of the University of Regina or its Federated Colleges and can’t attend in-person but would like to join through Zoom please email open.textbooks@uregina.ca.