Open Access past events
2023
Events
Catalyzing Open Science (4TH SPACE)
The Concordia Open Science Working Group (COSWG) invites you to join us in charting the path forward for the implementation of open science at Concordia University. Led by Nicolás Alessandroni and Krista Byers-Heinlein, COSWG consists of 20+ professors, librarians, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students from across different academic units and departments. COSWG recently published a report outlining a series of practical recommendations for fostering Open Science at Concordia University - now openly available on Concordia University’s institutional repository, Spectrum.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 2 - 4 p.m.
Location: 4th Space
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Open for Community: Across Platform Demos and Conversations (4TH SPACE)
This event offers a series of show-and-tell demonstrations of Concordia-led innovation and work-in-progress on community-driven open initiatives, followed by a lively discussion. Participants will have the chance to explore a range of open genres and platforms (i.e.: Manifold for book publishing, Pressbooks for open textbooks, Spectrum for open-access articles and more, Dataverse for data, blogs, and more). We will look at open scholarship and educational content alongside the potential for cross-platform use to reach multiple audiences.
Friday, October 27, 2023, 4 - 5:30 p.m.
Location: 4th Space
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Des ressources éducatives libres pour toutes et tous (4TH SPACE)
Cette présentation vous permettra de découvrir les nombreuses ressources éducatives libres francophones offertes aux étudiants et aux enseignants par l’Université Numérique française. L’Université Numérique propose des ressources pédagogiques libres validées scientifiquement dans les domaines de la santé et du sport, des sciences de l’ingénieur, de l’économie et de la gestion, des humanités, de l’environnement et du développement durable et de la technologie.
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: 4th Space
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Workshops
3D Modelling 102: OpenSCAD
So you want to model things in 3D, but you’re unfamiliar with how to do it or the software you’re using doesn’t give you the fine control you need? Come to our workshop. For this session, we are going to focus on building practical structures for lab environments. OpenSCAD is free, open-source software for detailed, programmatically defined, primitive based rendering software. If that sounds complicated, you will be pleasantly surprised at how easy and intuitive the software is once you get started.
Thursday, October 5, 2023, 2 - 4 p.m.
Location: LB-205 (Webster Library)
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Introduction to OpenRefine
OpenRefine is a powerful, free tool that simplifies working with messy data. During this workshop, attendees will learn how OpenRefine can be used to clean and normalize data sets, reorder columns, filter data, and transform data sets into different file types.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: LB-322 (Webster Library)
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Introduction to Linux
In this hands on session participants will get an overview of different Linux distros (versions), install a Linux system on their existing system (using a VM) and learn the basics of working with the linux operating system (file structure, command line).
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: LB-205 (Webster Library)
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Find and Make Open Scholarship with Creative Commons Licenses
Learn how to get, collaborate on, and share research or creative works with Creative Commons (CC) licences. Researchers frequently use these licences to enable open scholarship or open science processes. Whether you need images for a presentation, are seeking information for your own work, or want to mix sounds into new music, Creative Commons licences enable you to access and share with people around the world. In this workshop you will find out what the Creative Commons is and how to use CC licences. We will practice working with CC content and look at the ramifications of applying different licences to our own work. We will also explore some useful tools for finding CC-licensed work.
Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 2023, 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Online
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Hunting for Open Educational Resources Suited to Your Discipline
This workshop introduces the basics of Open Educational Resources (OER) such as renewable assignments and open textbooks and their place in the open ecosystem. You will learn to search for and discover OER relevant to your courses and disciplines. In an open document, we will collaboratively search OER repositories for materials that can be added to Concordia’s OER By Discipline Resource Guide, which you might find useful to your studies. Through collaborative small group discussions and guided practice, you can contribute a tangible benefit for yourself and your fellow students, and leave equipped to advocate more effectively for OER in your classrooms.
Wednesday, October 25, 2023, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: LB-205 (Webster Library)
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Zotero for Bibliographies and More!
Zotero is a free and open-source bibliography builder that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research. Create reference lists in APA, MLA and other formats and organize your citations with tags and collections. Anyone can get a Zotero account for free and this workshop will tell you everything you need to know to get started.
Thursday, October 26, 2023, 2023, 2:30 - 4 p.m.
Location: Online
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Open Educational Resources and accessible teaching
Open Educational Resources (OER) have a role to play in tailored learning alongside the accessibility and affordability of education. This 45-minute session will provide: 1) An overview of discipline-specific open educational resources; 2) Adopting open textbook projects; 3) Using creative commons licences; 4) Enhancing the accessibility of educational resources.
Monday, October 30, 2023, 11 - 11:45 a.m.
Location: H-629
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Using Zotero for Grads
In this hands-on workshop you will learn how to use Zotero, a desktop and web-based tool that you can use to organize the references you find in library catalogues and databases, insert citations in your papers, and prepare bibliographies or reference lists quickly and effectively, in a wide variety of citation styles (e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago, et cetera). We will look at how to integrate Zotero with Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs. We will also cover how to share folders and citations (e.g., for collaborative projects or to disseminate reading lists). No experience with Zotero is necessary.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Online
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