Scholarly Contributions

In addition to developing the OUC module series, the OUC team has prepared several conference presentations and journal articles that document various aspects of the project. As with the modules, all of our scholarly contributions are openly licensed and can be accessed from the University of Alberta’s Education and Research Archive (ERA).

Journal articles about OUC:

  • Joseph, K., Guy, J., & McNally, M. B. (2019). Toward a critical approach for OER: A case study in removing the ‘Big Five’ from OER creation. Open Praxis, 11(4), 355-367. http://dx.doi.org/10.5944/openpraxis.11.4.1020
  • Joseph, K.,  Guy, J., Wakaruk, A., Sheppard, A., & McNally, M. B. (2020). Know your audience(s): Collaborating for copyright education. International Journal of Open Educational Resources, 2(1), 79-98. https://doi.org/10.18278/ijoer.2.1.6
  • Guy, J., & McNally, M. B. (2022). Ten key factors for making educational and instructional videos. Scholarly and Research Communication, 13(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.22230/src.2022v13n2a423

Conference presentations on OUC:

  • Wakaruk, A. (2018, February 2). Fighting copyright chill in Canada: Using OER to educate and empower Libraries [Conference presentation]. OLA (Ontario Library Association) Superconference, Toronto, ON, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/R3CF9JM8Q
  • McNally, M. B., & Brailey, M. (2018, May 30). The balancing act of collaboration, openness, quality and ensuring impact in the creation of OER resources [Conference presentation]. BCcampus Festival of Teaching and Learning, Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-jett-1348
  • McNally, M. B., & Wakaruk, A. (2018, June 1). Design, demonstration and discussion of Opening Up Copyright [Conference presentation]. ABC Copyright Conference,  Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-ftn8-rb34
  • Grant, T., Wakaruk, A., & McNally, M. B. (2018, October 4). Biting off as much (or maybe more) than you can chew: Insights on managing an OER project from Opening Up Copyright [Conference presentation]. Open Education in Action, Maskwacis, AB, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-fcat-1f39
  • Guy, J., Joseph, K., McNally, M. B., Sheppard, A., & Wakaruk, A. (2019, June 3). Strengths and limitations of open educational resources to strengthen copyright literacy [Conference presentation]. Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS) Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-b0kz-7152
  • Guy, J., Joseph, K., Wakaruk, A., Sheppard, A., & McNally, M. B. (2019, October 30). Know your audience(s): Collaborating for copyright education [Conference presentation]. The Open Education Conference, Phoenix, AZ, United States. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-dsdn-vg12
  • Guy, J., Joseph, K., Wakaruk, A., Sheppard, A., & McNally, M. (2019, November 28). Copyright OER as open education enabler [Conference presentation]. Open Education Global, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-zzwh-ty69
  • Guy, J., Joseph, K., & McNally, M. (2019, November 28). Toward a critical approach for OER: A case study in removing the ‘Big Five’ from OER creation [Conference presentation]. Open Education Global, Milan, Italy. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-2et5-jr10
  • Guy. J., & McNally, M. B. (2020, June 8). Learning about copyright made (mostly) easy [Conference presentation]. Maskwacis Cultural College Micro-learning Session, online presentation. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-yfmy-jh75
  • Guy, J., McNally, M. B., Fagnan, L., Wakaruk, A., & Sheppard, A. (2020, November 3). Online instructional videos: Best practices and leveraging analytical data [Conference presentation]. Festival of Teaching and Learning, University of Alberta, online presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NZvSkdmkZM&feature=youtu.be
  • Winter, C., Swartz, M., Martin, H., Blair, K., Wakaruk, A., Fagnan, L., & McNally, M. B. (2020, November 25). Canada’s two OER copyright video series [Conference presentation]. ABC Copyright Speaker Series, online presentation. https://ualberta.aviaryplatform.com/r/g15t728593
  • Bourdages, L. (2021, February 5). OLITA 2021 Tech Talk: Increased demand for open and accessible copyright education caused by COVID-19 [Conference presentation]. OLA (Ontario Library Association) Superconference, Toronto, ON, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-tj9g-tk24
  • Sheplawy, S., McNally, M. B., & Adams, C. (2021, June 2). Developing pre-service teacher copyright open educational videos: A case study [Conference presentation]. Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association Annual Conference, online presentation. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-9wwp-7s50
  • Wakaruk, A. (2023, July 20). Opening Up Copyright for Canadians: Creating instructional videos that people want to watch (all the way to the end) [Conference presentation]. IcePops, Glasgow, Scotland. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-jxre-2460