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Shylee Iott is an NMU student and an experienced beta reader who works with authors to review manuscripts before they are published. Not sure what a beta reader does? Join us to learn about Shylee’s experience providing feedback, identifying errors, and suggesting improvements to help strengthen a writer’s work before publication. You’ll also discover how you can get started as a beta reader yourself. Snacks provided!


Tuesday, Mar 31, 2026

Start Time:  6:30 pm

Event Place

Lydia Olson Library

Room

Atrium

Event Status

Scheduled

Group

Lydia M. Olson Library

Primary Contact

Lynne Lambdin

Contact Email

llambdin@nmu.edu

Event Type

Copyright and Creative Common Licensing for Open Education

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Library and Instructional Support

This workshop is designed for faculty, graduate students, and staff who want to know more about how copyright shapes teaching and research, and how open licensing, such as those provided by Creative Commons, can support the sharing of ideas and information.

Emera Bridger Wilson (Librarian) and Tom Gillespie (Senior Instructional Technologist) will introduce the benefits and limitations of all rights reserved copyright, how open licensing works with copyright, and facilitate activities to teach participants how to select the correct Creative Common licenses for their teaching and research.


Monday, Mar 16, 2026

Start Time:  2:00 pm
End Time:  3:30 pm

Room

214 Harden Hall

Event Status

Scheduled

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

3rd Annual Celebration of Open Education @ NMU

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Library and Instructional Support

The Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group invites you to celebrate Open Education at NMU! This event recognizes the importance of OER in making higher education more affordable and equitable and acknowledges the work of NMU faculty who have adopted, adapted, or created open course materials. Light refreshments will be served.


Thursday, Mar 19, 2026

Start Time:  3:00 pm
End Time:  4:30 pm

Event Place

Olson Library Atrium

Event Status

Scheduled

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Opportunities and Challenges of Using GenAI for Open Education: A Panel Discussion

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Library and Instructional Support

To mark Open Education Week, Clint Lalonde (Director of Open Education, BCcampus) and Chloe McGinley (Acting Associate Dean & Director of The Learning Center, College of the Canyons) will discuss the opportunities and challenges of using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to create open educational resources (OER) and to support open education more generally. They will talk about the copyright implications and ethical considerations of using GenAI to assist the creation and adaptation of OER. 

This will be a hybrid event. Those interested can either join us in-person in The Science Building, Room 2810 or join via Zoom (register here). 

This event is supported by SISU Innovation Funding. 


Clint Lalonde has worked in the British Columbia post-secondary system for 30 years and is currently the Director of Open Education for BCcampus, a government-funded non-profit organization that provides teaching, learning, educational technology, and open education support to the 25 public post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. A founding member of the BC Open EdTech Collaborative, Clint is also a past board member of the Apereo Foundation and is an Associate Faculty in the School of Education & Technology at Royal Roads University.

Chloe McGinley is an Online Education Coordinator and the acting Associate Dean and Director of The Learning Center at College of the Canyons (COC). A passionate advocate for innovation in online education, she champions creative and ethical approaches to integrating new technology such as generative AI, and equity-driven practices like Open Educational Resources, to promote student success, persistence, and completion. She also serves as a facilitator for COC’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Chloe has co-authored "Open Education with Generative AI," an original online course that explores the connections between Generative AI, OER and Open Pedagogy, and has developed a non-credit AI Literacy course for college students. Beyond her role at College of the Canyons, Chloe serves as a course facilitator for the California Virtual Campus/Online Education Initiative (CVC/OEI) Online Network of Educators (@ONE), and the California Community College Chancellor's Office Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Grant Program. 


Thursday, Mar 13, 2025

Start Time:  3:00 pm
End Time:  4:30 pm

Event Place

The Science Building

Room

2810

Event Status

Scheduled

Group

OER Working Group

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

906-227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

Celebration of Open Education @ NMU 2025

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Library and Instructional Support

Open Educational Resources (OER) Working Group invites you to celebrate Open Education at NMU! 

This event recognizes the importance of OER in making higher education more affordable and equitable and acknowledges the work of our OER Faculty Learning Community. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success, Dr. Anne Dahlman, will give opening remarks, and the OER Faculty Learning Community members will discuss their projects. A reception will follow. 

This event is part of NMU's Open Education Week and is supported by SISU Innovation Funding.


Friday, Mar 14, 2025

Start Time:  4:00 pm
End Time:  6:00 pm

Event Place

Whitman Hall

Room

Whitman Commons

Event Status

Scheduled

Group

OER Working Group

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

906-227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

Workshop: Creating Openly Licensed Learning Objects with Adobe Express Assets and GenAI

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Library and Instructional Support

Faculty can easily design visual materials for Open Educational Resources (OER) using Adobe Express, including infographics, charts, and videos.

Join us for a presentation by Daric Christian, professor in the Department of Art and Design and Instructional Multimedia Consultant for the Center for Teaching and Learning.

This event is part of NMU's Open Education Week and is supported by SISU Innovation Funding.


Wednesday, Mar 12, 2025

Start Time:  2:00 pm
End Time:  3:00 pm

Event Place

The Science Building

Room

2905

Event Status

Scheduled

Group

OER Working Group

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

906-227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

Workshop: Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing for Open Education

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Library and Instructional Support

This workshop is designed for faculty, graduate students, and staff who want to know more about how copyright shapes teaching and research, and how open licensing, such as those provided by Creative Commons, can support the sharing of ideas and information.

Emera Bridger Wilson (Librarian) and Tom Gillespie (Senior Instructional Technologist) will introduce the benefits and limitations of all rights reserved copyright, how open licensing works with copyright, and will facilitate activities to teach participants how to select the correct Creative Common licenses for their teaching and research.

This will be a hybrid event. Those who would like to join us via Zoom can register here. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
 


Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025

Start Time:  2:00 pm
End Time:  3:00 pm

Event Place

The Science Building

Room

2810

Event Status

Scheduled

Group

OER Working Group

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

906-227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing for Open Education Workshop

NMU Logo on bricks

Library and Instructional Support

This workshop is designed for faculty, graduate students, and staff who want to know more about how copyright shapes teaching and research, and how open licenses, such as those provided by Creative Commons, can support the sharing of ideas and information. 

Emera Bridger Wilson (Librarian) and Tom Gillespie (Senior Instructional Technologist) will introduce the benefits and limitations of all rights reserved copyright, how open licensing works within copyright, and facilitate activities to teach participants how to select the correct Creative Commons licenses for their teaching and research.

This event is made possible through a SISU Innovation Funding.


Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024

Start Time:  2:00 pm
End Time:  3:30 pm

Room

Harden 108

Event Status

Scheduled

Primary Contact

Emera Bridger Wilson

Contact Phone Number

906-227-1205

Contact Email

ebridger@nmu.edu

Event Type

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