Josie
@josiea.bsky.social
Interim Director, Open Education at BCcampus
OER + accessibility
she/her 🏳️🌈
OER + accessibility
she/her 🏳️🌈
Join me for this upcoming workshop on October 9, where we work together to develop an equity framework for educational materials bccampus.ca/event/flo-wo...
FLO Workshop: Threading Equity Through Educational Materials (2025-10-09)
Event Description
Creating and selecting educational resources that centre equity requires intention and planning. Without this foresight, there is a risk of perpetuating biases and harm in both ...
bccampus.ca
September 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Join me for this upcoming workshop on October 9, where we work together to develop an equity framework for educational materials bccampus.ca/event/flo-wo...
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Can I tell you about a little project that took six years from proposal stage to release?
Community of Praxis is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly podcast about teaching and learning. It’s also (I think) fun, accessible, and a little bit radical in its focus on care.
It’s out today!
Community of Praxis is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly podcast about teaching and learning. It’s also (I think) fun, accessible, and a little bit radical in its focus on care.
It’s out today!
Today we launch Community of Praxis, a new podcast with Brenna Clarke Gray. Twice monthly Brenna sits down for critical chats about teaching and learning to invite a more care-centred, student-focused approach into classrooms, while still minding structural limitations like time and precarity.
August 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can I tell you about a little project that took six years from proposal stage to release?
Community of Praxis is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly podcast about teaching and learning. It’s also (I think) fun, accessible, and a little bit radical in its focus on care.
It’s out today!
Community of Praxis is a fully peer-reviewed scholarly podcast about teaching and learning. It’s also (I think) fun, accessible, and a little bit radical in its focus on care.
It’s out today!
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I like paying taxes. Genuinely. Not grudgingly. I can’t pave a road, I can’t build and staff a hospital. $200 in my pocket won’t pay for my kid’s daycare but if we all pool our money it might. I really wish someone on the left would be brave enough to be like, “Taxes are good, actually.”
April 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I like paying taxes. Genuinely. Not grudgingly. I can’t pave a road, I can’t build and staff a hospital. $200 in my pocket won’t pay for my kid’s daycare but if we all pool our money it might. I really wish someone on the left would be brave enough to be like, “Taxes are good, actually.”
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1. The far right is falsely spreading that a new study shows that surgery "doubles depression" for transgender people.
This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Lets dig in.
This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Lets dig in.
Debunked: No, New Study Does Not Show Transgender Surgeries Double Depression
The study, which has been paraded around right-wing media sources, does not evaluate the impact of surgery on transgender depression rates.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
1. The far right is falsely spreading that a new study shows that surgery "doubles depression" for transgender people.
This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Lets dig in.
This is an egregious misreading of the study, which does not look at transgender people before and after surgery.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Lets dig in.
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Here is how I collaborate with my college students on updating an openly-licensed textbook so they can have a quality resource for free #oer #openeducation Updating a free, open textbook with college students
youtube.com/shorts/awOaM...
youtube.com/shorts/awOaM...
Updating a free, open textbook with college students
YouTube video by Virginia Clinton-Lisell
youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Here is how I collaborate with my college students on updating an openly-licensed textbook so they can have a quality resource for free #oer #openeducation Updating a free, open textbook with college students
youtube.com/shorts/awOaM...
youtube.com/shorts/awOaM...
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Maybe it's time to share our cheapest recipes?
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
February 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Maybe it's time to share our cheapest recipes?
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
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Here's my latest -- Not only are we grossely underprepared to fight fascism, it's already here and it's driving the markets wild.
Fascism is rising out of the corpse of liberal democracy
If the world's richest man does a fascist salute in a forest, does it make a sound?
noraloreto.substack.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Here's my latest -- Not only are we grossely underprepared to fight fascism, it's already here and it's driving the markets wild.
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I wrote about how AI undermines reading, particularly reading books — about summarization and “optimization culture.” And, for paid subscribers, I have a list of recommended books from those I read this year 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/mark-all-as-...
Mark All as Read
Folks wrung their hands a lot this year about reading. "No one buys books," Elle Griffin argued this spring, although apparently Bible sales are surging, as – according to The Washington Times at leas...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:31 AM
I wrote about how AI undermines reading, particularly reading books — about summarization and “optimization culture.” And, for paid subscribers, I have a list of recommended books from those I read this year 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/mark-all-as-...
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there was a good study out of germany that seemed to show that increasing national immigration generated backlash... but *local* immigration levels drove increasing acceptance of immigrants
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
To claim that somehow Americans all had some sort of widespread negative experience with immigrants is just beyond any possible comprehensible reality.
They are having negative experiences in their lives and are then being told immigrants are the cause.
Critically examining that is essential.
They are having negative experiences in their lives and are then being told immigrants are the cause.
Critically examining that is essential.
December 18, 2024 at 1:13 AM
there was a good study out of germany that seemed to show that increasing national immigration generated backlash... but *local* immigration levels drove increasing acceptance of immigrants
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
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Alberta just admitted that it's willing to bypass 🇨🇦 constitutional protections re: the right "to life, liberty and security of the person" and "not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment" in order to uphold a GAC ban.
This is bad.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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This is bad.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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Alberta Premier Smith willing to use the notwithstanding clause on trans health bill
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says using the notwithstanding clause to shield her government's transgender health restrictions is on the table as a "last resort."
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
December 16, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Alberta just admitted that it's willing to bypass 🇨🇦 constitutional protections re: the right "to life, liberty and security of the person" and "not to be subjected to any cruel and unusual treatment" in order to uphold a GAC ban.
This is bad.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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This is bad.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/alb...
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👇👇👇Why I was reluctant to join another Jack Dorsey joint as pointed out by people's comment in my pinned post.
What are we doing differently here? What are we going to be doing proactively?
What are we doing differently here? What are we going to be doing proactively?
I see a lot of posts here on Blusky with "here is so nice, it's like the old Twitter" type of posts. Like the old Twitter was a kind place to be. The old Twitter ignored any abuse report we made, us minority people were left to receive abuse and death threats for years on without any protection.
December 16, 2024 at 2:40 PM
👇👇👇Why I was reluctant to join another Jack Dorsey joint as pointed out by people's comment in my pinned post.
What are we doing differently here? What are we going to be doing proactively?
What are we doing differently here? What are we going to be doing proactively?
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One long day filled with horrendous news for trans people later, one thing is apparent:
Transphobes don’t want to “protect vulnerable youth”.
They want to eliminate trans people altogether.
Genocide has always been the end goal. Except, it hasn’t been acceptable to admit that till very recently.
Transphobes don’t want to “protect vulnerable youth”.
They want to eliminate trans people altogether.
Genocide has always been the end goal. Except, it hasn’t been acceptable to admit that till very recently.
December 4, 2024 at 11:46 PM
One long day filled with horrendous news for trans people later, one thing is apparent:
Transphobes don’t want to “protect vulnerable youth”.
They want to eliminate trans people altogether.
Genocide has always been the end goal. Except, it hasn’t been acceptable to admit that till very recently.
Transphobes don’t want to “protect vulnerable youth”.
They want to eliminate trans people altogether.
Genocide has always been the end goal. Except, it hasn’t been acceptable to admit that till very recently.
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OK, here it is! My zine, Stop Surveilling Your Kids: A Privacy Manifesto is done and scanned and ready to share! drive.google.com/file/d/1sEJV...
December 3, 2024 at 7:16 PM
OK, here it is! My zine, Stop Surveilling Your Kids: A Privacy Manifesto is done and scanned and ready to share! drive.google.com/file/d/1sEJV...
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The first Canadian copyright lawsuit against OpenAI has been filed. This is the second lawsuit against an AI company, following CanLII vs. Caseway AI filed last month. Michael Geist's coverage is essential: www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/cana...
Canadian Media Companies Target OpenAI in Copyright Lawsuit But Weak Claims Suggest Settlement the Real Goal - Michael Geist
Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the o...
www.michaelgeist.ca
December 3, 2024 at 7:29 PM
The first Canadian copyright lawsuit against OpenAI has been filed. This is the second lawsuit against an AI company, following CanLII vs. Caseway AI filed last month. Michael Geist's coverage is essential: www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/cana...
BC post-secondary folks! BCcampus has two scholarships available for the Creative Commons certificate courses starting in January. Applications are due December 6:
Scholarships for Creative Commons Certificate – BCcampus
bccampus.ca
December 2, 2024 at 5:55 PM
BC post-secondary folks! BCcampus has two scholarships available for the Creative Commons certificate courses starting in January. Applications are due December 6:
New #OpenTextbook alert: an intro #psychology open textbook through the lenses of diversity, equity, and inclusion! I am thrilled to share it with the world and so grateful for the team who did this work - they put so much time and energy into this book. #OpenEducation
Announcing Introduction to Psychology: Moving Towards Diversity and Inclusion – BCcampus
bccampus.ca
December 2, 2024 at 5:46 PM
New #OpenTextbook alert: an intro #psychology open textbook through the lenses of diversity, equity, and inclusion! I am thrilled to share it with the world and so grateful for the team who did this work - they put so much time and energy into this book. #OpenEducation
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Kishonna did a re-up of this on Twitter, so I’ll do the same here.
For Black Folks, Digital Migration Is Nothing New
Two Black academics discuss the rationale behind leaving Twitter or going down with the ship.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Kishonna did a re-up of this on Twitter, so I’ll do the same here.
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New episode of Sandy and Nora is out. This week, we talk about this place. As people flock to Bluesky to be on a social plaform that finally allows us to interact with other humans again, we have to remember: for-profit tech will not save us.
sandyandnora.com/episode-300-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-300-...
Episode 300 - Towards Bluer Skies | Sandy & Nora Talk Politics
In this episode, Sandy and Nora take a break from the stuff that matters to talk about the current migration from Twitter towards Bluesky and what it all means (and doesn’t mean).
sandyandnora.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:19 PM
New episode of Sandy and Nora is out. This week, we talk about this place. As people flock to Bluesky to be on a social plaform that finally allows us to interact with other humans again, we have to remember: for-profit tech will not save us.
sandyandnora.com/episode-300-...
sandyandnora.com/episode-300-...
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The Beaverton salutes The Onion for buying InfoWars.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
November 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The Beaverton salutes The Onion for buying InfoWars.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
And we're pleased to announce that if enough of you join our Patreon, we'll buy Postmedia.
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"Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research". A compelling case for the value of collaborative #edtech research by colleagues from across the world- ajet.org.au/index.php/AJ...
Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research
| Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
ajet.org.au
October 31, 2024 at 7:00 AM
"Collaboration or competition? The value of sector-wide collaboration in educational technology research". A compelling case for the value of collaborative #edtech research by colleagues from across the world- ajet.org.au/index.php/AJ...
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I have started to compile a starter pack of open educators. Please feel free to recommend and self-nominate as I update this periodically.
#OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation
go.bsky.app/TZKppcn
#OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation
go.bsky.app/TZKppcn
November 10, 2024 at 12:51 AM
I have started to compile a starter pack of open educators. Please feel free to recommend and self-nominate as I update this periodically.
#OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation
go.bsky.app/TZKppcn
#OER #OEP #OpenPedagogy #OpenEducation
go.bsky.app/TZKppcn
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Register to participate in my online, 1.5 hour introduction to the ins and outs of #OpenPedagogy, April 10 from 2-3:30pm CT! This crash course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of open pedagogy, and includes recommended readings for further exploration.
iastate.libcal.com/event/11868415
iastate.libcal.com/event/11868415
April 2, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Register to participate in my online, 1.5 hour introduction to the ins and outs of #OpenPedagogy, April 10 from 2-3:30pm CT! This crash course covers the theoretical and practical aspects of open pedagogy, and includes recommended readings for further exploration.
iastate.libcal.com/event/11868415
iastate.libcal.com/event/11868415
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Watch Rajiv Jhangiani's excellent keynote at #OER24 here - Open education is not a fairy tale! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz5O...
March 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Watch Rajiv Jhangiani's excellent keynote at #OER24 here - Open education is not a fairy tale! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz5O...
@jhangiani.bsky.social exploring the many ways OER is often acting as a small bandaid on a defunded, unjust education system. #OER24
March 27, 2024 at 10:24 AM
@jhangiani.bsky.social exploring the many ways OER is often acting as a small bandaid on a defunded, unjust education system. #OER24