Featured guest on Open Education
Finding your Why in Open: Connecting Values, Practice, and Student Success, with Amanda Coolidge
Thursday, December 04, 2025
Murray Library Room 102
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Calling all instructors! Join this session with our featured speaker, Amanda Coolidge, to discover connections between Open Education and your teaching! Amanda is visiting our campus to talk to eductors and leaders about Open Education and why it should matter to you as an educator.
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Finding Your Why in Open: Connecting Values, Practice, and Student Success
Session Description - Open education is rooted in access, collaboration, and student empowerment. This interactive session invites instructors and GMCTL staff to explore their personal “why” for openness in teaching and learning. Through reflective storytelling and an engaging activity, participants will connect their teaching values to open practices that enhance inclusion, innovation, and student success.
No prior experience with open education is needed just curiosity and a desire to reflect, share, and take one practical step toward openness. Registration is appreciated, please use the button below.
Are you a Department Head? We also have a session for you!
Join Amanda for special session, Sparking Engagement with Open Education, during the morning of Thurs, Dec 04.
Watch your email for a direct invitation from the Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching and Learning. This session will be tailored specifically for Department Heads, GMCTL staff and key partners. Your email invitation will contain a session registration link.
Email our team if you do not recieve this email, or if you have questions. GMCTL@usask.ca
About Amanda Coolidge
Amanda Coolidge is the founder and principal of Coolidge Collaborative Inc., a consulting practice specializing in open education, strategic planning, research and evaluation, and facilitation. She partners with organizations across Canada and beyond to design people-centered, values-driven strategies that advance equity, accessibility, and innovation in education.
Before launching her own consultancy, Amanda served as Executive Director of BCcampus, where she led province-wide initiatives in open education and digital learning that have collectively saved students millions of dollars.
Her work continues to champion openness, collaboration, and sustainable systems change across the postsecondary landscape.