2024 Open Education Conference: Full Schedule

The 2024 Open Education Conference was held as a hybrid event on October 8-10, 2024 in Providence, RI and online. Recordings are posted for logged-in attendees to continue viewing indefinitely.

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11:00am EDT

Engaging OER Champions in the DOERS Equity Through OER Rubric: Purpose, Process, and Impact

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

Bristol/Kent

This session will share the purpose, process, and preliminary impact of a Hewlett-funded project to engage individual institutions and postsecondary systems in using the DOERS Equity Through OER Rubric. The Rubric is a comprehensive self-assessment tool, designed to guide students, educators, and others in better understanding and acting on the equity dimensions of OER. Its goal is to enable users to integrate OER in equitable ways across higher education leading to quality and equitable student access, outcomes and success. The project funded 5 universities and one system to work through the rubric dimensions. The session will feature lessons learned in applying the rubric across multiple and diverse institutions. At a fraught moment in higher education for doing equity work, the rubric provides critical approaches for deepening understanding and broadening participation across institutions and systems.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Articulate the purpose and structure of the Equity through OER Rubric.
Gather concrete strategies, inspiration, and ideas for acting on the equity dimensions of OER from a variety of roles, units, and functions with attention to the student experience with OER, OER practitioners, and leadership and accountability broadly understood across institutions and systems.
Learn about institutional experiences with, and adaptations of the rubric and thematic outcomes through a grant-funded process.
Contribute ideas and feedback on enhancing the Equity through OER Rubric.

Speakers

Merinda McLure

OER Co-Lead, University of Colorado Boulder Libraries

Merinda is one of the Libraries’ three Open Educational Resources (OER) Co-Leads. She is the Libraries’ subject specialist and liaison librarian for CU Boulder’s departments of psychology and neuroscience; integrative physiology; and speech, language, and hearing sciences. She serves as the Faculty Director of Academic Leadership Development in CU Boulder... Read More →

Caroline Sinkinson

Teaching & Learning Librarian, CU Boulder

Robert Awkward

Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

Robert J. Awkward, Ph.D.Dr. Bob currently directs a state-wide open educational resources and learning outcomes assessment program at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. The mission of the open educational resources initiative is to increase the utilization of open educational... Read More →

Reta Chaffee

University of New Hampshire

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Hybrid sessions can be joined in person and online by attendees and speakers. The session will be held live in a meeting room at the conference venue and connected to Zoom through a webcam and microphones. Virtual attendees will be able to submit questions and comments through the... Read More →

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
Bristol/Kent

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:00am EDT

Social Justice in Open: Rethinking Process, Partnerships, and Paradigms

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

Newport/Washington

New technologies and research around learning offer opportunities to more authentically implement social justice in Open Educational Resources. In the current paradigm, individual faculty generally receive one-time funding (and little to no technological and pedagogical support) to produce largely unreviewed products. While this paradigm is shifting to a more supported, accountable, and sustainable structure, there is a golden opportunity to reimagine OER creation practices with social justice as the foundation. In centering a social justice framework, our project compelled us to reconsider our assumptions about who, how, and what was involved in the OER creation process. To infuse redistributive, recognitive, and representational justice into our OER, we reconsidered personnel, design, and tools. Our session invites participants to imagine what placing Lambert’s Social Justice Framework at the center of OER means for the world of Open in a rapidly evolving era.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Analyze current and developing Open Educational Resources for their implementation of the three R’s of Lambert’s (2018) Social Justice Framework.
Assess the implications of current practices in OER development for key challenges such as quality, searchability, and sustainability.
Determine strategies to shift the current paradigm in OER creation to prioritize both the aspirational and the practical.

Speakers

Melissa Williams

Instructional Designer, Minnesota State

Melissa Williams is an instructional designer who supports Open Educational Resource (OER) development and co-facilitates Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) that promote equitable teaching and learning across the colleges and universities of Minnesota State. Her Ph.D. in American... Read More →

Fran Kennedy

Instructional Designer, Minnesota State

Fran Kennedy is an instructional designer at Minnesota State, where she supports the development of Open Educational Resources for both Z-TP and OTP projects. Her educational background is in English studies and higher education, and she is currently completing an Ed.D. in educational... Read More →

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
Newport/Washington

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Advanced
Regional Focus United States

11:00am EDT

“What Do You Do Again?” Connecting the Dots from Your Role to Open Education

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

Providence II

Open Education work is typically categorized in one of two ways: either it's not explicitly outlined in your job description, yet you recognize its relevance across all roles, or it constitutes the primary focus of your job, necessitating communication with leaders, boards, and community partners to ensure its value and sustainability. In either case, how do you convey how open education functions within your position? Join us for a facilitated discussion where the presenters will share their experiences integrating open education effectively within their roles. Learn strategies for marketing open education to your department, organization, or community, and discover how to build connections that highlight its value in your specific context. These connections serve as a form of self- advocacy and self care, fostering understanding and community engagement with open education.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Discuss approaches to explicitly make connections between the value of open education and your role for relevant parties
Identify strategies to advocate for your open education work
Reflect on your current workload and consider where open education fits most effectively with your role

Speakers

Abbey Elder

Iowa State University

Shannon Smith

Student Success Librarian, University of Wyoming

Amber Hoye

Director, World Languages Resource Center, Boise State University

Amanda Larson

Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
Providence II

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States, Canada

11:45am EDT

Developing Open Educators Through K-12 and Higher Ed Connections

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

Bristol/Kent

This project, funded by the Hewlett Foundation, promotes open education in Oregon’s K-12 schools through expanding the educator network with an interest in open education for equity. Faculty who train preservice teachers are invited to a paid opportunity to redesign their curriculum using OER with an equity lens. Faculty receive training, support, and grant funding to redesign their curriculum. Preservice teachers not only benefit from using OER in their courses, but also learn about opportunities to utilize open resources and practices with an equity lens in the classroom. Learn about OER connections between K-12 and higher education, the project’s goals and plan, and lessons learned during its first phase; and consider whether this model could be adapted to your context.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explain connections between K-12 and higher education for open education and equity.
Describe this project’s goals and plan to expand the educator network with an interest in open education for equity and consider their transferability to other contexts.
Describe lessons learned from this project and their transferability to other contexts.

Developing Open Educators Through K-12 and Higher Ed Connections [Google Slides]
Recommended Reading for K12/Higher Ed Connections [Google Doc]

Speakers

Amy Hofer

Statewide Open Education Program Director, Open Oregon Educational Resources

Amy Hofer, Statewide Open Education Program Director, is the OER librarian for Oregon's 24 community colleges and universities. You can visit the Open Oregon Educational Resources website at openoregon.org. By night she is a fiddler and square dance caller.

Jennifer Lantrip

Health Sciences Student Success Librarian, Pacific University

Kim Read

Education Consultant, EvolvEd Consulting

When I'm not working on learning and education projects in the higher ed and K12 realms, you can find me wandering the trails, rivers, and lakes of the Pacific Northwest and writing and recording music.

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
Bristol/Kent

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:45am EDT

Elevating Open: Uniting Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism through Collaborative Programs

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

Providence II

The Community College Consortium for OER at Open Education Global is a community of practice for educators aspiring to expand access and empower students, particularly those who are marginalized. To encourage this collaboration, the panel will spotlight open education programs that prioritize the creation of equitable, inclusive, and antiracist learning through the use of open pedagogy and instructional design, with dedicated faculty, equity consultants, and advisory coaches, to name a few. The featured programs include the Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens project (ROTEL) from Massachusetts, the Open for Antiracism program (OFAR) from California, and the Targeted Pathways project from Oregon. Two of the three programs involve both universities and community colleges, while one focuses on community colleges alone. Attendees will be prompted to identify components of the programs they can incorporate into their own work and institutions through polls and discussion.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify aspects of the highlighted programs that they can implement at their own institutions to focus on the need for equity, inclusion, and antiracism in OER.
Gain insight into the structure of EDI open programs that demonstrate unique and collaborative approaches.

Speakers

Millie Gonzalez

Dean, Whittemore Library, Framingham State University/ROTEL

Joy Shoemate

Director, Online Education, College of the Canyons

Joy Shoemate is the Director of Online Education at College of the Canyons where she supports instructors’ successful integration of technology into teaching and learning to promote student success, persistence and completion in distance education courses. She also oversees the... Read More →

Heather Blicher

Director, Community College Consortium for OER, Open Education Global

Heather is the Director of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) at Open Education Global. Heather’s priority is to advance open education at community and technical colleges by building community among members and supporting practitioners in developing... Read More →

Kimberly Puttman

Open Oregon Educational Resources

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
Providence II

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:45am EDT

Open Educational Practices and Epistemic Justice

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

South County

How can educators use their power in pedagogically just and effective ways? How does this relate to the aims and history of pedagogy and educational institutions? Epistemic injustice refers to someone being wronged specifically in their capacity as a knower, often in ways that correspond to broader power structures within their social context (Miranda Fricker, 2007). I argue that our inherited pedagogical norms, epitomized in Freire's discussion of the "banking method" (1970), constitute epistemic injustice in the form of epistemic dispossession. This works by selectively withholding the material, cognitive, existential, cultural, historical, and social resources required for effective learning. In a system that hopes to use institutions of learning to manufacture docility under oppression, I believe that Open Educational Practices offer a well of resources for epistemically reparative teaching. My conclusion will discuss some of the strategies I have used to "open" my teaching.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Define and explain epistemic injustice and epistemic justice
Explain the connection between epistemic justice, pedagogy, and Open Educational Practices
Relate epistemically just pedagogy and Open Educational Practices to figures in the critical/liberation pedagogy movement, such as Paolo Freire and bell hooks
Conceptualize more "open" course design and classroom facilitation techniques
Design and implement a renewable assignment

Speakers

Justin Leuba

Illinois Central College

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
South County

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States, Canada, Global Focus

1:30pm EDT

It’s Time to Think Big: Alternate Visions and Models for Statewide Impact with Open Education

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT

Bristol/Kent

As open education begins to achieve traction, state- and system-level initiatives can play a significant role in developing policy and implementation paths to achieve broader goals around affordability, access, student success, and knowledge-sharing. They can establish models, align incentives, and provide infrastructure shared across system members. They can lend legitimacy and offer support, funding, scale, and collaboration opportunities around open education. But because every system is different, there is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to defining a winning strategy and structure for effective initiatives that achieve meaningful impact with open education. This panel discussion invites three architects of statewide initiatives to share their distinctive visions and strategic choices aiming for system-level impact. They will also compare operational approaches and lessons learned for achieving large-scale impact with open education.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand alternate visions and implementation models for operationalize support for open education on a statewide level
Find useful artifacts and resources practitioners and leaders may find helpful in architecting and building their own open education initiatives
Recognize considerations and success factors for implementing OER effectively at scale in complex organizations
Apply lessons learned from experienced practitioners who are leading impactful statewide initiatives supporting open education within varied political, fiscal, and organizational environments
Develop approaches for ensuring open education initiatives are designed in the service of broader strategic goals of state and system-level leadership

Speakers

Boyoung Chae

OER Lead, Washington State Board forTechnical and Community Colleges

Amy Hofer

Statewide Open Education Program Director, Open Oregon Educational Resources

Julie Curtis

VP Growth & Strategy, Pressbooks

TJ Bliss

Idaho State Board of Education

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT
Bristol/Kent

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

1:30pm EDT

Leveraging OER to Enhance Equity in Dual Enrollment: Findings from New Research

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT

South County

States and institutions are leveraging dual enrollment (DE) and OER to advance postsecondary affordability and success, particularly for underserved students. Underrepresented students can benefit most from coordination of these equity-minded approaches; yet the cost of traditional textbooks may place DE out of reach of the very students who could benefit most from these opportunities. Little research documents best practices in OER implementation in dual enrollment courses. This session will provide insights from 2024 research on OER in DE, including a national overview of state OER and DE textbook policies; barriers to local OER adoption; and a playbook to guide OER and DE supporters in advocating for and integrating OER in DE—and DE in OER—at the state and local levels. The presenters will highlight approaches that support OER implementation in DE programs serving underrepresented student populations.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand how their state’s OER and dual enrollment textbook policies compare to policies nationally, and how state policies may support or inhibit integration of OER in dual enrollment programs.
Have a solid grasp of successes, challenges, and lessons learned from state and local efforts to integrate (1) OER into dual enrollment programming, and (2) dual enrollment into OER policies and programs, particularly in dual enrollment programs whose participants are primarily students from underserved populations.
Apply step-by-step guidance on advocating for and integrating OER into dual enrollment, based on state and local experience nationally. As appropriate, the playbook will identify:
Recognize information gaps that OER in dual enrollment advocates can address to build support for using OER in dual enrollment programs
Articulate arguments proven effective in persuading state and local decisionmakers to incorporate OER into dual enrollment policies and programs

Speakers

Jenny Parks

Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC)

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT
South County

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

1:30pm EDT

Millions Served and Billions Saved: The Impact of OER Marketing

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT

Newport/Washington

Discuss actionable strategies to promote the awareness and benefits of OER with OpenStax! Raising awareness around OER can be challenging and many authors, creators, and/or advocates aren’t sure where to begin. OpenStax can help! With 70% of US colleges and universities using at least one OpenStax resource, we invite you to learn from our experience and connect with your ideal audience. Join this presentation to hear some of our experiences and obstacles, share your experiences and ideas, and ask questions. This session will include polling, storytelling, conversation, and live questions and answers designed to help attendees drive interest, increase traffic, amplify event attendance, and attract media attention. Attendees will be provided with free templates and a digital toolkit to help them get started.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Participants will gain insights into practical, affordable marketing strategies for effective promotion of OER
Participants will evaluate real-world examples and experiences to enhance their understanding of successful OER marketing practices
Participants will be equipped with actionable ideas and a foundational tool kit to improve the visibility and accessibility of open educational resources

Speakers

Lindsay Josephs

Demand Generation Specialist, Rice University/OpenStax

Lindsay Josephs (she/her) is the Demand Generation Specialist at OpenStax. She is responsible for creating and managing marketing campaigns for OpenStax's 60+ higher education textbooks and flagship technology product, Assignable. Lindsay is passionate about social impact work, data-driven... Read More →

Sarah Bidwell

Director, Creative Services, OpenStax

Sarah Bidwell is a committed advocate of open education. After a decade of serving students in the classroom, she transitioned to helping other educators on a national scale through advocacy efforts and the open education movement. She helps others access high-quality educational... Read More →

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT
Newport/Washington

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

1:30pm EDT

The Future of Open: A Positive Agenda for Access to Knowledge in a World with AI

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT

Providence II

* As the shift to subscription models accelerates and as platforms, tools, and content are tied together, how do we prevent open educational resources from being excluded? * How can institutions committed to equity and open education offer tools, platforms and models from within the open community to compete with closed models? * What is the positive agenda for members in the open educational community in the context of the growth and adoption of big tech artificial intelligence tools? What policies and implementation choices matter to enable openness and advocate for an equitable system of access to knowledge?

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand what policy and implementation choices are available to mitigate the impact of subscription models and to support existing OER programs
What are the opportunities for an barriers to the creation of tools, including specific purpose AI tools within the open community to provide for an alternative to commercial tools.
What are the policies and advocacy opportunities for members of the open community to support more equitable access to knowledge from their specific professional communities within education, research and librarianship?

Speakers

Meredith Jacob

Project Director - Copyright, Education, and Open Licensing, PIJIP/CC USA

Apurva Ashok

Executive Director, The Rebus Foundation, https://twitter.com/RebusCommunity

Apurva leads The Rebus Foundation and brings a tireless determination for systemic change in education at Rebus and through collaborative partnerships. She helps educational institutions build human capacity in OER publishing through professional development offerings such as the... Read More →

Hugh McGuire

Founder and CEO, Pressbooks

Would love to connect about: system-level OER strategy, the power of creating new resources, open pedagogy, instructional design and AI. Pressbooks is an online content & courseware development platform.For years, Pressbooks has supported the authoring and adaptation of open educational... Read More →

William Cross

NCSU

Karen Lauritsen

Senior Director, Publishing, Open Education Network

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT
Providence II

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States, Canada

2:15pm EDT

A Literature Overview: AI, OER, and Implications for Scaling Innovation

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT

Providence II

The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and open educational resources (OER) holds significant potential for transforming education and scaling innovation. This presentation will offer an overview of the existing scholarly literature to describe the current landscape, including the opinions, opportunities, challenges, risks, and emerging trends. AI can play a pivotal role in enhancing the adoption, adaption, and authorship of OER, both through small experiments and larger theoretical discussions. However, AI also presents challenges and risks, including data privacy concerns, algorithmic bias, and ethical implications, in addition to a broader potential impact on intellectual property rights and sustainability of the OER ecosystems. This overview will provide takeaways on the intersection between AI and OER, informing future strategies for leveraging their combined potential to drive innovation and accessibility in education and as a way to scale impact for the Open Movement.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Summarize themes, trends, and remaining questions from existing literature on the intersection between AI and OER
Recognize the challenges and risks associated with AI, including concerns about privacy, bias, and ethics
Consider the evolving landscape of educational technology research on how AI could support and enhance the adoption, adaption, or authorship of OER
Identify ways that AI could drive innovation toward program development in open education

Speakers

Sarah Norris

Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Central Florida

Sarah Norris is Scholarly Communication Librarian at the University of Central Florida Libraries. In this role, she leads the Libraries’ Scholarly Communication and open access efforts, with an emphasis on scholarly publishing and copyright. She has presented at local, state, national... Read More →

Amanda Major

Assistant Program Director, University of Central Florida

Amanda Major, EdD, PMP, ACP, CPTD has experience delivering results in higher education digital learning. She brings to her role as an assistant program director for the University of Central Florida's Pegasus Innovation Lab experience as a higher education faculty, staff, and administrator... Read More →

Lily Dubach

Textbook Affordability Librarian, University of Central Florida

Rebecca McNulty

Instructional Designer, University of Central FLorida

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT
Providence II

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

2:15pm EDT

From Analysis to Action: Advancing Equity Through OER

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT

Newport/Washington

In this session, we will share the transformative journey of implementing the DOERS3 Equity Through OER rubric at a community college district and translating our analysis of the results into actionable change. Through a combination of storytelling and data-driven insights, we will demonstrate how our institution leveraged the rubric to assess and enhance the equity of our OER materials. Building upon this foundation, we will introduce our Equity Plus quality review program as a strategic next step toward fostering inclusivity and representation within our OER ecosystem. Join us as we explore the power of collaborative action in advancing equity through open education and discuss practical strategies for implementing similar initiatives in diverse educational contexts.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain insight into the process of implementing the Equity Through OER Rubric.
Understand the role of quality review programs in advancing equity within OER materials.
Learn about best practices for fostering collaboration and community engagement in equity-focused initiatives.
Identify concrete steps for implementing equity-driven strategies within open education initiatives.

Speakers

Debbie Baker

OER Coordinator & Instructional Designer, Maricopa County Community College District

Lisa Young

Maricopa Community College District

Stephanie Green

Phoenix College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT
Newport/Washington

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

2:15pm EDT

Project Management Approaches for Statewide OER Projects

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT

Bristol/Kent

Many OER practitioners find themselves in a familiar situation: their institution secures a grant for OER initiatives from the department of higher education. Securing the grant is merely the first step in a complex journey. This session will navigate the multifaceted challenges that come with managing a large-scale OER project, from the allocation of funds to the execution of project deliverables and a revision cycle. Participants will be guided through a curated set of project management tools and techniques, designed to optimize efficiency within the grant’s framework. Moreover, the workshop will address the pivotal role of adept management in ensuring project success. This session will be led by an OER Project Manager who helped lead a multi-year statewide grant project, The Ohio Open Ed Collaborative. Project work focused on reducing the cost of 20 high enrollment courses across higher ed institutions in the State of Ohio.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Effectively manage large-scale OER projects using a comprehensive project management toolset, including scope of work, timelines, Creative Commons license tracking, and reporting tools.
Implement actionable strategies to cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders such as faculty members, steering committees, and project administrators.
Create and sustain a productive virtual environment for collaborative OER work, ensuring effective engagement and communication among faculty members.
Develop an iterative plan for the ongoing updating and maintenance of OER content, promoting continuous improvement and relevance.
Navigate the unique challenges of managing statewide grant projects, including building momentum within steering committees and securing continued state investment in the project.

Resources and Presentation from OpenEd 24
Please use the link above to access the tools discussed during the session as well as the slides.

Speakers

Amanda Postle

Project Manager, The Ohio State University

With nearly a decade of service at Ohio State, my current role is Project Manager with the Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) Team, in the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation. Our team works to build excellent and affordable learning materials at Ohio State. In my role as... Read More →

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT
Bristol/Kent

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

2:15pm EDT

Synergizing Best Practices: Student Advocacy and Open Education Resources

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT

South County

The state of student advocacy in the United States is constantly evolving, with a rising generation of Gen Z leaders using contemporary technologies, emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, and in a divided political climate. This study examined the current challenges and strategies of student advocacy in K-12 and higher education, with a focus on how student advocacy can support the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. This study summarizes learnings from 30 in-depth interviews from participants from a wide variety of community-based to national nonprofit organizations, informing how student advocacy could best be leveraged to promote and accelerate strategies around OER implementation, and vice versa - how OER could be incorporated into new workflows of student advocacy.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Delineate student advocacy workflows in youth-led and intergenerational-led nonprofit organizations
Apply OER best practices to incorporate into student advocacy for different types of causes
Leverage student advocacy for various facets of the OER movement, whether in schools, university campuses, community spaces etc.

Speakers

Monica Chan

ISKME

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:15pm - 2:40pm EDT
South County

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

4:00pm EDT

Adapting Generative Learning to Open Pedagogy in a Literary Research Course

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT

South County

The presenters have created a Pressbooks-based research skills course called Strategies for Conducting Literary Research. This course was awarded an MLA-EBSCO Collaboration Prize for Information Literacy. In this presentation, the creators discuss how they incorporate generative learning strategies such as motivational design and concept mapping to support the scaffolding of skills throughout the course. The presenters explore how the scalable and adaptable nature of OERs will allow students to participate in the development of the course in real time and chart their progress by implementing the active learning techniques discussed here.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Use OER to support the development of iterative processes for student revision.
Adapt OER toward research in the humanities.
Build scaffolded assignments in an OER.
Use motivational design to keep students on track.
Include students as collaborators in building an OER.

Speakers

Rebecca McNulty

Instructional Designer, University of Central FLorida

Barry Mauer

Associate Professor, University of Central Florida

Barry Mauer is associate professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of Deadly Delusions: Right-Wing Death Cult (2020), co-author of Strategies for Conducting Literary Research (2021), and co-editor of Reimagining the Humanities (2023).

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:25pm EDT
South County

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus Canada, United States

4:00pm EDT

Reconsidering Success: Equity Goals for Open Education

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm EDT

Bristol/Kent

Coordinators of OER development projects have effective ways of responding to perfectionism: save that idea for the next edition, the open license means that the community can improve your work, etc. When a project has equity goals in mind, though, there are additional considerations about sharing when more time in development could result in a product that is better aligned with those values. Combine these challenges with the unique opportunities and pressures that accompany working with federal funding to support OER, and it’s no wonder that authors and creators committed to equity and inclusion may be overwhelmed. This discussion will include a panel of participants who are working on ambitious OER development projects funded by the federal Open Textbook Pilot fund. We want to explore the tension between the logistics of sharing a usable product, and the process of working with an equity lens. We will do this through storytelling with live polling, as well as ample Q&A time.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Consider the relationship between working in the open and working with an equity lens
Analyze OER projects developed to increase equity at different higher education institutions
Identify challenges, and strategies for overcoming them, to support equity-focused OER projects within a multi-institution consortium
Explore techniques to incorporate equity into open content.

Link to slides

Link to handout

Speakers

Jamie Hazlitt

Associate Dean, Loyola Marymount University

Millie Gonzalez

Dean, Whittemore Library, Framingham State University/ROTEL

Amy Hofer

Statewide Open Education Program Director, Open Oregon Educational Resources

Vince Mussehl

WisTech Open Director, Chippewa Valley Technical College

Vince is the Project Director for WisTech Open, headquartered at Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. WisTech Open is a consortium project of the Wisconsin Technical Colleges charged with the creation and maintenance of Wisconsin’s open educational... Read More →

Jennifer Jordan

OER Librarian And Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm EDT
Bristol/Kent

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

4:00pm EDT

Winning Strategies for Building Leadership Support: OER Edition

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm EDT

Providence II

Winning friends and influencing others is a useful skill in open education, and doing so among executive leaders can prove invaluable for OER advocates working to secure support, funding, and sustainability for open education projects. This panel session brings together seasoned OER champions who have achieved success in educating and managing upward—building productive alliances with executive leaders to align priorities and advance open education. Representing diverse zones of influence, operating styles, institution types, and populations served by their organizations, panelists will share proven strategies and lessons learned about how to effectively engage institutional leadership to support long-term open education initiatives when institutional priorities, resources, and leadership are liable to change. To capture and promote community wisdom, this session will use an “open fishbowl” structure to invite participants to join the conversation and share their collective expertise.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify advantageous executive leadership alliances that productively advance the interests of open education
Implement practical tools and best practices for growing open education advocacy in the contexts of their own institutions, to enhance the effectiveness of their OER initiatives
Align OER initiatives with institutional goals and priorities to sustain support, Increase visibility, and maintain representation for open education at the decision-making table
Apply strategies for adapting to leadership transitions and ensure continued support and advocacy for OER projects with new leaders

Speakers

Rebel Cummings-Sauls

Director, FLVC

Jamie Holmes

Reference & Instruction Librarian, Tulsa Community College

Brad Griffith

Associate Vice Chancellor of Innovation, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

I work with public colleges and universities in Oklahoma and we have built an initiative called UpskillOK which now features over 350 micro-credentials offered by 25 of our institutions, including 120+ industry partnerships. I'm an open book and will happily share what works, what... Read More →

Julie Curtis

VP Growth & Strategy, Pressbooks

Jonathan Lashley

Academic Technology Program Manager, Idaho State Board of Education

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm EDT
Providence II

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

4:30pm EDT

Leveraging Generative AI for Interactive and Culturally Responsive Open

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

South County

In this presentation, we will explore the potential of generative AI in creating interactive and culturally responsive Open Educational Resources (OER). Drawing from the experience of developing the "Culturally Responsive Computing" textbook through the ROTEL grant, which teaches computer science and information technology through a cultural lens, we will discuss strategies for building traditional OER content and interactive tools using generative AI. Attendees will gain insights into the current possibilities of AI-assisted OER development and witness demonstrations of interactive AI-powered activities designed to support the textbook. Join us to discover how generative AI can revolutionize the creation and delivery of engaging, inclusive, and culturally relevant educational materials.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify the potential applications of generative AI in creating interactive and culturally responsive OER content.
Understand strategies for building traditional OER content using generative AI.
Recognize the importance of incorporating cultural perspectives in computer science and information technology education.
Explore interactive AI-powered tools and activities that support engaging and inclusive learning experiences.

Speakers

Marilyn Billings

Coordinator, Publishing Support Team, ROTEL Project

Please talk with me about the ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens) grant-funded program. As one of the consultants, I coordinate the ROTEL Publishing Support Team and serve as the faculty advisor & advocate. This program is funded by a U.S. Dept. of Education Textbook... Read More →

Sue Tashjian

Coordinator, Instructional Technology, Northern Essex Community College

Sue Tashjian is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Online Learning at Northern Essex Community College where she provides leadership for NECC’s Adopt Open project. She is co-chair of the Massachusetts DHE’s OER Advisory Council and was a member of the core planning... Read More →

Devan Walton

Northern Essex Community College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT
South County

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States, Canada

4:30pm EDT

Searching for Wonder, or, Teaching Literature with Student-Selected Texts

Tuesday October 8, 2024 4:30pm - 4:55pm EDT

Newport/Washington

Even when syllabi feature open resources and inclusive reading lists, we still encounter students who don’t read assigned texts. We believe the problem might stem from the way literature is brought into the classroom. Inspired by Angus Fletcher’s Wonderworks: Literary Invention and the Science of Stories (2022), we have moved away from assigning literature (and asking students to interpret it for hidden meanings). We have transformed Fletcher’s brilliant book into an open resource for use in literature courses. In Searching for Wonder, students are encouraged to choose texts according to their own goals for reading, chronicle their reading experiences, and complete creative projects that don’t require interpretation or argument. These resources were built in collaboration with an intrepid group of students in a literature survey course. Our presentation will introduce the approach through the experiences of four students in this course, with guidance on adapting the method.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Recognize the role of choice in one’s experience reading literature
Reflect on the value of students actually experiencing literature
Shift from assigned reading to student-directed exploration
Replace argument-driven literary analysis papers with creative assignments that students want to share with their classmates (and, perhaps, future students)

Speakers

Mary Isbell

Associate Professor of English, University of New Haven

I am an Associate Professor of English and Assistant Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of New Haven. I have published on adaptation, open pedagogy, and scholarly text encoding, while also engaging students in projects guided by these principles. From... Read More →

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually, Recording Posted
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States