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Tuesday, October 8
 

8:00am EDT

Breakfast & Attendee Check In
Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
For those attending in Providence, head to the 1st floor of the Omni Providence to pick up your attendee badge and grab a light breakfast in Narragansett Ballroom.

Planned menu:
Freshly baked muffins, fruit and cheese danishes, croissants, and fresh fruit. Gluten-friendly banana nut and chocolate chip muffins. Coffee, tea, and fruit juice.
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 8:00am - 9:00am EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Break

9:00am EDT

Welcome
Tuesday October 8, 2024 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Speakers
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Board of Directors

The Open Education Conference Board of Directors is elected by the community and serves as governance for the conference. The Board of Directors leads the conference according to the Strategic Vision... Read More →
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Hybrid

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 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

9:30am EDT

Keynote: James Glapa-Grossklag & Joy Shoemate
Tuesday October 8, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Beyond Cost Savings: Open Education as Resistance

Coming together for this first hybrid Open Education Conference provides an opportunity to celebrate the community’s accomplishments while also reflecting on where we are now: gathering amidst crises of climate change, wealth gaps, and declining trust in education and democracy. We will recall the early goal of Open Education to “have the freedom to use, customize, improve and redistribute educational resources without constraint.” (Cape Town Declaration, 2008) Today, in the face of platform capitalism and open-washing, this type of freedom can seem far away. By highlighting the Open for Antiracism Program and other community efforts to re-tool the master’s tools, we will show how practicing Open Education can be an act of resistance, driving social justice and crafting a community-informed vision of the future.
Speakers
avatar for James Glapa-Grossklag

James Glapa-Grossklag

Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, College of the Canyons
James Glapa-Grossklag is the Dean of Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (California, USA). He supports the 115 California Community Colleges implementing the Zero Textbook Cost Degree Program. James is past Board President of... Read More →
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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 →
Session Type
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Hybrid

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 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

10:30am EDT

Break (30 min)
Tuesday October 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
For in-person attendees, coffee will be available on the third floor.
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Sponsored

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Sponsors
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BCcampus

BCcampus is an organization that is mandated to advance effective, inclusive, and accessible post-secondary teaching and learning practices to enhance students’ experiences in British Columbia. Funded by the B.C. Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills, BCcampus strives... Read More →
Tuesday October 8, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

12:30pm EDT

Lunch / Break (60 min)
Tuesday October 8, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
For those attending in Providence, a buffet lunch will be served in Narragansett Ballroom.

Planned menu:

Starters
  • Chicken tortilla soup 
  • Mixed greens with cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado, roasted corn, black beans, and a chipotle-cilantro ranch dressing 
  • Jicama & cucumber salad 
Build your own fajitas
  • Seasoned chicken breast, spicy skirt steak, sautéed peppers and onions, shredded cheese, jalapeños and warm flour tortillas 
  • Spanish rice and beans 
  • Tortilla chips, fresh salsa, sour cream and guacamole
Desserts
  • Tres leche flan 
  • Cinnamon churros
Session Type
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
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Sponsored

OpenEd24 is made possible in part thanks to generous support from our sponsors.  
Sponsors
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William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a nonpartisan, private charitable foundation that invests in creative thinkers and problem solvers working to ensure that people, communities, and the planet can flourish. Its Education program is focused on providing meaningful educational... Read More →
Tuesday October 8, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

2:45pm EDT

Break (15 min)
Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
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Tuesday October 8, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

3:00pm EDT

In Person Breakout Groups
Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
This breakout session makes space to connect and share with other participants about the past, present, and future—in keeping with this year's theme "It's About Time." Groups will sit at round tables of 8, and each person will have 5 minutes to share their personal story related to open education in response to the following question:

What brought you to work on open education, what are you doing now, and where is your work headed in the future? 

Each group should appoint a timekeeper to time the 5 minutes to ensure everyone gets a turn. Verbal instructions will be shared at the start of the session. We encourage you to join a group with people you haven't met!
Session Type
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

3:45pm EDT

Break (15 min)
Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
Session Type
Tuesday October 8, 2024 3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

5:00pm EDT

Break (30 min)
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
Session Type
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom

5:30pm EDT

Reception & Poster Session
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
All in-person attendees are welcome to gather in Narragansett Ballroom to mark the end of day one with a reception and poster session. The reception offers hors d'oeuvres and a variety of beverages (one drink ticket per attendee). Attendees can grab refreshments and browse the 10 poster submissions while also connecting with other attendees and having fun. The poster session ends at 6:30pm, although the reception may go on a bit longer.

The reception portion is generously sponsored by OpenStax.
Session Type
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Category
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Sponsored

OpenEd24 is made possible in part thanks to generous support from our sponsors.  
Sponsors
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OpenStax

OpenStax is the world’s largest non-profit publisher of open education resources (OER) and an initiative of Rice University. With a commitment to making an amazing education accessible to all, OpenStax provides free, high-quality, peer-reviewed learning materials and interactive... Read More →
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Plenary

5:30pm EDT

BCcampus OER Equity Rubric
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The BCcampus OER Equity Rubric is a tool to help identify opportunities to adapt and improve the equity of an open educational resource (OER). It is organized around five areas of focus: access and usability, student engagement, language, representation, and ways of knowing and sources of authority. It breaks down each area of focus into a set of criteria that can be used to evaluate an OER. This rubric is a remix of the following: BCcampus open textbook review questions, Improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Course Materials by OpenStax, BranchED Equity Rubric for OER Evaluation, and Framework for Reviewing Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Open Educational Resources by University of Southern Queensland; content has been edited, reformatted, and combined to create something that works for a BCcampus context and adapting open textbooks.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the concrete ways that "equity" can show up in an OER.
  • Use the rubric in evaluating their own OER or OER created by others.
Speakers
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Josie Gray

Manager, Production and Publishing, BCcampus
Josie is the manager of production and publishing at BCcampus. She oversees OER creation work at BCcampus and manages a project looking at sustaining shared educational resources and technologies in the B.C. post-secondary system. Josie has been learning about and teaching accessibility... Read More →
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Exploring the Impact: OER Grant Process and Outcomes at a Small Liberal Arts College
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
This proposal examines the efficacy and implications of OER grants in a small liberal arts college with a thriving undergraduate business program. As institutions seek alternatives to traditional textbooks to ease financial burdens, OER initiatives emerge. However, the specific processes and outcomes of OER grants in such colleges are understudied. The presentation analyzes grant processes, faculty engagement, resource development, and impacts on teaching and learning, focusing on an upper-division marketing course. Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data, including faculty interviews, student surveys, and course evaluations, this study aims to elucidate OER initiatives' multifaceted effects in the small college setting. By uncovering challenges, successes, and lessons learned, this research aims to offer insights for educators, administrators, accrediting bodies, and policymakers striving to promote affordability and equity in higher education.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the factors influencing faculty engagement and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) within small liberal arts colleges.
  • Evaluate student perceptions and experiences regarding OER marketing materials compared to traditional marketing textbooks, including accessibility, affordability, and learning outcomes.
  • Assess the impact of OER adoption on teaching effectiveness and student learning outcomes based on course evaluations and academic performance data.
  • Identify challenges and successful strategies encountered during the OER grant process, including resource development, faculty training, and institutional support.
  • Discuss the broader implications for OER policy and practice within small liberal arts colleges, providing actionable insights for promoting affordability and equity in higher education.
Speakers
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Bob Casper

Instructional Technologist, Instructional Design and Technology, Rollins College
Bob Casper's experience in academia combines a passion for instructional design with a deep commitment to accessible and innovative education. Currently, he serves as an Instructional Technologist in the Department of Instructional Design and Technology at Rollins College in Winter... Read More →
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Cassidy Watson

Scholarly Communication and Open Educational Resources Coordinator, Rollins College - Olin Library
As the Scholarly Communications and Open Educational Resources Coordinator at Olin Library, Cassidy Watson leads and coordinates initiatives to support faculty in the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources. She advocates for open access and affordable learning... Read More →
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Generative AI in OER: Uses, Considerations, and Best Practices
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has potential to make the work of creating OER a lot less labour-intensive. From generating images or multiple-choice questions to translating OER into local languages, the possibilities are endless. However, generative AI also has significant flaws and ethical issues that need to be considered carefully before deciding to use generative AI in OER projects. This includes things like bias and closed training data, copyright violations and uncertainties, and environmental impacts. This poster provides OER creators with a list of key things to keep in mind when deciding if and how they want to use generative AI in their OER projects. The poster lists ideas of how generative AI could contribute, considerations and risks to keep in mind, and guidelines and recommendations for those who decide to move forward.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • List ways that generative AI could be used when creating or adapting OER.
  • Understand the limitations, flaws, and harms that are found with generative AI.
  • Critically reflect on why you might or might not use generative AI for specific purposes.
  • Identify practices to put in place to ensure your use of generative AI in an OER is transparent and results in accurate and equitable content.
Speakers
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Clint Lalonde

Director, Open Education, BCcampus
Clint is an educational technologist and advocate for the use of open educational resources and open education practices in higher education. Clint has worked in the British Columbia post-secondary system for 25 years and is currently the Director of Open Education for BCcampus... Read More →
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Lauri Aesoph

Operations Specialist, Open Education, BCcampus
Lauri Aesoph designs, implements and manages the operational elements of Open Education at BCcampus. As a natural organizer,  she finds joy in writing procedural documents and support guides, building tools such as the Adoption Finder, administering the OE helpdesk, and counting... Read More →
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Arianna Cheveldave

Coordinator, Open Education, BCcampus
I am looking to connect with people relatively early in their careers and chat with them about what they do in post-secondary education and how they ended up there. If this sounds like you and you also want to chat with other people in a similar position, feel free to contact me... Read More →
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Harper Friedman

Coordinator, Open Textbook Publishing, BCcampus
At BCcampus, I am a Coordinator in Open Textbook Publishing. Through my work in Open Education, I have developed an interest in accessibility and love doing the behind-the-scenes work of creating accessible resources. As a newly disabled person myself, I am always interested in learning... Read More →
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
This poster illustrates the pedagogy of the OER textbook Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing, which is a method for students to think about the social changes that were prevalent during the COVID years and remain important in their wake. Heritages of Change is a lens for thinking and writing about these ideas. This textbook includes principles of writing and information literacy through the lenses of curatorial activism, cultural heritage, and curation/exhibition. Heritage topics that students are introduced to include (but are not limited to): anti-racism, #MeToo, indigenous peoples, women/gender/LGBTQIA+, climate change, etc. They gain a broader understanding of cultural heritage and heritages of change, particularly disability heritage, in general in order to apply the concepts through their writing. This textbook presents these topics, but more specifically how to communicate about and research them.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Assess the individual usability of the OER textbook Heritages of Change: Curatorial Activism and First-Year Writing (https://rotel.pressbooks.pub/heritagesofchange/).
  • Apply concepts of cultural heritage and curatorial activism in their classrooms.
  • Demonstrate how the flexibility of an OER textbook can allow for more timely and/or significant content.
Speakers
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Kisha Tracy

Professor, English Studies; Chair, General Education, Fitchburg State University
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Honoring Experience, Valuing Expertise: A Collaboration to Enhance Sustainable Open Pedagogy Support
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Academic librarians are increasingly leading efforts to encourage and support open pedagogy practices with undergraduate students. Given the 1-to-many support model for open pedagogy at most libraries, long-term sustainability of these efforts requires intentional collaboration with colleagues who bring unique experiences and expertise. At the University of Houston, a need for new, asynchronous learning objects emerged, along with an opportunity to leverage expertise from across the Libraries. This poster will describe our collaborative process for developing learning objects that support open pedagogy assignments and the benefits of peer learning between the Open Education and Teaching & Learning departments.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe a collaborative process for developing learning objects that support open pedagogy assignments\n
  • Recognize the importance of interdependence and sustainability in programmatic open pedagogy efforts \n
  • Identify opportunities for cross-functional peer learning and experience sharing to enhance open pedagogy efforts
Speakers
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Ariana Santiago

Head of Open Education Services, University of Houston
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Kate Carter

Open Educational Resources Librarian, University of Houston
Kate is the Open Educational Resources Librarian in the Open Education Services Department at University of Houston. In her role, she helps manage the Alternative Textbook Incentive Program, assists faculty in the adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER, and consults and partners... Read More →
VD

Veronica Douglas

University of Houston
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Keeping the AI Playing Field Level
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The introduction and continued evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has brought numerous advantages and challenges. In addition to teaching students to use AI tools responsibly, it is imperative that students who can pay for enhanced AI products do not gain an advantage over students who cannot afford to purchase subscriptions. The Google AI Platform offers free tools, but there is a monthly limit. ChatGPT is free, but a subscription is also available for ChatGPT Plus that gives access to the GPT-4 platform and promotes itself as providing more accurate responses. The free version of Grammarly is limited to basic grammar, punctuation, and spell checking while the Premium version offers a writing assistant. This poster session will provide lessons learned about how to structure writing assignments and digital projects on the college level that are limited to free AI tools. The session will also give examples of how to check to see what tools were used.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Show students how to use AI responsibly.
  • Develop writing assignments and digital projects that restrict the use of AI to tools that are free.
  • Detect use of AI, including subscription products.
Speakers
KH

Karen Holley

Associate Professor, Georgia State University - Perimeter College
I am an Associate Professor of English with 40 years of experience.
Session Type
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster

5:30pm EDT

Open Has a Marketing Problem: Integrating OER Into Workforce Training & Lifelong Learning
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
Open has a marketing problem, and the solutions I will look at today focus on getting OER into public spaces early & often. Here are a few potential solutions. * Creating curated item records for open resources for these resources to appear in local library catalog systems like those provided by the Open Textbook Library * More robust integration into Public Library services, K12 education programs, workforce education programs, and government, corporate, and nonprofit resources for professional development * Book clubs & other social sharing platforms * Integration into Meals on Wheels and other social programming and awareness * Public Library programing for K12 with open resources * Email campaigns for academic institutions – like the One Minute to Open Campaign

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the current OER marketing problem
  • Identify potential marketing opportunities for OER in their sphere of influence
Speakers
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Isabelle Antes

Texas State University (TXST)
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Poster

Posters take many forms, but each captures a presentation's information in a static format. Posters can be viewed live on Tuesday, October 8th, or they can be browsed online in Sched anytime.
Tuesday October 8, 2024 5:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
*Narragansett Ballroom
  Poster
 
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