2024 Open Education Conference: Full Schedule

The 2024 Open Education Conference will be held as a hybrid event on October 8-10, 2024 in Providence, RI and online. Questions? Email contact@openeducationconference.org. Excited to attend? Register now.

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8:00am EDT

Breakfast

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EDT

General

Session Type

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.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person

8:45am EDT

Announcements

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT

General

Session Type

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.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT
General

Plenary

Attendance Type Attend In Person

9:00am EDT

Embracing the Benefits of Digitally Interactive Open Math Resources for Instruction w/ GeoGebra

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT

This interactive session will explore the potential of technology and open educational resources to create new, exciting approaches to math instruction. Through demonstrations, walkthroughs, discussions and group activities, attendees will gain insight into how to use digital interactive math OER, initiate stimulating conversations with students, distribute lessons, customize lessons with animations and simulations, and leverage technology to engage with innovative mathematics content.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Navigate collections of OER math resources.
Customize and curate math resources for an interactive class experience.
Learn how to facilitate classroom discussions through dynamic experiences.

Speakers

Monique Zhou

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Virtual sessions take place in Zoom. If you've attended the OpenEd conference before, this format will be familiar! Virtual sessions are recorded and posted by the next day. All attendees (including those in Providence) are welcome to join virtual sessions.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

9:00am EDT

Designing for Social Justice: A Decolonial Exploration of How to Develop EdTech for Refugees

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT

In this session we share the results from a research study that reflects on the lived experiences of young refugees located in Pakistan and Rwanda when interacting with OpenEd during and following displacement. We offer a decolonial commentary on issues related to the design and development of OpenEd for refugees, noting some of the prevalent historical trends. We are guided by critical questions such as: Who designs the products? Where are they designed? How are they designed? And, which power dynamics are at play during the design process? From this, we draw on qualitative data where we explore young refugees’ experiences. We present results of a creative element which invited research participants to imagine what a liberatory OpenEd practice would look like. We recommend and open a discussion around a set of justice-centred design principles for developers of OpenEd in refugee contexts.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Critically engage with (add to, critique and analyse) a set of justice-centered design principles for OpenEd, especially in refugee contexts.
Reflect on one's own work in OpenEd and how it adheres to justice-centered design principles.
Identify elements of coloniality in OpenEd designs for refugees.

Speakers

Nariman Moustafa

Open Development and Education

Aime Parfait Emerusenge

Jigsaw Education

Asma Rabi

Jigsaw Education

Noor Ullah

Jigsaw Education

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 →

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus Global Focus, Africa, Asia

9:00am EDT

Embracing a ‘Spirit of Sharing’ and Using Open Education Tools for Capacity Building in Communities

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT

Open education conversations often focus on college-level teaching; however, there is a ‘spirit of sharing’ that imbues this work and has applications well beyond academia. This session will illuminate four pillars of a ‘spirit of sharing’ and invite participants to envision how they might think ‘outside of the classroom’ to apply these philosophies in their own communities, helping to share knowledge, build capacity, and foster in-person opportunities for mentoring and the nurturance of community. Following facilitators’ sharing of their own experiences with skill-sharing in non-academic settings — in makerspaces, in collaboration with community activists and advocates, in community-based educational co-ops, and in arts-based initiatives – attendees will take part in a hands-on activity and full-group discussion, allowing them to begin to imagine invigorated pathways through which they might apply open education philosophies to benefit their neighborhoods and fellow community members.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify the connections between open education philosophies and other non-academic sharing-centered models of learning and community building
Brainstorm specific ways they might apply open educational practices and philosophies in non-academic contexts for the purposes of capacity building, mentoring, lifelong learning and fostering community
Determine potential collaborators for this community-based work (identifying potential grants, space sharing models, and approaches to sharing material tools and physical resources.)

Speakers

Spring Duvall

Salem College

Jessica Birthisel

Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Bridgewater State Univeristy

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

9:00am EDT

Student Partnerships in Open Education Addressing Power Dynamics and Belonging in STEM Teaching

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT

Traditional course materials are expensive. They are also biased towards white, male, heteronormative perspectives at the expense of marginalised contributors, particularly in STEM disciplines. This mis/underrepresentation results in the devaluation of student voice and identity, negatively impacting academic performance. Open Educational Resources (OERs) that are intentional in their connection with social justice can be an essential strategy in improving access and a sense of belonging in course materials as well as the classroom, enabling deeper engagement with course content. This presentation explores two innovative STEM initiatives focused on adapting and co-creating OERs in pursuit of inclusion, decolonisation, improved epistemic representation and inclusive pedagogy in the curriculum. It explores students’ perceptions of power dynamics in the process of knowledge co-creation and draws attention to issues related to institutional transformation and sustainability.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Engage with the ‘students as partners’ theoretical domain as pertains to power and belonging.
Draw insights on two initiatives addressing power and belonging in two different countries – South Africa and United States - and different institutional contexts.
Consider the unique challenges and opportunities of STEM-intensive education to pursue co-creation and collaboration across student-faculty-staff roles and create more equity and representation in STEM curriculum.
Engage in knowledge-sharing activities around open education initiatives for social justice with colleagues at their home institutions.
Acknowledge, address, and act in one’s own context regarding belonging, power dynamics, and social justice.

Speakers

Glenda Cox

Senior lecturer, Centre of Innovation in Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town

Dr Glenda Cox is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT: http://www.cilt.uct.ac.za/) at the University of Cape Town and her portfolio includes postgraduate teaching, Curriculum change projects, Open Education, and Staff development. She holds... Read More →

Sarah Stanlick

Assistant Professor in the Department of Integrative and Global Studies and Director, Great Problems Seminar, WPI

I direct WPI’s signature first-year experience program, the Great Problems Seminar. I also advise and support global project-based learning through the Global Projects Program, and teach social science research methods for students of all backgrounds and majors in preparation for the interactive qualifying project (IQP), a 7-week project with external sponsors. I am committed to transformative and inclusive learning that engages students as active agents... Read More →

Marja Bakermans

Teaching Professor, WPI

I possess a strong commitment to student education, and a goal of mine is to stimulate students' critical thinking and problem-solving abilities. Recently, students and I have been on a journey to open classroom content and discussions in an interdisciplinary and inclusive way. Students... Read More →

Anna Gold

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Lori Ostapowicz-Critz

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Courtney Kurlanska

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Bianca Masuku

Junior Research Fellow, University of Cape Town

Michelle Willmers

University of Cape Town

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

9:00am EDT

Tackling New Ways of Acquiring Skills and Producing Knowledge Beyond Theoretical Perspectives

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT

From 2017 to 2019, I conducted ethnographic research on the processes of learning and skills development using digital technologies within informal sales and repair communities in Haiti (Payen Jean Baptiste, 2022). These communities, mainly characterized by self-organization and self-management, operate according to a particular networking modus operandi named kolòn, that supports the production of knowledge and the development of skills.Much more than just a word, the term is a philosophy that underpins modes of work organization based on community of practice and the sharing economy (Wenger, 2009, Casséus and Payen, 2013). In this presentation, I will focus on the processes involved in building and maintaining this networked form of social organization, and how it contributes to the development and acquisition of new skills. I will also present the design and development of an open-source digital platform based on that model.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explain the ethnographic approach to repair communities and the link between these types of communities and digital fabrication ecosystems. Discover how communities of practice in these ecosystems helps support knowledge management and innovation.
Describe the concept of Kolòn and how it represents an organizational approach based on communities of practice and how this particular type of learning and doing with others in informal environment contributes to research on knowledge production.
Discuss the concepts of adapted technologies and technologies appropriation within socio-cultural environments of individuals and how these concepts may lead to a new way of innovation and construction of use to transform practices and design new ones.
Articulate the importance of taking an eco-systemic and holistic approach to understanding knowledge construction that considers cultural and historical contexts when engaging with communities.

Speakers

Valérie Payen Jean Baptiste

Postdoctoral researcher, University of Geneva

I'm Valérie Payen Jean Baptiste, Doctor in Education Sciences.My research interests focus on the multiplicity of ways of accessing, acquiring and producing knowledge, and on the mediation maintained between the appropriation of digital technologies and the skills developed in relation... Read More →

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Latin America & the Caribbean, Global Focus

9:00am EDT

Using GenAI to Create OER Materials: Potential and Pitfalls

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT

IP1

High textbook costs can limit or prevent student access to needed instructional materials, complicating student learning and potentially leading to lower student success. Rich repositories of open educational resources (OER) play a crucial role in broadening student access to high-quality learning materials, and ancillary materials are particularly important among these resources as they supplement and enrich student learning experiences. However, compared to OER textbooks, ancillary materials are less readily available. With the content generation capabilities offered by Generative AI, what new opportunities exist for creating OER ancillaries, and which areas require special consideration? In this session, we will explore these questions, compare the quality of peer-reviewed ancillaries with AI-generated materials, and provide hands-on activities both during the session and for participants to complete at home.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify specific opportunities where Generative AI can be leveraged to develop OER ancillary materials, thereby expanding educational content for students.
Articulate key considerations and challenges in employing GenAI for the creation of OER materials, ensuring they are aware of both the potential and the limitations of these technologies.
Compare and assess the quality of AI-generated ancillaries against traditional peer-reviewed OER materials to enable informed decisions on their integration into teaching and learning.
Use GenAI tools hands-on to create and evaluate ancillary materials, thereby gaining practical experience and insights on integrating these tools into curriculum development.
Contribute to the discourse on the future of OER material creation using GenAI, providing feedback and insights that could shape the direction of future research and development in this field.

Speakers

Posie Aagaard

AVP for Scholarly Resources, University of Texas at San Antonio

Art Brownlow

Senior Fellow for Academic Innovation, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Dr. Art Brownlow is Professor of Music at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (Brownsville Campus). He has long been interested in the incorporation of technology in music education. On the strength of his innovative design of a hybrid music history class, Brownlow won the College... Read More →

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

In person sessions are presented live in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, and they are not recorded. However, speakers will post their slides and other materials in Sched for all attendees to access.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:00am - 9:40am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

9:30am EDT

Choosing Open Access for Books: An Author's Perspective

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT

The Open Book Collective brings together libraries and small-to-medium OA scholarly books publishers from across the world via a unique consortial funding model to enable the publication of OA books with no fee. As an author, I decided in 2023 to publish my third monograph open access. This paper explores and explains how I came to this decision, and why I would urge other academics to do the same. Academics cannot be asked to bear all of the risk of transition to a sustainable open access landscape for scholarly books – but, as we stand to benefit from this transition as educators, readers, authors and human beings , I contend that we must bear some. I briefly introduce the range of small-to-medium scholarly publishers who are currently members of the OBC, and encourage authors, librarians educators to explore these high quality publishers as options to work with and support.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Select a suitable OA scholarly publisher for future work, without the necessity of a fee.
Explore the range of OA books and publishers currently supported by the OBC.

Speakers

Judith Fathallah

Research and Outreach Associate, Lancaster University

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Global Focus

9:30am EDT

Integrating Open Educational Resources in Online Courses

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT

Open Educational Resources(OER) represent a paradigm shift in educational access, offering a wealth of learning materials that are freely available for use, modification, and sharing. Organizations like UNESCO endorse OER to bridge educational gaps and foster an inclusive learning environment. The core attributes of OER—free access, reusability, flexibility, and redistribution—support a collaborative and adaptable educational framework. Integrating OER into curricula involves a systematic process of sourcing, assessing, customizing, and implementing these resources to align with specific educational goals. Creative Commons licenses facilitate the legal sharing and adaptation of OER. The integration of OER across various media formats is pivotal for advancing global education. These resources underscore the commitment to universal access, co-creation, and the democratization of education through OER, reflecting a collective movement towards inclusive and adaptable learning environments.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Recognize OERs purpose and importance in education.
Analyze and differentiate Creative Commons licenses with traditional copyright, highlighting the advantages they offer.
Learn how to mix and match CC-licensed works for adaptation and remixing, ensuring legal and ethical use.
Find OER (text, video, image, open textbook, open course)
Publish OER on platforms dedicated to Creative Commons or own institution’s repository.

Speakers

Dr.Kishore Mendam

Department of Zoology, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University

Prof. G. Pushpa Chakrapani

Department of Physics, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus Global Focus

9:45am EDT

Adoption Done Well: A Panel Discussion Across Institution Types

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

In this panel discussion, representatives from a variety of institutions will tell their OER adoption story, more specifically they will share their initiatives, their faculty support systems, and their successes and challenges with implementing OER on their campuses. Panelists serve as campus representatives to AAC&U’s current OER research grant funded by the Hewlett Foundation. These campuses were identified as leaders within the OER movement, and have seen numerous adoptions across multiple divisions across their campuses. Sufficient time for audience Q&A will be provided, allowing audience members to ask questions they feel might be relevant to their own institutions.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Ask questions of seasoned OER advocates
Listen to OER success stories and bring back to their institutions concrete ideas to counter challenges they find on their campuses

Speakers

Emily Ragan

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Excited about reimagining effective education. Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and OER Coordinator at Metropolitan State University of Denver

Arenthia Herren

OER Librarian, Florida SouthWestern State College

Heather Miceli

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Association of Colleges and Universities

Heather Miceli is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Office of Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) where she is working on a project examining the implementation of OER and the outcomes for students as... Read More →

Micah Gjeltema

Open Education & Affordable Content Librarian, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Micah Gjeltema is the Open Education & Affordable Content Librarian within Course Materials Services at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. He supports open education activities and manages the University Libraries' Partnership for Affordable Learning Materials program.

Dr. C. Edward Watson

Vice President for Digital Innovation, American Association of Colleges & Universities

C. Edward Watson, Ph.D. is Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation with the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and formerly director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Georgia. At AAC&U, he directs the Association's... Read More →

Chlesea James

Pima Community College

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

9:45am EDT

Collaborating with Students to Build Multimodal Open Educational Resources

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

Columbia College Chicago has developed Authoring Culture: Foundations of 21st Century Writing, an OER for teaching/learning writing in college and beyond. Authoring Culture presents 12 key concepts in writing and rhetoric that equip students to handle any rhetorical situation skillfully. In addition to providing explanations of each concept in alphabetic text, this OER provides student-made videos and podcasts that explain each concept multimodally. Authoring Culture’s creators conceived the textbook’s multimodal orientation to appeal to Gen Z users accustomed to learning from podcasts and videos. To build student-friendly podcasts and videos, the creative team recruited students to make the podcasts and videos, sometimes as part of their college writing classes. This presentation shares the process, challenges, and benefits of collaborating with students to make a student-centered textbook.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

plan and execute projects that include student collaborators.
anticipate challenges of collaborating with students on large scale projects.
articulate how to re-envision curriculum to fit changing student needs.

Speakers

Brendan Riley

Coordinator of Professional Writing, Columbia College Chicago

Dr. Riley is the Coordinator of Professional Writing and an Associate Professor of English at Columbia College Chicago.

Kim Hale

Columbia College Chicago

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

9:45am EDT

Reflections from Leadership: What It Really Takes To Run An Equitable Educational Organization

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

This session intentionally spotlights the often-overlooked aspect of embedding equity within the organizational fabric. Creating sustainable work environments is critical to the success of open initiatives and the people running and benefiting from them. Join organizational leaders and Board Directors as they share their reflections on running an equitable organization and how it manifests in team dynamics, Board interactions, strategic planning, goal setting, programming, and resource allocation. Speakers will share the lessons they learned from actively participating in and preserving cultures of care. They will reflect on their experiences participating in equity-focused strategic planning processes. What unexpected challenges and surprises have speakers encountered? Where does equity show up in leadership? Listen to this diverse and thoughtful group of leaders reflect on the business of equity and how truly embodying it can be rewarding beyond imagination.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain insight into the multifaceted nature of equity within educational organizations
Identify key principles of equity that are critical to the long-term success and sustainability of educational organizations
Discuss common challenges and barriers to implementing equitable practices within educational organizations and explore potential solutions and strategies for overcoming these obstacles
Be encouraged to reflect on their own practices, share insights from their professional experiences, and collaborate on actionable steps for advancing equity within their workflows and organizational settings

Speakers

Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus

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 →

Caitlin Gunn

Georgetown University

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

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

9:45am EDT

The Cost of Doing Homework: Access Codes from a Social Justice Perspective

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

The purpose of this study is to examine student experiences with and perceptions of online homework systems with access code costs. Postsecondary students (N = 966) completed a survey about online homework systems. Most students (79.5%) indicated that they had been required to purchase an access code for an online homework system and 29.4% reported their grade was hurt because they could not afford an access code. Black students reported more courses with required access codes for homework and reported that online homework systems were more helpful than other students. Latino/a/x students were more likely to report their grades were hurt by not affording access codes than other students. First-generation students reported they avoided courses with online homework systems (36.9%) more than continuing-generation students (23.9%). Overall, the findings indicate that the cost of online homework systems is a barrier to education, and alternatives should be further developed and promoted.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the financial burden of online homework systems with purchased access codes
Report the inequitable requirements of purchasing access to online homework systems across racial and ethnic groups.
Analyze the perceived benefits of online homework systems relative to the financial cost.
Evaluate the need for no/low cost open online homework systems in higher education.

Speakers

Virginia Clinton-Lisell

Associate Professor in Educational Foundations and Research, University of North Dakota

Virginia Clinton-Lisell, PhD, is an Associate Professor in Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota where she is a Rose Isabella Kelly Fischer Professor. She holds a masters’ degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages from New York University... Read More →

Alison Kelly

University of North Dakota

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

9:45am EDT

Building Open Infrastructures and Encoding Open Practices Through Communities of Care

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

IP2

The Teaching and Learning Center at the CUNY Graduate Center supports doctoral students who teach 150,000 undergraduates each year. It has been built intentionally as a manifestation of the open education movement: in dialogue with and responsive to its constituents; imprinted with the values of openness, sharing, access, and care; and focused on building sustainable communities of inclusive practice to make life, work, and learning at the university more just. This presentation will demonstrate how various projects at the TLC encode the values of openness, including open access publishing and OER initiatives, institutes and focused inquiry groups, a major multi-campus project exploring open education at community colleges, and various collaborative programs to build open infrastructures. We’ll detail the life cycle of projects, highlighting how open practices infused each, and engage attendees in a discussion of how these practices are adaptable to different contexts.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Describe the values and practices that are necessary to build sustain communities of care;
Articulate how programs on their own campuses align with open practices;
Imagine revisions to existing or new programs that meet the needs of their constituents while prioritizing communities of care;
Connect with colleagues elsewhere to build networks of solidarity around infrastructure and strategies for open practices.

Speakers

Luke Waltzer

Director, Teaching and Learning Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Preferred Gender Pronouns: He/himBio: Luke Waltzer directs the Teaching and Learning Center at the Graduate Center, where he supports graduate students in their teaching across the CUNY system and works on a variety of pedagogical and digital projects. He was previously the founding... Read More →

Laurie Hurson

Assistant Director of Open Education, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

9:45am EDT

They Won't Wait: Teaching AI Best Practices Within an Open Pedagogy Framework

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT

IP1

Artificial Intelligence (AI) made a definite splash in higher education over the past two years providing opportunities to transform how we teach students. We’ve noticed that students don’t wait to learn about ethics, privacy concerns, or best practices of AI use before incorporating it into their lives. This gap presents a place to intervene and teach AI literacy in our courses. In this presentation, we share how we designed our course “Arts&Sci 3120: Information, Citizenship, & Social Justice” using open pedagogy for a semester-long Pressbooks project and how we incorporate two scaffolded AI assignments that students might use for the content they create for their chapter. Our course assignments use several tools throughout the semester like H5P, Hypothes.is, goblin.tools, AI generative tools, and Pressbooks. Attendees leave equipped with ideas for integrating AI and Open Pedagogy into their teaching practices and templates for replicating our AI assignments at their institutions.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Cultivate strategies that embrace open pedagogy when integrating AI tools into assignments, fostering critical thinking and responsible engagement with AI technologies within teaching practices.
Reflect on personal teaching practices and pedagogical approaches to effectively integrate AI literacy into instruction.
Understand how to scaffold an open pedagogy project throughout a course while using AI as an option for students to complete course components ethically

Speakers

Amanda Larson

Affordable Learning Instructional Consultant, The Ohio State University

Hanna Primeau

The Ohio State University

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

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

10:00am EDT

Connecting Open Science and Open Education for an Open Europe

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

In our journey towards fostering a more open and equitable Europe, SPARC Europe is embarking on a mission to intertwine the realms of OS and OE to support and build more equitable access to Open knowledge across scores of universities across Europe. We are keen to share the first step in this process. This presentation will allow us to discuss how to lead this change, leveraging strategic planning and capacity building to bridge existing divides and unlock synergies between these two crucial domains. We will do this by mapping stakeholders, documenting similarities and differences between the Opens at universities across Europe to also craft a compelling narrative and business case, and action plan, for a more connected open agenda in the area of Higher Education. We are laying the groundwork for a more integrated future, looking at how we can link bottom-up and top-down initiatives and action in a strategic and operational way.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Participants will be able to understand the intrinsic relationship between Open Science and Open Education, recognizing how their integration can amplify accessibility and collaboration in higher education.
Participants will acquire skills in effective strategic planning methodologies and capacity-building techniques essential for advancing the open agenda within their respective organizations.
Participants will develop the ability to identify and address organizational barriers hindering the collaboration between Open Science and Open Education, equipping them with practical strategies for fostering integration.
Participants will gain expertise in stakeholder mapping, enabling them to identify key stakeholders and networks crucial for driving forward the open agenda, and enhancing their ability to navigate diverse institutional landscapes.

Speakers

Vanessa Proudman

Director, SPARC Europe

Vanessa Proudman is Director of SPARC Europe where she is working to make Open the default in Europe. Vanessa has 20 years’ international experience working with many leading university libraries worldwide as well as research institutions, foundations, international policymakers... Read More →

Paola Corti

Oe Community Manager, SPARC_EU

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Europe

10:00am EDT

How to Catalyse Open Education in South African Schools

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

South Africa not only suffers from a paucity of OER aligned to the curriculum in K-12 education, but the educational context is that of deep poverty, inequality, unemployment, crowded classes, intermittent electricity, and expensive internet data. We will focus on what processes are required to enable open learning, with a specific focus on CPTD. Using a human-centered design thinking approach enables reflections on how learning design content has to be sensitive to context in both offline and online environments, support teachers who may lack content knowledge and pedagogical skills, especially in out-of-subject teaching, note that a scaffolded approach is required as well as the risks of using AI within this context. We will address the policy and legislative changes required to enable more OER LTSM and advocate for the amendment of outdated copyright laws, and changes to tax donation laws which would be catalytic in enabling the production of OER.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Have insight into the challenges facing those implementing Open Education in contexts of poverty, unemployment and inequality.
Be exposed to ideas of specific catalytic actions that, despite seeming to be small, could transform an educational landscape at no further cost to the fiscus, through more effective policy and tax strategy.
Be inspired to find and encourage legislative changes that could lead to catalytic transformation in their own teaching and learning contexts.
Reflect on what processes must be enabled in overcrowded, poorly equipped classrooms with challenges in internet data access and cost.
Consider the issues of inequity in implementation of Generative AI in countries with a small number of mother-tongue texts and the implications of wholesale adoption that this would have in terms of culture and language.

Speakers

Kathryn Kure

Founder, Data Myna

As Chapter Lead of Creative Commons South Africa, she has been deeply engaged in recommendations to Parliament regarding sorely-needed Copyright reform in terms of the Copyright Amendment Bill, and she actively advocates for tax policy changes in order to enable more open educational... Read More →

Nomvuyo Mgoqi

Khulisani Development Academy

Andrew Rens

Research ICT Africa

Anne Waldek-Thill

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Africa

10:30am EDT

Break (30 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

General

Session Type

Break

Wednesday October 9, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

11:00am EDT

Decisions, Decisions: Interrogating Knowledge and Skills Needed for Open Educational Practices

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

Open educational practices (OEP) embody learning approaches that draw on collaborative and flexible learning environments, participatory learning, knowledge creation and sharing, learner activity and agency, and open sharing. Explanations of how to plan for OEP are limited. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge framework (TPACK) examines the complexities of integrating technology into instruction. When OEP is layered onto TPACK, educators become aware of the content, pedagogy, and technology knowledge needed as related to open practices and consider these aspects to design more socially just learning environments. Without an intentional and critical examination of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required by OEP in specific content areas, instructors risk reducing, rather than expanding, access, participation, and equity. In this session, attendees will examine how the TPACK framework can be used to design and facilitate thoughtful, intentional, and equitable OEP.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the content, pedagogical, and technological knowledge demands (TPACK) of open education
Interrogate the intersections of open educational practices and the TPACK framework through a lens of social justice
Identify specific open activities (pedagogies) and tools (technologies) that can be applied in various subjects and contexts (content)
Design thoughtful and intentional open learning environments and instruction through the TPACK framework

Speakers

Stacy Katz

Open Resources Librarian, Lehman College, CUNY

I am an Associate Professor and Open Resources Librarian-STEM Liaison at Lehman College, CUNY. I initiated, developed, and oversee the Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative for the college. My research to date has focused on OER, particularly how librarians develop and support... Read More →

Jennifer Van Allen

Assistant Professor, Lehman College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Using Open to Create Innovative Curricula

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

OER provides the toolbox for modernizing higher education while curriculum improvements provide the design. Since 2016 Prince George's Community College and LibreTexts have used this synergy to build new STEM courses attracting significant external support. PGCC created new engineering OER in collaboration with LibreTexts. This was the basis for a NASA grant which also modernized teaching labs. PGCC then became one of the partner institutions in the inaugural Open Textbook Pilot program. The college provided additional support. To date, there are over 60 custom textbooks which have been used by over 1000 sections and by over 15,000 students. A second NASA sponsored grant is developing STEM majors at PGCC that are coordinated with the curriculum at the University of Maryland. Relieving the textbook cost burden on students has driven OER creation, but support of new, better and up-to-date curricula is where OER really shines.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

The benefits of refocusing the OER creation on curriculum improvement.
How the creation and use of OER can be used to support grant proposals attracting new external funding
How innovative OER improves and spreads the reputation of the authors and their institution

Speakers

Joshua Halpern

Member, LibreTexts

Josh Halpern has been developing new STEM curricula with Prince George's Community College colleagues for over 18 years, first as a faculty member at Howard University and since 2017 as part of the LibreTexts OER team. Originally attracted to OER to limit costs to my students, over... Read More →

Neeharika Thakur

Prince George's Community College

Nadine Houser-Archield

Prince George's Community College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Building the Boat as it Sails Down the River: The Publishing Support Team to the Rescue

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

IP2

The ROTEL Grant project team has embarked on an innovative approach to support faculty authors through its Publishing Support Team (PST). As the first round of faculty authors were finishing their writing, it became apparent that support was needed to help faculty reach the end-goal of creating high-quality, inclusive, and accessible OER. This panel will explore the pivotal role of the PST in navigating the complexities authors face. Attendees will gain insights into the PST's comprehensive guidance, from initial content development through final publication, including content editing, media integration, and technical editing. Panelists will share their evolving roles in this innovative support model, using real-life examples to illustrate challenges overcome and opportunities leveraged in "ensuring the boat sails smoothly." Through interactive discussion, attendees will identify strategies to replicate this collaborative approach, empowering faculty authors to create impactful OER.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain knowledge of the ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens) Grant Project.
Describe the roles and responsibilities of the Publishing Support Team (PST) members.
Recognize the value of collaboration and open communication among authors, the PST, and local support teams throughout the publishing process.
Identify strategies for effective integration of content editing, media and interactivity, and technical editing expertise to enhance the overall quality and accessibility of faculty-authored open textbooks.
Gain insights into the challenges and best practices of providing comprehensive support to faculty authors from the initial stages of content creation through final publication, and how the PST model addresses these challenges.
Identify at least 3 specific content, technical or other support needs you have for creating or adapting open educational resources based on the model presented.

Speakers

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 is a member of the core planning... Read More →

Minh Le

ROTEL Grant

Jessica Egan

Western Governors University

Vicky Gavin

Technical Editor, ROTEL Grant

Rick Lizotte

ROTEL Grant

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:00am EDT

Chattering Openly: Talking about Open Access in an Increasingly Fragmented Social Media Landscape

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

IP1

In this talk, I will explore the process of developing social media campaigns on X (formerly Twitter), Mastodon, and LinkedIn to encourage platform users to engage with open access texts and provide visibility to those who choose to make their work publicly accessible. In my role on the community team for Knowledge Commons, I've collaborated with both students and full-time team members to develop campaigns highlighting the works our users have added to our open access repository. The session will delve into the creation process for developing such campaigns, which have included a regular monthly spotlight as well as special virtual event features. Topics covered will include the pros and cons of various social media platforms, suggestions for managing workflows in a small team, and creative ways to celebrate openly published texts. This presentation is suitable for anyone interested in learning more about using social media to reach a wider audience for their open work.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explain the connections between the current social media landscape and open education
Describe the challenges of identifying a suitable platform for making connections with social media users
Develop a social media campaign highlighting open publishing
Implement basic and recurring social media campaigns to promote the values of open publishing

Speakers

Larissa Babak

Michigan State University

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States, Canada, Global Focus

11:00am EDT

The Open Paradox: Keeping the Committee Closed to Keep the Textbooks Open

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT

If the spirit of open education is to create meaningful educational opportunities and materials that promote inclusivity, how does a single department at a small, midwestern university justify choosing to keep a small, closed committee of library and CETL staff rather than pursuing the formation of a university-wide committee to work on open initiatives such as textbook creation? In this session we will discuss the experiences, justifications, and emotions that led our committee to choose to remain agile and select. As a result of our work, we have found that a closed framework, if done with integrity, can be just as if not more effective by many standards than a university-wide committee. While unable to directly affect policy through shared governance, this small, agile group can create a movement that starts at the roots of the university and permeates in a way that top-down movements cannot.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Examine the roles and intentions of workers in an open education program
Describe the benefits of establishing a grassroots open education program
Identify the challenges of cultivating relationships on an academic campus

Speakers

Emily Moran

Instructional Designer, University of Wisconsin-Superior

Natasha Schumacher

University of Wisconsin - Superior

Stephanie Warden

University of Wisconsin - Superior

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:00am EDT

Building Advocacy Capacity for OER

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT

Since it's inception, the open education movement has spread worldwide and recruited countless advocates to it's cause. However, new textbook sales models such as "Inclusive Access" programs stand to compromise the progress these advocates have made over the past several years. In order to ensure that this progress can continue, it is critical that advocates are equipped with the skills they need to drive forward open education initiatives in their local context. This session will equip attendees with foundational advocacy skills that can be used to drive change at their institutions and beyond. Attendees will learn how to "think like an advocate", including how to frame problems, set goals, develop strategies, and pitch solutions. While the skills taught can be applied to advocacy on any topic, this session will specifically center the issue of “Inclusive Access” programs and the threat these model presents to the goals of open education initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Use problem and solution frameworks to set advocacy goals.
Assess stakeholders and understand their motivations with respect to an issue.
Analyze decision-making processes and develop strategies to influence decision-makers.
Effectively pitch an “ask” to decision-makers and respond to challenging questions.
Start an advocacy plan on an issue of importance to capacity building efforts in their local context.

Speakers

Hailey Babb

Open Education Project Manager, SPARC

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Governing Boards and Trustees: How to Engage High-Level Decision Makers in OER

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT

College and University Governing Boards and Trustees have fiduciary responsibility for the institutions they serve. What are the responsibilities of college and university trustees and governing boards? What is the best way to communicate and educate them about open educational resources, textbooks, and the impact high-level decisions have on the success of students? Join Dr. Tanya Spilovoy, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and Jeff Seaman, PhD, Researcher with Bayview Research, to explore the intersection of trusteeship and high-level decision makers’ impact on course materials. How can we work with College and University Governing Boards and Trustees to have a greater impact on awareness and use of open resources? Multiple factors are critical in an approach to Boards and Trustees, and you will be asked to create a strategic plan for board engagement.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Talk confidently about the role of governing boards and trustees of a college and/or university.
Plan an approach and/or communication strategy to inform board members about open educational resources, course materials, textbooks, and the impact on students.
Understand the data and research regarding board and trustees’ oversight regarding course materials, publishing contracts, funding, or initiatives.
Engage efficiently and effectively with trustees to communicate about OER

Speakers

Jeff Seaman

Director, Bay View Analytics

Tanya Spilovoy

Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Open Pedagogy and AI: Creating Open Pedagogy-Based Assignments with AI

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT

Instructors and students using AI in their coursework raises both positive and negative issues. The negative include concerns over academic integrity, data privacy, and bias. The positive include access, collaboration, interactivity, and personalized learning. Protecting both instructors and students from such negative while promoting such positive outcomes also are at issue with open pedagogy. This session will consider how instructors may use AI to convert traditional assignments to open pedagogy-based assignments in ways that promote student access, collaboration, and personalized learning while also protecting students’, and their own, privacy rights, academic integrity, and critical thinking. The “what” (traditional assignments), “how” (publication/open access), and “who” (knowledge creators) of such conversions are critical cruxes for both AI-use and open pedagogy. Defining rubrics, voice, context, and audience for open pedagogy via AI prompts works toward resolving them.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Use AI to create open-enabled instructional materials while protecting academic integrity
Use AI to support student learning while protecting students’ privacy
Develop AI prompts to create open pedagogy-based assignments that are objective, appropriate for their context, and protect students’ privacy

Speakers

Bonnie Robinson

Director, University of North Georgia Press

Corey Parson

Managing Editor, University of North Georgia Press

Session Type

Virtual (55 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

11:30am EDT

A Decade of the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN): Where Next?

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) supports doctoral researchers from around the world working on open education topics (https://go-gn.net). GO-GN amplifies, connects and supports its members and their work in a number of ways including regular online events, face-to-face workshops, co-authoring of publications and scholarship schemes. As of April 2024, GO-GN included around 180 doctoral researcher and alumni members in addition to a wider community of more than 200 experts and friends. GO-GN celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2023. This presentation provides an update on activities and outputs, including: • Developing and modelling good practice in open research and equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) which is core to GO-GN. • Co-authored, openly licensed publications, including The GO-GN Open Research Handbook. • Outputs from the GO-GN research sprint on open education and AI. • Future GO-GN strategic direction and insights from across the network.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Have a better understanding of current doctoral research on open education topics and trends.
Understand the aims of GO-GN, our latest activities and how you can get involved.

Speakers

Robert Farrow

Senior Research Fellow, The Open University

Senior Research Fellow @openuniversity / Open Education through a philosophical lens / Projects: @oer_hub @gogn_oer Project URLS:https://encoreproject.eu/http://go-gn.net/https://emc.eadtu.eu/emc-lm/http://oerhub.net/

Beck Pitt

Senior Research Fellow, The Open University

Carina Bossu

The Open University

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus Global Focus

11:30am EDT

Creator Fest for Affordability: An Innovative Support System for Faculty OER Curriculum Development

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

Join us to learn how Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) has used data and the recent addition of a suite of new baccalaureate degrees to support faculty through the process of curriculum development in building Z-degrees. MCCCD established funds to support faculty interested in creating OER and zero-cost curriculum through an “OER Creator Fest.” Learn more about how MCCCD developed a scaffolded support structure, including professional development, a Canvas Course, one-on-one librarian assistance, and more to facilitate the Creator Fest.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand how to develop your own support structure to aid faculty in developing OER curriculum.

Speakers

Debbie Baker

OER Coordinator & Instructional Designer, Maricopa Community Colleges

Jacqui Higgins-Dailey

Glendale Community College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

11:30am EDT

Empower Your Students as Open Course Content Creators

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

IP2

Adapted open content is challenging the way we think about higher education and the impact on pedagogy. Course content creation is central to this movement spurring innovative strategies to empower students as creators. But what should students know about authoring content designed for open education? Seasoned-pros and new-to-the-profession participants will find the answer in this highly relevant “train-the-trainer” session. Participants will explore how open content impacts pedagogy with particular attention to the Social Justice Framework, disposable to renewable assignments, and privacy considerations with openness. Participants will also be introduced to how Creative Commons Licenses (CCL) may be applied to open content, learning firsthand the benefits to reevaluate any apprehension they may have. They will also be able to extract new and creative applications of these concepts for use in their own instructional activities to empower students as creators of their own learning.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify how adapted open course content impacts pedagogy.
Apply CCLs to open content.
Extract new and creative applications of CCL concepts for use in their own instructional setting.
Have an open and freely licensed CCL activity template that they may implement in their own instructional setting.

Speakers

Lori Lysiak

Reference and Instruction Librarian, Penn State University Libraries

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

11:30am EDT

Untapped Potential: The Role of Disciplinary Associations in Open Education

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

IP1

Disciplinary associations (i.e. scholarly and professional associations) represent tremendous untapped potential to grow the open education movement. Association groups offer the networking tools to share information about OER, raise the visibility and prestige of open education, recruit authors and peer reviewers, and develop communities of practice around OER materials, providing a vital boost to their sustainability. This presentation will discuss the results of a study that used both semi-structured interviews and a series of case studies on association OER work. It will discuss the potential benefits and challenges of association engagement with OER. It will also address concerns about potential inequities that could arise if associations engage without fully embracing the values of the open education movement. Finally, a model will be advanced for open education advocates to begin conversations within other disciplinary associations.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify the benefits to the open education movement that may result from OER advocates engaging with disciplinary associations.
Identify the challenges that OER advocates may experience when approaching associations about engaging with the open education movement.
Identify the potential benefits and challenges that disciplinary associations may experience from within, if they choose to engage in OER work.
Engage with the concern that disciplinary participation in OER work could reinforce existing power structures within academia, and identify ways to avoid this outcome.

Speakers

Kristin Whitman

Library Director, Portland-Metro Campus, Oregon Institute of Technology

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

11:30am EDT

Partner or Problem? Library-Led Affordability Services and Open Educational Resources

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT

Academic librarians have historically steered clear of using collections budgets to purchase textbooks. Within the last decade that has changed. Academic librarians now willingly leverage their collections to provide no-cost solutions for required materials. These programs take on various shapes and are sometimes managed alongside OER programs and strategically employed to deliver texts when no OER options are available or used by librarians in environments where OER has no foothold. Regardless of the specifics, these programs can be seen as conflicting with the goals of OER; instead of challenging the status quo of commercial textbooks, they allow for it to continue in a new form. In this presentation, we will share survey and interview data from a recent national study on library-led affordability programs and discuss the interplay between library-led initiatives and OER efforts, advocating for a partnered, holistic approach to equity and affordability.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Attendees will understand the evolving role of academic libraries in providing affordable solutions for required course materials.
Participants will understand and assess the effectiveness of library collection based affordability programs.
Participants will be able to identify conflicts and harmonies between library collection based affordability programs and OER initiatives.
Attendees can evaluate strategies for starting or integrating library led affordability programs with OER initiatives to create a more wholistic and systemic approach to equitable access and affordability.
Attendees will come away with actionable insights into collaborative approaches to equity and affordability.

Speakers

Rachel Scott

associate dean, illinois state university

Rachel E. Scott is associate dean for information assets at Illinois State University’s Milner Library, where she oversees the library’s access and technical services, collection development, scholarly communication initiatives, and cultural heritage activities. Scott conducts... Read More →

Mitchell Scott

Coordinator of Collection Strategies, University of Kentucky

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

12:00pm EDT

Building Sustainable Futures: Exploring Open Business Models in Education

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

In 2017 Paul Stacey and Sarah Hinchliff Pearson co-authored “Made with Creative Commons.” They introduced the open education world to the concept of open business models and shared case studies of businesses sharing to make the world a better place, generating revenue not for unlimited growth but to sustain the operation. Since 2017 the conversation on sustainability and open business models seems to have dissipated, and it’s a vital conversation for open education advocates to continue to have and to learn from each other. In this presentation we will share examples of sustainable open business models and share key questions to ask when developing a sustainability model. In addition, participants will actively engage in brainstorming and ideation to analyze past sustainability efforts, identify challenges encountered, and envision future possibilities.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain knowledge about the concept of open business models and how they differ from traditional models.
Participants will be introduced to case studies of businesses that have implemented open business models, demonstrating how sharing can contribute to making the world a better place.
Learn about the necessity of sustainability for the long-term operation of businesses in the context of open education.
The presentation will provide attendees with key questions to consider when developing sustainable open business models. This could include questions about revenue generation, community engagement, and impact assessment.
Attendees will be encouraged to continue the conversation on sustainability and open business models within the open education community. This involves learning from each other's experiences and sharing knowledge to further advance sustainable practices.

Speakers

Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus

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 →

Amanda Grey

Open Education Strategist, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Chris Fernlund

eCampusOntario

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

12:00pm EDT

FrankenOER: Building Better Learning with Creative OER Creations!

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

Creating our own OER doesn’t have to be scary! Embark on an educational adventure with FrankenOER! Discover innovative approaches to stitching together existing Open Educational Resources (OER) to create new, impactful learning materials in uncharted territories. Gain insights into the process of adopting, remixing, and creating OER for educational purposes, all while engaging in lively discussions and activities tailored to your teaching or learning context. This session isn't just about learning—it's about collaboration. Share your ideas and experiences with fellow OER enthusiasts and be a part of the growing community of FrankenOER creators and adopters. Don't miss this electrifying opportunity to enhance your OER practices and bring your educational creations to life!

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Learn about innovative approaches to utilizing existing OER resources to create new ones in less-established areas.
Gain insights into the process of adopting, remixing, and creating OER for educational purposes.
Engage in discussions and activities to apply the concepts learned to their own teaching or learning contexts.
Collaborate with peers to share ideas and experiences related to OER adoption and creation.

Speakers

Carolyn McGary

Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan State University - Denver

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

12:00pm EDT

Robots Won’t Replace Us: Teaching Students to Read and Write with Generative Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

There’s a lack of consensus about how–or whether–generative artificial intelligence should be used in writing classrooms. As writing and literature professors, we were early adopters in using these tools to improve student learning and writing. We co-developed OER student training on LLMs and their uses. With our students’ consent, we use generative AI to provide formative assessments on writing. Our students want guidance from us. What are these tools? How can they be useful? When should their use be avoided? Who can students go to for help if they aren’t sure? What are the ethical concerns around these tools? This interactive presentation will provide a basic pedagogical framework for instructors starting with the development of an AI syllabus policy. We will share the AI training we require our students to complete, showing how generative AI can be used throughout the reading and writing process. Participants will consider how they can model best practices and ethical uses of AI.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explore use cases for generative AI for reading and writing.
Evaluate whether these use cases are ethical and appropriate.
Consider a variety of approaches to AI use.
Determine the policy approach that most closely aligns with personal values.
Explore trainings and tools for students.
Review openly licensed trainings such as what we provide in our OER Write What Matters.
Consider the role of ed-tech in generative AI use.
Empower students to learn about generative AI in their courses.

Speakers

Liza Long

Associate Professor of English, College of Western Idaho

I'm an associate professor of English at the College of Western Idaho. I am one of two 2024-2025 Idaho State Board of Education Generative AI Fellows. I blog about teaching and writing with generative AI at Artisanal Intelligence.

Joel Gladd

College of Western Idaho

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

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

12:00pm EDT

Where We Are, Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going: The Landscape of OER Scholarship

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

In this session, we will be highlighting a new OER research database developed by AAC&U. Modeled after the Publications on ePortfolio: Archives of the Research Landscape (PEARL) database, we have collected and cited formal publications whose main focus is on OER/OEP, and categorized and tagged each entry to enable visitors to the site to search easily. Entries were identified through database searches and collecting reports from relevant organizations. Each entry is categorized as descriptive or one of three categories of empirical research - affective, outcomes, or assessment/evaluation, and further tagged with a number of subcategories of interest. One of our research goals at AAC&U is to advance the conversation on OER beyond affordability, and having OER research collected in one database has allowed us to see how trends in OER research have shifted over time. We will collect feedback through an anonymous survey, as well as include a link to submit publications we may have missed.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Share the AAC&U OER Database with the OpenEd Community and beyond.
Discuss the state of OER Research in the current landscape, and review how OER research has shifted over time.

Speakers

Heather Miceli

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, American Association of Colleges and Universities

Nathan Henton

American Association of Colleges & Universities

Jessica Chittum

American Association of Colleges & Universities

Dr. C. Edward Watson

Vice President for Digital Innovation, American Association of Colleges & Universities

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

12:00pm EDT

Leveling Up Open Education Program Data

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

IP1

Since 2014, Jeff Gallant has been on a data odyssey, from managing Affordable Learning Georgia's humble data origins in annual cost savings estimates to wrangling a system of gigantic, unwieldy spreadsheets which only could communicate with each other through application-breaking formulas and a dice roll that Excel would not crash. It's about time that he fixed this mess - and you can fix it, too! Join Jeff in an exploration of dimensions, tall data, folders imitating databases, and ultimately a new level in data connections and visualizations.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explain the difference between dimension tables and fact tables
Convert a wide spreadsheet into a system of dimensions and tall data
Connect fact tables together using a folder system
Connect disparate data with each other through data modeling

Speakers

Jeff Gallant

Program Director, GALILEO/Affordable Learning Georgia

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Advanced
Regional Focus United States

12:00pm EDT

Time to Shift: Exploring Learning Evolutions in an Open Pedagogical Assignment's Journey

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

IP2

At many institutions, budget cuts, hiring freezes, and the push to increase class sizes leads to many core courses shifting to an asynchronous online model. Faculty facing this teaching shift may feel intimidated to attempt open educational practices within this asynchronous modality. Presenters will share and compare survey data across different cohorts of students, comparing student engagement and perception of an open pedagogical assignment between those enrolled in a face-to-face course and an asynchronous, online course. Specific attention will be given to student interaction with project materials, and tutorials on openness; providing insights into perceptions of asynchronous instructional materials and an open pedagogy project. Presenters will explore challenges and opportunities involved in adapting an open pedagogy assignment to an asynchronous course and share insights into what they would have done differently to foster student success and engagement.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the significance of open pedagogical approaches in fostering student engagement and ownership of learning.
Reflect on the importance of instructor flexibility in adapting open pedagogical strategies to meet the diverse needs of learners in asynchronous settings.
Identify potential challenges and opportunities associated with adapting open pedagogical approaches to asynchronous course formats, and develop proactive strategies to address them.

Speakers

Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech

Information Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University

Associate Professor, Librarian. OER Librarian. Science Librarian

Autumn Johnson

Special Collections Librarian, Georgia Southern University

Autumn Johnson is the Special Collections Librarian and assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating instruction, outreach, and reference for Special Collections at the Zach S. Henderson Library. In addition, she serves as the... Read More →

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

12:00pm EDT

Open Education Recognition: A Long Time Coming

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

Camosun College has been engaging in Open Education for many years with no formal support and faculty working off the sides of their desk with little to no recognition, and certainly no recognition at the institutional level. In 2023, we awarded one faculty member with a certificate for his work developing an Open Textbook. But that was not enough. This year, during Open Education Week and with the support of BCcampus, we decided to highlight Open Education work in an Open Education Recognition Awards ceremony. The concept was simple: recognize faculty members who have made profound contributions to open education at Camosun College and demonstrated an impact on student learning and student costs by utilizing, designing, or adapting open resources in their instruction. This presentation will tell the story of why we chose recognition over achievement, how we chose the faculty we recognized, as well as give you some ideas of how you could do the same at your own institutions.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explore how one small institution with no formal Open Education office recognized 41 faculty members for their work in Open Education
Learn how you can also initiate similar recognition opportunities at your own institution
Gather tips from lessons learned around how to make such an event a success

Speakers

Emily Schudel

Instructional Designer, Camosun College

I am an Instructional Designer in the eLearning unit of the Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. I have worked as an instructional designer for 20 years, and have worked with faculty enhancing their courses with technology, faculty teaching blended courses (combining face-to-face... Read More →

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Canada

12:00pm EDT

Time Will Tell: Innovative Approaches to OER Student Savings Over Time

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT

Library programs aimed at promoting the use of open educational resources (OER) can significantly enhance student affordability. Research shows that 70% of universities use standardized methods to determine cost savings, typically through before-and-after comparisons of course material adoption. However, these methods do not address long-term benefits, such as improved grades and dropout rates associated with OER. Additionally, quantifying OER's impact on fostering justice-oriented and student-centered teaching can be challenging. This session will explore how sustained savings fit into the greater landscape of assessment of OER/affordability programs. Presenters will share findings from an informal institution survey, as well as invite attendees to contribute their assessment practices. The aim of this presentation is to reframe the conversation around student savings, challenging both university administrators and OER practitioners to go beyond established categories.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand and explain the difference between before-and-after and sustained/compounded savings
Evaluate the assessment needs of OER and affordability programs at their own institutions
Engage in a discussion about student savings, which considers innovations and new perspectives

Speakers

Lily Todorinova

Open Educational Research Librarian, Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Julia Maxwell

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Zara Wilkinson

Rutgers University-Camden

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

12:30pm EDT

Lunch / Break (45 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT

General

Session Type

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.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

1:15pm EDT

Keynote: Richard Baraniuk

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT

General

A pioneer in open education, Dr. Richard G. Baraniuk is professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University and founder and director of OpenStax. He launched Connexions in 1999 as a platform for open knowledge sharing, which evolved into OpenStax, the world’s largest OER publisher with more than 70 digital textbooks used by 7 million college and high school students this school year. He also leads SafeInsights, the US National Science Foundation’s national infrastructure for education research. Baraniuk has been active in AI theory research and education applications for 15 years, and is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors, AAAS, and IEEE. He has received numerous research and education awards, including the IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal and the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.

Speakers

Richard Baraniuk

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
General

Plenary

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

2:15pm EDT

Break (15 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

General

Session Type

Break

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

2:30pm EDT

Bridging the Divide: Exploring Open Educational Resources (OER) and Bookstore Partnerships

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT

Enacting change within a higher education setting frequently poses significant challenges. Balancing the imperative of inclusive participation with the nuanced requirements of individual departments often presents obstacles for transformative initiatives such as OER. In this presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to hear insights from an OER librarian and a bookstore manager who spearheaded change at a 2-year technical college. Originating from a shared aspiration to mitigate the financial burden of textbooks and course materials, this initiative evolved into a collaborative endeavor. A pivotal component was the establishment of a Textbook Affordability Committee, which systematically evaluated conventional service provisions and remains engaged in ongoing enhancements reflective of evolving faculty and student needs. Attendees will learn actionable strategies and advocacy tools to champion their own OER and bookstore collaborations within their respective institutions.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the challenges of implementing collaborative OER initiatives in higher education, including navigating departmental interests and fostering inclusivity.
Gain insights into practical strategies for transforming textbook provisioning systems into collaborative OER and bookstore partnerships.
Develop actionable plans and advocacy skills to initiate similar partnerships within their own institutions.

Speakers

Rachel Becker

Librarian currently at Madison Area Technical College working with Open Educational Resources, instruction, technology, and copyright issues. Advocating for textbook affordability, affordable education, and equitable access.EdD student at Johns Hopkins School of Education SPARC Open... Read More →

Holly Deering

Manager Operations, Madison Area Technical College

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

2:30pm EDT

Evolving and Adapting: Reflections on a Decade of OER Implementation and Equity

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT

Over the last decade, Salt Lake Community College's OER program, Open SLCC, has progressed from piloting a handful of OER courses to implementing OER in 116 courses and 15,619 total sections. This significant achievement was driven by a decentralized model, saving students an estimated $28 million in textbook costs. However, amidst the celebration, we acknowledge persistent challenges, including inequity in unpaid labor within our grassroots program. To mitigate these challenges, we discuss the process of centralization and establishment of a grant program, along with our plans to rectify unpaid and unrecognized labor from the past and create formal recognition for OER work. We will share details about the application process, guidelines, and rubric used and adapted from open community resources. Our journey underscores the importance of transparency, collaboration, continuous learning, and adjustments as we strive to foster a more equitable and sustainable open education ecosystem.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Adapt ideas for an Open Grant Application, Rubric, and Compensation & Timeline Guidelines
Examine the challenges of inequities and unrecognized open education labor and the implications for program sustainability.
Learn methods and tools used to address inequities and improve transparency.

Speakers

Brenda Gardner

Associate Professor Math, OER Faculty Fellow, Salt Lake Community College

Andrea Scott

Director, Open Educational Resources (OER), Salt Lake Community College

I'm the Open Educational Resources (OER) Director for the Office of Learning Advancement and Co-Chair of the Open SLCC Advisory Committee at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). My primary responsibilities involve overseeing operations, including program growth, sustainability strategy... Read More →

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

2:30pm EDT

Against Hope

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT

IP1

I've been involved with open education for years, and the work for me has always been about hope—hope that we could build a more equitable, humane, diverse, and sustainable ecosystem for learning and for the sharing of knowledge. This year I begin my 30th year working in US higher education, and I'm dismayed that my daily work seems to take me farther and farther away from a hopeful horizon. In this presentation, I'll take a page from climate activist Greta Thunberg, who often eschews a rhetoric of hope in favor of a rhetoric of panic and action. What are the forces that not only threaten our hopes, but violently twist our work until it loses potency? What is the meaning of “open” in a world where words like “access,” “inclusion,” and “diversity” are routinely co-opted for profit? What culpability do we bear if we (continue to) do our good work in contexts that minimize, appropriate, poison, or exploit that work? Feeling good about where we are headed? This is not the session for you.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Define neoliberalism and explain how it threatens work in open education;
Ask critical questions about their own complicity in systems that do harm to learning and to learners;
Reconsider the tenor of a movement focused around hope, and strategize about how we could revision open for a more dire and dangerous current context.

Speakers

Robin DeRosa

Director, Open Learning & Teaching Collaborative, Plymouth State University

Robin DeRosa is the director Learning & Libraries at Plymouth State University, and a national advocate for public higher education in the United States. She was an English professor for fifteen years before becoming the director of a unique Interdisciplinary Studies program where... Read More →

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

2:30pm EDT

The Hope Project: Using OER to Shared Lived Experiences With Students

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT

I am a historian, a professor, a developer of curriculum and I also happen to have Multiple Sclerosis. In my journey, I have experienced many reasons why hope was all I had left. And I decided that I wanted to write my story as a means to help others deal with times they felt hopeless. As such, I published my story through OER. I then went on to develop the first Disability minor in any Ontario college, at the degree level. As part of the mandate of this program, it was essential that we include the lived experiences of people who have disabilities of all kinds. And thus, my story (and others) were combined into what I loosely refer to as the Hope Project. In this session, I would like to share how I have learned from the past, while teaching students about the present, and giving them hope for the future. And through the disability minor, I am helping develop disability advocates in my students. The joy in this privileged experience is worth sharing here.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Foster collaboration and innovative solutions for disability-related issues
Promote inclusive thinking, advocacy for social inclusion and help empower students to challenge societal norms
Advocate for accessibility and equal opportunities for individuals with disabilities
Assist students in understanding the importance of sharing the lived experiences of others

Speakers

Laura Quirk

Conestoga College

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus Canada

2:30pm EDT

Tracking OER Awareness and Adoption in US Higher Ed and K-12 Classrooms

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT

Digital classroom materials are ubiquitous across classrooms. Faculty and teachers are regularly using digital versions of textbooks, homework, quizzes and more, and the levels of use are high even for fully in-person courses. Open educational resources (OER) have become a major source for many of these digital materials, especially textbooks. This presentation reviews the level of awareness of openly licensed course materials demonstrated by teachers, faculty, and administrators using data collected from surveys conducted from 2012 through 2024. The results will be compared by grade level, from elementary school, middle school, high school, and through college. The factors associated with the growth of open licensing awareness and sentiments of the respondents will be reviewed. This project is supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The responses come from nationally representative samples of Higher Education and K-12 administrators and teachers from all fifty states.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand how awareness of open licensing has grown over time among US education
Recognize factors that have impacted this growth of open licensing awareness
Draw connections between awareness of open licensing and awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources
Contextualize OER within broader digital course material adoption, including digital textbooks
Compare OER awareness and adoption across grade levels

Speakers

Jeff Seaman

Director, Bay View Analytics

Julia Seaman

Director, Bay View Analytics

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 2:55pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

2:30pm EDT

Mind the Overlap: The Power of Open UDL

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:25pm EDT

Join us in this interactive workshop for a hands-on exploration of Open UDL, a new pedagogical approach at the intersection of Open Educational Practices (OEP) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that we developed for one of our advanced faculty workshops. After a short introduction to the ways UDL and OEP complement each other, we will dive into interactive group activities to map the overlap of the principles of both approaches, review assessments from various disciplines through the Open UDL lens, and develop next steps for your own Open UDL practice. There will be plenty of time for discussion, plus we will provide a digital swagbag of resources, hoping you will leave feeling inspired and equipped to explore Open UDL and apply it to your courses, programs, or instructional design practice. This workshop is designed to benefit instructors, course developers, program directors, instructional designers, and CTL staff.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Define Open UDL; ie., identifying how UDL guidelines overlap with the attributes of OER and Open Pedagogy.
Critique sample assignments and assessments through the lens of Open UDL.
Articulate one achievable next step for implementing Open UDL in their courses, their programs, or their instructional design practice.

Speakers

Antonia Levy

Associate Director, Instructional Technology and Faculty Development, CUNY School of Professional Studies

Kelly Hammond

OER Assistant, Scholastic

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:25pm EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

2:30pm EDT

Openness As Attitude, Vulnerability as Practice: Finding Our Way With GenAI

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:25pm EDT

The presenters explore their uses of openness as attitude and vulnerability as a practice with educators and students discussing generative AI (GenAI) in higher education as we experiment with ways to build GenAI literacies. GenAI has been an overwhelming "shock" for many. Openness as attitude is sharing what we are doing and learning to support others in working with emerging technologies. Vulnerability as practice is our willingness to be wrong and learn from it. These strategies allow us to approach GenAI with curiosity and criticality, excitement, and concern in order to respond quickly and constructively. We will share recent examples where openness and vulnerability have helped further classroom, social media, listserv, webinar, and conference discussions of AI in higher education.. Then we will encourage participants to share how they lean into and have benefited from openness and vulnerability and discuss the concerns, risks, and challenges of learning in these ways.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Consider the degree of vulnerability that is appropriate for their own work in open education
Explore a variety of concrete practices to leverage openness as an attitude and assess strategies that may benefit them for their own needs
Discuss the challenge of sitting in the center of all the strong views about generative AI

Speakers

Lance Eaton

Director of Faculty Development & Innovation, College Unbound

I read. I run. I write. Add a dash of learning, a hint of reflecting, a handful of wonder, and a smidgen of technology. Repeat. Updates on books, education, pop culture, and anything else that comes to mind!

Maha Bali

professor of practice, American University in Cairo

Maha Bali is Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. She has a PhD in Education from the University of Sheffield, UK. She is co-founder of virtuallyconnecting.org (a grassroots movement that challenges academic... Read More →

Anna Mills

College of Marin

Session Type

Hybrid (55 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 2:30pm - 3:25pm EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States, Global Focus, Africa

3:00pm EDT

Fostering OER Leadership through Facilitation Pathways

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT

Emerging OER leaders play a pivotal role in shaping the development of newcomers to open. Despite the plethora of professional development opportunities available, facilitation methods are not often recognized as a critical leadership skill. Presenters will reflect on 3 years of a Facilitator Pathway program, announced during the 2021 Open Education Conference, and how this skill set has affirmed their growth and standing as leaders. This session will delve into the creation and implementation of a professional development facilitator program tailored for faculty, librarians, technologists, and staff. Speakers will describe how increased training in facilitation methods empowered them to integrate their experiences into pedagogy, establish meaningful connections with students, and improve outcomes. We’ll also share the benefits of establishing a virtual community of practice amongst facilitators to improve their teaching practice, strengthen networks, and improve the pathway program.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Learn from emerging leaders who have intentionally embarked on year-long professional development programs to enhance their potential
Gain insight into the unique skill sets, responsibilities, and impact of emerging OER leaders as they influence faculty or contribute to capacity building initiatives
Understand how facilitation prepares individuals for leadership roles
Understand the critical role of facilitation in supporting OER initiatives, fostering collaboration, driving project success, and establishing OER champions
Explore practical strategies for integrating facilitation methods into their own practice as emerging OER leaders

Speakers

Stacy Katz

Open Resources Librarian, Lehman College, CUNY

Apurva Ashok

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

Bryan McGeary

Learning Design & Open Education Engagement Librarian, Penn State University

Liza Long

Associate Professor of English, College of Western Idaho

Joel Gladd

College of Western Idaho

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

3:00pm EDT

How Much is Too Much? : Lessons Learned from the UT System Data Collection Project

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT

OER Practitioners across the University of Texas system meet regularly to support, advocate for, and advance OER use across the UT System. In 2023, in collaboration with UT System's Momentum on OER taskforce, we were each asked to provide unified cost-savings metrics from courses using OER and/or free materials. In this session, we discuss our ongoing system-wide data collecting projects, including each institution's process for collecting OER data, limitations and challenges in reporting accurate data, and the value of working together to advance OER use across our campuses. Attendees will learn how to create a community to support "solo" OER Librarians, navigating reporting metrics at a system-wide level where each institution has distinct data gathering processes, and lessons-learned to help other institutions effectively gather data and advocate for OER.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Feel empowered to collaborate with other institutions to advocate for Open Education data collection.
Learn how data-gathering can vary across institutions, and our best practices for reporting diverse data.
Advocate for resources to better support standardized data collection.
Communicate how sustainability practices for collecting unified system metrics vary based on institutional support structures.

Speakers

Terra Gullings

Scholarly Communication Librarian, UT Tyler

Gabrielle Hernandez

Open Education Librarian, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Gabby Hernandez is the Open Education Librarian at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. There she coordinates the Textbook Affordability Project which supports the advocacy and implementation of open educational practices at UTRGV. With a background as a K-12 educator, she brings... Read More →

Jessica McClean

Director of OER & Digital Scholarship, UTA Libraries, University of Texas at Arlington

Maria Teresa Torres

OER Librarian, University of Texas at El Paso

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

3:00pm EDT

Forging Partnerships to Navigate Difficult Conversations

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT

IP1

Open education invites communities to envision a future in which access to educational opportunities is open, inclusive, and transformative. In the United States, realizing this vision requires intentional attention to issues related to both diversity and equity. The 2023 OpenEd conference track “Social Justice in Open” included 11 presentations across 3 days sharing practitioner experience with diversity, equity, and open practices; this suggests that those advocating for open are exploring their impact on the student experience. Some states, however, have passed legislation prohibiting public higher education institutions from using federal/state funds to support initiatives exploring diversity and equity, preventing participation in conferences, committees, and publications with an emphasis on diversity and equity. Participants in this session will engage in discussion about how the purpose and outcome of the work can be accomplished without using now prohibited language.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Consider whether it is meaningful, harmful, or helpful to find ways to discuss diversity and equity without use of those specific terms.
Identify ways in which laws prohibiting state funds from being used in DEI may or may not impact the ability of those in the open community to connect, share, and collaborate.
Explore definitions of the terms diversity and equity with an eye toward identifying how to move toward established goals without using prohibited language.
Integrate diversity and equity into practice in ways that reflect an understanding of the meaning of the terms.
Locate where related conversations have already or are currently taking place.

Speakers

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. OEGlobal is a global, non-profit supporting the development and use of open education worldwide. Heather’s priority is to advance open education at community... Read More →

Kathy Essmiller

Assistant Professor, OER Librarian, Coordinstor OpenOKState, Oklahoma State University

I have grown two kids, a pack of dogs, and I love to camp in the mountains. Also happy to talk about Open Educational Resources, the arts (I am a former MS/HS band director), educational technology and instructional design, and how amazing it is to get to work in a Library.

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

3:00pm EDT

Course Design on the Fly: How to Design a Role-Playing Game in 1 Hour or Less

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT

Role-playing games can be a great way to get students engaged in class. Games make learning fun, promote deep learning, and can be done with OER materials. And, it's actually quite easy to write your own role-playing game(s) that is tailored to your courses and topics. In this session, we will show you the process for how to write a game, and provide with you a a game-design template. Once you know the basic process and design, you will be able to write a game on any topic in 1 hour or less. Additionally, you can teach this game-design process to students and have them write games as assignments.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Write a role-playing game on any topic, using OER materials.
Create game-design assignments for students.

Speakers

Donald Slone

Georgia Southern University, GA, USA

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

3:00pm EDT

Students’ Experiences With Open & Culturally Responsive Teaching: Findings From TN’s OER Initiative

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT

OER proponents hypothesize that OER may facilitate student-centered and culturally responsive practices, leading to gains in students’ academic and social-emotional outcomes. However, there is limited evidence documenting how professional development can support faculty in using open and culturally responsive educational practices and whether use of these practices leads to changes in students' experiences in these courses. SRI partnered with Achieving the Dream and the Tennessee Board of Regents to conduct a two-year, mixed-methods study to understand how 2- and 4-year college instructors use open and culturally responsive practices and how students experience them.

In this presentation, researchers will discuss the study framework and design. We will also share findings on how instructors implemented open and culturally responsive practices in their courses and how students experienced these practices.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the impact and return on investment that front-end support for OER-enabled open and culturally responsive practices can have on instructors’ pedagogy.
Learn about students’ educational experiences in courses using OER-enabled open and culturally responsive practices as compared to courses using traditional materials and pedagogies.
Learn about the changes in instructors' practices that may explain differences in students' social-emotional outcomes in courses using OER-enabled open and culturally responsive educational practices.

Speakers

Jodie Lawrence

SRI Education

Ela Joshi

SRI Education

Rebecca Griffiths

SRI Education

Judy Westley

Columbia State Community College

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:00pm - 3:25pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

3:30pm EDT

Behind the Book: Learnings and Reflections from an Open Textbook Equity Adaptation Project

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

One of the benefits of open licenses is the ability for others to take an OER and adapt it to make it more inclusive. But what does that mean? What is involved in that process? Where do you begin? In this session, we share our reflections on a 10-month collaborative, multi-institutional project to adapt an Introduction to Psychology open textbook through the lenses of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We will share our process, successes, and insights we gained through this project. We will talk about collaboration, roles, how students contributed to the adaptation, and our one-day sprint to get all the content into Pressbooks. We will also share the challenges we experienced and explore the question: “If we could do it all again, what would we do differently?”

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Define what an equity, diversity, and inclusion OER adaptation project involves (or could involve).
Describe the roles people can play in a collaborative OER adaptation project focused on equity.
Critically consider the limitations of adaptation when wanting to create an OER that centres equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Reflect on your own OER projects to identify opportunities to make them more inclusive and collaborative.

Speakers

Krista Lambert

Designer: Learning or Instructional, Justice Institute of British Columbia

Josie Gray

Manager, Production and Publishing, BCcampus

Harper Friedman

Coordinator, Open Textbook Publishing, BCcampus

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus Canada

3:30pm EDT

How Far We’ve Come: Looking at Open Education from a Different Angle

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

It’s common to hear the refrain that OER can’t meet the same needs as commercial publishers: they aren’t as specific, as broad... This angle leaves out a crucial point: considering the age of the OE movement, we’ve made tremendous progress! While open textbooks might not exist for every field, OER aren’t just textbooks. They come in every shape and size that has value in education, and that’s a strength! Ignoring this diversity discounts the work practitioners have done in creating, remixing, and leveraging diverse learning materials together. And that doesn’t even include OEP! The presenters will start a discussion about how looking at our work from another angle can help OE advocates have more productive discussions. We’ll share examples from across open movements to highlight how collaborative, open work yields more for the community than commercial actors can provide. Attendees will be invited to consider how they can acknowledge the progress they’ve made as well.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Recognize 3 major areas where the OE community has developed over time.
Identify new talking points they can leverage when promoting open education.
Contextualize the breadth of OEP happening in their local context.

Speakers

Abbey Elder

Iowa State University

Shannon Smith

University of Wyoming

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

3:30pm EDT

Open Pedagogy in Child & Family Studies: Advocating from the Beginning

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

This semester-long open pedagogical Advocacy Project in EDU 113: Children, Families, Schools and Communities synthesizes fosters student-driven exploration to understand the interconnectedness of children, families, schools, and communities. Through a scaffolded approach, students address course learning outcomes by identifying issues within their school or community, drafting advocacy statements, conducting stakeholder interviews, researching issues, and creating public service announcements or op-ed pieces. Feedback and iterative improvement drive the success of each assignment, culminating in impactful advocacy projects such as securing funds for safety measures, promoting multilingual education, combating food insecurity, ensuring inclusive event protocols, and improving accessibility to educational resources. This project accompanies the Open Education Resource Text Children, Families, Schools, and Communities.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Define open pedagogy.
Identify strategies to scaffold open pedagogy projects for 100-level undergraduate students.
Evaluate student perceptions of the open pedagogical Advocacy Project assignment.

Speakers

Joan Giovannini

University of Massachusetts

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

3:30pm EDT

The Open Education Advocacy Playbook: Tailored for Your Needs

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

The open education movement's success relies on cultivating a diverse community of enthusiastic advocates throughout the education sector. Drawing from experiences as a special education teacher, non-profit advocate, and academic librarian, this session explores strategies for empowering the next generation of open education leaders. We will examine the value of bringing together diverse perspectives - educators, librarians, students, instructional designers, and community organizations. Gain insights into raising awareness, providing professional development, fostering collaborations, involving students as partners, and recognizing champions. Learn practical strategies for tailoring advocacy efforts, building skills, and creating inclusive networks. Leave equipped with actionable methods to inspire and support advocates, ensuring sustainable growth of open education initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Identify the value and benefits of engaging a diverse range of advocates from various roles and levels within the education sector for the open education movement.
Develop strategies to raise awareness and provide professional development opportunities tailored to specific audiences like educators, librarians, instructional designers, students, administrators, and community organizations.
Explore methods to foster cross-institutional collaborations and create inclusive knowledge-sharing networks that support open education advocacy efforts.
Learn approaches to actively involve students as partners in open educational resource creation and advocacy initiatives.
Formulate an actionable plan to cultivate, inspire, and support the next generation of open education advocates within their institution or community, ensuring the sustainability and growth of the movement.

Speakers

Nicole Baker

Research and Instruction Librarian, SUNY Brockport

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
H1

Session: Hybrid

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

3:30pm EDT

Open for Antiracism: What Have We Learned and What Can You Do?

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

IP1

The Open for Antiracism program supports US community college faculty to transform their classrooms to be antiracist by using OER and Open Pedagogy. Participants add underrepresented viewpoints and create inclusive content in collaboration with their students, while blending Open Pedagogy with Antiracist Pedagogy In this presentation, we will review lessons learned in the Open for Antiracism program and share research on institutional impact, faculty perceptions, and student outcomes. We will also ask attendees to discuss how they can adapt or adopt the overall program or components in their own settings. We invite critiques of the program and ask attendees to share how their institutions promote antiracist teaching practices to improve student success, particularly for traditionally marginalized and underserved students. The interactive discussion will conclude with the question of how Open Education can more effectively engage with antiracist pedagogy.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Make the case that OER and Open Pedagogy can support Antiracist Pedagogy
Describe how inclusive and antiracist pedagogies can support student success, particularly for traditionally marginalized and underserved students.
Summarize the outcomes of the Open for Antiracism Program
Describe how they can leverage OER and Open Pedagogy in their own settings to support Antiracist Pedagogy

Speakers

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 →

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

In Person (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

3:30pm EDT

AI for Access: Ideas to Boost Open Learning and OER through Artificial Intelligence

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

This session will explore how artificial intelligence can be applied to enhance access to open educational resources and advance equitable learning opportunities globally. Leaders in the fields of OER, AI, and accessibility will discuss innovative proposals for leveraging technologies like machine translation, personalized recommendation systems, and automated content curation to make open education available to all. Attendees will gain insight into cutting-edge approaches for using artificial intelligence to increase the discoverability, adaptation, and inclusive design of open content. They'll learn about projects aimed at reducing barriers and expanding the reach of OER through technical solutions. Examples of work piloting AI for translation, personalized pathways, and automated alternative media generation will be shared. This session presents an opportunity to engage with experts developing strategies that apply AI's potential to spread open knowledge and narrow digital divides.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Analyze how AI technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing and adaptive systems can be leveraged to enhance access to OER.
Develop innovative ideas and proposals for using AI to increase the discoverability, accessibility, inclusiveness and interoperability of OER on a global scale.
Evaluate the ethical considerations and technical feasibility of proposed AI solutions for advancing equitable learning opportunities through OER.
Understand how AI can be applied to reduce barriers to OER such as language translation, personalized recommendations and accessibility features.
Collaborate with others to refine proposal concepts that maximize the potential of AI to spread open education worldwide in an open and interoperable manner.

Speakers

Robbie Melton

Tennessee State University

Dr. Robbie Melton, Associate Vice President for the SMART Global Technology Innovation Center and Graduate Dean and tenured professor at Tennessee State University, serves as a global researcher and international consultant for Emerging IOE (“The Internet of Everything”) Smart... Read More →

Nicole Arrighi

Tennessee State University

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States, Global Focus

3:30pm EDT

Enhancing Education Through Targeted Professional Development: A Case Study on OER Implementation

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

IP2

This session explores a structured professional development approach designed to enhance Open Educational Resources (OER) implementation in higher education. It focuses on a model developed by Achieving the Dream, The Tennessee Board of Regents, and SRI Education, featuring a Summer Institute and a facilitated Community of Practice. This initiative supports faculty new to OER by pairing them with OER champions, fostering a collaborative environment for sustainable course design and teaching innovations while also providing sustained support throughout the lifecycle of their projects.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the structure and benefits of a Summer Institute as a professional development model for implementing OER in higher education settings.
Recognize the role of experienced OER champions in mentoring faculty new to OER and how this can enhance the adoption and integration of open resources.
Identify effective strategies for sustaining a Community of Practice to support ongoing development and problem-solving among faculty implementing OER.
Gain insights into overcoming common challenges in OER course design through collaborative learning and peer support.
Apply lessons learned from case studies and peer experiences to plan and execute OER initiatives within their own institutions.

Speakers

Susan Adams

Achieving the Dream

Nancy Stano

Austin Community College

April Crenshaw

Associate Professor, Chattanooga State Community College

April Crenshaw is an Associate Professor of Mathematics with two decades of combined experience in K-12 and higher education. An award-winning educator and sought-after conference speaker, she has gained national recognition for her innovative and inclusive teaching methods. Professor... Read More →

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
IP2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

3:30pm EDT

Let Us ROER: Radical OER-Reframing OER

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT

In our modern political landscape, the library is an inherently radical space and this is especially true for OER. Time and time again, OER is framed as a cost-effective solution. While this is one of the ways we can advocate for OER support, it can be a limitor in how we think about OER. Instead, we can understand the theoretical framework that makes OER radical and thus be better equipt to build OER departments that are sustainable, welcoming, and uplifting. In this presentation, I will discuss how to reframe OER as a radical act and how that translates into practice and action.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the library as a radical space
Understand how to advocate for more OER support

Speakers

Jeanne Kambara

University of Delaware

Anukruti Pulimi

University of Delaware

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 3:30pm - 3:55pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

4:00pm EDT

Break (15 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

General

Session Type

Break

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

4:15pm EDT

Breakout Groups: Geographic Region

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

General

During this session, attendees can select a breakout discussion group by geographic region.

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
General

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: Canada

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

IP1

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
IP1

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus Canada

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: Global (All Wecome)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
V1

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus Global Focus

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: Latin America & the Caribbean

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

IP2

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
IP2

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus Latin America & the Caribbean

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: U.S. Midwest

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
H2

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus United States

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: U.S. Northeast

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
H1

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus United States

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: U.S. South

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
H3

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus United States

4:15pm EDT

Breakout: U.S. West

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT

Session Type

Hybrid

Wednesday October 9, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
H4

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually
Regional Focus United States

5:00pm EDT

End of In Person Day / Virtual Break (30 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

General

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

5:30pm EDT

Empowering Global Citizens: Integrating UN Sustainable Development Goals and K-12 Open Lessons

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals urge global action for a sustainable future for all. These goals are interdisciplinary and require collaboration within and across countries. They offer a framework for tangible progress and relevant context for developing global competence in our interconnected and interdependent world. Join us in this overview of openly licensed global competence modules from the World Affairs Council – Seattle. Lessons focused on the Sustainable Development Goals target local and global issues ranging from ensuring quality education for all to mitigating climate change. Available in multiple languages, these resources support students in developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that will prepare them for college, career, and civic life. Resources are located on the Washington OER Hub - Washington's platform for sharing K-12 OER and providing equitable access to standards-aligned, high-quality instructional materials.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explore some examples of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) OER lessons.
Locate resources on the Washington OER Hub.
See what’s on the horizon for future SDG lesson development

Speakers

Barbara Soots

Assistant Director, Open Education & Instructional Material, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

In her role as Open Educational Resources (OER) Program Manager at the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in Washington, Barbara Soots implements state legislation directing collection of K–12 OER resources aligned to state learning standards and promotion of... Read More →

Ryan Hauck

Director, Global Classroom, World Affairs Council, Seattle

Michele Anciaux-Aoki

International Education and World Languages Advocate

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

5:30pm EDT

Enhance Student-Centered Learning: Boost Engagement and Alleviate Anxiety by Using H5P-rich OER

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT

In today's educational landscape, student-centered learning has become imperative for enhancing outcomes by catering to individual needs and interests. This proposal focuses on the transformative potential of H5P (HTML5 Package), an interactive content creation platform, in fostering personalized, engaging learning environments. Our presentation delves into how educators can utilize H5P to design interactive learning experiences, thereby boosting student motivation. Furthermore, we explore H5P's role in alleviating anxiety among students by applying multimedia principles using H5P in digital textbooks. Join us as we discuss practical strategies for increasing engagement and reducing anxiety in educational settings through H5P-enhanced student-centered learning approaches. Our presentation aims to share qualitative and quantitative research findings, equipping participants with the knowledge and tools to create inclusive, engaging, and effective learning experiences for all students.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Understand the Impact of H5P-rich OER on Learner Engagement
Identify Strategies to Reduce Anxiety in Online Learning Environments
Evaluate the Effectiveness of H5P Activities in Promoting Active Learning
Optimize OER Materials for Enhanced Learning Outcomes

Speakers

Theresa Huff

OER Instructional Designer, Loyola Marymount University

Daphne Tseng

University of North Texas

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

5:30pm EDT

Getting to ZERO from Textbook to Homework: A Collaborative Journey in Developing Spanish OER

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT

Four instructors from California community colleges share their transition from commercial textbooks to OER and innovative homework solutions in Spanish language instruction. They will focus on their collaborative projects, supported by the Academic Senate of California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative and LibreTexts: Entrada Libre (2020), Tarea Libre (2022), and Tarea Libre 2 (Summer 2024). Attendees will learn about the collaborative process, from conception to implementation, and the challenges faced during the development of the materials. The presentation aims to renew enthusiasm for reshaping the future of Spanish language education through innovative solutions. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of open and accessible resources that align with the ASCCC OERI IDEA framework of inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-racism. While accessibility is implied in the IDEA framework, we wish to increase visibility of accessibility issues.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain insights into the collaborative strategies used in the development of language learning OER.
Learn practical lessons from the Entrada Libre, Tarea Libre, and Tarea Libre 2 projects.
Leave with useful strategies and tools needed to start your own OER development.

Speakers

Sarah Harmon

OER/ZTC Coordinator, Adj Prof Spanish/Linguistics, Cañada College

I'm an Adjunct Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and serve as the OER/ZTC Coordinator at Cañada College, which is part of the San Mateo County Community College District. As the OER/ZTC Coordinator, I work with colleagues and students to implement the use of OER, open pedagogy... Read More →

Alejandro Lee

Professor of Spanish, Santa Monica College

I teach second-year Spanish and Spanish for heritage speakers (first and second-year) at a HSI community college.I am interested in learning more about assessments, addressing special needs of students with learning disabilities (ADHD, dyslexia, etc.), and proficiency-based curri... Read More →

Cristina Moon

Professor and OER/ZTC Coordinator, Chabot College

Dr. Cristina Moon is Professor of Spanish at Chabot College. She joined the college in 2006. She earned a BA in Spanish from UC Berkeley, and a MA and Ph. D. in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from UCLA. She has developed online courses for first and second-year Spanish which... Read More →

Hugo Díaz-Rodil

Sierra College

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT
V4

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

5:30pm EDT

Roleplaying and Case Studies: OER STEAM Education Beyond the OER Textbook

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT

Education is more than what we teach. More memorable than the content of various textbooks is the interaction between students and their peers guided by their instructors. It is high time that Open Educational Resources evolve to support holistic teaching and learning experiences, in addition to providing accessible textbooks for content acquisition. This presentation invites participants to immerse themselves in an interactive, scenario-based activity, equipping them with the confidence to establish collaborative learning environments within their STEAM courses. Additional role-playing and case studies will be introduced, and participants will have the opportunity to create tailored activities that cater to their unique instructional needs. The activities presented will explore the concept of providing appropriate support for students with diverse abilities, levels of preparation and participation, and facilitate collaborative learning experiences that resonate with all students.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Implement a case-study activity in their classrooms with confidence.
Select and customize a scenario-based activity suitable for their purposes.
Appreciate the value of using scenario-based activities to foster an inclusive and collaborative learning environment.
Better appreciate their role as a facilitator in the classroom.

Speakers

Eszter Trufan

Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston-Downtown

I love to experiment! That passion extends to all areas of my life from the lab to the classroom and course design. I continually work on designing classes that invite all students to experience diverse activities that help foster interest and enthusiasm for learning and science with... Read More →

Elene Bouhoutsos-Brown

lecturer, University of Houtson-Downtown

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 5:30pm - 5:55pm EDT
V3

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

6:00pm EDT

Marking the Trail for OER/ZTC: Cañada College's Journey in the ZTC Landscape, Spring 2021-Fall 2023

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT

Cañada College started its OER/ZTC journey in Spring 2019, when the ASCCC OERI Liaison being named. Soon afterwards, the College and its District (San Mateo County CCD) delved into equity and anti-racism work, which included the expansion of OER adoption and use of other sustainable ZTC methods. Reliable accounting of ZTC and LTC courses started in Spring 2021. So much has changed in the world and in education since then—so what trends can be seen? Cañada has collected enrollment, success, and retention data on ZTC and LTC courses since Spring 2021. This presentation will discuss those findings, including demographic data, cohort data, and more. The presentation will also showcase data on disproportionately impacted groups; these results are helping the college identify new gaps and address previously known ones. What has Cañada already done to address some of these gaps, and what are some ideas for the future?

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Gain insights on social impacts of OER and other sustainable ZTC methods at a community college.
Identify key data points to track the impact of OER and other sustainable ZTC methods.
Leave with useful strategies and resources on how to track data on OER and other sustainable ZTC methods.

Speakers

Sarah Harmon

OER/ZTC Coordinator, Adj Prof Spanish/Linguistics, Cañada College

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT
V4

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

6:00pm EDT

OER Champions: A Model for Building an Open Pedagogy Culture at an Open Access Community College

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT

How can institutions leverage OER adopters to promote wider adoption across programs? At a two-year community college, instructors, deans, and librarians collaborated to create an OER Champion model to promote awareness and adoption of OER across the college. The presenters share openly licensed resources, success stories, and challenges for institutions who want to create dynamic communities of practice to promote open pedagogy across departments. We include the resources and processes we developed for promoting Z-degrees, providing internal marketing for faculty, and assisting faculty in our OER adoption process. We also note the positive effects of institutional and legislative supports that have funded and supported our initiatives and discuss ongoing advocacy for these initiatives. Our goal is to help similarly situated institutions save time and adopt best practices as they cultivate the next generation of open education leaders and advocates.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Appreciate a diverse community model in promoting open education resources.
Recognize the unique contributions of librarians, academic deans, and instructors in OER adoption.
Discuss common challenges: faculty buy-in, resource curation/hosting, course marking, and sustainability.
Share practical tips for overcoming obstacles and celebrating victories.
Showcase the OER Champions Learning Community
Discover ways to engage faculty, librarians, and administrators to advance OER adoption.
Inspire attendees to become OER advocates within their institutions.
Leave with actionable steps to champion OER adoption.

Speakers

Liza Long

Associate Professor of English, College of Western Idaho

Susan Aydelotte

Professor, College of Western Idaho

Greg Wilson

Open Education Coordinator, College of Western Idaho

Starting up a digital navigator program at our school and also working on other digital equity efforts such as getting devices into the hands of our students. I would appreciate any tips, experiences, links with organizations that are already doing this especially in the community... Read More →

Jason Roach

College of Western Idaho

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT
V2

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

6:00pm EDT

The Wikipedia Assignment: Where Open Pedagogy Meets Open Knowledge

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT

Almost 25 years since its inception, Wikipedia remains a timely and relevant part of the “open movement.” In 2010, The Wikipedia Student Program came onto the scene, bringing together Wikipedia’s drive for open access and open knowledge with the emerging world of open pedagogy. A simple yet powerful concept: Students at postsecondary institutions contribute to Wikipedia as a course assignment. Guided by their professors, they update critical information on Wikipedia by opening up knowledge typically behind paywalls. In this panel, you’ll hear from three faculty (in the fields of Geography, Computer Information Systems, and Composition) who are running Wikipedia-based assignments in their courses. We’ll explore how Wiki Education is supporting thousands of students each term in this open pedagogical practice. We’ll cover the critical role students can play in opening up knowledge and what they learn from engaging in this essential work.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Recognize the pedagogical value of running a Wikipedia assignment.
Summarize how to implement a Wikipedia assignment into a course.
Assess the role Wikipedia can play in open pedagogy.
Identify the role students can play in filling in critical knowledge equity gaps.
Appraise how the Wikipedia assignment can foster digital literacy and digital citizenship.

Speakers

Debby Kurti

Professor, Victor Valley College

teaching and learning!

Helaine Blumenthal

Senior Program Manager, Wiki Education

Gretchen Sneegas

University of Washington

Caroline Smith

George Washington University

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT
V3

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

6:00pm EDT

Time Well Spent: Crafting OER to Create High Quality ELA Materials for Underserved Students

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT

Just as introducing OER increased the success of students in higher education who didn't have access to textbooks, OER materials have the potential to deliver high quality materials into the hands of K-12 students who otherwise would not have them. However, if we don't learn lessons from the past, OER could be another effort that tries and fails to mitigate educational inequities. This presentation recounts lessons learned from a study of the implementation of teacher created OER resources in a 10th grade English Language Arts (ELA) classroom in a rural, high-poverty high school in spring 2024. Student and teacher voices demonstrate the importance of providing materials that have been specifically adapted by the teacher for the context of her classroom and students. In this presentation, attendees will hear from both the researcher and the 10th grade ELA teacher.

Attendees of this session will be able to:

Explain the importance of teacher adaptation in the use of OER.
Explain how teacher creation and adaptation of materials for their specific contexts can benefit both teachers and students.
Implement strategies for providing support to teachers in K-12 districts who create/adapt resources for their contexts.

Speakers

Karen Palmer

Yavapai College

Brianne Buckley

Camp Verde High School

Session Type

Virtual (25 min)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:00pm - 6:25pm EDT
V1

Session: Virtual

Attendance Type Attend Virtually
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

6:30pm EDT

Daily Debrief

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:30pm - 7:00pm EDT

General

Session Type

Virtual

Wednesday October 9, 2024 6:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
General

Breakout Groups

Attendance Type Attend Virtually

8:00pm EDT

Social Event @ Dave & Busters (In Person)

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:00pm - 11:00pm EDT

General

Conference attendees are invited to an optional social event at Dave & Busters on Wednesday evening. Show up from 8:00pm onwards to receive a free ticket for arcade games and mingle with other conference attendees in a private room. Snacks and soft drinks will be served, and additional food or drinks can be purchased at the bar.

IMPORTANT! Do not forget to bring your nametag as it is required for admission.

This event is jointly sponsored by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS), and SPARC.

The entrance to Dave and Busters is located in the 3rd floor food court of the Providence Place Mall, which can be reached through an indoor walkway from the second floor of the Omni Providence.

Session Type

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.

Wednesday October 9, 2024 8:00pm - 11:00pm EDT
General

Social

Attendance Type Attend In Person