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Thursday, October 10
 

8:00am EDT

Breakfast
Thursday October 10, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Thursday October 10, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
General
  Break

8:45am EDT

Announcements
Thursday October 10, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT
General
Session Type
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Thursday October 10, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT
General
  Plenary

9:00am EDT

Accelerating Access to OER in Africa: Case Studies of Localization by Youth Service Ambassadors
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H3
Africa has never been more ready for a knowledge revolution. With its burgeoning population growth and vast natural resources, it’s about time for institutions to open access to digital knowledge in low-tech and user-friendly formats. At the start of 2021, 90% of African schools were still closed due to COVID-19 and most families in Africa lacked access to connectivity and critical content in the home. During this time, CDN was invited by partner organizations to liaise closely with African stakeholders in 5 countries to identify opportunities, challenges, and strategies to improve access to OER tools. This session highlights best practices and lessons learned through Open Content for Development (OC4D), an OER library tool launched by the Community Development Network (CDN). Our West African team will share insights from 5 countries since 2020 and will zoom in on lower-literate learners in low-tech areas.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Training/Leadership Development for local knowledge workers (Youth Service Ambassadors, “YSAs”);
  • Digital Content Curation and Localization;
  • Tech Deployment/Maintenance/Troubleshooting from Remote Access Points; and,
  • Feedback Integration via digital dashboard to monitor hardware, software, and learner progress.
Speakers
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JOHNSON GBEDZE

Director of Special Projects, Community Development Network
I am particularly interested in ed-tech solutions to deliver digital content in offline areas. I am focused on OER, hybrid learning, and rapid feedback tools for facilitators to track progress.I’ve considered this because it will serve as an accelerator and incubator to help me... Read More →
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TIFFANY ZENITH IVINS

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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GIFTY ANAB

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
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Marzuq Abubakari

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H3
  Session: Hybrid

9:00am EDT

Co-DREAM OER: Introducing Innovative New OER Resources in Robotics and Modern Manufacturing
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H2
In 2021 CO-DREAM OER, a multi-institutional project received a $2-million grant from the US Department of Education to develop 9 OER textbooks on robotics, mechatronics, and advanced manufacturing, three subjects that are key to the future of research and workforce training in modern industry. The project is now reaching fruition and will release one textbook each semester from fall 2024 to fall 2026. This presentation showcases the innovative textbooks, which help readers understand complex concepts through a mixture of readings, videos, and interactive simulations. It also discusses the project’s approach of improving the textbooks through trial implementations, where faculty are offered stipends to use them in exchange for conducting student surveys and giving feedback on the works. Results of the feedback are used to update the textbooks. The presentation engages its audience to promote the textbooks, which are designed for 2-year associates, 4-year bachelor’s and graduate courses.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the purpose of the project and the important gaps in OER that it seeks to fill with its textbooks.
  • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the textbooks produced by the project, and the types of institutions, courses, and programs they are designed for.
  • Explore the innovative features that the textbooks contain, along with the pedagogical principles they are based on and how these can be used to train the next generation of researchers and workers in the manufacturing industry.
  • Discover the formats that the textbooks are available in (Ex. Online e-modules, PDF and downloadable interactive materials that can to be used offline, print on demand) and where they and other potential users can access the books.
  • Learn the educational research component behind the textbooks, how it seeks to improve the works through trial implementations, and how the audience can take part in prompting and using the textbooks.
Speakers
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Alison Mero

Managing Editor, Clemson University Press
Managing Editor at Clemson University Press; acquiring books in music, literature, and the arts. Musicology PhD. she/her/hers
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Yang Wu

Clemson University
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Yue Wang

Clemson University
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H2
  Session: Hybrid

9:00am EDT

From Closed to Open: Laboring to Revert Rights and Republish Existing Works
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H4
Rights-reversion is a powerful tool for broadening access to books which are still-in-demand but paywalled or out-of-print. Converting these works to Open Educational Resources (OER) broadens their availability and meets reader and instructional needs while utilizing existing workflows used by those who create open textbooks. This presentation describes rights reversion, presents multiple case studies, documents the labor involved in rights-reversion and re-publishing workflows, and provides tips and tools for working with authors and publisher-copyright-holders.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Articulate a summary of what rights reversion is.
  • Describe what makes something an Open Educational Resource (OER)
  • Explain rationale for including rights-reversion-to-OER as part of their publishing program
  • Describe why rights-reversion-to-OER might add value to the communities they serve, and similarities and differences to what they might already do in their community or institution
Speakers
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Anita Walz

Associate Professor, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, University Libraries at Virginia Tech
Anita Walz is Associate Professor and the Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian at the University Libraries at Virginia Tech where she founded and oversees the Open Education Initiative and OER grant program. She holds a masters in Library and... Read More →
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H4
  Session: Hybrid

9:00am EDT

5 Characteristics that Increase Accessibility in Open Education Resource (OER) Design and Delivery
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
IP1
Open Education Resources (OER) play an essential role in the modern education by seeking to provide accessibility to information across primary and post-secondary levels. However, the effectiveness of these resources depends on their design and presentation to the user. This session is for educators and users involved in resource curation and will be applicable to designers who cater to primary and secondary levels. This interactive session aims to equip both resource designers and users with the 5 core characteristics of highly effective Open Education Resources (OER)s in the primary and secondary classroom. These core characteristics include findability, clarity, immediate applicability, accessibility from diverse sources, and simplicity in language. In addition participants will engage in a reflective evaluative process of their own tools, collaborate with peers and gain access to a participant-generated digital toolkit of effective resources across the OER spectrum.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the essential characteristics of effective open resource design.
  • Evaluate existing resources for strengths and weaknesses.
  • Share preferred resources with peers during the session
  • Determine strategies to enhance resources and tools for more effective usability
Speakers
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Lindsay Mitchell

Pinkerton Academy
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
IP1
  Session: In Person

9:00am EDT

Managing AI with an OER Ethos in Online Math Classes
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
IP2
Artificial Intelligence is here! So... how are we supposed to handle it? This session will outline a blend of digital and analog strategies to manage AI use in first-year online and in-person math courses. We'll focus on struggles and successes with crafting assignments with an OER mindset that help to nudge students away from knee-jerk AI use and toward the kind of productive study habits we would all like to see more of in our first-year students. In addition to project work, several different forms of "math journaling" in written and digital formats have been both effective and popular with students.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Mitigate unintended student AI use through assignment design.
  • Engage with sample student "math journaling" work.
  • Participate in conversation exploring and expanding these themes.
Speakers
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George Birthisel

Part-time faculty member, Math, Bridgewater State University
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
IP2
  Session: In Person

9:30am EDT

The Intersection of OER & Community Engagement: Increasing Equity Through the PCC Ready Bag Project
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H4
In the Pacific Northwest, we are faced with a 1 in 3 chance that a large earthquake will hit our community within the next 50 years. At Portland Community College, most of our students are not prepared for a disaster of this magnitude. The PCC Ready Bag & Community Resilience Project was created in order to increase equity on our campus through education, community building, and free “Ready Bag" starter kits. This project utilized community engagement and OER to create a truly student-centered project where students created openly-licensed materials to share with their community (and beyond). Asking students to become the educators positions them as change makers in their communities. In this session, the OER resources that were created by PCC students will be shared. We will discuss the process, the takeaways, and the lessons learned along the way. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on disaster preparedness resources for their own community.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand how community-based learning can be used to engage students in creating culturally relevant OER content
  • Identify ways that student-created OER content can be adapted to be used in your local communities to increase preparedness and community building
Speakers
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Taryn Oakley

Environmental Studies & Resources Faculty, Portland Community College
I teach environmental science and I help to coordinate the Community-Based Learning program at Portland Community College. I love all things nature and I am interested in teaching about the environmental through a justice lens.
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H4
  Session: Hybrid

9:30am EDT

The Switch: The Story of Librarians Becoming Open Leaders
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H3
This is the story of how Excelsior University’s academic library transformed from a closed silo utilizing contracted librarians to one where internal librarians now cultivate open practices within our institution. With many barriers to an institutional open mindset, we embarked on a needs analysis, which identified opportunities for change. The work began with researching and identifying librarian roles, developing job descriptions and a hiring process. The story now continues with redesigning the library’s relationship with course development, the bookstore, and faculty development, and the development of open resources, practices and services. Attendees will leave inspired with ideas for their own transformational open initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Discuss a process for creating transformational change.
  • Visualize new library roles.
  • Identify people and organizations with whom to collaborate.
  • Develop strategies for cultivating partnerships with the bookstore.
Speakers
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Cathy Germano

Senior Director, Library and Learning Services, Excelsior University
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Brent Swearingen

Excelsior University
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Melissa Chim

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Excelsior University
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Regina Seguin

Excelsior University
MC

Maribel Castro

Excelsior University
TD

Tiffany Davis

Excelsior University
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H3
  Session: Hybrid

9:30am EDT

Interactive Writing Practice: Using H5P in our First-Year Writing OER Textbook
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP2
In 2018, we transitioned our First-Year Writing (FYW) classrooms to OER-only materials to support all students and replace traditional textbooks. Our OER, A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing, was collaboratively developed by full-and part-time faculty at our urban university with the guidance of librarians and instructional content designers. In 2023, we received university support to create interactive ancillary materials using Pressbooks and H5P. These include quizzes, editing exercises, skill reviews, and case studies, offering students practice without grading pressure. Our presentation will detail the creation process (including challenges and constraints), offer examples of curriculum integration, share student survey responses, and invite audience discussion and feedback.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Explore existing H5P repositories and OERs
  • Create an interactive activity using H5P in Pressbooks
  • Develop Creative Commons licenses for remixed H5P interactive content
  • Integrate the interactive H5P activity into a lesson
  • Discuss the benefits and challenges of creating interactive materials using H5P
Speakers
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Melanie Gagich

Cleveland State University
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Emilie Zickel

Cleveland State University
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP2
  Session: In Person

9:30am EDT

Moving from Disposable to Renewable Assignments in Teacher Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP1
This session will describe renewable assignments and evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing renewable assignments in teacher education by sharing my lived experiences and insights. I will show some examples of renewable assignments done in my class. Renewable assignments can be adapted, remixed, or revised to create dynamic, current content that evolves based on current student needs and contexts. Renewable assignments as open education practice may be appealing to innovative educators. However, hesitation and resistance exists among students. The question arises how can we have students; overcome this resistance to open sharing to cultivate disposition to contribute toward collective knowledge that is dynamic and ever changing due to sociopolitical, cultural, and technological changes? This presentation shares lessons learned from implementing renewable assignments in a teacher education course and the implications it has on cultivating open education practices.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe renewable assignments.
  • Evaluate the benefits and challenges of implementing renewable assignments.
  • Discuss diverse lived experiences and insights related to renewable assignments.
Speakers
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Nandita Gurjar

Rhode Island College
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP1
  Session: In Person

9:30am EDT

Campus Reads: Harnessing Open Access Resources in a Digital Book Club Setting
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V1
Based off viral internet book clubs like Dracula Daily and Letters from Watson, ECU’s Joyner library recently started our own digital book club. Using public domain literature and open access photos we divided each story into bit-sized sections and emailed them out to students, faculty, and staff on campus who signed up for the newsletter. Our program hoped to not only promote access to knowledge but also encourage active participation and dialogue. Each semester we tried a different technique to incorporate more campus voices including partnering with the Gender Studies Program for one semester and using a magnet wall to allow students to vote on short stories. This session will share successes and failures from our first year running this program as well as detail how we navigated logistics, marketed the program, and continue to work to ensure diverse and inclusive voices while using 100+ year old texts.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Plan a virtual book club at their own institution
  • Reflect on successes and failures from our first year of this program and hopefully anticipate how similar issues might arise in their virtual book clubs
  • Understand how we prioritized diversity and inclusion when primarily using 100+ year old texts and images
Speakers
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Allison Kaefring

Open Access Publishing Support Librarian, ECU- Joyner
Hello, I am the open access librarian for East Carolina University. We have been hosting a few journals for several years and are at the begining stages of creating a publishing ecosystem for open access monographs or textbooks in our library
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V1
  Session: Virtual

9:30am EDT

Development of a Low-Cost, Interactive Histology Atlas for Anatomy and Physiology
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V2
As faculty, we consistently look for student-centered resources that allow students to excel without incurring a high financial cost. Lab manuals available from current publishers are typically not cost-effective and contain content unrelated to commonly adopted learning objectives (HAPS). One area of current lab manuals that consistently results in poor student success is related to histology. We hypothesized that this is due, in part, to misalignment of the high-resolution images in the publisher’s lab manuals with the appearance of student tissue slides using light microscopy. For this reason, we used Pressbooks to create the online open-access Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas. The atlas, which currently has over 9000 views, includes hand-sketch illustrations and provides highly engaging interactive materials. Early data suggests that student exam performance using the interactive histology atlas is comparable with performance using publisher resources.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Attendees will be introduced to the use of Pressbooks to create open-access online resources.
  • Attendees will learn how to leverage interactive media elements (H5P) to maximize student success including overlayed illustrations and histological images.
  • Attendees will be introduced to best practices on how to utilize Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas for their own student engagement and success.
  • Attendees will participate in the discussion of the merits of open access materials in comparison with high-cost publisher resources in supporting student success.
Speakers
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Soma Mukhopadhyay

Augusta University
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Christina Wilson

Assistant Professor, Augusta University
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Karen Wiles

Augusta University
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Juan Ramiro Diaz

Augusta University
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Georgios Kallifatidis

Augusta University
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
V2
  Session: Virtual

9:30am EDT

Opening Doors with OER for College English Learners
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 10:10am EDT
H2
English Learners (ELs) make up a growing share of U.S. college students, but rates of EL degree completion still lag. ELs face not only language barriers, but also structural barriers. Programs were long based on a false premise that learning English, unlike other foreign languages, was a remedial chore, siloed away from “real” academia. In recent years, sweeping equity reforms have dramatically improved placement, course sequences, and pedagogy. Learning English is now more rightly treated as an academic skill students acquire as they tackle multidisciplinary content, while students’ identities and prior knowledge are more rightly valued as essential assets. In this new framework, traditional ESL textbooks are increasingly inappropriate for the tasks required. OER has the potential to bridge that materials gap. This session uses two examples of OER ESL texts, written collaboratively by community college faculty, to highlight OER’s promise for the future of college English learning.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • contrast principles of effective vs. ineffective language learning materials.
  • describe the features of OER that surpass traditional textbooks in meeting student needs.
  • explain to colleagues and supervisors why moving to OER is worth the effort for student equity.
  • access example OER ESL texts and freely adapt them for immediate use or sharing.
Speakers
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Gabriel Winer

faculty, Berkeley City College
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 10:10am EDT
H2
  Session: In Person

9:45am EDT

Is “Opt-In” the Future of Inclusive Access?
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H1
"Inclusive Access" is a model that has been adopted by many institutions to provide students with course materials. Recent developments at the federal level have raised questions about the transparency and equity of these programs, along with the negative impact it can have on open education initiatives. This presentation will discuss the current state of Inclusive Access, including how regulatory changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Education may change the default model from "opt-out" to "opt-in." It will also discuss advocacy strategies to address the negative impact "Inclusive Access" can have for students. 

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe the features of "Inclusive Access" automatic textbook billing programs
  • Explain the state of U.S. federal regulatory changes with respect to automatic textbook billing
  • Identify key benefits of an "opt-in" model for textbook billing
  • Address misleading arguments made by publisher and bookstore vendors 
Speakers
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Nicole Allen

Director of Open Education, SPARC
Nicole Allen is the Director of Open Education for SPARC. In this role, she leads SPARC’s work to advance openness and equity in education, which includes a robust state and federal policy program, a broad librarian community of practice, and a leadership program for open education professionals... Read More →
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 9:45am - 10:25am EDT
H1
  Session: Hybrid

10:00am EDT

Students' Perceptions of a Course Syllabus Designed to Foreground Open Educational Practices
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H4
The current study utilized Lambert's 3R framework of social justice (redistributive, recognitive, and representational) to investigate the impact of justice frames and open educational practices in syllabus design on undergraduate students' perceptions. Participants (N=207) viewed several versions of a hypothetical syllabus, with each version increasing in social justice focus. Participants then answered questionnaires on their intent to take the course, student sense of belonging, and instructor evaluation. We hypothesized that increased social justice focus in syllabi would enhance student belonging, improve evaluations, and boost course registration intent, especially for those with more marginalized identities. This study underscores the importance of incorporating social justice frameworks into syllabus design to enhance student engagement and perceptions of inclusivity.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the principles of Lambert's 3R framework of social justice (redistributive, recognitive, and representational) and its application in syllabus design.
  • Identify the effects of justice frames and open educational practices on undergraduate students' sense of belonging, motivation to learn, and instructor evaluations.
  • Apply knowledge of how different justice frames in syllabus design can influence student outcomes, including intent to register for courses.
  • Evaluate the role of educators in promoting social justice and inclusivity through syllabus design, informed by empirical evidence from the study.
Speakers
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Rajiv Jhangiani

Vice-Provost, Teaching & Learning, Brock University
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Lindsey Gwozdz

Assistant Dean of Library, Community College of Rhode Island
Lindsey Gwozdz joined CCRI in 2024 as the Assistant Dean of the Library, having spent 11 years prior as an Associate Professor and the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Roger Williams University. She also serves as the Fellow for Open Education at the New England Board of H... Read More →
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Oya Pakkal

Brock University
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Anita Twele

Brock University
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H4
  Session: Hybrid

10:00am EDT

“There was one and now there’s more!” : Hiring additional personnel to help with Open Ed Work
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H3
Many academic libraries have a librarian whose responsibilities include open education. This position may look different depending on the needs of each institution but in many cases, this librarian begins providing these services in a solo capacity. As the open education programs at institutions evolve, the workload expectations for these solo librarians should also grow in order to support sustainability. Sometimes, this growth means hiring additional personnel. While it is exciting to have more help, it can also lead to a number of questions. How can I adjust workflows to include this employee? How can I determine what is “librarian level” vs “non-librarian level” work within open education? How can I ensure that processes make sense to someone else? During this presentation, the presenters will share their stories and discuss how their open education departments have grown from one librarian to additional personnel, and how they have begun to tackle the above questions.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand how the presenters advocated for additional help at their institutions.
  • Think about how they can better prepare documentation for workflows and procedures that will be useful in future training or succession planning.
  • Formulate questions to think about if they are hoping to train someone to help with open education work in the future.
Speakers
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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 →
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Sabrina Davis

Open Educational Resources Librarian, Texas Tech University
Sabrina Davis is the Open Educational Resources (OER) Librarian and holds the Assistant Librarian rank in Texas Tech University Libraries. In her role as OER Librarian, Sabrina works with various campus stakeholders to expand the use of open educational resources and educates both... Read More →
Session Type
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Hybrid (25 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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H3
  Session: Hybrid

10:00am EDT

Centering Community College Faculty Perspectives: Pros and Cons of MIT OpenCourseWare
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP1
Teaching at open access institutions, and meeting the needs of diverse students, community college faculty are at the forefront of promoting equity for learners in higher ed. While the launch of MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) in 2001 brought widespread attention to OER, today one of the greatest uses of OER in the US is by community colleges. What are the possibilities and limitations of OER from OCW for adoption and adaptation within community college settings? Drawing from interviews with community college faculty, hear how OCW creates pathways to find MIT teaching materials and insights into instructional practices at MIT. Also explore the critical questions about leveling MIT materials, content discovery, and OER currency. We discuss how OCW can improve the user experience for this essential group of equity advocates, and invite session participants to reflect on how the perspectives of the featured community college faculty relate to their own work with open education initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify why centering the perspectives of community college faculty is critical for social justice conversations within the open education ecosystem.
  • Summarize the pros and cons of OER from MIT OpenCourseWare in open access institutions.
  • Understand what MIT OpenCourseWare is learning from community college faculty about how to improve the user experience, especially surrounding issues of diversity and inclusivity in education.
  • Reflect on how the perspectives of community college faculty relating to OER on MIT OpenCourseWare connect to their own work with faculty involved in open education initiatives.
  • Identify benefits of Open Education projects across sectors of higher education.
Speakers
avatar for James Glapa-Grossklag

James Glapa-Grossklag

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

Collaborations and Engagement Manager, MIT OpenCourseWare
Shira Segal is the Collaborations and Engagement Manager at MIT OpenCourseWare. In this position, she cultivates and facilitates relationships with members of the open education ecosystem by leveraging resources from MIT OpenCourseWare to enhance teaching and learning. Her previous... Read More →
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Lisa Young

Maricopa Community College District
SH

Sara Hansen

MIT OpenCourseWare
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP1
  Session: In Person

10:00am EDT

OER and Spanish as a Heritage Language Education: Embracing Linguistic Diversity?
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP2
Over the past decade, there has been a notable surge in Open Education Resources (OER) for the instruction of Spanish as a Heritage Language (Duran & Meiners 2019; Vaño García 2023). These resources aim to align with core objectives within the field (Beaudrie & Vergara Wilson 2022) while enhancing accessibility to relevant content for Hispanic learners from diverse backgrounds. Despite the proliferation of such resources, current research lacks an in-depth examination of OER, particularly in their treatment of linguistic diversity. This qualitative study seeks to fill this gap by presenting an analytical framework to assess ten OER for SHL instruction; the study seeks to explain how these OER depict, exemplify, and validate Spanish language variation, focusing on the integration of Spanish varieties, their perspectives on language contact phenomena, and the extent to which they foster critical language awareness through content, language samples, and activities.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Become familiar with current OER dedicated to teaching and learning Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL)
  • Understand how OER integrate current frameworks in Heritage Language Education
  • Understand how OER in SHL deal with topics of linguistic diversity, language contact, and critical language awareness, all components of main goals in Heritage Language Education.
Speakers
FB

Flavia Belpoliti

Texas A&M Commerce
Session Type
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In Person (25 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP2
  Session: In Person

10:00am EDT

Literature in Context: A Student-Centered OER at the Intersection of Digital Humanities
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V2
This session introduces an NEH-funded project, Literature in Context: An Open Anthology of Literature in English 1400-1925. Available through any web browser or mobile device, LiC offers teachers free, reliable, citable (and even printable!) digital texts for classroom use, potentially replacing many British or American literature print anthologies. Unlike many print-based OERs, LiC also makes use of the interactive affordances of a digital platform: searchability, images, multimedia, collaborative annotation, dynamic mapping, social networking, and multiple reading options. We'll work with session attendees to create custom anthologies developed from database resources and demonstrate how and why we work with students as visible collaborators on a project that's at once an OER and a large-scale digital humanities project. By editing texts for inclusion in an infinitely-expandable resource, student collaborators learn how this work intersects with the construction of knowledge as a practice.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the significant issues with OERs in humanities fields, particularly those that retain the legacy of their origins in print
  • Identify the affordances of born-digital resources
  • Understand central aspects of the fraught relationship between OER and DH
  • Begin to collaborate with students on the build-out of Literature in Context
  • Create personalized, theme-driven digital anthologies from Literature in Context for use in the teaching of British and American literature
Speakers
JO

John O'Brien

The University of Virginia
CR

Christine Ruotolo

The University of Virginia
SD
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Tonya Howe

Instructional Designer & Technologist, George Mason University
Tonya is a longtime university teacher-turned-instructional-technologist with a master’s in Data Analytics and Visualization from Maryland Institute, College of Art, and a doctorate in Literature from the University of Michigan. Currently, she is working with colleagues on a f... Read More →
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V2
  Session: Virtual

10:00am EDT

Sharing Experiences from an Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowship
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V1
Are you an instructional designer, librarian or faculty partner looking to move open pedagogy forward in your community? This panel presentation is meant to share the experiences, design process, and reflections of the facilitators and faculty participants from James Madison University (Virginia, USA) after concluding a multi-semester Faculty Fellowship focused on Open Pedagogy and Social Justice. Faculty participants teach in a range of disciplines and levels from large undergraduate courses to small doctoral cohorts. During the session, Fellowship facilitators will share context on the fellowship and an openly-licensed Pressbook with information about the design model for the program. Fellowship participants will then showcase their projects and reflect on their experiences in the Fellowship and with implementing open pedagogy into their courses, including observations of student experiences.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the context and community needs specific to this Fellowship
  • Explore the logistics, design choices, and materials, including the applications, MOUs, funding model, and participant materials.
  • Engage with faculty panelists as they share their experiences, projects, and insights from participating in the Fellowship
Speakers
avatar for Elaine Kaye

Elaine Kaye

Instructional Designer, James Madison University
avatar for Nicole Wilson

Nicole Wilson

Instructional Designer, James Madison University
LC

Liz Chenevey

James Madison University
BL

Brian Leventhal

James Madison University
CM

Cara Meixner

James Madison University
KM

Kristen McCleary

James Madison University
CR

Christine Robinson

James Madison University
PS

Pam Sullivan

James Madison University
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
V1
  Session: Virtual

10:30am EDT

Break (30 min)
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
General
Session Type
B
Thursday October 10, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
General
  Break

11:00am EDT

How to Become a Student Whisperer: A Student-Centered Design Thinking Approach to OER Development
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
V2
In the context of course enhancement for hybrid and flexible learning at a university in Namibia, the need was identified to enhance courses to be student-responsive open educational resources. To address this problem, a student-centered design thinking approach was undertaken with a specific focus on gamification, microlearning, cooperative learning and psychological safety. This paper involves qualitative action research of a process in which course enhancements were done drawing on selected theoretical principles and the expertise of the participating lecturing staff. The paper provides an overview of selected educational affordances utilized within an under-resourced environment, and on the deep reflections undertaken in order to focus upon empathizing with and prioritizing students’ needs in the context of cognitive neuroscience. Finally, the paper concludes with recommendations in terms of collaboration, content, communication, critical thinking, and creative innovation.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Be sensitized to the challenges of implementing open education in areas of poverty where internet data access cannot be guaranteed and is costly for students.
  • Reflect deeply on how one can best enable open education in such a context.
  • Understand the various educational affordances within a framework that incorporates gamification, microlearning, cooperative learning and the need to enable psychological safety.
  • Consider research findings in social cognitive neuroscience and the implications these have in how best to structure online distance education to best cater for our social brains.
Speakers
avatar for Kathryn Kure

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 →
JB

Jacqueline Bock

Namibia University of Science and Technology
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Jako Olivier

Adviser: Higher Education, Commonwealth of Learning
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:25am EDT
V2
  Session: Virtual

11:00am EDT

Standards and Scale: Creating and Promoting Adoption-Ready Nursing OER
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H3
The Open Educational Resources Nursing Essentials Project (ONE), a partnership of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and OpenStax, was created to help address a crisis-level workforce shortage in Nursing. Through this project, the THECB and OpenStax developed high quality, standards-aligned, accessible educational offerings. But to impact the workforce as designated by the program, large-scale adoption and usage are the ultimate goals. This panel will feature team leads, authors, and adopters to discuss the end-to-end approaches and practices to achieve the program outcomes. We will describe the needs analysis, user engagement, learning design, and review processes that drove the project. Authors will reflect on interpreting and applying feedback. And a recent adopter, who was not involved with the project development, will reflect on the evaluation, adoption, and integration process.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the key people (e.g., authors, adopters) involved in the OER development and adoption process and ways to engage with these different individuals.
  • Develop needs analysis and related market research instruments to inform OER creation.
  • Gather, interpret, and apply reviewer feedback throughout the OER development process.
  • Address adoption criteria through products and product descriptions.
  • Incorporate OER creation and adoption best practices into their own OER development and promotion endeavors.
Speakers
AP

Anthony Palmiotto

Director of Products, OpenStax
CG

Carrie Gits

Director, Digital Learning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
LJ

Lindsay Josephs

Demand Generation Specialist, Rice University/OpenStax
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H3
  Session: Hybrid

11:00am EDT

Student Advocacy: Fighting Against Automatic Textbook Billing
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H4
The growing adoption of automatic textbook billing programs, often labeled as “Inclusive” or “Equitable” Access, poses a significant threat to textbook affordability and student autonomy. In response, a dedicated committee of students has collaborated with student governments across the U.S. and Canada to craft a unified student statement addressing these concerns. This statement critically examines the pitfalls of such programs and offers actionable recommendations for institutional adoption. In this session, the student committee members will illuminate their process, providing insights into student perspectives on this pressing issue. Attendees will gain valuable strategies to safeguard their institutions and advocate for student interests against the presence of these programs. They will also share how to effectively collaborate with the students on your campus and ensure their needs are being centered.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the main ways students are negatively impacted by automatic textbook billing
  • Learn about the student recommendations when it comes to these programs
  • Learn how to engage and work with students on this issue
Speakers
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Aishah Abdullah

Open Education Coordinator, SPARC
EB

Elizabeth Braatz

Portland State Univeristy
PA

Pedro Almeida

University of Alberta
KW

Katie Wagman

Michelson 20MM Foundation
GH

Graceanne Hoback

Florida State University
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H4
  Session: Hybrid

11:00am EDT

Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H2
This session will address the question: How can we include OER work into the standards of tenure, promotion, and reappointment? Building off the OER Contributions Matrix created 2021, Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS) recently published a volume of case studies, Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process. This session will include authors of the various case studies detailing their personal experiences in utilizing their work in open education to gain tenure, promotion, or reappointment, their lessons learned, and their advice for others in the field.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify what types of contributions might apply to the three categories of tenure, promotion, and reappointment (teaching, research, and service).
  • Discuss what strategies that have been successfully utilized to get open education work recognized for tenure, promotion, and/or reappointment.
  • Discuss the barriers to recognition of open education work in tenure, promotion, and reappointment.
  • Network with colleagues in the field who have successfully utilized these strategies and overcome barriers.
Speakers
AM

Andrew McKinney

Open Education Coordinator, City University of New York
CF

Craig Finlay

OER Librarian, Criss Library, University of Nebraska Omaha
EC

Elaine Correa

Professor and Chair, Special Assistant to the Provost, California State University, Bakersfield
EC

Emily Carlisle-Johnson

Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University
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Annika Many

President & CEO, EDU-PM, LLC
Chief Strategist & Program Executive with 20 years’ experience in Higher Education, K-12, and P-20 Systems. Experienced in organizational leadership, program management, and consulting. Highly collaborative and skilled in ensuring the successful execution of mission-critical work... Read More →
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H2
  Session: Hybrid

11:00am EDT

You Gotta Organize to Maximize: Emergent Strategy and Future Plans at DOERS
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP2
Organizations often start as a group of folks with a great idea getting together, and Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS) Collaborative was one of these organizations. After a couple of years, the members knew that it was about time for this organization to grow and mature! Join a panel of the 2024 DOERS Steering Committee as they share stories from a growing organization: collaboratively building a set of bylaws, incorporating theories of emergence and equity into strategic planning sessions, reassessing the entire identity of a workgroup, balancing an on-the-ground mission with a birds’-eye-view audience, and what DOERS will do next!

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Incorporate new ideas into their strategic planning processes
  • Demystify and distribute the process of creating guidelines and bylaws
  • Understand how open education organizations can grow and mature
Speakers
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Leslie Reynolds

Senior Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder
avatar for Amanda Coolidge

Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus
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Jeff Gallant

Program Director, GALILEO/Affordable Learning Georgia
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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.
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Brad Griffith

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

Liliana Diaz

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP2
  Session: In Person

11:00am EDT

ZTC in the California Community Colleges: California’s Big Bet on ZTC Pathways
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP1
In 2021 California made the largest public investment in history in OER and Zero Textbook Cost degrees with a $115M grant program. Beginning in 2022, all California Community Colleges received funds to develop and implement ZTC pathways. As of 2024, colleges are developing hundreds of ZTC pathways to transform the student experience in the country’s largest system of higher education. In this session, hear from two leaders who are coordinating and supporting colleges in this historic work. What supports are provided to colleges? How do 100+ colleges prevent duplication of effort? How are DEI and open pedagogy woven into support for colleges? We will also consider how California got here, what it will mean when all colleges offer ZTC pathways, and how the ZTC movement in California can positively impact other states.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe the origins of ZTC pathways in California.
  • Explain how collaboration and coordination among the state’s colleges maximize the state’s investment in ZTC.
  • Summarize supports that are available to colleges to develop ZTC pathways.
  • Describe how DEI and Open Pedagogy are woven into ZTC pathways.
  • Assess possible futures of ZTC programs.
Speakers
avatar for James Glapa-Grossklag

James Glapa-Grossklag

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

Michelle Pilati

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP1
  Session: In Person

11:00am EDT

Open Education and Open Pedagogy: Measuring impacts of Course Based Undergraduate Research (CURES)
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H1
Measuring impacts both of faculty and students involved in Course Based Undergraduate Research (CUREs) is important to being culturally responsive in communicating the value added of programs. Ensuring that CURE materials are both open sourced and inclusive of students, by infusing open pedagogies increases the broader impacts of these research projects. In this interactive session attendees will engage with real world examples from three currently funded National Science Foundation CUREs projects at the community college, four-year institution, and from a national research center. Ways to design and assess the value and impacts of open-sourced and open pedagogy CURE curriculums will be discussed. Participants will engage with strategies for considering the design and assessment of their own curriculum and leave with resources to enhance the assessment and design of their own programs.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • To identify the value of Course Based Undergraduate Research (CUREs) as examples of open pedagogical course materials.
  • To examine real-world examples of three CURE programs and articulate the similarities and differences between them and their applications and approach to OER and Open Pedagogies and the evaluation elements.
  • To engage in the draft development (program mapping) of their own assessment design for a current or future OER/Open Pedagogy project.
Speakers
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Dr. Sondra LoRe

Director & Evaluation/Education Consultant, STEM Program Evaluation, Assessment, & Research (SPEAR)
Session Type
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Virtual (40 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H1
  Session: Virtual

11:00am EDT

Open Pedagogy in Action: Students' Perspectives on Authoring a Textbook on Language Learning
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
View Anytime
This session is pre-recorded and will not be held live. The pre-recorded video will be available for logged-in attendees to view at any time during the conference.

This presentation showcases an Open Pedagogy project in which students wrote an open-source textbook from start to finish. Five diverse University of Oregon undergraduate students and one graduate student project manager created ten multimedia, interactive textbook chapters for LING 144, Learning How to Learn Languages. This text focuses on the theory, research, and strategies for learning languages, including heritage languages and indigenous languages in danger of disappearing. Team members collaborated weekly for six months, dividing up work on writing, illustration, case studies, and multimedia elements. This book will become the main text for LING 144 (serving 200 students per year) and will be a living document that future students can annotate and update for course credit. In the presentation, team members will tell the story of their process, highlighting the purpose and content of the project and its Pressbooks platform.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the successes and challenges of an example of a student-created Open Pedagogy project.
  • Identify the timeline and resources necessary for a project of this scope.
  • Identify the roles and processes of a student team.
  • Appreciate the benefits to students of leadership and agency in Open Pedagogy.
  • Appreciate the benefits to faculty in facilitating student-led work.
  • Appreciate the value of contributing to open educational resources.
Speakers
FA

Faith Adler

University of Oregon
LF

Logan Fisher

University of Oregon
BH

Bibi Halima

University of Oregon
CK

Cameron Keaton

University of Oregon
AO

Addy Orsi

University of Oregon
AP

Abhay Pawar

University of Oregon
KY

Keli Yerian

University of Oregon
Session Type
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Virtual (40 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
View Anytime
  Session: Virtual

11:00am EDT

Open Education at a Crossroads
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
V1
This session is designed to identify an agenda for action and research for the open education community which, we argue, is at a crossroads – building on a critical conversation begun at OER24 in March: “The future isn’t what it used to be: open education at a crossroads” (Cronin & Czerniewicz, 2024). The purpose of the session is to enable globally diverse conversations about the future of open education. In the context of the current global polycrisis, it is clear that the assumptions and foundations of open education are under threat. This moment –a crossroads– requires all parts of the open education movement to work together. In alliance with those who believe that open education is central to fighting for human rights, democracy, justice and sustainability, we (i) propose a framework of ideas for moving closer to realising those ideas, a “manifesto for open education for good”, and (ii) facilitate groupwork so that participants can collaborate to identify specific next steps.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Recognise at least some of the ways that wider global crises emerge within, impact on, and intersect with open education.
  • Articulate the five tenets of the Manifesto for Open Education for Good.
  • Take first steps in developing an agenda to take forward after the session, to work towards creating better open education and social futures.
Speakers
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Catherine Cronin

Independent open scholar, self-employed
LC

Laura Czerniewicz

University of Cape Town
Session Type
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Virtual (55 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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am EDT
V1
  Session: Virtual

11:30am EDT

Exploring the Transformative Potential of Tabletop Roleplaying Games in Higher Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
V2
This presentation explores the transformative potential of Tabletop Roleplaying Games (TTRPGs), particularly Dungeons & Dragons, in higher education. Tabletop roleplaying games offer a widely accessible and open tool for education due to a large number of free resources readily available to interested consumers. From TTRPGs' inception in 1974 to their current surge in popularity, we examine their practical applications in a collegiate setting. Drawing on personal experiences, we connect TTRPGs to advising and coaching efforts, culminating in a theoretical framework for creating and implementing TTRPG game sessions with specific outcomes. Attendees will gain insights into how educational roleplaying games contribute to student development. The presentation offers practical tools for programmatic design.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Develop a deep understanding of educational roleplay games as a tool for student development.
  • Understand a theoretical framework for developing one-time educational roleplaying experiences that target specific identifiable development outcomes.
  • Use coaching skills to enhance student learning outcomes through educational role-playing.
  • Articulate how inclusive and diverse viewpoints can be lifted through educational roleplay games.
  • Explore open-access software available to engage in tabletop roleplay games.
Speakers
avatar for Anthony Kurza

Anthony Kurza

College Life Coach | Adjunct Professor, Florida State University
CN

Corbin Nall

Florida State University
RT

Rolando Torres

Florida State University
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:30am - 11:55am EDT
V2
  Session: Virtual

11:45am EDT

Exploring Pedagogical Strategies: Interacting with AI in Case Studies-Based OER Classes
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:10pm EDT
H1
This presentation delves into pedagogical methodologies for integrating AI within case studies-based courses relying exclusively on OER. Focusing on student interaction with AI prompts, the session showcases strategies for fostering critical thinking and analytical skills. This model requires students to write and engage with AI prompts, they identify logical gaps and enhance AI responses. Emphasizing quality response development, students are challenged to delve deeply into AI interactions, honing their ability to articulate complex concepts and refine logical reasoning. The presentation underscores the significance of scaffolding student learning through structured AI interactions, promoting active engagement and higher-order thinking skills. Participants will gain insights into effective pedagogical approaches for leveraging AI in OER-based classrooms, empowering students to navigate and critically evaluate AI-generated content.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Participants will gain an understanding of pedagogical methodologies for integrating AI technology into case studies-based courses relying exclusively on OER.
  • Attendees will learn effective strategies for fostering critical thinking and analytical skills in students through structured interaction with AI prompts, enabling them to identify logical gaps and enhance AI-generated responses.
  • Participants will acquire practical techniques for scaffolding student learning and promoting active engagement with AI interactions, thereby empowering students to articulate complex concepts, refine logical reasoning, and critically evaluate AI-generated content within OER-based classrooms.
Speakers
CS

Chelsea Slack

Assistant Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Southeastern Louisiana University
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:10pm EDT
H1
  Session: Virtual

11:45am EDT

Copyright is Dead; Long Live Copyright
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H3
For nearly 500 years, copyright has been a primary mechanism on which our systems of authorship and sharing operate; a must-have for creators to benefit from their hard work. But if we evaluate that claim, the picture is murkier. Has copyright spurred creativity? Or has it commodified a societal good? Has it helped the best works rise to the surface? Or caused us to value all the wrong things? And with all the speculation about how AI is going to “kill copyright” (or vice versa), it seems like we’re on track for a crisis in how we incentivize and reward creativity. If that's the case, the open community is better positioned than most: we already employ a host of different methods to incentivize creation that aren’t necessarily reliant on copyright. This panel will discuss the nuances of intellectual property, capitalism, creativity, and change management. How do we get from where we are to where we want to be? What are we doing now that helps - or hinders - our journey there?

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Attendees will gain an understanding of the history of copyright and the intersection with capitalism and colonialism
  • Attendees will learn about the variety of ways societies have encouraged creativity and authorship beyond intellectual property rights
  • Participants will explore the ways in which open education is already leveraging alternatives to copyright-based incentive structures
  • Participants will discuss the ways in which open licensing may or may not reinforce copyright
  • Participants will discuss the ways in which copyright’s rules, incentives, and boundaries do or do not serve the many purposes of authorship
Speakers
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Meredith Jacob

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

Chief of Staff, ISKME
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Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H3
  Session: Hybrid

11:45am EDT

Making a Case for the ROI of Recognition, Care, and Compensation
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H2
How do we ensure those doing the hard work of OER are compensated, resourced, and acknowledged for their achievements? Luckily, the ROI of these forms of worker care in OER are evident and measurable. This session will integrate the successes and lessons learned from years of program implementation across two state university systems with developing actionable takeaways tailored for your OER context. Objectives include: * Recognition: Apply the evolution of system awards programs to your own practices * Compensation: Discover how student cost savings can make temporary library or instructional design positions permanent * Care: Find labor efficiencies through cross-institutional human resource sharing such as the Oklahoma-wide OER Office Hours pilot Hear from students with textbook co-creation experience as we consider the ‘return’ of student success, connecting students to decision making, and increasing students’ contribution to OER with care, compensation, and recognition.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Apply the evolution and growth of system awards programs to your own recognition practices
  • Consider the power and possibility of state-level recognition such as the Colorado Governor’s Z-degree Award
  • Discover how student cost savings can make a temporary library or instructional design position permanent
  • Build efficiencies in labor and capacity through cross-institutional resource sharing
Speakers
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Jaimie Henthorn

Director, Academic Innovation Programs, University of Colorado System
Jaimie provides leadership and support for innovative and future-thinking academic initiatives and emerging tools such as adaptive learning platforms, competency-based credentialing including badging, artificial intelligence, and augmented/virtual reality. She also sustains and further... Read More →
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Brad Griffith

Associate Vice Chancellor of Innovation, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
I work with public colleges and universities in Oklahoma and we have built an initiative called UpskillOK which now features over 350 micro-credentials offered by 25 of our institutions, including 120+ industry partnerships. I'm an open book and will happily share what works, what... Read More →
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H2
  Session: Hybrid

11:45am EDT

Promising Practices for Course Marking at Independent Institutions
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H4
Course marking provides students with the agency to make informed decisions at the time of registration based on their financial situations and helps to amplify redistributive justice, making sure all students have the required materials they need to meaningfully engage in their courses. Our presentation will share how the New England Board of Higher Education developed a regional, multi-institutional community of practice to not only help guide the implementation of course marking efforts for these colleges and universities but to also build sustainable networks of peers in the independent sector. We’ve gathered lessons learned and proud moments from each of our participating institutions to share with attendees “promising practices” (because what’s best for one is not always for others). Our presentation will conclude with newly gathered data about student behavior and course marking as well as a downloadable, openly-licensed course marking campaign-in-a-box so that attendees can get started right away!

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Illustrate the value of a cross-functional team as well as a cross-institutional community of practice when considering course marking
  • Identify potential challenges and promising practices
  • Identify how course marking may impact student registration behavior
  • Access real-time resources to start or improve upon their own initiatives
Speakers
avatar for Virginia Clinton-Lisell

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 →
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Lindsey Gwozdz

Assistant Dean of Library, Community College of Rhode Island
Lindsey Gwozdz joined CCRI in 2024 as the Assistant Dean of the Library, having spent 11 years prior as an Associate Professor and the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Roger Williams University. She also serves as the Fellow for Open Education at the New England Board of H... Read More →
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Laura Robert-Rivera

Senior Project Manager, New England Board of Higher Education
Laura Robert-Rivera is the Senior Project Manager of Policy and Research at the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE), leading efforts to expand NEBHE's Open Education initiative and support the broader community. With over five years of experience in nonprofits, foundations... Read More →
Session Type
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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 →
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H4
  Session: Hybrid

11:45am EDT

Leading with Purpose: Cultivating Self-Awareness and Values-Driven Leadership in Open Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
IP2
Open Education leaders often adopt Servant Leadership, prioritizing serving others. Despite its fulfillment, this commitment can be draining. Leaders may neglect self-care. To empower current and future leaders, cultivating self-awareness is crucial. This involves understanding personal values and leadership identity. Participants will engage in exercises exploring values, vocational aspirations, and strategies for maintaining well-being while supporting others. The session will address financial sustainability and supporting team members in resource-constrained environments. Above all, it will guide leaders to align their practices with their values, fostering ethical leadership in open education.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Participants will assess and articulate their leadership values in open education through reflective exercises and group discussions, gaining clarity on how these values shape their leadership style and decision-making processes.
  • Participants will acquire practical strategies for maintaining personal well-being and supporting their team members and organizations. Techniques for managing emotional labor, avoiding burnout, and fostering resilience will be explored, particularly in challenging or low-resourced environments.
  • Participants will develop insights into leading authentically and aligning with their values. They will learn to integrate personal values into decision-making, communication, and team management. Through interactive activities and case studies, they will enhance their understanding of providing effective and ethically grounded leadership in service to others and the organization.
Speakers
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Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
IP2
  Session: In Person

11:45am EDT

OER as Transformation Tool: How Colorado’s OER community creates change beyond textbooks
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
IP1
OER is used to transform the affordability of education, but OER can also be used as a tool for cultural change across an institution or state. In Colorado, the open education community has used OER as a tool to advance justice, equity, diversity and inclusion; disciplinary, institutional, and state-level cultural change; and to advocate for student interests. Presenters representing a two-year college, four-year universities, and state government will discuss how their individual institutions and the state OER Council have leveraged OER to cultivate change from implementing state government-level funding for the development of OER to OER being used to lay the groundwork for bringing restorative justice into classrooms. Attendees will learn about various approaches at the macro and micro levels and leave the session inspired to use OER to generate change in their institutional or regional context.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Learn how the Colorado OER Council, state government, and higher education institutions have used OER as a tool for cultural change.
  • Articulate the Colorado OER community’s various strategies using OER in order to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion for students and faculty.
  • Reflect and share how OER can be a tool for change regarding equity in your home state and institution.
Speakers
avatar for Jen Mayer

Jen Mayer

Interim Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Northern Colorado
My library-related interests include: mentoring, library use and student academic success, library services and spaces, and open education.Outside of work, I enjoy going to thrift stores, exploring the outdoors, attending concerts and museums, and working on my yard.
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Teresa Connolly

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Denver
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Chealsye Bowley

Director of Open Education and Learning Innovation, Colorado Department of Higher Education
Got questions about OER in Colorado? Email: OER@dhe.state.co.us
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Nicholas Swails

Dean of Academic Affairs and Online Learning, Colorado Northwestern Community College
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Katie Brown

Colorado State University--Pueblo
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
IP1
  Session: In Person

12:00pm EDT

An Open Pedagogy Toolkit: A Multi-Institutional Collaboration Centered on Care and Community
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V2
In this session, presenters will showcase a new resource, the Open Pedagogy Toolkit, and provide critical context that highlights the labor and care required to develop and produce such a resource. The Open Pedagogy Toolkit aims to highlight relevant literature, resources, projects, and research in the area of open pedagogy. This toolkit was developed by a multi-institutional group. Our purpose was to focus on building relationships that support us as we create, share, and collaborate on various projects that support the Open movement. During the session, participants will have the opportunity to hear from a variety of perspectives and experiences as we reflect on: the labor required to facilitate Open work, who takes on Open work at their own institutions, and what we can learn about building equitable and caring spaces that create meaningful progress in the Open movement.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Consider how to leverage values and care to do collaborative, cross-institutional work around Open topics.
  • Reflect on the voices, experiences, and spaces in which we engaged to facilitate Open work.
  • Explore a new and comprehensive resource for designing, implementing, and researching your own Open Pedagogy projects and work.
Speakers
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Cheryl Casey

Open Education Librarian, University of Arizona
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Elaine Kaye

Instructional Designer, James Madison University
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Jeanne Hoover

Head, Scholarly Communication, East Carolina University
avatar for Nicole Wilson

Nicole Wilson

Instructional Designer, James Madison University
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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.
avatar for Mandi Goodsett

Mandi Goodsett

OER & Copyright Advisor / Perf Arts & Humanities L, Cleveland State University
I am the OER & Copyright Advisor at Cleveland State University in Ohio. I would love to chat with others about incentive programs, publishing, professional development, and course markings.
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V2
  Session: Virtual

12:00pm EDT

Unleashing the Global Youth Impact of the IFMSA through Open Educational Resources
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V1
The International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) leverages Open Access to empower medical and science education worldwide. IFMSA is transforming its organizational approach towards OER and Open Access, through freely available platforms, sharing educational materials with students worldwide, extending and promoting open principles. Specifically, IFMSA works on OpenEd in: (a) Developing & Sharing resources for medical students worldwide to get educated. (b) Gathering and sharing resources, open to the public and built by other organizations. (c) Students access this knowledge and gain skills to tutor their peers, supporting open learning models globally. Data and feedback collected on resources’ usage strengthens our materials through continuous updating and improvements, ensuring ongoing sustainability and relevance for medical students. This session aims to highlight IFMSA initiatives and show how your organization can transform towards OpenEd!

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Highlight the efforts of students, especially medical students in advocating and supporting open education values by meaningfully engaging in various areas of open education.
  • Understand and familiarize themselves with the components of IFMSA's strategy to raise awareness about open education topics.
  • Understand the different approaches in the development and usage of educational toolkits to contribute to open pedagogy.
  • Access, use, and follow up on various open education resources developed by the IFMSA.
  • Outline methodologies used in IFMSA and plan similar strategies to utilize in their organizations.
Speakers
avatar for Anna Liakopoulou

Anna Liakopoulou

SCORE External Affairs Assistant IFMSA, International Federation of Medical Students Associations IFMSA
Sanae Majdouli is currently a 6th-year medical student from Morocco and serving as the Standing Committee on Research Exchange (SCORE) External Affairs Assistant of the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA). Since her early days in Medical School, Sanae... Read More →
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Kana Halić Kordić

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
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Amr Ali

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
Session Type
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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.
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:00pm - 12:25pm EDT
V1
  Session: Virtual

12:30pm EDT

Lunch / Break (45 min)
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
General
Session Type
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In Person

In person activities take place in Providence, RI. These sessions are not available to join virtually, but there may be concurrent virtual programming options.
Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
General
  Break

1:15pm EDT

Keynote Student Panel: Why Do We Need Open Education in this Moment?
Thursday October 10, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
General
Session Type
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Hybrid

Hybrid sessions can be joined in person and online by attendees and speakers. The session will be held live in a meeting room at the conference venue and connected to Zoom through a webcam and microphones. Virtual attendees will be able to submit questions and comments through the... Read More →
Thursday October 10, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
General
  Plenary

2:15pm EDT

Closing
Thursday October 10, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
General
Speakers
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Board of Directors

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

Hybrid sessions can be joined in person and online by attendees and speakers. The session will be held live in a meeting room at the conference venue and connected to Zoom through a webcam and microphones. Virtual attendees will be able to submit questions and comments through the... Read More →
Thursday October 10, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
General
  Plenary

2:45pm EDT

Break (15 min)
Thursday October 10, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
General
Session Type
B
Thursday October 10, 2024 2:45pm - 3:00pm EDT
General
  Break

3:00pm EDT

(Optional) Breakout Groups: Conference Debrief
Thursday October 10, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
General
Session Type
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Hybrid

Hybrid sessions can be joined in person and online by attendees and speakers. The session will be held live in a meeting room at the conference venue and connected to Zoom through a webcam and microphones. Virtual attendees will be able to submit questions and comments through the... Read More →
Thursday October 10, 2024 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
General
  Breakout Groups

3:45pm EDT

Adjoun
Thursday October 10, 2024 3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
General
Thursday October 10, 2024 3:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
General
  Break

4:00pm EDT

Accountability through Open Data Protocols: High-Dosage Tutoring Efforts Across Five States
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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In their (2015) publication “Open Data as Open Educational Resources” Atenas and Havemann suggest “wider engagement with, as well as transparency of, public knowledge, are…very worthy aims for education.” In the spirit of this assertion, and as a means of demonstrating the value of open practices in education data, Fellows from the Harvard Strategic Data Project will outline how collaborative, open partnerships enhance their work in examining data practices in High-Dosage Tutoring (HDT). This session explores how HDT has been implemented as a remedy for COVID-related learning loss, particularly among students of color and low-income. Featuring diverse data leaders from five state education agencies, it offers evidence-based solutions and discusses the challenges in implementing HDT nationwide. This session will showcase open-access, take-home resources that equip participants with strategies to mitigate pandemic learning loss through open access tools.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the Value of Open Practices in Data Projects: Participants will learn how open practices enhance data practices such as unifying collection protocols, co-creating data standards and tools, and iterative, real-time peer reviewing.
  • Explore the Opportunity of OER in High-Impact Tutoring: Participants will explore alongside the presenters opportunities that to combine OER into HDT.
  • Evaluate Financial Investment in HDT: Learn about the financial resources allocated to HDT, including ESSER and state dollars, and the importance of assessing these investments' impact through available open access reports and databases.
  • Integrate Evidence-Based Decision Making: Learn how to use evidence and data analysis to make informed decisions about HDT initiatives, with a focus on open access data sources and analytical tools.
Speakers
avatar for Jason Godfrey

Jason Godfrey

Director of Data Science, Accelerate: The National Collaborative for Accelerated Learning
Hi! If you're trying to learn about me, why not meet up for a chat? I'd love to say hello.https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/AcZssZ2QeW-80lUbw6FD6xlpKFrjz4ko4vtpxQnv7ZM=
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Spencer Ellis

Colorado Department of Education
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Nicole Carmichael

DE Governor's Office
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Zhanying Zong

Louisiana DoE
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Amy Counts

Arkansas DoE
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
  Lightning Talks (View Anytime)

4:00pm EDT

An Online Presentation About Offline OER: The BCcampus Open Collection Meets Kolibri
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
With readily available internet connectivity in our homes plus always on access with mobile devices, we overlook that half of the world's population lacks connectivity needed to reach educational materials designed for online delivery. Outside of metropolitan areas of British Columbia 20% of the province are unconnected. We will demonstrate how BCcampus is exploring the Kolibri system from Learning Equality to make its B.C. Open Collection available in an offline-first environments, including interactivity of H5P exercises. Kolibri offers customization to remix with other open materials (e.g. PHET simulations, Khan Academy) plus course management features one might not expect in an offline platform. Beyond a demo, we challenge the idea of OER being only online, discuss scenarios for offline OER (incarcerated, refugee learners), ways this approach could be distributed, and to influence creators to make their content available to the world through the Kolibri Catalog.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify the different underserved communities and populations that do not have access to online educational materials or technology.
  • Understand how the Kolibri platform enables offline-first access to OER
  • Contemplate and contribute to the potential use cases and needs for offline OER.
  • Install the Kolibri application to directly experience the offline capability to use BCcampus content as well as more OER available in the Kolibri catalog
  • Contribute their own OER content to the Kolibri catalog to make available to more offline first learners worldwide
Speakers
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Harper Friedman

Coordinator, Open Textbook Publishing, BCcampus
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Alan Levine

Director of Community, Open Education Global
A pioneer on the web since the early 1990s, Alan shares his ideas and discoveries at CogDogBlog. Among his interests are openness and sharing, strategies for connected learning, building tools for attribution, exploring new forms of web storytelling including 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To ... Read More →
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
  Lightning Talks (View Anytime)

4:00pm EDT

Barriers to Open: Unique Perspectives from Degree Program Leadership
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
The open education community has seen many, many research articles and presentations on barriers and motivators for Open with faculty and student target populations. What we haven’t seen is the perspective of program leadership, such as department chairs. And, though our leadership may not actively participate in Open in the same way that our faculty do, they often have an administrative role over the Open work faculty are doing. This session will present findings from a dissertation research project that examined barriers to Open with program- and department-level leadership as the target population. In addition to the unique population of this study, the research methods also provide a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between discourse among program administrators and institutional policies which revealed inconsistencies that may create additional barriers, particularly to the sustainability of Open work.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Explore barriers to Open from the perspective of degree program leadership.
  • Question whether their program leadership’s understanding of institutional policy is consistent with written documents.
Speakers
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Tiffani Tijerina

Instructional Designer, Kennesaw State University
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
  Lightning Talks (View Anytime)

4:00pm EDT

Beyond Words: Maximizing the Impact of Open Textbooks through Design
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
In this lightning talk, we’ll challenge the misconception that design is merely an aesthetic embellishment by exploring the critical role of design in creating impactful, accessible, and credible openly licensed textbooks. Drawing on theories from psychology, we will highlight how a well-designed textbook not only enhances comprehension but also establishes trust and credibility. In addition, attendees will leave equipped with practical tools and technical solutions to implement in their own textbook projects, from creating cover designs to picking a cohesive color scheme. This talk will focus on teaching Microsoft Word tools, recognizing that most people already have access to this software. Through these insights and tools, participants will leave equipped to prioritize design in their textbook projects, ultimately fostering enriched learning experiences for all types of learners.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the psychological theories behind how well-designed textbooks enhance comprehension, establish trust, and increase credibility among readers
  • Understand how design can alleviate gaps in accessibility
  • Analyze their manuscript and identify design gaps
  • Choose a color scheme for their openly licensed resource
  • Create a cover design using Microsoft Word
Speakers
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Kindred Grey

Graphic Design, OER, and Digital Publishing Specialist, Virginia Tech
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
  Lightning Talks (View Anytime)

4:00pm EDT

Bridging Access and Collaboration: A Bachelors Program Utilizing OER Across 13 Community Colleges
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
Introducing a groundbreaking initiative aimed at enhancing accessibility and collaboration through the implementation of a Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) program across 13 community colleges. Developed through a collaborative effort, this program integrates grant funded OER courses to foster equitable access to quality education while promoting resource sharing and innovation. The BAS program represents a shift in higher education, offering students a diverse array of courses specifically designed to meet the demands of today's workforce. Furthermore, the model adopted by CCCS enhances the richness of the educational experience by pooling expertise and resources. Delving into the key components of the BAS program, including the establishment of a collaborative framework among colleges, this presentation will share practical insights and lessons learned from the implementation phase providing valuable guidance for institutions seeking to replicate similar initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the importance of using free educational materials (OER) in college programs like the BAS, and how it helps students.
  • Understand the process of creating and implementing a ZTC bachelor’s degree program.
  • Explain why it's helpful for colleges to work together on programs like the BAS and how it can make education better for students.
  • Think about ways your own college could use free educational materials and work with others to create better programs for students, like the BAS.
  • Work with their colleges and colleagues to plan and implement full OER or ZTC programs for students.
Speakers
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Brittany Dudek

Denver, Colorado Community College System
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Rachel Meisner

Colorado Community College System
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
  Lightning Talks (View Anytime)

4:00pm EDT

CC ECHO Project Catalog: A Showcase of Diverse OERs Transforming Higher Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
View Anytime
Join us as we unveil the CC ECHO Project Catalog, which showcases over 30 Open Educational Resources (OERs) funded by the California Consortium for Equitable Change in HSIs with OER (CC ECHO), through an Open Textbook Pilot grant. Our project concluded in June 2024, and we are thrilled to share these OERs with the open education community! Explore our catalog to discover a wide range of OERs, including an American Government audiobook and a guidebook on structural racism in higher education. Each catalog entry offers valuable insights into the development and utilization of these OERs, highlighting their integration of DEI principles and lessons learned during the creation process. Our curated catalog serves as a centralized repository, bringing together all grant deliverables and providing attendees with easy access to a wealth of educational resources. The collection showcases the transformative potential of open education in fostering inclusive teaching and learning environments.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify and locate OER funded by the California Consortium for Equitable Change in HSIs with OER (CC ECHO) grant.
  • Gain insight into the integration of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) principles in the development of OER.
  • Understand the process of creating and utilizing OER as evidenced by the lessons learned highlighted in the catalog entries.
  • Recognize the role of OER in fostering inclusive teaching and learning environments, as demonstrated by the showcased examples in the catalog.
Speakers
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Kelsey Smith

OER Librarian, West Hills College Lemoore
Session Type
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Characteristics and Outcomes of Faculty OER Incentive Programs: A Scoping Review
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Faculty incentive programs have been an important and widely used early strategy to promote the adoption, adaptation, and creation of Open Educational Resources (OER) in institutions of higher learning in the United States. However, there is no comprehensive synthesis of the existing literature on the characteristics and outcomes of OER faculty incentive programs to which library administrators can refer when developing their own local programs. This poster uses a scoping review methodology to summarize the existing literature with the overall goal of making research findings more accessible to library administrators and other OER decision-makers. The poster illustrates the reported characteristics and outcomes of OER faculty incentive programs, including program structure, funding sources, application requirements, program deliverables, student savings, and other key data points.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify important program outcomes of OER faculty incentive programs.
  • Identify key administrative characteristics of OER faculty incentive programs for use in guiding the development of local programs.
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Amber Burtis

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Jennifer Horton

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Mary Taylor

Southern Illinois University Carbondale
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Co-Creating Outbreak and Sequencing Information in Open and Accessible Ways
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Interdisciplinary seminars and lab-based courses provide participants with the chance to gain insights from various fields. When textbooks lack accessibility or subjects rapidly evolve, students can research and create resources to support their peers' learning. In the Outbreak and Portable Genome Sequencing (PGS) courses at NC State, students collaboratively created Open Educational Resource (OER) case studies on significant public health outbreaks and a lab workbook focusing on Nanopore sequencing. Student groups were tasked with drafting sections for an outbreak investigation document (Outbreak) or preparing samples for sequencing (PGS), resulting in resources with graphical abstracts and protocols. Scholars contributed to outbreak.pubpub.org, and PGS participants are making a Pressbooks workbook. Future student cohorts will enhance existing resources and create new ones. These openly licensed resources ensure availability for the benefit of all.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe how to implement co-writing activities in their courses.
  • Explain how the co-creation of resources can help students incorporate different perspectives and practice attribution and citation etiquette.
  • List several advantages and disadvantages of collaborative classwork.
  • Share ideas for how variations of this approach can be implemented in different courses.
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Carlos Goller

Associate Teaching Professor, North Carolina State University
I am an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and teach in the Biotechnology Program (BIT) at North Carolina State University. I am very interested in integrating open practices in the courses I teach. I believe strongly in non-throwaway assignments... Read More →
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David Tully

Librarian for Student Success & Affordability, North Carolina State University Libraries
Librarian at NC State University. Interests include Open Education, Development, Assessment and Outreach.As a Fellow I am leading a strategic initiative which places our Libraries at the heart of the University’s effort to support vulnerable students, especially those who are economically... Read More →
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Collaborative Courtesy: Charting a Course for Crediting Content Creators
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Background: As open educational resources (OER) are made and updated, careful crediting of laborers is needed; training and vetted systems still need to be improved. Methods: An OER textbook created with undergraduate (UG) support to write, edit, and design graphics. Contributors are listed on each chapter’s title page by role based on the version history of Google Docs and delegation in Airtable. Expectations are outlined in a contract. On publication, UGs are thanked for their effort and sent guidance on listing the achievement on a resume or professional profile. Results: Across 9 chapters, 12 authors, 8 editors, and 6 designers have been credited. A spreadsheet of collaborators by role was used to double check and a template email was developed. The system evolves with lessons learned. Discussion: Recognizing workers demonstrates care, and crediting efforts avoids plagiarism! Deliberate use of a system supports credit; ours can be used and adapted by others.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Discuss the importance of crediting content creators and the ethical considerations involved in properly acknowledging the work of others.
  • Recognize historical failures and shortcomings in crediting contributors, particularly in academic and creative fields, and understand the negative impact this has had on marginalized groups.
  • Describe our novel online system designed for accurately track and attribute contributions, fostering transparency and accountability.
  • Implement and adapt a well-developed system that allows for seamless crediting of creators and contributors when developing new Open Educational Resources (OERs) or on other collaborative projects.
  • Create a template response for use in thanking contributors and providing guidance regarding how to cite their contribution on their resume and professional profiles.
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Nico Osier

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin
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Gauri Mittal

Osier Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
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Milit Patel

Osier Laboratory, The University of Texas at Austin
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Creation and Use of an OER Lab Manual for an Introductory Biology Course
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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As a minority-serving institute, our goal is to increase student retention in the Biology major by creating an open educational resource (OER) lab manual. The Basic Biological Sciences II Lab is the 2nd semester in a series of required intro lab courses and is challenging because it covers topics on animal and plant anatomy and physiology. The previously paid manual was not well received by students, where many of the modules and experiments were not consistent with the curriculum. We created an OER manual that was specific to our curriculum. The primary goals for this project were to: 1. Create an OER lab manual; 2. Determine pedagogical evidence that the OER manual was similar to learning outcomes compared to the paid manual; 3. Increase the passing rate of students; and 4. Determine student perception of the lab manual. The results show similar or improved grades when using the new OER lab manual in comparison to the paid manual, with positive student perception of the new manual.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Access the OER lab manual
  • Learn about student perception of the OER manual vs a paid manual
  • Learn about the unique demographics at our institution
  • See grade comparisons from the OER manual to prior semesters
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Kinning Poon

SUNY Old Westbury
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Cultural Humility and Responsive Teaching in Allied Health Prerequisite Courses
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) Courses are often identified as gatekeeper courses because: 1- they are required for many health-related professional programs, and 2- they exhibit high withdrawal and failure rates. The success or failure of A&P coursework within our postsecondary educational system is essential to institutional achievements and our national public health. Moreover, students learning A&P for health majors may require more support than students learning the content for biology majors because of the known disparities in the course prerequisites. This lightning talk discusses embracing cultural humility as educators, recognizing that students are experts in their culture, and creating meaningful, culturally responsive content to support student success in A&P courses.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Consider cultural humility as a concept
  • Describe examples of culturally responsive teaching
  • Consider the value of student-chosen multimedia projects and peer critique
  • Describe examples of current and relevant H5P wraparound activities to support student learning with puzzles and quizzing strategies
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Rachel Sanchez Thwing

Portland Community College
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Empowering Future Open Education Advocates: Lessons Learned by SUNY OER Services
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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In this lightning round, we delve into the experiences and insights gained from starting an OER Advisory Council at SUNY OER Services. attendees will explore strategies we employed for cultivating the next generation of open education leaders and advocates. We will discuss how our work to build a diverse and effective advisory board, reintroduce grant project funding, and use of data coding reinvigoration to drive engagement and enhance OER resources. This session offers practical takeaways and strategies that can be applied in your own institution to advance open education initiatives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the key elements of building an effective and diverse advisory board to support OER initiatives.
  • Understand the impact of grant funding to advance OER projects and initiatives.
  • Explore methods to integrate modern coding practices and technologies into OER administration and assessment
  • By the end of the session, participants will have gained practical knowledge and strategies to effectively lead and advocate for OER initiatives in their own institutions, leveraging lessons learned from SUNY OER Services.
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Tony Defranco

SUNY OER Services
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Enhancing Access and Equity in Open Education for Ethiopian Learners
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Access to quality education and equitable participation in educational opportunities are critical for sustainable development. However, many Ethiopian learners face barriers in accessing open educational resources (OER) and participating in open education initiatives. This research aims to investigate the current state of access and equity in open education for Ethiopian learners. By examining factors such as digital literacy, internet connectivity, and language barriers, the study will identify the challenges faced by learners. The research will also explore learner attitudes towards open education and its impact on engagement and utilization of OER. The study will propose policies, and interventions to enhance access and equity in open education. The research will involve consultations with stakeholders to gather diverse perspectives and recommendations. The study's outputs will include a comprehensive report, and policy recommendations.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the access and equity gaps in open education for Ethiopian learners.
  • Participants will identify the barriers and challenges faced by Ethiopian learners in accessing open educational resources and participating in open education initiatives.
  • Participants will explore strategies, interventions, and policies that can enhance access and equity in open education for Ethiopian learners.
  • Participants will learn about successful examples of open education initiatives and interventions that have addressed access and equity considerations in Ethiopia.
  • Participants will be equipped with practical recommendations and actionable strategies to promote inclusive and equitable access to quality education through open education approaches in Ethiopia
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Melkamu Kisi

Addis Ababa Science and Technology university
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Enhancing Accessibility by Integrating Support for Color Vision Deficiency into Your OER
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Chemistry is notable for its use of colour; designing experiments that use colour as a guide to let students know how they are doing is both: inexpensive and informs the student of their progress. This creates barriers for students with colour vision deficiency (CVD, often referred to as colour blindness), as they will not receive the same reassurance as their peers, and may feel they are performing the experiment incorrectly. CVD affects ~8.5% the world's population: protanopia (~2%), deuteranopia (~6.5%), and tritanopia (~0.01%). This session aims to highlight first-hand experiences of students/instructors with CVD and how a students-as-partners approach created optimal conditions to navigate these difficulties without the need for drastic changes to course content. While the presentation will feature concrete examples from the chemistry laboratory; the strategies and ideas presented for navigating CVD are applicable to any classroom or workplace open educational resource.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Recall the types of colour vision deficiency, including the most common type found.
  • Identify common challenges individuals with colour vision deficiency may encounter in the classroom or workplace.
  • Describe concepts, tools, modifications, and solutions which can be integrated into open educational resources to improve accessibility with respect to colour vision deficiency.
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Katlyn Near

Dalhousie University
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Jennifer MacDonald

Dalhousie University
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Nicholas Roberts

University of Victoria
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Experimentium: A Paradigm Shift for OER Lab Courses
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Experimentium is a customizable digital OER collection that supports instructors in their implementation of chemistry lab curricula at every level of experience with science education. Novice faculty will find turn-key experiment collections suitable for select courses that can be implemented in face to face or remote classes with associated supply lists. Experimentium supports ongoing professional development for lab instructors through case studies to teach teamwork and collaboration in the labs, best practices in providing feedback, grading reports using a rubric, etc. The student experience is also enhanced through integrated chemistry, math, and scientific writing tutorials in addition to video-based experiment demonstrations, all combined in a uniformly formatted prompt that provides scaffolded learning. This talk will demonstrate the functionality of Experimentium in creating lab curricula of varying levels of customization to meet the needs of novice to expert educators.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Explore the Experimentium collection of experiments and supporting resources.
  • Experience the functionality of Experimentium in practice.
Speakers
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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 →
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Elene Bouhoutsos-Brown

lecturer, University of Houtson-Downtown
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Exploring Faculty Agency in Open Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Open educational practices (OEP) offer many benefits, including increased faculty teaching flexibility and opportunities for students to contribute their own perspectives to course material. However, instructors in higher education face barriers to work that isn’t explicitly valued in the promotion and tenure process, including OEP. Faculty agency, as defined by O'Meara et al. (2011), is the capacity of faculty members to actively shape and influence their work environments, professional identities, and career trajectories. OEP is often pursued because of instructors’ personal interest in open values, and while OEP benefits the university, it’s not often valued in the promotion and tenure process. In this lightning talk, the presenters will describe the preliminary data for a qualitative study they are conducting to explore faculty agency, particularly for first-year-writing and composition instructors, and how it influences instructors’ ability to pursue open educational practices.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Define faculty agency and describe its relationship to open educational practices.
  • Evaluate the institutional and societal factors that might influence faculty agency at their own institution.
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Mandi Goodsett

OER & Copyright Advisor / Perf Arts & Humanities L, Cleveland State University
I am the OER & Copyright Advisor at Cleveland State University in Ohio. I would love to chat with others about incentive programs, publishing, professional development, and course markings.
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Sean Burns

University of Kentucky
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Exploring Synergies: The Interplay of OER and Generative AI Adoption in Higher Education
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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In recent years, the landscape of higher education has witnessed an increased interest in both Open Educational Resources (OER) and the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into curriculum design. While national initiatives have promoted the adoption of OER, faculty resistance remains prevalent, posing a significant challenge to widespread implementation. Similarly, the incorporation of AI tools and technologies in educational settings has sparked curiosity and debate among educators. Amidst this backdrop, there exists an intriguing yet unexplored relationship between the adoption of OER and the utilization of Generative AI in higher education. This session will discuss preliminary data that aims to delve into the intersection of OER and Generative AI adoption among faculty members. By addressing pertinent research questions, we seek to shed light on the dynamics between these two innovative practices.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Gain understanding of the factors influencing faculty adoption decisions between Open Educational Resources (OER) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in higher education curriculum design.
  • Gain understanding of the relationship between OER and Generative AI adoption, discerning how the utilization of one resource may influence the decision to incorporate the other.
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Emma Lanners

Open Educational Resources Librarian, Utah Tech University
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Chris Healy

Utah Tech University
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Munir Mahmud

Utah Tech University
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Exploring the Effects of an OERs Creation Activity on Students' Learning Experiences in Game Coding
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Open educational practice (OEP) emphasizes allowing students to be information creators instead of simply consumers. One of the open educational practices is to engage students in the process of creation or adaptation of open educational resources (OER). Several studies showed that OERs have the potential of enhancing teaching effectiveness and student learning experiences in higher education. In this regard, this study explored whether the application of ORE creation activity in a class is able to enhance student learning experience in learning computer game programming. The participants were undergraduate students from a HBCU university in the eastern United States. Quantitative approaches will be applied to analyze the collected data. The results showed that the OER creation activity could significantly enhance students' perceptions of OER and self-assessment of computer programming knowledge. However, it could not significantly change student motivation in learning computer programming.

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Yu-Tung Kuo

North Carolina A&T State University
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Yu-Chun Kuo

Rowan University
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Feedback in Open Textbooks: What Kind and Where Is Best?
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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The licensing of open educational resources allows for interactive questions with immediate feedback to be added to open textbooks. However, it is not clear what type and placement of feedback is most effective. In this study, 390 college and high school students were randomly assigned either correct-answer only feedback or elaborative feedback (with explanations for why the answer is correct). The questions with the feedback were either in the middle-and-end of the textbook excerpt or the end of the excerpt only. Student learning from the textbook excerpt was highest with elaborative feedback that was only at the end of the textbook excerpt. The findings were similar across groups traditionally underserved in higher education such as first-generation college students and racially-minoritized students. In addition, elaborative feedback at the end of the textbook excerpt appeared to be the most helpful across a range of students’ socioeconomic backgrounds.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe how experimental research may contribute to open education knowledge.
  • Explain the differences between correct-response only and elaborative feedback.
  • Prepare questions and feedback for revising open textbooks.
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of different types and placements of feedback in open textbooks
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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 →
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

History of Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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The Dagbani Wikimedians User Group is a not-for-profit organization promoting free knowledge through Wikipedia and sister projects. The group, mostly students and educators of all ages, is made up of 153 volunteers with a vision to increase the visibility of Dagbani and all other Gur/Mabia languages spoken in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Togo and Benin on the internet using Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia. The fascinating history of the group is explored in this session, tracing its origin, growth, and contributions to the Wikimedia movement. After getting the Dagbani language approved on Wikipedia in 2021 as the third Ghanaian language to be recognized by Wikipedia, the group went ahead to get three other Gur/Mabia languages (ie Gurene, Dagaare and Kusaal) recognized on Wikipedia as of March 2024, with another one (Moore) currently being incubated for approval. In fact the Dagaare language secured its approval in record time by chalking this feet in just nine months.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Appreciate the challenges encountered by the group in promoting diversity and inclusion within the Wikimedia space;
  • Learn the evolution of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group; and
  • Discuss community-building strategies and initiatives for collaboration within the context of Wikimedia projects.
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Musah Fuseini

Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
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Mohammed Kamaldeen Fuseini

Dagbani Wikimedians User Group
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

I Tried to Advance an Affordability Mindset and All I Got was this Rubric: Lessons in Starting Over
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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When Tessy was hired at the beginning of 2021 as the OER Librarian, she knew her predecessor and current Scholarly Communication librarian at UTEP had put in countless hours of working on creating an Affordable Mindset on campus. She thought she could charge ahead with the current plan for Affordability, but was met with obstacles - mostly misconceptions and misinformation about what the Open movement entailed. After an eye-opening conversation in Fall 2023, Tessy decided to rework her strategy to start over and created an Affordable Mindset Rubric. This rubric is meant to help faculty address various aspects of why they are choosing certain course materials, in the hopes of fostering honest and productive conversations. She shares lessons learned as well as the rubric in this session.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Utilize or modify a rubric to evaluate course materials selected to better foster an Affordable Mindset at various institutions
  • Evaluate what the current mindset is on campus to better prepare for obstacles that hinder the Open movement
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Maria Teresa Torres

OER Librarian, University of Texas at El Paso
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Infographic: FOSS and CC Licenses
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Infographics will be presented which combine the famous spectrum of Creative Commons (CC) licenses from most-free and OER to least-free and not OER with the case of free and open-source (FOSS) licenses for software. The objective is to ensure that those licensing either purely software educational resources or hybrid software/text/other educational resources (like textbooks that are Jupyter notebooks, OER textbooks with embedded H5P, educational simulations) can choose licenses in line with their intentions to be open and inclusive - to make OER. The open education community can use such instructional materials on how to license these hybrid text/code OER works with appropriate non-CC licenses: there is a need since CC has made it clear that their licenses have problematic application to software, which should be therefore licensed under a FOSS license - but many open educators are unsure of what licenses are available and how they would or would not apply to their specific use.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Be able to use the appropriate FOSS license for software that is meant to be an OER.
  • Understand the full spectrum of CC licenses, and the augmented spectrum, including public domain tools.
  • Use the infographics to help them choose which FOSS and/or CC license or domain tool to use when creating educational software or a hybrid text-software.
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Jonathan Poritz

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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 →
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Andrew Rens

Research ICT Africa
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Integrating Global Art and Culture Through Open Educational Resources
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This presentation proposes an innovative approach to the redesign of a global survey course covering the period c. 400 – 1750 CE, aiming to challenge and expand traditional educational boundaries through the integration of Open Educational Resources (OER). By merging Western and non-Western art within a unified timeline, this course offers a more holistic view of global cultures and artistic expressions. The course structure emphasizes thematic lessons that transcend regional and chronological divisions, such as the Spanish conquest of the Americas and the repatriation of African art, highlighting the interconnectedness and consequences of colonization. This session will explore the pedagogical strategies, challenges, and successes of creating a more inclusive, engaging, and comprehensive educational experience through the thoughtful application of open resources.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the benefits and challenges of integrating Western and non-Western art within a unified timeline to provide a comprehensive global perspective.
  • Gain insights into the development and implementation of thematic lessons that address significant global issues within the context of a survey course.
  • Explore the impact of utilizing Open Educational Resources to enhance accessibility, diversity of content, and student engagement in the learning process.
  • Recognize the potential of OER in encouraging critical thinking, collaboration, and innovation among students.
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James Hutson

Assistant Dean, Lindenwood University
Online and graduate education
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Analisa Soverns-Reed

Lindenwood University
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

LCTL OER-Textbooks for Southeast and South Asian languages for Digital Natives
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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At MSU, we have been developing OER textbooks such as Basic Hindi, Basic Urdu, Basic Persian, Basic Khmer, and Basic Vietnamese. After the success of these OER textbooks, we proposed a project to the IRS at the U.S. Department of Education. Our project received funding, and the objectives of this project are to develop, publish, and disseminate specialized instruction materials in the form of OER language textbooks. The proposed activities include: (i) developing OER content for multiple languages and levels textbooks for Asian LCTLs over a three-year period, for a total of 12 volumes.; (ii) convening workshops for groups of OER textbook authors to plan and initiate textbook creation; and (iii) publishing and promoting OER textbooks development in collaboration with MSU language faculty members affiliated with COTSEAL, SALTA, SEALC, SASLI, and SEASSI. These textbooks also undergo copy editing and accessibility tests to ensure these OER books follow all the accessibility guidelines.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Learn about developing LCTL OER materials and pedagogical design behind it.
  • Use the pressbook and H5P tools to develop interactive and digitally active teaching and learning materials for LCTLs.
Speakers
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Rajiv Ranjan

Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
VM

Vidya Mohan

Michigan State University
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Navigating Ethical Considerations of Online Research to Design Open Materials for K-12
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Freely-available digital learning platforms often provide space to create and share open education resources for teachers and students (e.g., ASSISTments, Graspable Math, Upgrade, etc). Many of these technologies are also research platforms to test, improve, and share freely-available researcher-designed instructional content (e.g., Heffernan & Heffernan, 2014). However, understanding the affordances and challenges of this research, navigating ethical considerations for K-12 education research, and working through the institutional review board (IRB) process can be difficult and vary across institutions. In this session, we will present descriptive and qualitative results from an online survey distributed to IRBs across the United States to provoke a conversation on how advances in educational technologies, student privacy, and human subjects research practices must be considered to design evidence-based online open resources for K-12 education.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand considerations for doing research to develop evidence-based open education materials.
  • Recognize common themes of how this type of research is viewed by institutional review boards (IRBs) across the United States.
  • Relate their own work to this research process and implement suggestions on how to write compelling IRB applications for ethical research projects.
Speakers
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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 →
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Avery Closser

University of Florida
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

New to OER? Lessons Learned as an Early Career Academic
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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While many academics express a desire to create open educational resources (OERs), few do. A key barrier academics report preventing them from engaging in OER creation is a lack of in-depth understanding of the development process at an individual level. This presentation outlines individual level lessons learned about OER development from a case study of one early career academic’s experience creating OER for the first time. Analysis of the academic’s journals, critical friend meetings, and stakeholder evaluation of the OER she created, reveal barriers and facilitators encountered. Examples include: (mis)understandings about OER and how to learn about them; technology options, costs, and decisions; institutional supports; and tensions with other academic priorities. While some generic ‘how-to’ guides and macro-level analyses of OER issues exist, these contextualized first-hand lessons offer novel individual-level support for educators navigating OER creation for the first-time.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the barriers and facilitators they may likely encounter as individuals developing OER for the first time.
  • Develop a detailed and realistic plan for the development of their first OER.
Speakers
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Jenna Lorusso

University of Limerick
AM

Ann MacPhail

University of Limerick
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

No Time to Author? Hiring Students as Collaborators for OER Projects
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This presentation will discuss the outcomes of a collaborative open pedagogy program which paired student workers with faculty to advance inclusive equity-based pedagogy in OER. This program, funded by our University Equal Opportunity Planning Committee (EOPC), supported a cohort of faculty and student collaborators in developing OER that better reflect our student diversity and include marginalized voices and experiences historically absent in disciplinary discourses and commercially produced textbooks. In addition to producing no-cost course materials, this program encouraged culturally responsive, inclusive pedagogy by requiring faculty to add a social justice component to their syllabus. While faculty often cite the necessary time investment as an impediment to OER development, having student assistants helped to address that issue in addition to providing an engaged learning experience for students in which they were knowledge creators rather than consumers.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Gain an understanding of an OER creation program model that can support faculty and student collaboration and further social justice aims.
  • Evaluate the impact of a program on student learning around open practices
  • Reflect on the effectiveness of the program on student/faculty collaborations around OER development
Speakers
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Christina Riehman-Murphy

Open & Affordable Educational Resources Librarian, SPARC VPO for Open Education Leadership, Penn State University Libraries
Christina Riehman-Murphy, Associate Librarian, is the Open and Affordable Educational Resources Librarian at Penn State. She is also the Visiting Program Officer for Open Education Leadership at SPARC. She has her MSLS from Clarion University and a BA in English and Secondary Education... Read More →
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Bryan McGeary

Learning Design & Open Education Engagement Librarian, Penn State University
Session Type
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

OER in Preservice Teacher Education: A Case Study of Usage, Value, and Connectiveness.
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Introduction to Education is a preservice course intended to provide foundational concepts and awareness of themes to future K-12 teachers. Using the culturally responsive framework, the course and resources were intentionally redesigned to meet the needs of a diverse population, remove barriers, and promote knowledge acquisition through an OER textbook. Developed through an institutional Pressbook account, the resource includes: text, H5P activities, a podcast, videos, and knowledge checks to promote student engagement through differentiated instruction and assessments. The focus of this session is on student usage, their expressed value of the resources, and how this resource connects to current needs and trends for future educators. Links to text and activities will be provided, as well as findings associated with survey and focus group data.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify open education resources such as pressbooks and H5P as tools to promote individual and collective learning.
  • Become familiar with the intersection of OER and culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP).
  • Consider how connectivity theory can be leveraged as a tool to help students make sense of learning both individually and collectively.
  • Apply concepts from OER, CRP and connectivity theory to your context.
Speakers
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Kim Godwin

Assistant Professor, Middle Tennessee State University
KN

Karen Nourse

Middle Tennessee State University
AH

Angela Hooser

Middle Tennessee State University
JM

Janna McClain

Middle Tennessee State University
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

OER Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Academic Librarians
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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The aims of the Open Education movement are supported by academic librarians, but it is not known how much this group is generally aware of OER and relevant concepts. A knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) survey was developed to measure OER competencies in academic librarians. The KAP survey is often used in allied health fields to determine a baseline by which to measure the success of subsequent educational interventions. The objective of this study was to validate a survey instrument to measure the KAP of academic librarians toward OER. Validation methods include drafting a survey instrument, determining face/expert validity, and administering the survey to three separate samples. The data was analyzed for reliability and validity. The validated survey instrument can be used to investigate the relative levels of KAP within librarian sub-groups, e.g. medical vs. engineering librarians, etc. or in a pre/post test situation within a single institution.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe the utility of an OER Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) survey to study an academic librarian population
  • Identify the validated research instrument as an available tool to determine baseline OER knowledge, attitudes and practices among academic librarians
  • Use the validated research instrument in their own experimental or descriptive research design across librarian groups
Speakers
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Kristin Whitman

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

West Virginia University
RR

Riley Richards

Oregon Institute of Technology
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

OERColorado Iconography: Branding that Welcomes and Defines
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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The OERColorado.org curriculum library has a strong visual presence. One core aspect of the site branding is the icons identifying each Subject, CTE and Community of Practice Hub on the digital library to organize collections. These icons follow a design guideline with two goals: to welcome and to identify. Each icon uses imagery from the Noun Project, whose goal is “a global visual language… that allows quick and easy communication no matter who you are or where you are.” That universality of communication supports the OERColorado goal of quickly matching users with resources using easy to identify icons. Although many icons may represent a given hub topic, those chosen must also welcome a diverse plurality of users, fostering a dialog between the efficiency gained by choosing tropes or stereotypical imagery, and the need to create a more inclusive space through more universal imagery. The iconography of the site represents a delicate balance between the specific and the universal.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Consider how design choices can influence user behavior
  • Discuss the role iconography plays in fostering belonging
  • Explore how goal setting in design fosters awareness and intentionality
Speakers
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Mallorie Klemm

Blended Learning Education Senior Consultant, Colorado Department of Education
Mallorie Klemm, Blended Learning Education Senior Consultant
TB

Theresa Becker

OERColorado
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Open Educational Resources for Climate Conscious Lawyers
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, It is therefore “about time” we transformed legal education to ensure the next generation of lawyers is provided training to be ‘climate conscious’ legal practitioners. Climate conscious pedagogy will require challenging conventional boundaries and ways of doing things. The development of open educational resources is crucial for equipping students to navigate a fast-paced and rapidly changing legal environment. Drawing on a survey of subject coordinators and teachers from across all Australian law schools, this presentation will shine a light on the extent to which climate change is currently being incorporated into the teaching of both compulsory law subjects and electives. The presentation will identify opportunities for developing responsive and open-access pedagogical materials and teaching practices to prepare students for their professional lives in light of the global challenge of climate change.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the current barriers to and opportunities for open-access legal education
  • Appreciate of the intersection between open-access legal education and climate justice
  • Articulate the role of responsive and accessible pedagogical materials and teaching practices in preparing students for their professional lives in light of the global challenge of climate change
Speakers
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Julia Dehm

ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
Julia Dehm is an ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the La Trobe Law School. Her scholarship addresses urgent issues of international and domestic climate change and environmental law, natural resource governance and questions of human rights, economic inequality and social justice... Read More →
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Nicole Graham

University of Sydney
ZN

Zoe Nay

University of Melbourne
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Power of Open: A Focused Review on The Role of Open-Learning Design in Advancing MedStudent Learning
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Join our short communication session to delve into the findings from our research paper exploring the role of open-learning design (OLD) in advancing medical student learning and motivation. Discover how OLD empowers learners as co-creators of knowledge, fostering active engagement and deeper understanding. We'll discuss the strategies, benefits and challenges uncovered in implementing OLD principles in health professions education. Gain insights into the positive impact of OLD on learner engagement, satisfaction, and learning outcomes, while identifying key areas for further research and development. Unlock the power of open in medical education with us.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Analyze the impact of OLD on learner engagement, satisfaction, and learning outcomes.
  • Discuss strategies for incorporating OLD principles into educational settings effectively.
  • Recognize the importance of further research and development in enhancing OLD interventions in health professions education.
Speakers
MA

Mustafa Alshareefi

International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
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Konstantina Papageorgiou

Capacity Building Education Assistant, University of Thessaly, Faculty of Medicine
KM

Kaan Mert

Acibadem University, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Department of Medical Education
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Pre-Recorded Lightning Talks [Available to View Any Time During the Conference]
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Pressbooks Community of Practice: Exploring Faculty Textbook Publishing at a Community College
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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In Winter 2024, Spokane Community College’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) ran a quarter-long Community of Practice (CoP) on Pressbooks and Open Education. This CoP provided a paid opportunity to faculty from all areas of the college to come together and learn together about publishing openly licensed textbooks in a structured, hybrid format. In this presentation, Faculty Librarian Greg Bem, one of the participants of the CoP, will describe the CoP format in detail, and share his experience participating. The presentation will include Bem’s completed textbook, which was successfully created using original and remixed materials in the 10-week quarter. This presentation provides insight into the values of structured employee development, and describes how the CoP model can respond to historic inclusivity and equity concerns in the context of in-house open education publishing.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Analyze the structured hybrid format of the Community of Practice (CoP) to understand its application in open education publishing.
  • Evaluate the impact of a collaborative learning environment on the creation of openly licensed textbooks.
  • Identify strategies for addressing inclusivity and equity concerns through the CoP model in open education initiatives.
  • Examine a completed project outcome to assess the effectiveness of the CoP approach in producing open educational resources.
Speakers
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Greg Bem

Spokane Community College
I am a faculty librarian at Spokane Community College. Previously I was a faculty librarian at Lake Washington Institute of Technology (LWTech). I co-created an AI and Instruction Discord with SCC ESL Professor Zach Christman. Join here! https://discord.com/invite/WuxaGvDr
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Sharing Open Educational Resources Via a Portable Application
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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A challenge facing the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Library, located in Yola, north-eastern Nigeria, is its inability to satisfy the needs of its large community of users without affecting the quality of service it provides to the university community. To minimize the pressure on the only library with Internet facilities in the region, it developed a web-based application shared via USB flash drive, named Library-On-A-Flash (LOAF). LOAF contains OER, which may be used offline by libraries without access to the Internet It has links to reputable Databases and resources produced by two USAID and AUN-sponsored projects (TELLA and STELLAR. The application is the result of the collaboration of the Library and ITU and is used by institutions, IDPs and NGOs displaced by Boko Haram insurgencies. The projects major challenges are the capacity of the application and intensive copying and sharing. The features and content of LOAF will be demonstrated to participants during the conference.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Reduce the pressure put on their library facilities by large communities of users often common in developing countries.
  • Raise awareness on Open Access Resources, especially among libraries with scarce learning resources and poor internet connection.
  • Adopt and adapt OER for their learning and teaching to reduce the cost of textbooks.
Speakers
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Benson Ali

Int. University Librarian, American University of Nigeria
I am the acting University Librarian at the American University of Nigeria responsible for the day to day running of the Library and also responsible for the acquisition of digital resources. A project, known as the Textbook Affordability Initiatives was in place before the pandemic... Read More →
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Talented Students and Fantastic Book Covers: A Design Contest as Open Pedagogy
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Pedagogy Opened: Innovative Theory and Practice is a newly published (March 2024) openly licensed monograph with seven articles on diverse topics related to open pedagogy. Given that it’s a book about open pedagogy, it seemed only natural that the book itself would have elements of open pedagogy itself. So, with the support of her advisory board, the editor worked with a colleague to design a book cover design contest that was then implemented in an upper-level visual design course at Kennesaw State University. By providing them with few parameters, students had total freedom to apply the concepts they were learning in class to their own designs and then were given the option to openly license and publish their work, regardless of winning the contest. In this session, the editor of Pedagogy Opened and the student designer of its cover will present the logistics and results of the contest and the first-hand experience from its student winner, now a published cover designer.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Consider whether working with student designers would be an option for their in-progress and future planned OER.
  • Brainstorm considerations in implementing a design contest in their own classes and/or for their own planned OER.
Speakers
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Tiffani Tijerina

Instructional Designer, Kennesaw State University
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Sidney Alexander

Kennesaw State University
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Thank You, OER Champion
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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As the cost of textbooks continue to rise for students, Open Educational Resources (OER) have become a particularly popular textbook affordability initiative among college faculty. In an effort to recognize the positive impact OER adopters have on students, and to further market textbook affordability, Clackamas Community College's textbook affordability librarian, Justine Munds, used a "gratitude campaign" to showcase faculty who had transitioned to teaching with OER. In this session, Justine will give an overview of the gratitude campaign that includes the research and resources that inspired it, its intended outcomes, and access to the openly-licensed resources she created so you run a gratitude campaign of your own.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Describe the importance of recognizing OER adoptions
  • Predict the benefits of actively celebrating OER adopters
  • Employ an OER Champion gratitude campaign of their own
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JM

Justine Munds

Clackamas Community College
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

The Doctor is In: Open to Oblivion
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This lightning talk will share the experience of an open online course which fostered an open online community, which begat an AI-powered audio chatbot, Dr. Oblivion, who was drafted as a teaching assistant. A community member built the bot as a project for an outside course. The instructors were able to put it to use in a digital storytelling where the class could experiment with and learn about generative AI applications as tools for creating narratives on the web. This serves as an example of how open educational practices can enable creativity and connection within a community. Dr. Oblivion may contribute snide commentary to the presentation.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Discuss broad benefits of open educational practices
  • Discuss potential benefits of incorporating generative AI applications into a course
Speakers
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Paul Bond

Associate Librarian, SUNY Broome Community College
I'm into lifelong learning, open education, information literacy, and playing around on the internet. That why I became a librarian.
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Jim Groom

Reclaim Hosting
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

The Open Trifecta: A Winning Combination of Pedagogy, Licensing and ePortfolios
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Many community college students experience barriers to success in first-year STEM courses. Open pedagogy practices can benefit these students, especially those who struggle as first-generation college students, encounter financial barriers, or experience cultural differences that contribute to opportunity gaps. By allowing students to demonstrate their learning in nontraditional ways, these students can be welcomed into higher education and take ownership of their educational experience. In conjunction with open pedagogy, e-portfolios allow students to showcase their work, reflect upon what they’ve learned, and create for an audience beyond their instructor. General Biology (BIOL-101) courses at Raritan Valley Community College combine a winning trifecta of open pedagogy, creative commons licensing instruction, and e-portfolio creation to give students agency over how they demonstrate their learning aligned with the course learning objectives.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand how the synergy between open pedagogy, Creative Commons licensing, and ePortfolios supports student engagement.
  • Collaborate with faculty, librarians, and career counselors to implement a comprehensive open pedagogy assessment.
Speakers
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Melanie Lenahan

Professor, Biology, Raritan Valley Community College
MD

Megan Dempsey

Instructional Services Librarian, Raritan Valley Community College
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Carrie Bazar

Raritan Valley Community College
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

The Time is Now: Exploring Archivists' Response to the Open Educational Movement
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This presentation will explore the existing literature on the intersection of the Open Education Resource (OER) movement and archival practices, with a focus on how archivists and cultural heritage professionals utilize OER language and platforms to promote the use of collections. While demand for OER grows, the willingness of archivists to seize Open Educational language and practices remains largely unexplored. There are primed opportunities for archivists to partner with OER organizations and professionals to make their materials readily available for adoption or adaptation. A review of the literature will reveal the extent to which archivists have integrated OERs into professional practices and what partnerships, if any, exist between archivists and educators to develop OERs. Findings will inform future research and practical recommendations for archivists on how to leverage OER platforms, funding, and language to promote archival collections for educational use.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Identify gaps in current research and propose future directions for investigation in leveraging OER for the promotion of archival collections
  • Assess the potential impact and effectiveness of leveraging OER language and platforms in promoting archival collections for educational use
Speakers
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Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech

Information Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University
Associate Professor, Librarian. OER Librarian. Science Librarian
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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 →
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Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Time to Transform Courses with OER: The OERCS Initiative at National University
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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As a result of a university merger and transformation initiative, a unique opportunity presented itself to build an Open Educational Resources and Curriculum Support (OERCS) team that would be fully embedded into each course development taking place at National University. Within one year of providing tailored, hands-on OER assistance and curation for 569 course builds, the OERCS team saved students approximately $275,000 in textbook costs, shepherded the development of multiple open educational resources by university faculty and staff, and increased the adoption of OER in courses by 54%. This presentation will share successes and lessons learned in the first year of full OER and curriculum support. The presentation will also provide fodder for future direction that may be implemented at your institution as the OERCS team continues increasing the adoption, utilization, quality, and development of open educational resources at National University.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Discover ways to implement OER into course development
  • Understand how to incentivize faculty and staff to author and adapt OER
  • Develop strategies to work through challenges with OER acceptance
  • Investigate future opportunities for OER implementation and promotion
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Taylor Perkins

National University
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Katherine Lang

National University
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Danielle Steinhart

National University
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Hannah White

National University
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Anastacia McCloskey

National University
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Transforming the Classroom with Role Play & AI
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Immersive role-playing experiences, such as "Reacting to the Past" games, can be a powerful way to engage students with complex historical events. However, the development process can be time intensive. This session explores how I utilized the AI language model Gemini Advanced to streamline the development of a game centered on the 1994-1995 Enola Gay exhibit controversy designed for use in college courses. With the support of an OER grant, my team initially created a long-form game that takes weeks of class time to play. I'll demonstrate how AI tools enabled me to rapidly adapt the game design, generating new character roles and supporting materials to create a short version that could be played in one session. I will also offer strategies for using AI to create role immersion games for use in class.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the potential of AI-assisted historical game design.
  • Apply strategies for tailoring AI-generated content to educational needs.
  • Design role-play elements for short-form history lessons.
  • Explain the benefits of student-centered learning activities in history courses.
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Allison Belzer

Georgia Southern University
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Uniting Open Educational Practices & Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: It's Time!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This session aims to engage conference attendees in a conversation about the interconnectivity between Open Educational Resources(OER) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). A recent letter in Inside Higher Ed (2021) stated “… we are convinced that the OER movement has reinvigorated the scholarship of teaching and learning, as well as the student experience in and beyond the classroom. That is more than cost savings. That is the future of education itself.” Attendees will be engaged in reflection on the role of Open Educational Practices, including OER in equitable teaching and learning. Comparisons will be made between the elements of strong SoTL that also support equitable teaching and learning. We'll also detail how persons using OER can more easily consider the scholarly approaches to their work. Exploring the similarities between these two distinct communities will provide ideas for advocacy that will attract more persons to both, and strengthen the work of both.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Gain an understanding of the synergies between Open Educational Resources (OER) and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and how they contribute to the enhancement of student learning experiences
  • Analyze the commonalities between effective SoTL methodologies and the principles of OER, examining how integrating these approaches can lead to more robust pedagogical practices and advocate for broader adoption within educational institutions.
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Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech

Information Services Librarian, Georgia Southern University
Associate Professor, Librarian. OER Librarian. Science Librarian
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Diana Botnaru

Georgia Southern University
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Debbie Walker

Georgia Southern University
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Kevin Reagan

Georgia Southern University
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Using Open Education Resources to Support Technical Courses
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This presentation will focus on the development and utilization of openly licensed math materials (OER) to support Technical Courses. This presentation will focus on knowledge and experience with open content and open pedagogy, strategies and tools for creating content and curriculum that is inclusive of all learners, and opportunities for funding dual enrollment projects.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Explore resources dealing with open content and open pedagogy related to technical courses.
  • Discuss strategies and tools for creating content and curriculum that is inclusive of all learners.
  • Research opportunities for funding dual enrollment projects.
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Esperanza Zenon

RLOE Leadership Advisory Team, Regional Leaders of Open Education (RLOE)
Esperanza Zenon - Associate Professor of Physical Science.I am passionate about STEM Equity, and serve in several organizations focused on girls in STEM. I utilize OER in all of my courses as a way of making sure that all of my students have the course materials on day one of class... Read More →
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Lightning Talk (View Anytime)

Lightning talks are short, pre-recorded videos that can be viewed anytime during the conference. Most lightning talks will be released a week early and will remain available after the conference. Don't miss this incredible collection of quick takes!
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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4:00pm EDT

Using the ISAT2 to Assess the Capacity to Support Open Educational Practices Across Ontario
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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The ISAT2 is an institutional self-assessment tool to assess capacity to support open educational practices. This multidimensional instrument builds on earlier research in British Columbia Morgan et al. (2021) and the Netherlands (van Rossum & Schuwer, 2022) and assesses capacity and maturity related to: vision and implementation; partnerships, policies, and incentives; professional development; institutional supports; leadership and advocacy; and culture change. The ISAT2 is openly licensed and available in English and French. This presentation will introduce the ISAT2 while sharing preliminary findings from a survey of colleges, universities, and Indigenous institutes in Ontario, Canada.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Understand the evolution of the ISAT & the dimensions and maturity levels of open educational practices.
  • Learn how Open Educational Practices can potentially transform aspects of post-secondary institutions, as evidenced by the themes assessed by the ISAT.
  • Identify specific strategies within each dimension of practice and maturity level for advancing support for OEP within their institutions, as illustrated by the ISAT2.
  • Access and utilize the openly licensed ISAT2: Attendees will learn how to access the ISAT2, which is openly licensed and available in English and French, for their own or their institution’s use
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Rajiv Jhangiani

Vice-Provost, Teaching & Learning, Brock University
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Oya Pakkal

Brock University
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Robert Luke

eCampusOntario
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Catherine Lachaine

University of Ottawa
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Writing Place: An Inclusive and Decolonial Open Online Textbook
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This poster presentation focuses on the creation and impact of Writing Place, an open online textbook for a multi-section first-year undergraduate scholarly writing course taught in the Faculties of Land & Food Systems and Forestry at the University of British Columbia (UBC). The overall goal of Writing Place is to support students in making meaningful contributions to scholarly conversations in their disciplines, and to consider how to share their research beyond the university. The objectives are to provide an accessible, interactive and free resource to increase equity among diverse learners; to support a decolonial approach to scholarly writing by including Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and questions for reflection about the connections between writing and place; to weave in student and marginalized voices throughout each chapter; and to support student self-efficacy and persistence.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Reflect on how they might create an open online textbook for use in their own context
  • Consider how they might integrate or adapt Writing Place: A Scholarly Writing Open Online Textbook for use in their scholarly writing classrooms
  • Consider the important process of reconciliation and decolonization through the creation and use of open education resources that challenge colonial norms and practices.
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Lindsay Cuff

University of British Columbia
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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Developing and Piloting Open Technology Tools for (and With) Social Work Students
Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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This project focuses on developing a technology inventory through the ethnographic study of technology use, data collection, and critical digital literacy among social work students in a public, urban university in the United States. This tool is intended for use as an open access educational intervention to facilitate students’ critical examination of their technology use and data collection practice, with a deep probing of the ubiquity, risks, liability, and potential benefits of technology in social work. Its design has revealed additional insights into how students’ technology use and practices are shaped by their life contexts outside of the classroom and how this creates resource and access gaps that may impede some students’ capacity for developing critical technology literacies. The tool is part of a larger open educational project aimed at developing and disseminating open resources for social work students to better understand the role of technology in social work practice.

Attendees of this session will be able to:
  • Hear student perspectives on an open access tools for understanding technology use in social work practice through dissemination of results of focus groups conducted with Master’s of Social Work students in practicum
  • View the prototype of the technology inventory with description of its development
  • Understand the importance of integrating assessment of students’ critical digital literacy into curriculum planning, especially with open access resources
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Jamie Borgan

City University of New York Graduate Center
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Ian Williams

City University of New York Graduate Center
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Thursday October 10, 2024 4:00pm - 4:10pm EDT
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