2024 Open Education Conference: Full Schedule

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

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8:00am EDT

Breakfast

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

General

Session Type

In Person

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

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:00am - 8:45am EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person

8:45am EDT

Announcements

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT

General

Session Type

In Person

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

Thursday October 10, 2024 8:45am - 9:00am EDT
General

Plenary

Attendance Type Attend In Person

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

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

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 →

TIFFANY ZENITH IVINS

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

GIFTY ANAB

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT NETWORK

Marzuq Abubakari

OXFORD UNIVERSITY

Session Type

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

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

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

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

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

Yang Wu

Clemson University

Yue Wang

Clemson University

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

9:00am EDT

From Closed to Open: Laboring to Revert Rights and Republish Existing Works

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

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

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

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

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

Lindsay Mitchell

Pinkerton Academy

Session Type

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

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

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

George Birthisel

Part-time faculty member, Math, Bridgewater State University

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:00am - 9:25am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

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

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

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

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

9:30am EDT

The Switch: The Story of Librarians Becoming Open Leaders

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT

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

Cathy Germano

Senior Director, Library and Learning Services, Excelsior University

Brent Swearingen

Excelsior University

Melissa Chim

Scholarly Communications Librarian, Excelsior University

Regina Seguin

Excelsior University

Maribel Castro

Excelsior University

Tiffany Davis

Excelsior University

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

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

Melanie Gagich

Cleveland State University

Emilie Zickel

Cleveland State University

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

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

Nandita Gurjar

Rhode Island College

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

9:30am EDT

Opening Doors with OER for College English Learners

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 10:10am EDT

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

Gabriel Winer

faculty, Berkeley City College

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 9:30am - 10:10am EDT
H2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

9:45am EDT

Is “Opt-In” the Future of Inclusive Access?

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

"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

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

Hybrid (40 min)

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

Session: Hybrid

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

10:00am EDT

Students' Perceptions of a Course Syllabus Designed to Foreground Open Educational Practices

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT

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

Rajiv Jhangiani

Vice-Provost, Teaching & Learning, Brock University

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 →

Oya Pakkal

Brock University

Anita Twele

Brock University

Session Type

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

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

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

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 →

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

Hybrid (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

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

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 →

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 →

Lisa Young

Maricopa Community College District

Sara Hansen

MIT OpenCourseWare

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

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

Flavia Belpoliti

Texas A&M Commerce

Session Type

In Person (25 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:00am - 10:25am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

10:30am EDT

Break (30 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT

General

Session Type

Break

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

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

11:00am EDT

Standards and Scale: Creating and Promoting Adoption-Ready Nursing OER

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

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

Anthony Palmiotto

Director of Products, OpenStax

Carrie Gits

Director, Digital Learning, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Lindsay Josephs

Demand Generation Specialist, Rice University/OpenStax

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Student Advocacy: Fighting Against Automatic Textbook Billing

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

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

Aishah Abdullah

Open Education Coordinator, SPARC

Elizabeth Braatz

Portland State Univeristy

Pedro Almeida

University of Alberta

Katie Wagman

Michelson 20MM Foundation

Graceanne Hoback

Florida State University

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

11:00am EDT

Valuing OER in the Tenure, Promotion, and Reappointment Process

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT

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

Andrew McKinney

Open Education Coordinator, City University of New York

Craig Finlay

OER Librarian, Criss Library, University of Nebraska Omaha

Elaine Correa

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

Emily Carlisle-Johnson

Research and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Western University

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

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

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

Leslie Reynolds

Senior Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder

Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus

Jeff Gallant

Program Director, GALILEO/Affordable Learning Georgia

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.

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 →

Liliana Diaz

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

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

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

James Glapa-Grossklag

Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, College of the Canyons

Michelle Pilati

Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI)

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:00am - 11:40am EDT
IP1

Session: In Person

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Beginner
Regional Focus United States

11:45am EDT

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

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

Meredith Jacob

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

Ethan Senack

Chief of Staff, ISKME

Chip Hatcher

ISKME

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H3

Session: Hybrid

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

11:45am EDT

Making a Case for the ROI of Recognition, Care, and Compensation

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

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

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 →

Brad Griffith

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

Session Type

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H2

Session: Hybrid

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

11:45am EDT

Promising Practices for Course Marking at Independent Institutions

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT

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

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 →

Lindsey Gwozdz

Assistant Dean of Library, Community College of Rhode Island

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

Hybrid (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
H4

Session: Hybrid

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

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

Amanda Coolidge

Executive Director, BCcampus

Session Type

In Person (40 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 11:45am - 12:25pm EDT
IP2

Session: In Person

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

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

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.

Attendance Type Attend In Person
Audience Intermediate
Regional Focus United States

12:30pm EDT

Lunch / Break (45 min)

Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT

General

Session Type

In Person

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

Thursday October 10, 2024 12:30pm - 1:15pm EDT
General

Break

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

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

Hybrid

Thursday October 10, 2024 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT
General

Plenary

Attendance Type Attend In Person, Attend Virtually

2:15pm EDT

Closing

Thursday October 10, 2024 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

General

Speakers

Board of Directors

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

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