Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions at University of ArkansasMichelle Reed
“Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions” by Michelle Reed is licensed CC BY and is modified from Open Textbook Network slides prepared by David Ernst and Sarah Cohen. Images are individually licensed as noted. It was presented in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas on September 24, 2019.
We Can and We Should: libraries' role in open educationSarah Cohen
We can and we should: the libraries' role in open education
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
Best Practices for Faculty Development to Promote Adoption of OERUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on best practices for Faculty Development to promote OER adoption. Two librarians who are leading efforts in their states to inform and inspire faculty to adopt OER will be featured.
Open Oregon is a project of the Oregon’s community colleges focused on reducing textbooks costs and open education is gaining momentum as an innovative and long-term solution to the problem. Amy Hofer is the statewide coordinator of these efforts and works with all 17 community colleges in Oregon to help promote these efforts through faculty development and sharing resources centrally.
Lansing Community College held its first OER Summit in fall of 2015. With support from their Provost, Regina Gong and her team organized a statewide event for Michigan community college featuring OER thought leaders from many organizations including CCCOER and also faculty from Lansing Community College. It was an important event to inform and advocate for using open educational resources to reduce costs and expand faculty’s curriculum choices.
Date: Wed, February 10, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
• Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
• Regina Gong, Manager of Library Technical Services and Systems, Lansing Community College
Adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, & CoursesUna Daly
A panel of members from the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) will share how they are adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, and Courses at their colleges. CCCOER was founded in 2007 and now composes over 250 colleges in 22 states and provinces. Members collaborate online regularly and in-person at conferences on best practices for OER adoption. This cross-institutional sharing of open educational resources, open practices, open research, and open policies provides a powerful OER advocacy network for community colleges. New members have immediate access to a community of OER practitioners and experts who can help them launch their projects more efficiently and quickly. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote successful OER adoption strategies of our members with colleagues throughout higher education. Audience participation will be welcomed.
Our eLearning Panel will be moderated by Una Daly, CCCOER Director and our panelists include:
Cynthia Alexander, Distance Education Coordinator and Faculty at Cerritos College.
Cynthia leads the Online Teacher Certification program at Cerritos College and was an early adopter of OER in her teaching. The Business management department has also been using OER for over 5-years and OER has spread to many other departments through early efforts on the Kaleidoscope project.
Lorah Gough, Director, Distance Education at Houston Community College
Lorah works with faculty to find and adopt OER and is working to highlight OER in the new HCC strategic plan coming out next year. Two OER committees and the library are all strong partners in this effort.
Cheryl Knight, Instructional Designer at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)
Cheryl leads the Save 100K project; focused on saving students money so they can concentrate on success. Started with a zero text cost math course and expanded to several disciplines and all 4 campuses in greater Cleveland are now participating.
Jake McBee, Instructional Designer, at North Central Texas College
Jake works on the Rural Information Technology Alliance (RITA) grant, shared by a four-college Texas consortium, building OER-based curriculum for certificates in high-demand information technology areas including networking, mobile apps, and cybersecurity.
Lisa Young, Tri-Chair Maricopa Millions Project;
Faculty Director, Teaching & Learning Center, Scottsdale Community College.
Lisa is tri-chair of the district-wide Maricopa Millions Project started in fall 2013 with the goal of saving $5 Million for students in five years. In two years, they are over 90% to achieving the goals. Maricopa Millions is now planning for zero-textbook pathways in multiple disciplines.
Our eLearning panel moderator will be Una Daly, director of CCCOER.
Open Textbook Summit - Collaborative Statistics & Introductory StatisticsBCcampus
Presentation slide for Open Textbook Summit, April 16-17, 2014 by:
Barbara Illowsky
De Anza College and
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions at University of ArkansasMichelle Reed
“Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions” by Michelle Reed is licensed CC BY and is modified from Open Textbook Network slides prepared by David Ernst and Sarah Cohen. Images are individually licensed as noted. It was presented in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas on September 24, 2019.
We Can and We Should: libraries' role in open educationSarah Cohen
We can and we should: the libraries' role in open education
Libraries around the country, and the world, are increasingly devoting time and resources to open education. But why? In what way are libraries part of this movement and how does it serve our missions and services? This presentation will describe the value that libraries’ engagement in this space can offer to our institutions, our students, and our profession; and, to outline possible ways forward for libraries that are interested in committing their limited resources to this transformative effort.
Best Practices for Faculty Development to Promote Adoption of OERUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free and open webinar on best practices for Faculty Development to promote OER adoption. Two librarians who are leading efforts in their states to inform and inspire faculty to adopt OER will be featured.
Open Oregon is a project of the Oregon’s community colleges focused on reducing textbooks costs and open education is gaining momentum as an innovative and long-term solution to the problem. Amy Hofer is the statewide coordinator of these efforts and works with all 17 community colleges in Oregon to help promote these efforts through faculty development and sharing resources centrally.
Lansing Community College held its first OER Summit in fall of 2015. With support from their Provost, Regina Gong and her team organized a statewide event for Michigan community college featuring OER thought leaders from many organizations including CCCOER and also faculty from Lansing Community College. It was an important event to inform and advocate for using open educational resources to reduce costs and expand faculty’s curriculum choices.
Date: Wed, February 10, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
• Amy Hofer, Coordinator, Statewide Open Education Library Services, Open Oregon
• Regina Gong, Manager of Library Technical Services and Systems, Lansing Community College
Adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, & CoursesUna Daly
A panel of members from the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) will share how they are adopting OER for Pathways, Certificates, and Courses at their colleges. CCCOER was founded in 2007 and now composes over 250 colleges in 22 states and provinces. Members collaborate online regularly and in-person at conferences on best practices for OER adoption. This cross-institutional sharing of open educational resources, open practices, open research, and open policies provides a powerful OER advocacy network for community colleges. New members have immediate access to a community of OER practitioners and experts who can help them launch their projects more efficiently and quickly. Meetups at regional and national conferences provide an opportunity to share and promote successful OER adoption strategies of our members with colleagues throughout higher education. Audience participation will be welcomed.
Our eLearning Panel will be moderated by Una Daly, CCCOER Director and our panelists include:
Cynthia Alexander, Distance Education Coordinator and Faculty at Cerritos College.
Cynthia leads the Online Teacher Certification program at Cerritos College and was an early adopter of OER in her teaching. The Business management department has also been using OER for over 5-years and OER has spread to many other departments through early efforts on the Kaleidoscope project.
Lorah Gough, Director, Distance Education at Houston Community College
Lorah works with faculty to find and adopt OER and is working to highlight OER in the new HCC strategic plan coming out next year. Two OER committees and the library are all strong partners in this effort.
Cheryl Knight, Instructional Designer at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)
Cheryl leads the Save 100K project; focused on saving students money so they can concentrate on success. Started with a zero text cost math course and expanded to several disciplines and all 4 campuses in greater Cleveland are now participating.
Jake McBee, Instructional Designer, at North Central Texas College
Jake works on the Rural Information Technology Alliance (RITA) grant, shared by a four-college Texas consortium, building OER-based curriculum for certificates in high-demand information technology areas including networking, mobile apps, and cybersecurity.
Lisa Young, Tri-Chair Maricopa Millions Project;
Faculty Director, Teaching & Learning Center, Scottsdale Community College.
Lisa is tri-chair of the district-wide Maricopa Millions Project started in fall 2013 with the goal of saving $5 Million for students in five years. In two years, they are over 90% to achieving the goals. Maricopa Millions is now planning for zero-textbook pathways in multiple disciplines.
Our eLearning panel moderator will be Una Daly, director of CCCOER.
Open Textbook Summit - Collaborative Statistics & Introductory StatisticsBCcampus
Presentation slide for Open Textbook Summit, April 16-17, 2014 by:
Barbara Illowsky
De Anza College and
California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
Libraries Lead the Way: Open Courses, Open Educational Resoursces, Open PoliciesUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Wed, Oct 2, noon Pacific American Library Collection(3:00 pm EST) for a free, open webinar on how libraries are leading the way with Open Courses, Open Educational Resources, and Open Policies. Three leaders who support students, faculty, and colleges through open educational policy and practice will be featured.
Dr. Patricia Profeta, Dean of Learning Resources at Indian River State College will share how she and other Florida State College librarians have developed open courses on information literacy and internet search to prepare students for college-level research. These courses have been published in Florida’s Orange Grove repository with a Creative Commons license.
Donna Okubo, Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Advocacy, at Public Library of Science (PLoS) will share their amazing collection of open science resources and journals that you can use in the classroom at your college. PLoS has implemented a new publishing model to support scholarly authorship and allow public access to the peer-reviewed results.
Nicole Allen, OER Program Director at, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) of the Academic and Research Library (ARL) will share SPARC’s plan to broadens its advocacy from open research to include all open educational resources (OER). Working with college libraries to extend their copyright expertise to include open policies is a critical component.
Measuring the Impact of Information Literacy Instruction: A Starting Point fo...UCD Library
Presentation made by Lorna Dodd, User Services Manager, University College Dublin Library, at ANLTC Seminar "Library Impact and Assessment", held on Tuesday, 7th May 2013 at Trinity College Dublin Library.
These are the slides I used for a webinar I did for BCcampus during Open Education Week, March 7, 2016. I gave an almost identical talk on campus at the University of Saskatchewan later the same day.
Presented by Peter Hickey, Head of Client Services, University College Dublin Library, Dublin, Ireland at LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference), Manchester, England, March 25-27, 2013.
This presentation was provided by Ashley Miller of Ohio State University during the NISO Virtual Conference, Opening Up Education, held on April 19, 2017.
Why should you care about OER is an overview of OER and the California Open Online Library for Education (cool4ed.org) given for faculty at the Porterville College Summer Institute on May 25, 2015.
Una Daly, CCCOER Director (May 2016)
Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions - UA CossatotMichelle Reed
“Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions” by Michelle Reed was presented at the University of Arkansas Cossatot on March 15, 2019, and is licensed CC BY. Slides are modified from Open Textbook Network slides prepared by David Ernst and Sarah Cohen. Images are individually licensed as noted.
Libraries Lead the Way: Open Courses, Open Educational Resoursces, Open PoliciesUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) on Wed, Oct 2, noon Pacific American Library Collection(3:00 pm EST) for a free, open webinar on how libraries are leading the way with Open Courses, Open Educational Resources, and Open Policies. Three leaders who support students, faculty, and colleges through open educational policy and practice will be featured.
Dr. Patricia Profeta, Dean of Learning Resources at Indian River State College will share how she and other Florida State College librarians have developed open courses on information literacy and internet search to prepare students for college-level research. These courses have been published in Florida’s Orange Grove repository with a Creative Commons license.
Donna Okubo, Senior Manager of Community Outreach and Advocacy, at Public Library of Science (PLoS) will share their amazing collection of open science resources and journals that you can use in the classroom at your college. PLoS has implemented a new publishing model to support scholarly authorship and allow public access to the peer-reviewed results.
Nicole Allen, OER Program Director at, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) of the Academic and Research Library (ARL) will share SPARC’s plan to broadens its advocacy from open research to include all open educational resources (OER). Working with college libraries to extend their copyright expertise to include open policies is a critical component.
Measuring the Impact of Information Literacy Instruction: A Starting Point fo...UCD Library
Presentation made by Lorna Dodd, User Services Manager, University College Dublin Library, at ANLTC Seminar "Library Impact and Assessment", held on Tuesday, 7th May 2013 at Trinity College Dublin Library.
These are the slides I used for a webinar I did for BCcampus during Open Education Week, March 7, 2016. I gave an almost identical talk on campus at the University of Saskatchewan later the same day.
Presented by Peter Hickey, Head of Client Services, University College Dublin Library, Dublin, Ireland at LILAC (Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference), Manchester, England, March 25-27, 2013.
This presentation was provided by Ashley Miller of Ohio State University during the NISO Virtual Conference, Opening Up Education, held on April 19, 2017.
Why should you care about OER is an overview of OER and the California Open Online Library for Education (cool4ed.org) given for faculty at the Porterville College Summer Institute on May 25, 2015.
Una Daly, CCCOER Director (May 2016)
Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions - UA CossatotMichelle Reed
“Supporting Open Textbook Adoptions” by Michelle Reed was presented at the University of Arkansas Cossatot on March 15, 2019, and is licensed CC BY. Slides are modified from Open Textbook Network slides prepared by David Ernst and Sarah Cohen. Images are individually licensed as noted.
Promoting Open Access and Open Educational Resources to FacultyNASIG
Heather Crozier, presenter
Student debt is a compelling issue and many institutions are investigating solutions to ease the financial burdens of their students. Increasing the use of open educational resources benefits students by reducing course costs. Adopting OER in the classroom allows faculty more freedom in choosing instructional tools. Faculty also benefit from open access publishing by increasing their exposure. However, on the campus of a small, private institution, attendance at workshops to spread awareness and increase the use of these materials was minimal. Faculty had the perception that free resources could not be the same quality as traditional resources. In order to dispel this myth, the Electronic Resources Librarian and Educational Technology Manager collaborated to create custom one hour sessions for individual departments, leveraging library/faculty liaison relationships and the expertise of the office of educational technology. In the session, faculty learn more about open access publishing options, the value of open educational resources, the quality of many open educational resources, and where to find these resources. The session uses the course management system to both disseminate the information shared in the session and create a forum for departments to share resources with each other. Through the CMS, faculty gain access to vetted resources. All attendants have editing privileges within the site after the workshop, allowing them to curate course-specific lists for sharing and future reference. Pilot sessions have been well received and wider implementation is planned for the next academic year.
OER in Repositories and Course Management SystemsUna Daly
Happy Open Access Week 2017! Open Access Week is an international advocacy event meant to highlight the benefits of sharing scholarly and academic work. This year’s theme is “Open in order to …” At CCCOER we are celebrating Open Access Week this month with two organizations that prioritize sharing OER through digital tools.
Join us to hear about how OER repositories and Open Course Management systems can support the development and sharing of OER within colleges and regional consortiums. Our speakers will share how Affordable Learning Georgia and the California Online Education Initiative develop and maintain digital tools to share open course content and academic work.
When: Wednesday, October 25, 2017, 11:00 AM PT (2:00 PM ET)
Featured Speakers:
Jeff Gallant, Program Manager for Affordable Learning Georgia.
Barbara Illowsky, Chief Academic Affairs Officer for the California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative (OEI)
Presentation by the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Advisory Members on various aspects of OER Usage. Presenters: Andrea Henne, Barbara Illowsky, Lisa Storm, James GlapaGrookag, and
Community College Consortium OER Panel eLearning 2013Una Daly
Community College Consortium Colleges OER Panel at eLearning 2013. Featuring Jean Runyon, Anne Arundel CC, Carol Laman, Houston CC, Kathryn Rhodes, Roane State CC, James Glapa-Grossklag, College of the Canyons, Una Daly, Open Courseware Consortium
Finding and adopting oer with CanvasCommons, OpenStax, and SaylorUna Daly
Please join the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) for a free, open webinar on finding the most recently updated open textbooks, open courses, and open educational resources for college. Speakers will share their open collections: how to find content, peer review processes, and strategies for encouraging faculty adoptions to improve teaching and learning and expand access for learners.
Date: Wed, Sept 9, Time: 10 am PST, 1:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers:
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Kate McGee, Project Director, Canvas Commons
Nicole Finkbeiner, Associate Director of Institutional Relations, OpenStax College
Tanner Huggins, Educational Project Manager, Saylor Academy
CCCOER: Faculty and Librarians Selecting High Quality OER TogetherUna Daly
Join us for this webinar to hear from librarians and faculty who are working together to support the selection and adoption of high-quality open educational resources to enhance teaching and learning. Leveraging the key role and skill set of librarians for curating high-quality and openly licensed resources can give faculty time to focus on the pedagogical enhancements available through OER adoption in their courses.
When: Wed, Sept 27, at 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Tina Ulrich, Library Director, Northwestern Michigan College
Elizabeth Sonnabend, Adjunct Business Instructor, Northwestern Michigan College.
Dr. Sharon Hughes, Professor of Psychology, Lansing Community College
Regina Gong, Librarian and OER Project Manager, Lansing Community College
When forced into a corner we do have options: I suggest we choose to be activ...Charles Darwin University
A presentation to the English Australia Ed Tech Symposium - Plenary Address.
Abstract: Those institutions that have pivoted rapidly from teaching face-to face to teaching fully online have learned many lessons over the last 18 months, both good and bad. But for some, this has been nothing new, instead it’s simply been business as usual. We have seen that those who fared better have well established frameworks in place to mediate their technology-enhanced learning offerings. That is, they have recognised processes that define how they translate what they have in policy, procedures and planning into practice. Such a framework can be found within a number of quality tools, that are designed to provide institutions with clear guidelines as to what need to be in place to facilitate a robust and consistent approach to teaching with technology. Once present, it makes it easier to undertake online teaching that does more than just mimic face-to-face practice, providing a robust platform to allow innovative pedagogies to thrive. Typically, this means the online learning has, or can become far more, active, collaborative and authentic. This presentation with share some of the things that have been observed across the higher education sector over the last 18 moths that we can all learn from.
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This presentation on open educational resources (OER) by Michelle Reed was presented on August 24, 2020, during New Faculty Orientation at the University of Texas at Arlington. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Transforming Higher Education with Open Educational ResourcesMichelle Reed
This keynote presentation was presented by Michelle Reed at the Advanced Teaching and Learning with Technology Symposium at IUPUI’s Center for Teaching and Learning in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 8, 2019. The slides are licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Images are individually licensed as noted in the slide notes.
Abstract
Initiatives supporting the use and creation of open educational resources (OER) can provide cost, access, and student success solutions for higher education. The affordability argument often associated with OER gets significant attention because commercial textbook prices are startling and cost savings accumulate quickly when transitioning to free resources. However, the pedagogical innovation enabled by openness is as highly valued by both educators and their students. In this presentation, we’ll define OER, examine the impact of OER use in higher education, explore values that are fundamental to open education, discuss concepts of information ownership and authority, and highlight examples of open education that have empowered educators, improved information access, and increased student agency.
https://atlt.iupui.edu/keynote
Open textbooks can alleviate the burden of educational costs for students and provide faculty with content that can be customized for their courses. Open textbooks are full, real textbooks, used by many faculty across the country, including here at UTA. They are licensed to be freely used, edited, and distributed. Many are also accompanied by customizable slides, test banks, and other supplemental materials.
UTA educators are invited to attend an Open Textbook Workshop to discover open textbooks. After the workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to write a short review of an open textbook from the Open Textbook Library in exchange for a small stipend. The review will benefit other faculty considering open textbooks.
More info at https://libguides.uta.edu/OERgrants/workshops
Introduction to OER for Open Education Day at UTAMichelle Reed
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) Libraries and the Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence co-sponsored Open Education Day at UTA on March 7, 2019, in Central Library. In the day's first presentation, "Introduction to OER," presenter Michelle Reed defines open educational resources (OER), examines the impact of OER use in higher education, discusses copyright and open licensing, and explores avenues for identifying existing OER that can be remixed and reused. The presentation covers updates on federal and state OER initiatives and highlights support for open educational practices at UTA, including access to and technical support for Pressbooks, a web-based publishing platform. Slides and detailed slide notes are available at http://hdl.handle.net/10106/27848.
To support UTA faculty interested in submitting an application for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) Open Educational Resources Grant Program, UTA Libraries are hosting two OER Grant Application Sprints. Librarians will share tips for completing the application, assist with locating OER, define support for open education at UTA, and review application materials.
Partnering to Build a Sustainable OER ProgramMichelle Reed
This presentation by Michelle Reed was presented for the Belt and Road Open Education Learning Week hosted by the Smart Learning Institute of Beijing Normal University on June 26, 2018.
This presentation by Michelle Reed and Billy Meinke was presented at the Open Education Global Conference on April 25, 2018, in Delft, Netherlands. Abstract: For over a century, academic librarians in the United States have provided instruction designed to help patrons effectively navigate and use the resources and services provided by the library. Today we refer to this type of learning experience in terms of “information literacy.” As digitization has shaped the ways that we access and share information, so, too, has information literacy evolved to represent a more nuanced relationship between the people who create and consume information and the systems we use to communicate in a networked world. In January 2016, the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) adopted a new Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education, which transitioned librarians from a skills-based approach to teaching and learning to a conceptual one. Though the language in the Framework is student-centric, as are the information literacy programs that operate out of academic libraries, we argue that the knowledge practices and dispositions represented in the document apply to educators as much as they do to the students we serve—particularly in the context of open education. With its heavy focus on copyright and licensing, outreach and education about open educational resources (OER) provide a perfect opportunity to explore how concepts of information literacy can guide our work with faculty, staff, and administrators who are new to open education or who have fallen prey to misinformation about OER. Additionally, though the term “information literacy” grew from libraries, we acknowledge that librarians do not fully own the responsibility of deepening our communities’ understanding of the information ecosystem. In this presentation, a librarian and an instructional designer discuss how information literacy concepts can inform how we support open education and how we leverage existing information literacy programs to broaden the impact of our work. Paper: https://uta-ir.tdl.org/uta-ir/handle/10106/27285
This presentation by Michelle Reed was presented at the “E”ffordability Summit hosted by UW-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin, on March 26, 2018. It is licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International license (CC-BY): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Images are individually licensed as noted.
"Complementary and Necessarily Bundled: Leveraging Partnerships to Bring Open Pedagogy to Scale" was presented on October 11, 2017, at the 14th annual Open Education Conference in Anaheim, California.
Abstract: Open pedagogy is the future of open education because of the potential for an educational community to engage in the creation of the next generation of content while improving student learning. However, building open pedagogy to scale at most institutions has proven difficult, partially because of customized learning experiences and partially because of lack of faculty knowledge about how to support open pedagogy assignments. One way to increase adoption of open pedagogy is to leverage the existing infrastructure and institutional awareness around information literacy. The similarities in goals between open pedagogy and information literacy work represents a natural partnership that open practitioners can draw upon to support the increased adoption of both information-rich and renewable assignments in the curriculum. Panelists in this session will discuss a librarian's perspective on building programmatic support for open pedagogical practice, similar to how libraries have built programmatic support for information literacy. With a focus on scholarship of teaching and learning and open educational practices, we'll demonstrate how the work of open education practitioners and librarians is both complementary and necessarily bundled. When our professional, ethical, and teaching practices are united, open pedagogy can be better organized to scale.
A summary of Robin DeRosa’s blog post, “My Open Textbook: Pedagogy and Practice." http://robinderosa.net/uncategorized/my-open-textbook-pedagogy-and-practice/
Model Attribute Check Company Auto PropertyCeline George
In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
The Art Pastor's Guide to Sabbath | Steve ThomasonSteve Thomason
What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Students, digital devices and success - Andreas Schleicher - 27 May 2024..pptxEduSkills OECD
Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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5. Some stats: OTN
• 78 members
representing 635
institutions
• 300+ staff trained
6. Some stats: Workshops
• 2200 faculty across ~160 workshops
• 66% of workshops have been given
by local staff
• 45% of faculty attending workshop
say they will adopt
• Student savings: over $8.5 million
7. Today, we will:
• Explore issues of affordability and their
impact on student academic success.
• Increase familiarity with open textbooks,
OE tools, and local OE initiatives,
• Discuss why and how you might support
open textbook initiatives.
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11. The cost barrier kept
2.4 million
low and moderate-income
college-qualified high school
graduates from completing college
in the previous decade.
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
14. The average borrower owes more than
$30,100
in student loans (class of 2016).
https://ticas.org/posd/map-state-data#overlay=posd/state_data/2017/tx
University of Houston: $23,665
Graduating students who have borrowed (any loan type, 2016):
51%
15. What can we do?
• Tuition and Fees
• Room and Board
• Books and Supplies
• Personal Expenses
• Transportation
19. The average student budgets
$1,230 – $1,390
on course materials in 2016 – 2017.
Source: College Board
20. Coping with the Cost
• Purchase an older edition of the textbook.
• Delay purchasing the textbook.
• Never purchase the textbook.
• Share a textbook.
• Download a textbook from the web.
21. 2012 2016
63.6% 66.5%
Not purchase the required
textbook
49.2% 47.6% Take fewer courses
45.1% 45.5% Not register for a specific course
33.9% 37.6% Earn a poor grade
26.7% 26.1% Drop a course
17.0% 19.8% Fail a course
In your academic career, has the cost of
required textbooks caused you to:
22. What do you hear?
https://youtu.be/r-zi8-4NN5I
27. open = free + permissions
copy mix
share keep
edit use
28. Why Open?
• Facilitates the free exchange of
information.
• Allows higher education to take
ownership of its content.
• Empowers faculty.
• Sharing is scalable.
29. Why Textbooks?
• Hits a major pain point – textbook
costs.
• Faculty understand textbooks.
• Faculty know how to adopt textbooks.
• Faculty effort (vs. alternatives) is kept
at a minimum.
• Textbooks can provide content for a
complete (or nearly complete) course.
33. Criteria for inclusion
openly licensed*
*That means everything, including images.
✓ Portable file
✓ Complete textbook
✓ Institutional or scholarly society affiliation, or in use in more than one location
✓ Original (unless it’s a major overhaul for a new audience)
34. 11 Accounting & Finance
52 Business
43 Computer Science & Information Systems
17 Economics
31 Education
9 Engineering
93 Humanities
11 Journalism, Media Studies & Communications
50 Law
72 Mathematics
7 Medicine
46 Natural Sciences
38 Social Sciences
12 Student Success
433 Total Books (a book may be included in multiple subject areas)
35. Where do the books come from?
• Funded initiatives
• Independent authors
• Discipline collectives
• Other places
44. Common deterrents to adopting OER:
-No comprehensive catalog.
-Too hard to find what I need.
-Not enough resources for my subject.
-Not knowing if I have permission to use or
change.
-Not relevant to my local context.
Babson Survey Research Group, 2014
45. They don’t know much about them.
Faculty are busy:
• Prepping for their
courses
• Responding to students
• Grading
• Mentoring
• Research
• Grant writing
• Committee Work
• The list goes on…
http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum2014.pdf
46. What does and could supporting
open textbook adoptions look like
at University of Houston?
47. Low stakes
• Share resources:
– the Open Textbook Library,
– your website
– news
– research (http://openedgroup.org/)
• Reach out to today’s faculty participants
• Learn more about textbooks on your campus
– Talk to students
– Talk to faculty
• Outreach for current initiatives
48. A bit higher
• Student survey
• Student videos
• Partnerships: Center for Teaching and
Learning + Educational Services
• OT listserv/learning community
• Adopter awards, profiles, panels
49. High stakes
• Grant programs to encourage adoption
• OER-identified courses at registration
– Texas Senate Bill 810
• Texas Toolkit: http://libguides.uta.edu/TXtoolkit
• Common Course Team: This team leads efforts
to match OER with Texas Common Course
Numbers. Interested in joining the team? Contact
Michelle Reed.
52. Don’t come to me with the
entire truth.
Don’t bring me the ocean if I
feel thirsty,
nor heaven if I ask for light.
-from Olav Hauge’s
“Don’t come to me with the entire truth,”
translated by Robert Bly
Try
not to
overwhelm
58. • Based on the COUP
Framework
Cost
Outcomes
Use
Perceptions
• Designed to support all level
of inquiry and research
• Includes:
– Best Practices
– Workflows
– Decision making guidelines
– Documentation
59. How can I edit a textbook from the
open textbook library?
65. Do what you already do.
• Listen.
• Have conversations.
• Introduce new
options.
66. We need YOU
• You are leaders on your
campus.
• You work with and
support faculty on your
campus.
• You share resources,
options, ideas, and tools
with faculty.
70. “Open education is about increasing
student achievement, inspiring
passion among faculty, and building
better connections between students
and the materials that they use to
meet their educational goals.”
– Quill West
West & Jensen, 2015