DO THIS ONE THING: If you can only do one thing today, catch David Wiley talking about the State of Open. He is one of the founders of the open education movement and a passionate, engaging speaker.
Thursday, March 5 at 1 p.m. Central (CSUCI is in California).
ACCESSIBILITY: How can OER increase opportunities to create accessible content for our students? Watch this webinar with Hannah Davidson, Accessibility Specialist at Plymouth State University in Massachusetts, to learn more.
RECORDING: Accessibility and Open Educational ResourcesThursday, March 5 at 9:00 a.m.
This webinar will briefly define OER and related terms and then delve into the nexus between these course materials and accessibility. We will also (re) consider our definitions of ‘access’ and seek to understand how using OER might help us to do so.
WATCH: Dr. M.J. Bishop, Associate Vice Chancellor at the University of Maryland will discuss efforts at the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation to find new ways to think about student success, featuring the Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative.
RECORDING: New Ways of Thinking about Student Success, OER and Affordable Learning in MarylandThursday, March 5 from 1-2 PM
Dr. Bishop will discuss the mission of the University System of Maryland’s Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, its philosophy, how her team has been identifying priority areas, and the way they work collaboratively with a variety of partners to catalyze new ways of thinking about student success across Maryland. She will provide concrete examples of this work that are specific to the Kirwan Center’s leadership of the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative.
CULTURAL RELEVANCE: How can OER help faculty design courses and incorporate course materials that are culturally relevant to their students? Learn more in this webinar:
OER and Culturally Relevant PedagogyThursday, March 5 @ 1:00 p.m.
Culturally relevant pedagogy has often been added as an afterthought instead of being core material for courses. The current interest in OER represents an opportunity for educators to include OER content that supports culturally relevant pedagogy. This discussion and short design activity session will focus on starting to add these OER components into your course.
TEACHING: Hear from other faculty about their experiences with using OER and open pedagogy in this webinar sponsored by the Colorado Department of Higher Education.
RECORDING: Adventures in OER and Open PedagogyThursday, March 5 at 3:30 p.m.
Two MSU Denver professors will share their adventures in using OER and broadening their pedagogical strategies in their courses. Professor Steve Krizman will share his experience using hypothesis to engage students in Public Relations Research and Planning. Dr. Emily Ragan will share her experience iteratively developing a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) in Biochemistry II, an experience that has broadened the scope and student experience of the course. The materials she developed for the CURE are openly licensed and freely available.
