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Oer Advocacy Crash Course, Chealsye Bowley

OER From Vision to Action

Proposal (500 words): Students would greatly benefit from Open Educational Resources, but how does one gain the support of administration, the library, and faculty to take action and implement an OER program? Advocacy campaigns to raise awareness among students and then to partner with students to advocate for open educational resources and affordable textbooks can be the solution to move from vision to reality.

This session will be a crash course into advocacy communication focused on audience, messaging, and framing. Attendees will be presented with communication best practices and examples of student advocacy initiatives. Then attendees will design an advocacy …

Copyright, Oer, And Cc Licenses 101, Ethan Senack

OER From Vision to Action

As more institutions consider adopting Open Educational Resources into their classrooms, educators, librarians, and other staff are increasingly faced with questions about copyright - but navigating licensing, fair use, and open is never easy.

Creative Commons licenses are designed to help simplify the process, but they operate in this complex environment. This seminar aims to provide an introduction to OER, Creative Commons licenses, and fair use – helping practitioners reduce uncertainty about copyright in their day-to-day roles.

This session will comprise of two parts: an overview on the basics of copyright, fair use, and licensing, but focusing on the CC …

A Voice In The Wilderness, Jeffrey Marzluft

OER From Vision to Action

“A Voice in the Wilderness”

Whether you live on an actual island or just feel like it, starting and driving an OER program on your campus can feel like a lonely business. When Jeffrey Marzluft started at University of Hawaii - Maui College, most faculty had never heard of OER, let alone utilized them in their classes. Employing a variety of tools including the library’s positive brand, resources from local consortia & the open community, some grit, and a little good old-fashioned librarian knowhow - he raised adoption levels across campus bringing measured savings to students and initiating a cultural …

Building A Community Of Practice: Strategies Developed By Librarians In The Sparc Opened Leadership Program, Amanda Larson, Abbey Elder, Elaine Thornton, Grace Atkins, Talea Anderson

OER From Vision to Action

Do you want to know how other universities develop their OER initiatives? This panel of five librarians will discuss their participation in the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program, a two-semester professional development experience aimed at building expertise and capacity to advance open education in academic libraries, and how it helped shape the development of OER initiatives at their institutions. Over two semesters, the program blends online, peer-to-peer, and project-based learning opportunities to develop participants into subject matter experts with the practical know-how to advance open education initiatives on their campuses.

The panelists will discuss how their participation in the SPARC …

Oer Lessons Learned: Three Institutional Perspectives, Cheryl Cuillier, Cinthya Ippoliti, Michael J. Whitchurch

OER From Vision to Action

Learn how OER initiatives at Brigham Young University, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Arizona have progressed from vision to action. Our three campuses vary in size, demographics, institutional culture, and available resources to support OER. Our OER programs are in various stages of progression and we are each taking different approaches. We will demonstrate that there is no “one size fits all” solution when it comes to OER, but there are still important commonalities across our programs. At each institution, the library coordinates OER initiatives and provides leadership. Social justice is an important aspect of each program. Each …

Oer Adoption: Moving Beyond Early Adopters And Empowering Everyone Else To Use The Oer, Too, Alice Anderson, Sara K Kearns

OER From Vision to Action

This session will explore Stage 2 of the OER adoption process. If Stage 1 is that joyful moment when you have selected an OER that is on topic and relevant for your students’ learning, then Stage 2 is when you figure out how to actually implement the OER. As partners in creating the New Literacies Alliance (NLA) suite of online tutorials, we have been there and done that. NLA tutorials are freely available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. We know that the transition between deciding to use an OER and widely incorporating it into classes is a challenge. You …

“Open Education Resources: There’S Something In It For You.” Unearthing The Hidden Value Of Oer To A Mid-Size Academic Community, Stan Trembach

OER From Vision to Action

As higher education in the United States has undergone radical transformation in recent decades, open education resources (OER) are becoming more and more vital for supporting core institutional missions of enriching student college experiences through research, teaching and learning. While academic libraries subscribe to the idea of making education more affordable despite the constraints of the current financial climate, they often face the challenge to devise innovative and concrete programming to promote the use of OER among members of their campus communities.

This lightning talk will highlight the efforts of Subject Librarians at James A. Michener Library, University of Northern …

Planning And Implementing An Oer Initiative On A Budget, Abbey Elder

OER From Vision to Action

Although Open Educational Resources (OER) have clear and widespread benefits for stakeholders in higher education, implementing an OER initiative on a college campus is easier said than done. To help you plan an OER initiative of your own, Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, will share her team’s experience creating and marketing an Open Education Mini-Grants Program at Iowa State University. Their mini-grants program was developed and implemented in less than twelve months, but garnered interest from more than twenty academic departments across the Iowa State University community.

This talk will discuss practical strategies for planning OER initiatives, …

The Evolution Of Academic Libraries And Open Education...Through My Eyes, Nicole Allen

OER From Vision to Action

Building on the conference theme of "from vision to action," I tell the story of the last decade of the Open Education movement as seen from my eyes, starting with my days as a student and ending with standing on this stage.

California And Oer: Is The Giant Bear Sleeping?, James Wiser

OER From Vision to Action

California’s higher education system has supported OER initiatives for more than 20 years, but opinions vary widely regarding the efficacy of the state’s efforts. A small number of efforts have succeeded; many more have failed. In this presentation, James Wiser of the Community College League of California will describe what has and hasn’t worked in this always large and frequently unwieldy state, perhaps offering a cautionary tale of what not to do in your locale and ending with a glimpse of the Golden State’s future in OER efforts.