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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 Aug 2018

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 …