Are you new to open educational resources (OER) and interested in learning how to adopt or scale OER in your course or across your institution? Register to join the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative at the M.O.S.T. Regional OER Forum: Eastern Maryland to participate in interactive sessions, discussions, and hands-on workshops on OER in higher education. This day-long regional forum is targeted to 2- and 4-year higher education faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and administrators interested in getting an introduction to openly licensed materials, finding resources to support OER adoption, and joining discussions on OER accessibility, quality, and impact on student success.
To register for the Eastern Maryland Regional OER Forum, find hotel information, and learn more about the program, click on the "Registration," "Hotel & Travel," and "Program" tabs.
Many thanks to University of Maryland Eastern Shore for hosting the Eastern Maryland event.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at most@usmd.edu.
Location
University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Henson Center
11868 Academic Oval
Princess Anne, MD 21853
Date
Thursday, August 15, 2019
9:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost
Free
Accomodations
A discounted hotel room block has been secured at The Henson (906 Backbone Road, Princess Anne, MD 21853) for the evening of August 14, 2019. The deadline to secure a room at the discounted rate has passed. Please call the Henson directly at 410-651-8100 for room availability.
Program Overview
REGISTRATION AND POSTER SHOWCASE (with light breakfast) | 9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
- Benchoff_Harsh_HagerstownCC_Composition&Literature
- Bontempo_HagerstownCC_OER_Pilot_for_Art_Appreciation
- Kharel_DeBenedetto_UMES_DesigningPHAR681
- McMaster_Frederick_PrinciplesofMacroeconomics
- Morlier_DiDonato_Poster_Frederick_GeneralPsychology
- Vlahovici-Jones_UMES_ENGL203_FundamentalsofContemporarySpeech
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTORY REMARKS | 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Henson Ballroom
PLENARY ADDRESS | 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
MJ Bishop, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director, William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland
What is the potential for open educational resources and open education to transform higher education for students, faculty, and institutions? The plenary speaker will review the fundamentals of what constitutes OER, highlight its advantages for faculty and students, and set the stage for thinking about OER and open education as tools to increase access, affordability, and achievement.
Resource: Improving Access, Affordability, and Achievement with OER (slides)
Resource: Video of Live Keynote Address
CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK 1 | 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Finding, Adopting, and Adapting High-Quality OER
Explore sources for high-quality OER and learn how to identify and address gaps in existing OER content and customize content to best meet your teaching objectives and your students’ learning goals.
Open Licensing and OER Accessibility
Gain an understanding about copyright, Creative Commons licenses, and accessibility standards that allow you to adopt and share learning materials that meet open licensing and accessibility standards.
Resource: Accessibility
LUNCH | 12:00 p.m. - 12:40 p.m.
CONCURRENT SESSION BLOCK 2 | 12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m.
Teaching with OER
Learn from expert faculty and instructional designers on how learning analytics can be combined with the 5Rs of OER to continuously improve course content.
Resource: Teaching with OER
Implementing, Scaling, and Sustaining OER
Learn how institutions in Maryland have begun to scale OER, and build the capacity to sustain their OER initiatives.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS | 1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Discuss OER implementation, scaling, successes and challenges, and how M.O.S.T. can support your work with colleagues from across the state.
CLOSING SESSION: REFLECTIONS FROM THE DAY AND NEXT STEPS | 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
After a day of learning about the evolving landscape of OER, the closing session will allow attendees the opportunity to move the conversation to next steps. Where are we along the continuum of OER adoption? What kinds of support will we need to move forward?
Register
The deadline to register for the M.O.S.T. Regional OER Forum: Eastern Maryland has passed. If you have any questions, please contact us at most@usmd.edu.
If you are interested in registering for the Central Maryland Regional OER Forum, please register directly using the link below:
- Central Maryland Regional OER Forum, Towson University, September 20, 2019 - REGISTER
A discounted hotel room block has been secured at The Henson (906 Backbone Road, Princess Anne, MD 21853) for the evening of August 14, 2019. The deadline to book a room under our discounted room block has passed. Please call the Henson directly at 410-651-8100 for availability.