Submit a Proposal for the M.O.S.T. 2023 OER Grant Program
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2023 OER Grant Program.
Creating a Systemwide IRB for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
In Fall 2021, the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation proposed developing a Systemwide IRB protocol for USM faculty who wish to engage in common types of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research projects that pose minimal risk to participants.
Silver Linings: Lessons Learned from Teaching during the Pandemic
The Kirwan Center is pleased to announce the release of Silver Linings: Lessons Learned from Teaching during the Pandemic. Featuring faculty and administrator reflections on the challenges, triumphs, lessons learned, and new instructional approaches as a result of teaching through, and since, the pandemic.
M.O.S.T. Announces 2021 OER Grants
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2021 OER Grant Programs: 2021 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2021 Institutional OER Grants.
2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit Plenaries
The plenary addresses from the 2021 M.O.S.T. State Summit are now available for viewing.
Angela Debarger: Moving from Hope to Action: Putting Equity into Practice in Open Education and Maha Bali: Promoting Social Justice via Open Educational Practices
Fall 2021 Faculty Showcase
This fall, the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation will host a faculty showcase, Silver Linings: Lessons Learned from Teaching during the Pandemic. Faculty, individually and with colleagues, will share challenges, triumphs, lessons learned, and new approaches for supporting quality teaching and learning. Sessions will explore novel instructional approaches, active learning pedagogies, student engagement practices, assessment techniques, communication strategies, and faculty-staff and faculty-student partnerships.
USM and UMGC Form $2.6 Million Partnership to Support Expansion of Online Learning Across System Institutions
The Kirwan Center and UMGC have formed a $2.6 Million partnership, called USM OnTrack, to work with provosts, teaching and learning center directors, instructional designers, technology professionals, and others to support and assess expansion of high-quality online learning across the system.
M.O.S.T. Announces 2020 OER Grants
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2020 OER Grant Programs: 2020 Faculty OER Mini-Grants and 2020 Institutional OER Grants.
Kirwan Center Welcomes New Members to the Advisory Board
The Kirwan Center this month welcomes five new members to its Advisory Board.
USM Coronavirus Preparedness and Resources
The University System of Maryland is monitoring the global spread of the novel (new) coronavirus (“SARS-CoV-2”), which has caused outbreaks of respiratory disease (“COVID-19”) in numerous countries, including the United States.
