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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.

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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.

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Kirwan Center Welcomes New Members to the Advisory Board

The Kirwan Center this month welcomes five new members to its Advisory Board.

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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.

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Statement by USM Chancellor Jay A. Perman on the Remainder of the Semester, Commencement, and Other Issues

All undergraduate face-to-face instruction will shift to remote instruction for the rest of the semester. It will be up to presidents, provosts, deans, and department heads to work out detailed plans that allow students to complete their work and to fulfill all of their requirements.

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Call for Proposals: 2020 M.O.S.T. OER Grant Program

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative is pleased to announce a Request for Proposals for the 2020 OER Grant Program.

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M.O.S.T. Commons Names First Library Fellow

Colleen McKnight, FCC Director of Library Services, has been named the first Library Fellow for the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Commons, a digital library that allows faculty at institutions across the state to share, collaborate, and create Open Education Resources (OER).

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Announcing M.O.S.T. Commons: An OER Digital Library

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Commons is a digital library of open educational resources. We invite Maryland educators to discover, collaborate and create OER resources to improve curriculum. Maryland educators can actively engage with the site to search through collections curated by M.O.S.T. institutional partners; Connect with colleagues to author and share Open Educational Resources; and Build and publish OER on your own or with others.

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M.O.S.T. Announces High-impact OER Mini-Grants to 42 Awardees

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce the awardees of the 2019 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program. This year, 42 grantees were selected from seventeen 2- and 4-year Maryland public higher education institutions, with a potential impact to approximately 8,000 students in Fall 2019.

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Save the Date: M.O.S.T. 2019 State Summit and Regional Forums on OER in Higher Education

Mark your calendar to attend one of the upcoming events across Maryland on the topic of open educational resources (OER) in higher education, hosted by the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) Initiative.

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