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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Call for Proposals: 2019 M.O.S.T. High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program
The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2019 High-impact OER Mini-Grant Program to strategically support Maryland public higher education institutions’ efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.
Dr. MJ Bishop Delivers Keynote at the 2018 OpenEd Conference
At the 15th annual Open Education Conference in Niagara Falls, NY, Dr. MJ Bishop, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the University System of Maryland William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, delivered a keynote address that implored attendees to leverage the affordances of open educational resources to increase access, affordability and achievement for all students' success. Watch a video of the keynote.
