USM News

Inaugural Cohort of Faculty from Five USM Institutions Named SOTL Fellows

The William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation at the University System of Maryland (USM) welcomes Dr. Kelly Elkins of Towson University as a Senior Fellow, to lead system support of the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). This will include working with an inaugural cohort of faculty selected as 2023-24 Elkins SoTL Fellows from across five USM institutions.

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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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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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Educators Learn to Teach With Technology

Educators from more than a dozen colleges and universities visited the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) for its first Teaching with Technology Day to explore effective ways technology can be used in higher education. Public and private higher education institutions attended the event, and MJ Bishop, Director of the USM Kirwan Center, provided the keynote address.

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Cliff Kendall, Advisory Board Member for the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, Dies at 86

Clifford M. Kendall, former long-time Chair of the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents and Advisory Board member for the Kirwan Center, passed away on March 28, 2018.

Kendall’s impact on higher education in Maryland is well known. He dedicated countless hours of service to both the USM Board of Regents and the USM Foundation, and his incredible generosity to his alma mater, the University of Maryland, College Park, and to the Universities at Shady Grove has impacted the lives of countless students.

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M.O.S.T. Initiative Awards 29 OER Mini-Grants to 18 MD Public Higher Ed Institutions

The M.O.S.T. initiative announced the award of 29 mini-grants to faculty at 18 MD public higher education institutions to support the adoption, adaptation and scaling of open educational resources (OER), with the potential to save approximately 6,500 students over $1.2 million in Fall 2018 alone.

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