Advancing Postsecondary Student Success Through OER: A Statewide Summit on Open Educational Resources in Higher Education brought together faculty, instructional designers, librarians, and administrators from across Maryland’s higher education institutions to explore the promise of using open educational resources (OER) to replace costly textbooks with affordable, high-quality learning materials while giving instructors the opportunity to repurpose content to meet their students’ needs. Open to all 2- and 4-year Maryland higher education institutions, the Summit brought together attendees at all levels of OER experience to:
- Explore freely available open source materials;
- Learn about the impact on student cost-savings, access, and success;
- Participate in hands-on workshops to gain new tools for curating, developing, and licensing OER;
- Discuss accessibility and quality issues; and
- Develop strategies to support your institution’s efforts to scale up the use of OER.
The event featured a keynote address by Cable Green, Director of Open Education at Creative Commons, and David Wiley, Co-founder & Chief Academic Officer at Lumen Learning, discussing the changing landscape of OER. Watch the keynote address with Cable Green and David Wiley.
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The Summit was co-sponsored by the University System of Maryland’s William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, MarylandOnline, and University of Maryland University College (UMUC), with special thanks to partners Achieving the Dream, Lumen Learning, and Quality Matters.
