OER-Development Archives - Online Consortium of Oklahoma

OER: Zero-to-Sixty in Five Years: Building Advocacy in Arkansas

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:11:00 +0000

Description: UA Cossatot has learned a lot about open resources and is eager to share their experience of how they created the most successful OER initiative in Arkansas. Their experience is a transformative step towards a more equitable and accessible education system aligning with contemporary and future learning environments.

Facilitators: Relinda Ruth, Director of Educational Resources and OER Specialist, Cossatot Community College/University of Arkansas

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Unlocking the Future of Education: AI-Powered Strategies for Open Educational Resource Adoption

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:08:00 +0000

Description: In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, the integration of open educational resources (OER) is paramount to fostering accessible and affordable learning experiences. To support this mission, join us for an engaging roundtable discussion where experts and educators converge to explore the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in facilitating OER adoption within the classroom.

Facilitators: Brad Griffith (Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education)

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From Awareness to Action: Providing Time and Space for Faculty to Create

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:07:00 +0000

Description:

Last year, Tulsa Community College librarians created a workshop series designed to provide time, space, and guidance for faculty interested in exploring the OER options available within their discipline. This session will include a look at the workshop modules, as the presenters share the thought process behind the design and content, as well as results, feedback, and their current process of revising it into an online, asynchronous format.

Facilitators: Jamie Holmes, and Amy Lagers (Tulsa Community College)

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Critical Discussions: The Development of a Simulation-based OER for the Higher Ed Classroom

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:06:00 +0000

Description: In this session, we discuss the development of our OER — Simulations for Critical Discussions in Higher Education. The text offers transformative learning opportunities for students by engaging them in simulations which address the grand challenges they are likely to face as young professionals and global citizens.

Facilitators: Frances Junnier, Hann Bingham Brunner, and Stephanie Link (Oklahoma State University)

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Using OER to Promote Student Engagement in the Mathematics Classroom

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:05:00 +0000

Description: How can we raise student engagement and increase probability of student success with OER? Using the research from Peter Liljedahl’s book, Building Thinking Classrooms, we will discuss and explore various ways to evaluate student learning during class time.

Facilitators: Lori Martin (Rogers State University)

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Reducing Barriers to Success: Inclusion

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:04:00 +0000

Description: This study aims to uncover factors underlying teachers’ attitudes toward inclusion. Results confirmed three components of professional development, administrative support, and exposure and found two additional components, disruptiveness of behavior and locus of control of the teacher. The findings facilitate bridging the gap between the law and implementation of inclusion.

Facilitators: Christine Gleason (Northeastern State University)

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Building Skill Sets for STEM Courses with Open Educational Resources

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:03:00 +0000

Description: Oklahoma has continuously lower percentage bachelor in STEM degrees in last more than 20 years. In this presentation, I will be talking about how some of the basic Open Educational Resources (OER) can help build developing skills among students to make future Oklahoma work force STEM ready.

Facilitators: Susmita Hazra (Cameron University)

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For Pete’s Sake: Creating Customizable OER for Student Success

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Description: With the rising popularity and availability of Open Educational Resources, educational institutions have the opportunity to bring highly relevant, customizable, and cost-effective content to its students that also creates a sense of community and connection to the university experience at that institution. Speech communication faculty members at Oklahoma State University will share their multiyear journey into exploring creative possibilities with OER and the ways they provide students with recognizable resources that help better prepare students for assignments, encourage reading completion, and create a stronger university culture/spirit. The faculty will discuss the adoption and review process, editing and creation in Pressbooks, customizing photography, updating the text with customized examples, and creating a culture of school spirit and community.

Facilitators: Sasha Hanrahan, Sarah Hollingsworth, Mary Walker, and Megan Linsenmeyer (Oklahoma State University)

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Course Marking at Oklahoma State University

PXM-Staff — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Description: This presentation will describe how OSU Libraries have partnered with the OSU Office of the Registrar to help facilitate student success by implementing a course marking system enabling students to, at the time of enrollment, identify which courses do not require students to purchase commercial resources.

Facilitators: Kathy Essmiller (Oklahoma State University)

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Build Your OCO/Regents OER Grant Proposal

PXM-Staff — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:05:00 +0000

Description: Did you know the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education has offered easy-to-apply-for faculty grants for the adoption and use of OER? Come hear how OSU faculty have earned grants for work they were already doing, or work that they were able to easily incorporate into their semester plans.

Facilitators/Institution: Kathy Essmiller and Christina Colquhoun (Oklahoma State University)

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