Open Fridays! OER Webinar Series
Expanding Open Educational Resources for the UNC System: Digital Course Enhancement Collections and How Librarians Can Use Them
Description
The UNC System Digital Course Enhancement Collections provide thousands of open, faculty-vetted resources (OER) that support 13 of the most high-demand courses offered across UNC System institutions. Subjects covered include calculus 1&2, pre-calculus, statistics, quantitative reasoning, accounting, economics, biology, anatomy, and chemistry. These collections were developed over the summer by 13 teams of cross-institutional, disciplinary faculty, librarians, and instructional designers. In this webinar, the speakers will discuss will discuss this initiative and share how OER, outreach, student success and liaison librarians can engage with faculty to help them adopt and adapt these resources for their own classes.
Presenters
Jeanne Hoover, Head, Scholarly Communication, ECU
Sarah Falls, University Librarian, UNCSA
Will Cross, Director, Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center, NCSU
Jeff McAdams, Engineering Librarian, UNC Charlotte
Introducing the OER Workshop Series
Description
Interested in learning more about the Open Fridays OER Webinar Series? Join the speakers for an introduction to the series and a discussion on the webinar topics.
Speakers
Jeanne Hoover, Head, Scholarly Communication, ECU
Jacqueline Solis, Director of Research and Instructional Services, UNC
Will Cross, Director, Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center, NCSU
Finding OER and Tools for Evaluating Quality
Description
The first step in using OER in a course is locating appropriate and high-quality resources. Join two experts to hear about OER repositories and where you can look for OER that you might like to use. The speakers will also explore the review process for OER and tools that can help you evaluate the quality of resources.
Speakers
David Tully, NCSU Libraries Fellow, NCSU
Sam Harlow, Online Learning Librarian and Assistant Professor, UNC Greensboro
Customizing OER Materials and Integrating into LMS/CMS
Description
One of the many benefits of using OER for teaching and learning is the ability to customize course materials. OER may be customized to include local examples allowing for greater engagement opportunities for students. In this session, the speakers will discuss customizing OER to better align with your course. Additionally, speakers will discuss ways to effectively incorporate these materials into Learning Management Software.
Speakers
Dave Dillon, Counseling Faculty and Professor, Grossmont College
Enoch Park, Quality Matters/Online Learning Specialist, UNC Charlotte
Copyright, Fair Use, and Building/Remixing OER
Description
Questions around copyright and fair use are common when incorporating OER materials into courses. In this session, the speakers will demystify copyright, fair use, and Creative Commons as it relates to OER. Additionally, the session will cover remixing OER while also staying in line with copyright.
Speakers
Meredith Jacob, Public Lead, Creative Commons USA
Karen Bjork, Head of Digital Initiatives and Scholarly Publishing, Portland State University
Open-enabled pedagogy: New Ways of Teaching that Leverage the Open Licenses
Description
Open-enabled pedagogy creates new ways for students to engage with their course materials. Students can become contributors to the scholarly discussions around the course topics. The speakers will introduce open-enabled pedagogy and provide ways that faculty can use open licenses in teaching.
Speakers
Heather Miceli, Faculty, Roger Williams University
Alexis Clifton, Senior Instructional Support Specialist, SUNY Geneseo
Using OER to build more inclusive materials
Description
Open licenses attached to OER allow for the creation of customized materials, unlike commercial textbooks. As a result, OER provide opportunities for faculty to incorporate more inclusive materials. In this session, the presenters will share ways to adapt or build materials that include multiple voices and viewpoints, especially from underrepresented groups.
Speakers
Jasmine Roberts, Lecturer, Ohio State
Stephen Krueger, Scholarly Publishing Librarian, Dartmouth College
Open for access: Accessibility and Reducing the Digital Divide - Accessibility in the context of online education
Description
The accessibility of course materials and the closing of the digital divide have been priorities on our campuses. In this session, the presenters will provide a brief introduction to accessibility for online education and share tools to assess the accessibility of different types of materials.
Speakers
Nora Burmeister, Content Strategy Librarian, UNC
Samantha O’Connor, Director of Library Services, Central Carolina Community College
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