Our favourite time of the year is here — conference season! TSP participants, alumni, and Rebus Community members never disappoint with their incredible sessions, workshops, and presentations. Below, we’ve spotlighted a few sessions for each day of the Open Education Conference 2021 next week:
Monday, October 18
- Reimagining Open Education Leadership to Center Historically Marginalized Communities and Students: Join in the conversation led by Regional Leaders of Open Education Network (RLOE) about the reimagining of higher education for greater justice and equity, featuring TSP program alumnus Esperanza Zenon. 1-1:55 EST
- Building OER Capacity in the Midwest: Supporting Grassroots Efforts and Statewide Collaboration: Learn more about the Midwestern Higher Education Compact’s partnerships to scale and implement sustainable OER infrastructure throughout the region. 1-1:40 EST
- From OER Learner to Leader: Creating a Professional Development Pathway for Emerging OER Champions: Tune into the livestream from Rebus Community where we share our new TSP facilitator’s program launched earlier this year. Hear about the experiences of our facilitator’s as they grow into open education leaders. 4-4:25 EST
Tuesday, October 19
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Building Digital Editions for and with Students
You don’t have to be a scholarly editor to produce high-quality digital editions with your students. TSP participant Mary Isbell and colleagues describe some editorial practices and open publishing platforms for instructors who might want to incorporate valuable and pedagogically engaging work into their courses. 11-11:40 EST - Supporting OER Creation in the Least Commonly Taught Languages: Tune in to discover how the folks at Michigan State University Libraries have worked to award OER support to faculty teaching in the least commonly taught languages. Presented by previous guest speakers from the OER Office Hours Series. 11-11:55 EST
- Citation, Attribution, and Open Pedagogy: The Complexity of Academic Integrity in College Classrooms: Learn from Rebus Community Assistant Program Manager, Monica Brown, and her colleague Madison Hansen about the innovative ways that open pedagogy can help students navigate the increasingly complex reuse and remix culture while bolstering academic integrity. 11:45-12:25 EST
- Boundary Spanners: Bridging Gaps Between Higher Education and PK12: Join in the conversation on boundary spanners - the many folks who serve to link organizations and communities throughout the open education movement. Led by TSP program alum Anita Waltz. 3:45-4:25 EST
Wednesday, October 20
- Pulling Together to Decolonize: Reflections on an Indigenous-led Open Resource Adaptation: Learn about this incredible remix project built via community-driven, meaningful relationships. This presentation will include members of the Manitoba Foundations Group who have been a part of the February 2021 TSP cohort. 11-11:55 EST
Thursday, October 21
- What’s the Long Game? Facing the Challenges of Professionalization and Retention for OpenEd’s Future: Join us for a dynamic discussion around the ways in which ancillary workers in the open education movement can be better supported. Welcome to folks of any position or role. 11:30-12:25 EST
- Professional Development for Open Education Leaders: A Community Dialogue: Learn about a variety of open education professional development opportunities and weigh in on what you’d like to see in the future for a sustainable OER movement, co-presented by TSP program alum Ariana Santiago. 1-1:40 EST
- New Pathways to Open: OER Education, Advocacy, and Partnerships through Research Grants: Tune into a session about the ways in which broadening OER initiatives at universities to be more cognizant of OER as research can help create a broader impact. 1-1:25 EST
- OER Discovery Research: Librarian and Faculty OER Personas: Hear about the efforts of ISKME to work with consortia to better understand how faculty and librarians search for and discovery OER, featuring the contributions of TSP participant Emily Frank. 3-3:40 EST
- Teacher Educators as OER Storytellers: Presenters will share about the CUNY Teacher Education OER Hub and the way the project serves to capture and highlight the stories and lived experiences of educators, featuring TSP participants Naliza Sadik and Harriet Fayne. 5-5:10 EST
We hope to see you there!