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- Exploring Innovative & Open Educational ResourcesShaffer, Clifford A.; Jantzen, Benjamin C.; Mahin, Bruce; Walz, Anita R. (2014-04-08)Panelists include: Dr. Clifford Shaffer, Professor of Computer Science, Virginia Tech Dr. Benjamin Jantzen, Asst. Professor Philosophy, Virginia Tech Dr. Bruce Mahin, Professor of Composition and Music Theory, Radford University The Multimedia tour will showcase innovative and open educational resources from Virginia Tech, Radford, and beyond. Panel themes will be further explored in the after-panel hands-on workshop. URLs for two of the live demos: http://algoviz.org (Cliff Shaffer) https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/i-love-music/id575931871?mt=11 (Bruce Mahin)
- Conversation: Discussion and Hands-On Exploration of Open Educational ResourcesWalz, Anita R.; Pannabecker, Virginia (2015-02-05)This conversation session was hosted at the Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy in Blacksburg, VA on February 5, 2015.
- Open Education Week Panel DiscussionDoolittle, Peter; Hart, Heath D.; Hartman, Greg; Seyam, Mohammed; Walz, Anita R. (Virginia Tech, 2015-02-25)Introduction by Julie Speer, Associate Dean for Research & Informatics. Open remarks by Anita Walz, Assessment, Open Education & Online Learning Environments Librarian. Mohammed Seyam discusses the value of openly licensed material as a student, research, and graduate assistant. Heath Hart reflects on his adoption of an open educational resource and a (subscribed) online textbook in, “A Rousing Success and an Unmitigated Disaster.” Greg Hartman discusses his experiences authoring open-source (CC BY-NC) textbook, “APEX Calculus” http://www.apexcalculus.com. Peter Doolittle discusses the open education movement from a teaching and learning perspective, moving beyond just content into process. Presentations are followed by audience and panelist discussion.
- Open Textbooks for Instructional DesignersErnst, David (Virginia Tech, 2015-02-26)Join a fellow instructional designer, Dr. Dave Ernst, now Chief Information Officer of the College of Education and Human Development at University of Minnesota, in exploring possibilities for incorporating open educational resources in your instructional design philosophy and work. Learn how you can make a difference by supporting faculty exploring or interested in developing or redesigning their courses. Discussion topics include: Open and OER - what it is and what it isn't; how to attribute OER; finding, vetting, and retrieving OER; Open Educational Resources (OER) and open textbooks as a solution to student affordability issues; OER as a solution for copyright complexity; unique contributions to supporting faculty by the instructional design community; supporting faculty adoptions of open educational resources
- Libraries, OER, and Open TextbooksJensen, Kristin (Virginia Tech, 2015-02-26)Speaker: Kristi Jensen, Program Development Lead for the eLearning Support Initiative, University Libraries, University of Minnesota Kristi Jensen discusses roles the importance and possible areas of involvement for libraries in open textbook and open educational resource initiatives. Learn more about open textbooks, open educational resources (OER), and how library employees in many different roles can support the exploration of open educational resources and open textbooks.
- Open Education Week 2016 Keynote: Dr. Robert Biswas-DienerBiswas-Diener, Robert (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2016-03-17)In this presentation, Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener outlines the key points of the open education philosophy. He addresses common criticisms of open education and presents case studies to support his assertions. In particular, he discusses Noba, an open educational resource for psychology instruction.
- Seven Platforms You Should Know About: Share, Find, Author, or Adapt Creative Commons-Licensed ResourcesWalz, Anita R.; McNabb, Kayla B.; Looney, Ryan; Pedrides, Lisa; Bolin, Melinda; McGuire, Hugh; Pannabecker, Virginia (2017-03-28)Creative Commons licenses allow no-cost access, redistribution, remix, and reuse with attribution. This session is for faculty (and others) who want to know about no-cost platforms which enable sharing, finding, creating, and/or adapting of openly licensed or public domain resources. This session features live demos by expert users or creators of a selection of no-cost (some freemium) platforms and/or collaborative communities, including: VTechWorks, Merlot, Open Textbook Library, OER Commons, VT’s Odyssey learning object repository, Overleaf, Pressbooks, and Rebus Community for Open Textbook Creation. This event was offered during Open Education Week 2017. Moderator: Anita Walz Presenters: Anita Walz, Virginia (Ginny) Pannabacker, Kayla McNabb, Ryan Looney, Lisa Pedrides, Melinda (Mindy) Bolin, Hugh McGuire The chart labeled "Where to find share and adapt OER - no cost platforms.pdf" presents a selection of sixteen different no-cost platforms to find, share, build or adapt open educational resources (OER) or Creative-Commons licensed works. (Some platforms require that you create a login name and password. Others require that you install software (free only for educational use). Some are "freemium" systems which allow you to do some things, but not everything free of charge. Presentation of these platforms does not imply endorsement by Virginia Tech. Seven of these platforms were featured in Virginia Tech's March 28, 2017 #OpenEducationWk session "Seven Platforms You Should Know About: Share, Find, Author, or Adapt Creative Commons-Licensed Resources." The document "Links for Seven Platforms You Should Know About.pdf" includes links referenced in the video presentation.
- Open Education Week 2017 Panel Discussion: The Potential of Open Educational ResourcesSkripak, Stephen J.; Cortez, Anastasia; de Pena, Jonathan; Lipscombe, Mary; Artiles, Mayra S.; Roberson-Evia, Jane; Potter, Peter J.; Walz, Anita R. (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2017-03-28)Virginia Tech faculty members discuss their experiences as adopters, adapters, and authors of open educational resources. The panel explores use and creation of open textbooks and online course materials and systems, including OpenStax Concepts of Biology, Fundamentals of Business, and Carnegie Online Learning Initiative. Student perspectives are also included. Panelists include: Stephen Skripak, Anastasia Cortez, Jonathan de Pena, Mary Lipscombe, Mayra Artiles, Jane Roberson-Evia, Peter Potter. Moderator: Anita Walz
- Library Selection -- and Uses -- of Printed Open TextbooksWalz, Anita R. (2017-06-07)Open educational resources (OER) are available in a variety of formats, including print. This presentation highlights potentials for use of printed OER as a promotional tool for OER initiatives in college and university settings. This presenation was delivered at VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia) Annual Collections Forum 2019 in Richmond, VA.
- Teaching in STEM Disciplines: Open Source MethodsBarba, Lorena (Virginia Tech, 2017-10-26)
- How the Sausage Gets Made: Building State-Wide Support for Open Education InitiativesCohen, Sarah Faye; Butterfield, Robert; Gallaway, Terri; Thornton, Glenda; Walz, Anita R. (2017-11)Over the last few years, we've seen increasing state-wide support for open education. But how does that support begin? Who's behind those initiatives and what are they doing to advance open education efforts at the state level? This panel presentation will share the experiences of initiators of state-wide programs across four states (Ohio, Virginia, Louisiana, and Wisconsin). While each panelist has gained state-wide support for open textbook adoption, they have done so in different ways and with different degrees of mandate. The panelists will have the opportunity to share their processes, their lessons learned, their successes, and the status of their efforts, helping attendees identify avenues for their own state-wide initiatives while also demonstrating there is not just one way to establish or implement support. One thing these panelists will certainly agree on though --it's worth the effort. Link to conference site: https://sched.co/BXeR
- You Want Me to Pay What? Student Perspectives on Learning CostsThorpe, Sydney; Skripak, Stephen J.; Walz, Anita R.; Umbarger-Wells, Sarah; Boim, Cara; Addair, J. T.; Kading, Kim (Virginia Tech, 2017-11-28)"You Want Me to Pay What?" is a Student Government Association (SGA) student-led event. The event was designed by and for students to start a conversation about the cost of learning resources at Virginia Tech.
- Textbook Town Hall: A Panel Discussion About Textbook PricesRoche, Avalon; Walz, Anita R.; Boim, Cara; Willis, Rex; Billingsley, Julia; Whiteman, Hannah (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-03-16)Virginia Tech Student Government Association (VTSGA) led this Textbook Town Hall to hear from students regarding issues and solutions related to textbooks and other learning resources.
- Connecting the Opens: Open Access, Open Education, Open DataPotter, Peter J.; Walz, Anita R.; DePauw, Karen P.; Jhangiani, Rajiv; Artiles, Mayra S.; Abbas, Montasir M.; Petters, Jonathan L.; Young, Philip (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2018-03-19)Open practices represent opportunities to align scholarly and instructional processes with scholarly ideals, ethical stances, real work impacts, and aspirations for a more just and equitable world. There are many types of “open.” The three we will discuss, open access, open education, and open data practices may appear distinct and siloed from each other; This is only a surface-level view. In reality, these open practices areas have tremendous areas of overlap. Their underlying values reflect similar aspirations for the common good, and aims of overcoming some shared problems found in research and instruction in higher education and in society in general. This panel features students, faculty, and administrators with wide range of expertise in the three areas of open access, open education, and open data. Join us for a stimulating conversation in which we come to understand the differences and similarities between the opens, their purposes, and their potential. Presenters: Peter Potter, Anita Walz Panelists: Karen DePauw, Rajiv Jhangiani, Philip Young, Jon Petters, Mayra Artiles, Monty Abbas This event was part of Virginia Tech’s Open Education 2018 Symposium and was attended by many graduate students from Preparing the Future Professoriate. Video credit: Abram Diaz-Strandberg
- OER UpdateWalz, Anita R. (2018-06-29)This OER Update, provided at the request of the Virginia Scholarly Communication Interest Group, provides an overview of the values underpinning open education, the complexity of higher education and commercial actor incentives and actions affecting student facing and student-created course materials, learning resource costs, value matrices, areas of investment, topics of conversation, state and local level updates.
- 2019 Open Education Symposium Poster SessionTerry, Christine H.; Kinniburgh, Garnett; Browder, Robert; DeCarlo, Matthew; Becksford, Lisa; McNabb, Kayla B.; Lachniet, Jason; Hipple, Britton; Maczka, Darren; Donnelly, Sarah; Ireland, Leanna; Erickson, Sue (2019-03-04)Faculty, instructional designers, graduate students, and librarians from six institutions of higher education will briefly present an overview of peer-reviewed posters on diverse topics including: Creating open educational resources, linking open education and the career center, a cMOOC for exploring open education, class book projects, introduction to an open learning object repository, open software for graphic, and campus responses to the use of open educational resources. Presentations Writing and Publishing OER for an Upper-Level Genetics Course (Christine H. Terry, University of Lynchburg) The Career Center and Open Education (Garnett Kinniburgh, William & Mary) Open Learning '19: a cMOOC for Exploring Open Education (Sue Erickson, Virginia Wesleyan University) Class Book Projects and Collaborative Technologies (Robert Browder, Virginia Tech) Integrating an open science project as an open educational resource (Matthew DeCarlo, Radford University) Open, Accessible, Reusable: Creating a Open Learning Object Repository for Learners and Educators (Lisa Becksford & Kayla B. McNabb, Virginia Tech) No graphing calculators, no license fees: free software for the mathematics classroom and beyond (Jason Lachniet, Wytheville Community College) A Discussion on the Use of Open Educational Resources on Campus (Britton Hipple, Darren Maczka, Sarah Donnelly & Leanna Ireland, Virginia Tech) This event is part of the Open Education Symposium at Virginia Tech. Further details: https://guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/oeweek
- Open Education Symposium Panel: Facilitating Openness at the University: Connecting the Opens + Making Change HappenBishop, M. J.; Corl, Benjamin A.; DePauw, Karen P.; Plummer, Ellen Wright; Franco Duran, Diana; Potter, Peter J.; Porter, Nathaniel D.; Walz, Anita R. (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2019-03-04)This panel discussion begins with brief presentations of several “core open practices”: Open Access, Open Education/Open Educational Resources, and Open Data by experts from the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. Faculty, administration, and student panelists from diverse disciplines will discuss their rationale for exploring and in some cases adopting and championing open practices -- including overlaps in philosophy and values between different types of open practices, perceptions of the value of open practices for individuals, disciplines, and institutions, and barriers and opportunities to becoming more open on individual, disciplinary, and institutional levels in higher education. Panelists include: MJ Bishop, Associate Vice Chancellor and Director of the William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation, University System of Maryland Benjamin Corl, Associate Professor and Interim Department Head, Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech Karen DePauw, Vice President and Dean for Graduate Education, Virginia Tech Diana Franco Duran, Doctoral Candidate, Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech Ellen Plummer, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Administration, Virginia Tech Peter Potter, Director of Publishing Strategy, University Libraries, Virginia Tech Nathaniel Porter, Social Science Data Consultant Data Education Coordinator, Virginia Tech Moderator: Anita Walz, Open Education, Copyright & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech This event is part of the Open Education Symposium at Virginia Tech. Further details: guides.lib.vt.edu/oer/oeweek.
- Leveraging Open Practices in Scholarship & Teaching in International Liberal Arts Education: What Does Success Look Like?Walz, Anita R. (2019-03-30)Open Access. Open educational resources. Open pedagogy. Beyond access and direct-cost reduction to readers, open educational practices — when deeply understood and thoughtfully implemented — have the potential to transform higher education and to reconnect us to our liberal arts roots. You may already be involved in leveraging such practices. This scholar/practitioner-led keynote invites you to come further and deeper into a rich conversation about open practices, what they are, how they are connected and what values drive them with the aim of developing a vision for why they matter to international American-style liberal arts education. We will explore transformative possibilities for higher education, values which underlie open educational practices, and a series of case examples of various scales which demonstrate the power of open practices for advancing scholarly disciplines, addressing pedagogical issues, amplifying student voices, extending opportunities for others, and working together on high impact projects. A video recording of the keynote is available here.
- Lighting Rounds & Expo: OER, Pedagogy, and ToolsKinnaman, Alex; Becksford, Lisa; Dean, Kirsten; Napier, Mike; Forte, Joseph A.; Mease, Sarah; Walz, Anita R. (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2020-03-03)Join us to learn about OER affordances, tools, support and applications! This session will include brief lightning talks to provide an overview of these open education topics as well as hands-on time for attendees to ask questions about some current and recent open education projects at Virginia Tech, the pedagogical implications of open educational resources, and support that is available for instructors and learners who would like to share or create open educational resources. Topics include: open publishing, Creative Commons licensing, open source virtual reality, Omeka, the Open Textbook Library, and more.
- Faculty & Student Panel Discussion: Issues in Course Materials Access and UseWalz, Anita R.; Cox, Larry A.; Falls, Jonathan; Filer, Kimberly L.; Mantha, Anurag; Meinke-Lau, Billy; Poff, Ron (Virginia Tech. University Libraries, 2020-03-03)Faculty and student panelists will discuss the interplay of issues such as equity, cost, persistent access, customization, and pedagogical affordances in relation to open course materials, as well as implications for career advancement in academic contexts when creating and using such materials. We’ll consider a variety of perspectives on these considerations, challenging one another to engage with the complexities of championing openness in higher education.