Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type 1:00pm – 4:00pm Registration Bergstrom Ballroom - Lower Level 2:00pm Welcome and Opening Remarks 2:15pm The National Landscape of OER in Higher Education n Una Daly, Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources n Dr. Lisa Petrides, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) 3:15pm Networking Break Drinks and snacks available outside the ballroom. 3:30pm Overview of Texas OER Legislation and Related Activities n Dr. Kylah Torre, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 4:30pm – 5:30pm Networking Reception Atrium – Main Level Mingle with fellow OER Advocates while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks. WED 07 AUG Agenda – DAY ONE
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Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Registration Bergstrom Ballroom - Lower Level
2:00pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
2:15pm The National Landscape of OER in Higher Educationn Una Daly, Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resourcesn Dr. Lisa Petrides, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
3:15pm Networking BreakDrinks and snacks available outside the ballroom.
3:30pm Overview of Texas OER Legislation and Related Activitiesn Dr. Kylah Torre, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
4:30pm – 5:30pm
Networking Reception Atrium – Main Level Mingle with fellow OER Advocates while enjoying hors d’oeuvres and drinks.
9:00am The Landscape of Open Educational Resources at Texas Institutions of Higher Educationn Dr. Cynthia Jimes, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
10:15am OpenStax in Texasn Daniel Williamson, OpenStax
10:45am Networking BreakDrinks and snacks available outside the ballroom.
Breakout Session One – Choose one room for each breakout session
11:15am ROOM: BERGSTROM C
Panola College n Cristie Ferguson, Director of Library Servicesn Dr. Sherlynn Hall, Associate Dean of Arts, Sciences, & Technologyn Natalie Oswalt, Dean of Arts, Sciences, & Technology
Eyes Wide OPENThe presentation will share the timeline for implementation of OER at Panola College. It will also include the lessons learned and current landscape of implementation.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi n Lisa Louis, Head, Research & Learning
Open Education at the Island UniversityLouis will review the last two years of activities relating to Open Education at TAMU-CC, which include the creation of a campus-wide task force and a number of initiatives aimed mainly at faculty and student education on open educational resources. She also will address challenges and share goals for the coming academic year.
Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
Breakout Session One – Choose one room for each breakout session – continued
11:15am ROOM: BERGSTROM D
Austin Community College n Carrie Gits, Head Librarian, Associate Professor n Ursula Pike, Coordinator, Instructional Initiatives
Growing Open Educational Resources Across Austin Community College’s Multi-Campus DistrictIn the last three years, more than 31,000 ACC students have enrolled in courses using OER resources. Presenters will detail the policies, personnel, and resources that have made this initiative successful.
University of Texas at Arlington n Michelle Reed, Open Education Librarian
Supporting OER CreationCost savings realized through OER use draw much interest from policy makers and administrators, but the rhetoric of affordability isn’t always a powerful motivator for the educators who make crucial decisions about which materials to adopt in their courses. In this presentation, a library publisher discusses factors that drive instructor engagement with OER and policies, processes, and platforms necessary to support OER creation.
11:15am ROOM: DEL VALLE
Houston Community College n Veronica Amaku, Biology Facultyn Dr. Nathan Smith, OER Coordinator n Michael Stafford, Executive Director of Librariesn Amy Tan, Dean of English and Communications
OER at HCC The presenters will provide an overview of OER activities at Houston Community College.
Texas Woman’s University n Dr. Kris Helge, Assistant Dean of Academic Engagement Services n Amanda Zerangue, Manager of Digital Services
Scaling OER at Texas Woman’s University: Navigating Multiple Campus Partners in Your OER InitiativeIn 2019, in an effort to create a more unified presence on campus, the TWU Libraries sought strategic campus partnerships to help design, financially support, and promote campus programming and other incentives. As a result, the TWU Libraries, in partnership with the Center for Faculty Excellence, Office of Technology, and Teaching & Learning with Technology, entered into a collaboration to support programming and incentives to spread awareness about OER and other textbook cost savings options. This partnership strengthened and magnified the campus impact of OER, resulting in support at the highest level of campus administration. The partnership served as a tool to break down campus silos and form impactful collaborations outside of the normal wheelhouse of Library initiatives, with long-lasting implications beyond the realm of OER.
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Agenda – DAY TWO
Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
12:15pm Networking LunchAtrium – Main Level
Breakout Session Two – Choose one room for each breakout session
1:00pm ROOM: BERGSTROM C
Central Texas College, Killeen n Sharon Davis, Dean of Distance Education and Curriculum Development
OER Courses: Planning Through Evaluation and BeyondIn this presentation, we will highlight CTC’s journey, from dirt road to freeway with a few potholes and detours thrown in, in developing OER courses. We will conclude with an analysis of the data obtained from faculty and student surveys for Spring Semester 2019.
University of North Texasn Kevin Hawkins, Assistant Dean for Scholarly Communication
Encouraging Adoption, Adaptation, and Creation of OER at UNTTo complement UNT’s limited inclusive-access program, the UNT Libraries has taken the lead on two programs designed to encourage adoption, adaptation, and creation of OER at UNT. The first, OER Summer Grants, provides research funding for faculty who adopt an open textbook, modify an existing one, or create new supplemental material. The second, UNT Open Texts, is a partnership with the UNT Press that provides research funding for faculty who author a new open textbook to be published jointly by the Press and Libraries.
University of Texas at San Antonio n DeeAnn Ivie, Open Education Coordinator
Raising Student Awareness of OER at UTSA: Crowdfunding, Course Tags & MoreThe UTSA Libraries has approached OER adoption and expansion as a scaffolded effort, with plans to expand the program to university stakeholders in incremental stages. Four years into the OER grant program, UTSA Libraries’ aspires to plant the seeds for continued adoption and growth. Our focus is now shifting to sustainability: creating an environment that fosters a lasting model for OER to thrive. We will share info on our student crowdfunding project, implementation of a course search filter, and more strategies for raising student awareness.
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Agenda – DAY TWO
Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
Breakout Session Two – Choose one room for each breakout session – continued
1:00pm ROOM: BERGSTROM D
Northeast Lakeview College n Tracey E. Mendoza, Dean of Libraries, University of the Incarnate Wordn Lia Moore-Lamm, Coordinator of Distance Learning and Instructional Innovation
Supporting a College’s Efforts With OER and No Additional Cost – Right From the StartNortheast Lakeview College is an independently accredited college in the Alamo Community College District with an enrollment of around 6,000. The district was selected to participate in a grant from Achieving the Dream in developing OER associate degrees. Each college in the district developed its method for defining terms, developing resources, training faculty and staff, and administering its own program. This is an overview of the foundational and quality assessment processes that support NLC’s OER/NAC program through ACCD.
Tarrant County College District n Dr. Judith Gallagher, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Tarrant County College Northwestn JoTisa Klemm, Director of Library Services, Tarrant County College Southeast
One College, Many OER Options: Tarrant County College’s Approach to OERTarrant County College approaches Open Educational Resources with a very broad definition and gives faculty latitude to create and adapt their teaching material. Gallagher and Klemm will discuss the collaboration among faculty, librarians, and administration and some of the creative ways they have been able to bring down the price of textbooks to promote learning at Tarrant County College.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley n Dr. Art Brownlow, Faculty Fellow for Academic Innovation & Professor of Music
Getting Started With OER: How to Implement a Successful Pilot Are you thinking of beginning an OER initiative at your institution? This presentation will focus on best practices for your pilot program, and will cover planning, organizing, training, collecting data, and what to avoid. Attendees will learn practical advice obtained through experience in implementing a successful OER pilot.
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Agenda – DAY TWO
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Agenda – DAY TWO
Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
Breakout Session Two – Choose one room for each breakout session – continued
1:00pm ROOM: DEL VALLE
San Jacinto College n Niki Whiteside, Vice President for Educational Technology
Educating With Open BooksSan Jacinto College has taken a phased approach to our Open Books initiative to focus on providing no- or low-cost materials for students. This presentation will share how San Jacinto College has involved faculty and expanded Open Books course offerings while continuing to focus on both student success and the creation of an equitable learning environment..
Tarleton State University n Amy Castillo, Coordinator for Periodicals & Electronic Resources, Dick Smith Libraryn Dr. Kelley Shaffer, Director, Center for Instructional Innovation
Tarleton State University’s Inaugural OER Faculty Grant ProgramThe presenters will provide a brief overview of Tarleton’s first OER grant program administered Spring 2019 with some details on the development, promotion, and selection of awardees. We will also share insights into the resources we used and timeline from inception to orientation for grant recipients.
Texas Digital Library n Kristi Park, Executive Director
Setting a Statewide OER agenda: Lessons From the 2018 Texas OER SummitLast year, the Texas Digital Library (TDL) and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission convened a group of academic libraries, state agencies, faculty, students, and other stakeholders to a statewide symposium and planning session to discuss priorities for statewide action on OER. The cross-institutional committee that planned that event continued work after the meeting to synthesize and build on the priorities and ideas surfaced during the summit, culminating in a report and white paper. This presentation will briefly summarize that report ’s findings, as well as the cross-institutional efforts led by TDL to advance OERs within academic libraries in Texas.
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Agenda – DAY TWO
Time Event Title & Presenter(s) Event Type
2:15pm Networking BreakDrinks and snacks available outside the ballroom.
2:30pm Panel Discussion and Jam Session – Results From the OER in Texas Landscape Survey
Moderated by Dr. Lisa Petrides, ISKMEPanelists: n Una Daly, Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources n Dr. Cynthia Jimes, ISKME n Dr. Rex Peebles, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) n Daniel Williamson, OpenStax
4:00pm Funding Possibilities for OER & Closing Remarksn Heather A. Marsh, Texas Higher Education Foundationn Dr. Judith Sebesta, Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex) n Dr. Kylah Torre, THECB
