Navigate the murky waters of OER by signing up for this free webinar series which will help you get started with OER on your campus.
Texas Digital Library is excited to present a new webinar series highlighting practical steps to getting started with OER (open educational resources). Join your colleagues in sharing practical approaches for implementing OER on your campus. Each webinar in the series will feature presentations from academic librarians working with OER throughout Texas.
All the webinars in this series are free and open to anyone who is interested.
Featuring presentations from:
Alamo Colleges District | Austin Community College | Houston Community College | Texas A&M University | Texas Tech University | University of Houston | University of Texas at Arlington | University of Texas at Austin | University of Texas at San Antonio
The series, starting Spring 2019, will feature the following webinars with live Q&A following each presentation:
March 5, 2019, 3pm CST | Lessons Learned in OER
Lessons Learned in OER will present an introduction to the breadth of issues, challenges, and early wins for getting started with OER.
Presentations by:
- Phillip Anaya, Digital & OER Coordinator, Alamo Colleges District
- Carrie Gits, Head Librarian/Associate Professor / SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow, Austin Community College
- DeeAnn Ivie, Open Education Coordinator, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Rusty Kimball, Leader, Open Access for Student Educational Success / Geosciences Librarian | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
- Colleen Lyon, Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Texas at Austin
- Ursula Pike, Instructional Initiatives Coordinator, Austin Community College
- Kelly Visnak, Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications, University of Texas at Arlington
April 9 2019, 1pm CST | Getting Buy-In
Getting Buy-In will cover tactics for garnering support for OER adoption from faculty, administration, students, and other campus partners.
Presentations by:
- Phillip Anaya, Digital & OER Coordinator, Alamo Colleges District
- DeeAnn Ivie, Open Education Coordinator, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Ariana Santiago, OER Coordinator, University of Houston
- Nathan Smith, OER Coordinator, Houston Community College
June 18, 2019, 1pm CST | Sustaining OER
You’ve got buy in and things are happening: now what? Sustaining OER will present ideas and tactics for increasing adoption and improving outreach for OER on your campus.
Presentations by:
- Ursula Pike Instructional Initiatives Coordinator, Austin Community College
- Ariana Santiago Open Educational Resources Coordinator, University of Houston
- Nathan Smith OER Coordinator / Philosophy Faculty, Houston Community College
All webinars in the series will be recorded, captioned, and published on Texas Digital Library’s YouTube channel.
The OER Webinar Series, Getting Started with OER, is hosted by Texas Digital Library with special thanks to our series planning committee:
- Phillip Anaya Digital & OER Coordinator, Alamo Colleges District
- Lea DeForest, Communication Strategist, Texas Digital Library
- Carrie Gits Head Librarian/Associate Professor / SPARC Open Education Leadership Fellow, Austin Community College
- DeeAnn Ivie Open Education Coordinator, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Rusty Kimball Leader, Open Access for Student Educational Success / Geosciences Librarian | Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
- Colleen Lyon Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Texas at Austin
- Ursula Pike Instructional Initiatives Coordinator, Austin Community College
- Ariana Santiago Open Educational Resources Coordinator, University of Houston
- Nathan Smith OER Coordinator / Philosophy Faculty, Houston Community College
- Kelly Visnak Associate University Librarian for Scholarly Communications, University of Texas at Arlington
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