This year’s FL OER Summit will be held on May 24 – 25. We are pleased to make available Diamond, Gold, and Silver sponsorship opportunities for those interested in participating in this unique event. As a sponsor, your company will have the opportunity to showcase its product(s) and service(s) to a blend of faculty, librarians, instructional designers, student leaders, and higher education administrators.
You won’t want to miss this year’s event as we explore the benefits of OER, open pedagogy, student success, personal stories, and real-world experiences that attendees can learn from to prepare for the OER journey at their home institution.
Diamond Sponsor
($2,000) First Day Digital Lunch for first 200 attendees ($10 digital gift card for lunch)
($2,000) Second Day Digital Lunch for first 200 attendees ($10 digital gift card for lunch)
Gold Sponsor
($1,000) Day 1 Digital Coffee Break for first 200 attendees ($5 digital gift card to coffee chain)
($1,000) Day 2 Digital Coffee Break for first 200 attendees ($5 digital gift card to coffee chain)
Silver Sponsor
($500- Multiple Opportunities) Collection of Print OER Textbooks for Library of one random drawing of attendee names
Due to the virtual nature of this event, delivery of all sponsorship opportunities is not guaranteed. If you’re interested in being an OER Summit sponsor, please contact Rebel Cummings-Sauls for more information.
Full, half, and quarter-page ads, as allowed by sponsor level, should be received as soon as possible, or by May 15, 2023, at the latest. Sponsors in packages with marketing emails should also provide content for the email(s) by May 16, 2023.
All donated gifts must be received by May 25, 2023.** For questions or additional information, please contact Rebel Cummings-Sauls by email.
**Please note we are unable to accept gifts in the form of cash or gift card. All sponsorship opportunities will be directly paid to an associated party depending on your sponsor level.
| Sponsorship Benefits | Diamond | Gold | Silver |
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| Sponsors acknowledged on all printed and digital materials for the conference, website, and social media | X | X | X |
| Complimentary conference registration for three attendees | X | X | X |
| Recognition at the event | X | X | X |
| Quarter-size digital letter sheet within attendee digital packet | X | ||
| 5-minute welcome at the beginning of the day’s events | X | ||
| Half-size digital letter sheet within attendee digital packet | X | ||
| One Marketing Blast- Opt-in option for attendees | X | ||
| Two Marketing Blasts - Opt-in option for attendees | X | ||
| One meeting space for the entire conference, to allow attendee drop ins and discussions | X | ||
| 15-minute educational presentation about your company/organization and a current industry trend after lunch | X | ||
| Full digital letter sheet within attendee digital packet | X |
(All times are Eastern)
12:45 - 1:00 PM
Welcome (Group)
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Featured Session (Group)
Zero Textbook Cost: DWF rates and student success beyond cost saving
Presenter(s):
Josh Hill, Accessibility Specialist, Hillsborough Community College (jhill89@hccfl.edu)
Kristin Heathcock, Librarian, Hillsborough Community College (kheathcock@hccfl.edu)
Session Description:
The Hillsborough Community College Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) initiative has saved students an estimated $2,941,000+ in student savings since we began tracking in 2022. Having the ability track all our ZTC courses in the college data system gives us the ability to generate reports to examine student success metrics. After implementing the ZTC indicator in late 2021, our institution now has a year of student success (DFW) data available to examine. Additionally, this indicator has allowed us to identify and survey students in ZTC courses to gather student satisfaction data. In this presentation we will share how we compare individual course sections and the success rates each semester. We will also share student satisfaction data and comments from students.
1:30 - 2:50 PM
Lightning Talks (Group)
OER for Educators - Training Our Future Instructors & Instructional Designers
Presenter(s):
Caity Bente, Assistant Director of the Program for Instructional Excellence, Florida State University (cnk14@fsu.edu)
Session Description:
When key resources such as time and funding are limited, open educational resources are a fantastic tool for delivering high-quality training products. OER initiatives are growing across institutions. However, professionals who work in various areas of education, from full-time professors to designers of educational content, may experience some doubt regarding how to properly use, create, revise, and share OER. In this session, we will explore a repository of helpful "open" materials designed to teach users how to utilize OER and discuss examples of its impact on instructional design projects.
Collaboration between Faculty and Students through OER
Presenter(s):
Melissa Chim, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Excelsior University (mchim@excelsior.edu)
Session Description:
This presentation focuses on the benefits for both faculty and students when they collaborate in creating OERs together. Both groups will gain a great project to add to their resumes! Faculty will develop a greater understanding of their students' needs and what inspires them most in the classroom, while students will gain more experience with the research process. Finally, such a project contributes to an institution's scholarly output.
OER Adoption in Saudi Higher Education: Differences between users and non-users
Presenter(s):
Samia Almousa, Lecturer, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (samiaalmousa@gmail.com)
Session Description:
As part of Vision 2030, Saudi Arabia, in 2018, launched "SHMS” as an OER platform. The adoption of this platform is new in Saudi; it is vital to study OER implementation in higher education. Thus, this study aims to understand the academics’ perceptions of using OER. To achieve this, distributing questionnaires to universities academics was done. This presentation will report the findings of the first phase, in which the questionnaire method was adopted to evaluate the developed Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model, in addition to other valuable factors, which are Information Quality, Culture, and Sharing. The combination of the UTAUT model and these factors produced the CUTAUTS model. The survey results offered partial confirmation of the CUTAUTS model as several significant relationships were identified between its core constructs and the adoption of OER by academics’ users, supporting the direct effects proposed in some of the hypotheses. However, there was no support for the impact of effort expectancy and facilitating conditions on behavioural intentions to use OER. As for non-users, information quality and performance expectancy were only confirmed predictors of behavioural intentions to use OER. After participating in this session, attendees will be able to identify the factors influencing OER adoption by university academics in the Saudi higher education sector.
Incorporating Student OER Advocacy into an Online Library Research Course
Presenter(s):
Sarah Moukhliss, STEM Online Learning Librarian, University of North Florida (sarah.moukhliss@unf.edu)
Session Description:
This Lightning Round presentation will discuss the integration of a student OER advocacy project into an online, credit-bearing library research course. Sarah will explain how the OER modules and advocacy project align with the course’s philosophy and conclude by showcasing students’ OER artifacts and their feedback.
Promoting OER Activity as Criteria for Faculty Retention, Tenure, and Promotion
Presenter(s):
Brian Rossman, Open Educational Resources & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Montana State University (brossmann@montana.edu)
Session Description:
Some faculty are reluctant to adopt or author OER is because there is no incentive or reward to do so with respect to retention, tenure, and promotion (RTP). Open educational practices are not specifically identified as criteria on which faculty can be evaluated during RTP reviews. The goal of this presentation is to describe how academic librarians involved in OER and Creative Commons may encourage faculty to revise respective departmental promotion and tenure bylaws/criteria. The Montana State University Library adopted language regarding the value of OER into the MSU Library’s role and scope document. The audience for this presentation is open education librarians who have the opportunity to model best practices regarding rewarding open education practices in the RTP process with the goal of demonstrating how to encourage such practices for other faculty to adopt when promoting OER and Creative Commons.
California Consortium for Equitable Change at Hispanic Serving Institutions with OER (CC ECHO) Project Showcase (pre-recorded)
Presenter(s):
Kelsey Smith, OER Librarian & Project Director, West Hills College Lemoore (kelseysmith@whccd.edu)
Session Description:
CC ECHO is developing culturally relevant, peer-reviewed OERs to meet the critical needs of students at federally recognized HSIs, emerging HSIs, and national colleges and universities. Twenty-five OERs are in development using a diversity, equity, inclusion framework to ensure that students' lived experiences are included. This poster session will showcase the completed projects and the data collected at the halfway point in this three-year Open Textbook Pilot grant. Attendees will be able to scan QR codes or click on hyperlinks to easily view completed projects and training/support materials such as our author guidebook, peer-review rubric, and OER Specialist Training course.
Student Success with OER: Less is more (pre-recorded)
Presenter(s):
Lisa Nalbone, Professor, University of Central Florida (lisa.nailbone@ucf.edu)
Anne Prucha, Senior Instructor, University of Central Florida (anne.prucha@ucf.edu)
Romina Saez, Instructor of Spanish, University of Central Florida (romina.saez@ucf.edu)
Kacie Tartt, Senior Instructor, University of Central Florida (kacie.tartt@ucf.edu)
Session Description:
Our in-depth redesign of multiple Spanish courses provides an innovative, successful solution for language learners, fostering cultural and linguistic competencies that are transferable to and relevant for real-world uses of the language. The project has transformed traditional and inflexible first-, second-, and third-year courses by incorporating OER and Adaptive Learning software, promoting accessibility and affordability for all students in all teaching modalities.
Project goals encompass real-world uses of the language to incorporate the 5Cs that are the pillars of language teaching: Culture, Communication, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.
Data across four courses in multiple semesters show increased student mastery, decreased drop/withdraw/fail rates, and more positive student perception of instruction surveys.
While this project was launched for first-year Spanish language and civilization courses, it has expanded to now include courses in second- and third-year Spanish language and civilization, advanced Spanish grammar and composition, and introductory Hispanic literature.
Staying out in front of what we see trending, not just educationally but culturally, is essential to what we do as educators: for example, recognizing connections between local/global and student learning outcomes to better serve our students.
Through innovative methods and approaches we are putting our students and their success first by using technology tools that are designed to personalize students’ learning experience.
2:50 - 3:00 PM
Break (Group)
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
Texas Two Step: Utilizing Open Educational Resources and Peer-Developed Courses (PDCs) to Improve Educational Access, Equity, and Quality
Presenter(s):
Arturo Ozuna, Instructional Designer, Tarrant County College - Connect Campus (arturo.ozuna@tccd.edu)
Kim Estes, Senior Instructional Designer, Tarrant County College - Connect Campus (kim.estes.tccd.edu)
Session Description:
In support of the institutional goal to be a student-ready college, Tarrant County College Connect campus (TCC CN) established peer-developed courses (PDCs) in 2015 which provide financial stipends to TCC CN faculty to develop online courses to quality standards for faculty adoption and general use by the college. Traditionally, these courses are textbook agnostic.
To further promote its commitment to equity and access, TCC CN recently established an OER development program. It also provides stipends to selected faculty for the revision, redesign, or new development of OER textbooks. The primary purpose of this project is to increase equity and access to quality, no-cost textbooks, and to improve educational outcomes for traditionally underserved or marginalized students.
These two programs will work in tandem to improve faculty experiences with PDC development and promote inclusive resources for TCC CN students.
In this session, we will share information about our established PDC program, discuss the new OER development program as part of a three-phased implementation plan for OER development at TCC CN, discuss how we plan to manage both programs, and explain how we will assess program impact and success. We will also explain how we strategically aligned these programs to maximize institutional buy-in.
Partners in Accessibility: Keeping TABS on Resource Equity at Ball State University
Presenter(s):
Kristen McCauliff, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, Ball State University (klmccauliff@bsu.edu)
Sarah Ackermann, Executive Director for Teaching Innovation, Ball State University (snackermann@bsu.edu)
Laura Suman, Head of Access Services, Ball State University (lsuman@bsu.edu)
Session Description:
Ball State University has made a commitment to making education more affordable and equitable for students. In this panel presentation, members from Ball State’s Textbook Affordability Team (TABS) will discuss strategies used to scale OER and reduced-cost textbook initiatives. This cross-campus collaboration includes representatives from the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University Libraries, and the Division of Online and Strategic Learning. As a team, we have worked to:
Inform and support faculty members who are curious about ways to adopt free, low, or no-cost educational materials in their class;
Develop a marketing plan and website for faculty and students to increase adoption and demand for these types of course materials;
Create a system of course tagging and assessment that includes student demographic and satisfaction information;
Grow our campus’s capacity to offer more of our Core Curriculum at low or no cost;
Equitably share the load and provide comprehensive support to our faculty colleagues.
In addition to sharing our campus practices, this presentation will invite discussion and small group activities to help attendees envision the way these strategies can be adapted for use on their own campus. In particular, we will facilitate conversation about institutional tools that may already exist on their campus as well as partnerships that can be established to facilitate the work. Finally, we will openly address barriers to adoption and the ways that our team overcame them and continue to handle them. This will include sharing assessment and adoption data from our efforts.
Using OER to Improve Inclusivity in Your Course
Presenter(s):
Erik Christensen, Dean Emeritus and Adjunct Instructor, South Florida State College (erik.christensen@southflorida.edu)
Session Description:
This highly interactive session will focus on harnessing the power of open educational practices that use both OER and open pedagogy to promote inclusivity in your class and curriculum. We will explore specific strategies and techniques to analyze course materials and integrate teaching practices and activities that will empower student agency and elevate the voices of those in the margins. Come ready to be engaged and leave with a variety of strategies and resources to help you make your course more culturally responsive and create a sense of belonging for all students.
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
Incorporating OER: Enhancing educational equity with Inspark OER
Presenter(s):
An-Phuong Ha, Web User Experience Designer, Arizona State University (anphuong.ha@asu.edu)
Bianca Zietal, Inspark Community Manager, Arizona State University (bzietal@asu.edu)
Session Description:
This session will cover how Inspark OER enhances educational equity and inclusion. Inspark OER was created in partnership with Arizona State University, and the three largest college systems in the country (Ivy Tech Community College, Maricopa Community Colleges, Miami Dade College) and is funded by a $3.4 million grant from the Department of Education.
The four interactive, subject-agnostic tools provided by Inspark OER – Review It, Plan It, Tour It, and Chart It – promote active learning and enable the acquisition of essential skills. These tools encourage students to develop a range of skills, including peer reviewing, cultural awareness, and data analysis, that are essential for success in academic, personal, and vocational life. In addition, Inspark OER has created course content packages for English Composition, Communication, Biology, Chemistry, and Student Success, as well as several ready-to-use assignment guides that incorporate the tools. Instructors from any discipline can use these resources as they are, or adapt them to suit their specific needs.
Inspark OER's customizable assignments provide a more inclusive and equitable approach to education, enabling instructors to tailor the learning experience to the unique needs, backgrounds, and experiences of their students, regardless of their discipline or LMS. To further support the adoption of open educational resources, Inspark OER also offers an Impact Grant that provides up to $10,000 in grant support, with rolling submissions. [Additional resources: https://oer.inspark.education/ and Inspark grant opportunity.]
At the Intersection of Access and Accessibility: Applying an inclusive framework to OERs
Presenter(s):
Lisa Campbell, Instruction and Outreach Librarian, University of Florida (lisacampbell@uflib.ufl.edu)
Kaela Ramhit, User Services Staff and Disability Resource Center Accessibility Liaison, University of Florida (knramhit@uflib.ufl.edu)
Brittany Kester, Education Librarian, University of Florida (brittany.kester@ufl.edu)
Session Description:
While the advantages of OERs are numerous, the creation and use of educational technologies can create unintended barriers of access for learners. In this session, we will demonstrate how to apply an inclusive approach to OER creation and adoption that considers accessibility and access. Participants will have an opportunity to create their own accessible educational resource using Google Docs. After attending, participants will be able to apply this inclusive framework to their future OER creation, adoption, and promotion.
Government Enforcement of Disability Rights Laws in the Digital Space (session will not be recorded)
Presenter(s):
David Kutch, Attorney, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, National Digital Access Team (david.kutch@ed.gov)
Session Description:
In this session, you will learn about how the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights enforces Section 504 and ADA Title II with respect to educational entities. Members of OCR's National Digital Access Team will share how OCR investigates and resolves complaints of discrimination and compliance reviews for public-facing websites and behind-the-password online learning apps, course content, and learning management systems. A key part of this presentation will be a demonstration of how you can identify barriers to access for people with disabilities using manual, validated testing techniques with free and widely-available tools. Whether you are a webmaster, an LMS vendor, or someone involved in online instruction, this is a “can’t miss” session that will help increase your understanding of how the Federal government enforces disability rights laws in the digital space – and how you can help build a community within your organization to support digital accessibility and onboard OER responsibly. The presentation will also highlight upcoming changes to the legal landscape, including upcoming amendments to the implementing regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Session was not recorded
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Close (Group)
(All times are Eastern)
9:45 - 10:00 AM
Welcome (Group)
Day 2 Welcome Recording
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Session (Group)
Student Voices: Perspectives on the results of two large scale textbook and instructional materials surveys
Presenter(s):
Dr. John Opper, Executive Director, Distance Learning & Student Services, FLVC (jopper@flvc.org)
Genya O’Gara, Deputy Director, VIVA (gogara@gmu.edu)
Sophie Rondeau, Assessment & E-Resources Program Analyst, VIVA (wrondeau@gmu.edu)
Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC (nicole@sparcopen.org)
Elijah Scott, Executive Director for Library Services, FLVC (escott@flvc.org)
Session Description:
This session will discuss the results and implications from two statewide student surveys on textbook and instructional materials in Florida and Virginia. Presenters will examine commonalities and differences in the trends, explore the larger implications on the future of textbook affordability and open educational resources, and discuss market forces.
11:00 - 11:50 AM
Session (Group)
OPEN-FL Highlight Session
Presenter(s):
Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Director of Digital Services/OER, Library Services, FLVC (rsauls@flvc.org)
Elisabeth Ball, Program Manager, Digital Services/OER, Library Services, FLVC (eball@flvc.org)
Dawn Aguero, User-Centered Design Analyst, FLVC (daguero@flvc.org)
Session Description:
OPEN-FL, the open and affordable learning community of Florida, has had a fruitful year! Join this session to learn about new products, services, and resources, including the OER Student Advocate Packet and the growth of SOAR (Florida’s Student Open Access Resources).
11:50 -12:00 PM
Sponsor Session: Honorlock (Group)
Online Proctoring with a Human Touch
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch (At your leisure)
1:00 - 2:00 PM
Featured Session (Group)
Institutionalizing OER: Strategies and lessons learned
Presenter(s):
Erik Christensen, Dean Emeritus and Adjunct Instructor, South Florida State College (erik.christensen@southflorida.edu)
Session Description:
Adopting OER can be a real trifecta: students win through reduced textbook costs and potential exposure to more culturally responsive curriculum, instructors win by being able to curate all their curricular materials and knowing that every student will have full access to their textbook on the first day of class, and institutions win through increased student success with greater equity and access. This session will provide a smorgasbord of strategies and lessons learned that focus on advocating for the expanded use of OER at your institution based on lessons learned from four Florida College System institutions. Come ready to be engaged and leave with a variety of strategies and resources that can help ignite your institution’s transformation through large-scale OER adoption.
2:00 - 2:50 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
Beginning of an OER Initiative and Its Evolution to a New Age
Presenter(s):
Daniel Feinberg, Associate University Learning and Online Learning Librarian, University of North Florida (daniel.feinberg@unf.edu)
Jann Sutton, Senior Instructional Designer, University of North Florida (j.sutton@unf.edu)
Rob Rose, Instructional Designer, University of North Florida (r.rose@unf.edu)
Session Description:
The University of North Florida began its work supporting faculty adoption of open educational resources in 2017. At its beginning, the initiative provided not only guidance, but also stipends for faculty conversion of course content from textbooks to zero-cost materials. The Center for Instruction and Research Technology (CIRT) and the Thomas G. Carpenter Library at UNF originally partnered to begin its journey with one Online Learning Librarian (OLL) and a small number of Instructional Designers (ID). To become more sustainable, the team realized changes were needed. This panel discussion will review the strategies that worked, as well as a new initiative for 2023 which includes the integration of outlets for faculty authoring of OE resources. The team is excited to share how UNF has sustained and grown the number of OER courses on our campus. This panel will share student perspectives, our internal marketing campaigns, and the structure of our new initiative. Expect to learn why UNF feels so strongly about OER and why the passion continues to grow because of it.
Localizing OER in K-12: Connecting Content to Context with Students
Presenter(s):
Emily Helton, Education Outreach Specialist, Fairmont State University (ehelton@fairmontstate.edu)
Ashley Chouinard, Science Teacher, Oak Hill High School (ashley.chouinard@k12.wv.us)
Session Description:
While much of the conversation around OER in higher education has focused on affordability, OER in the K-12 context can be used in ways that create greater space for students to connect disciplinary learning to their identities and existing resources. From revising texts with pictures they have taken, to framing curricular materials with their own personal experiences, K-12 teachers can invite students to remake OER in ways that reflect them. This provides an authentic audience, as revised texts are shared and passed down to future students, who continue to iterate these OER.
Emily has designed and taught a course for K-12 educators, Ready OER Not, that examines how to use OER in ways that allow students to claim space for themselves within the curriculum. From the nuts and bolts of Creative Commons licensing to sociocultural theories of learning, the course focuses on asset-based approaches to implementing OER and open education practices.
Through the course, Ashley has created a unit that ties together earth science, the local environment, and the local economy by connecting science standards to ecotourism. Students create and share products that allow others to learn about their community while they learn about science.
We will share our experiences working with K-12 educators and students, with a focus on how to build connections between students’ experiences and open education resources.
Collaborating with Instructional Designers and Faculty to Create Engaging, Cost-free Courses
Presenter(s):
April Hines, Journalism and Mass Communications Librarian, University of Florida (aprhine@ufl.edu)
Session Description:
This session will outline how a subject librarian at a large public university was able to assist instructors in curating engaging course content while making their classes entirely cost-free to students via one-on-one, in-depth affordability consultations. Attendees will also learn about the incredibly beneficial role that program-specific quality assurance programs and instructional designers (IDs) can play in generating faculty interest in this area. What is the librarian's role in connecting faculty to affordable course materials during the course design phase, and why are they perfectly positioned to do this work? What is the best way to market this kind of service to get faculty buy-in and how can IDs help fill the gap? These questions, and more, will be answered throughout the presentation. The process behind helping faculty locate OERs that align with their class objectives will be highlighted, as well as how this content can enhance pedagogical goals and student participation. The impact on first-generation college students, instructors, and academic departments will be discussed, as well as how in-depth consultations have produced long-term success in ways other outreach methods have not. Attendees will hear specific examples to help visualize how the process was executed, and view success stories and lessons learned. Participants will walk away with a concrete blueprint for how to adapt a similar model to their own institutions and will be well prepared for potential challenges that can arise.
2:50 - 3:00 PM
Break (Group)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
You CAN Have Your Cake and Eat it Too: One professor's success story using OER
Presenter(s):
Anna Lurie, Professor III, Palm Beach State College (luriea@palmbeachstate.edu)
Session Description:
Many professors are used to using publishers’ resources and think that OERs, while free for students, do not provide the same level of student support expected from publishers’ websites. For a long time, I, too, did not believe that free resources can be on par with paid ones. I found that using MyOpenMath and Desmos graphing calculator – which are both free resources – are perfect for teaching an introductory Statistics class. This presentation will spotlight many features of MyOpenMath and Desmos of which educators may not be aware.
"But we just published!": Revising an OER textbook
Presenter(s):
Cindy Gruwell, Assistant Librarian/Coordinator of Scholarly Communication, University of West Florida (cgruwell@uwf.edu)
Robin Ewing, St. Cloud State University (rlewing@stcloudstate.edu)
Session Description:
We all know the old adage, a book is out of date by the time it’s published. That’s true even for OER textbooks. Yes, online texts are easily updated, but when does revising become a new edition?
Join us as we discuss our experience publishing, revising, and ultimately working on a new edition of our Pressbook, Critical Thinking in Academic Research. We’ll explain our decision to work on a new edition instead of continually updating.
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
Centralized Storage System for OER Content (pre-recorded)
Presenter(s):
Jose "Jay" Fulgencio, PhD, Instructor, Roosevelt University (jfulgencio01@roosevelt.edu)
Session Description:
OER content is in the masses, especially in the clouds. How many countless Google Drive folders does one keep to store their OER content only to be accessed by one person? What happens to OER content when the individual storing the content leaves the institution? Does anyone else have access? Does the person take all the information with them? Storing OER content in one’s cloud system, like a Dropbox or Google Drive folder, can cause trouble. In this session, Dr. Fulgencio discusses three ways departments, organizations, and individuals can use a centralized storage system for OER content without worrying about the content being lost in the clouds.
OER Initiatives at the Florida State College at Jacksonville Library and Learning Commons: A retrospective
Presenter(s):
Lauren Odom, Librarian, Florida State College at Jacksonville (lauren.odom@fscj.edu)
Amber Arroyo, Librarian, Florida State College at Jacksonville (amber.arroyo@fscj.edu)
Session Description:
This presentation will provide an overview of the OER projects, grants, and initiatives completed in the last three years at the Florida State College at Jacksonville. The intent of this presentation is to demonstrate our institution’s dedication to providing quality resources that reflect the needs of the student population. Attendees of this presentation will be encouraged that despite current challenges in education, such as limited staffing and internal funding sources, any college can produce and provide access to OER materials. Additionally, this presentation will demonstrate that OERs uplift the student body, facilitate quality andragogy, and extend the academic freedom of faculty to customize instruction.
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Session Selection (Individual)
Keeping OER Content Relevant and Engaging
Presenter(s):
Natalie Bisciglia, Associate Professor of Humanities, Hillsborough Community College (nbisciglia@hccfl.edu)
Michelle Slaughter, Assistant Professor of Humanities, Hillsborough Community College (mslaughter3@hccfl.edu)
Session Description:
This session will explore the many uses of technology to create, edit, and revise OER online content and OER textbooks. Learn how to create engaging and interactive materials utilizing resources that help you keep your course content current and relevant.
Creating H5P with Accessibility and UDL in Mind
Presenter(s):
Charity Davenport, Instructional Technologist (Accessibility), Pellissippi State Community College (cdavenport4@pstcc.edu)
Session Description:
This session will focus on how to create H5P activities accessibly, using the SCULPT model, which is helpful for accessibility beginners. We will also focus on how H5P activities can be created with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in mind.
Creation of Incentives to Overcome Barriers of Widespread Adoption of OER (Not recorded)
Presenter(s):
Heather Seibert, Assistant Professor, East Carolina University (seiberth22@ecu.edu)
Session Description:
Various initiatives have been developed to promote the adoption of open educational resources in higher education. The literature identifies the benefits of OER adoption to students, while research has revealed that those benefits are recognized by the faculty using these resources in their courses. However, there is still the question of why there is no widespread diffusion of OER in higher education regardless of the incentive development to encourage faculty adoption. Using Roger's DIT framework and the five perceived attributes of innovations, the presenter has conducted a study on participants of a grant program used as an incentive at East Carolina University to increase the understanding of OER and use of Alternative materials for courses and course design. The intention of this study was to understand what barriers are present that are creating a gap between early and later adopters of OER.
This presentation will focus on the study results and suggestions for overcoming the barriers revealed by this study. Using the DIT framework, faculty perspectives on OER complexity, trialability, compatibility, relevant advantage, and observability will provide insight into creating initiatives that will encourage the widespread adoption of OER in higher education.
Session was not recorded
Beyond Open Textbooks: LibreTexts builds for the future
Presenter(s):
Joshua Halpern, Project Manager, LibreTexts (jhalpern@libretexts.org)
Session Description:
Discussions of open educational resources often are limited to textbook cost, but it is the flexibility and customizability of OER that makes them a best choice for education. OER projects need to provide not only textbooks, but tools and other resources needed today. And they need to do so in a way that makes it simple (or as simple as possible) for instructors and students. LibreTexts is building textbooks, but also components for online assessment, project management, and software for curation and correction. These are coherently designed with a rich set of training resources. Those new to the system can rapidly build OER to support their curricula and students using LibreTexts' drag and drop remixer. There are over 2,400 textbooks – with more than 400,000 pages – that can be remixed. About half of this content is held in a central store, and the other in campus-branded bookshelves. The books can be edited to incorporate new material and changed when needed. Project management software coordinates building OER with teams, including LibreTexts project liaisons. An accessibility dashboard, coordinated with text pages, supplements the accessibility checker built into the text editor. Once finished, the project management app holds peer reviews, adoption reports, and supplementary materials such as slide decks. The ADAPT online homework system includes a learning analytics dashboard integrated into the project management app. Questions can be embedded in the texts or used as summative tests. Come join the LibreTexts project as it moves into the future.
5:00 - 5:05 PM
Close (Group)
Special thanks to our OER Summit Committee for all of their time and hard work in bringing this 2023 Summit together:
Erik Christensen
Dean Emeritus
South Florida State College
Shannon Dew
Director of Online Library Services
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Isabel Duque
Learning Resources Librarian
Miami Dade College
Ilene Frank
Librarian
Hillsborough Community College
Cindy Gruwell
Assistant Librarian/Coordinator of Scholarly Communication
University of West Florida
Kristin Heathcock
Librarian
Hillsborough Community College
Sarah Moukhliss
STEM Online Learning Librarian
University of North Florida
Kristy Padron
Scholarly Communication Services Librarian
Florida Atlantic University
Rebel Cummings-Sauls
Director, Digital Services and OER
FLVC
Simonne Jackson
Technology Operations Specialist
FLVC
Stephen Szanati
Technology Operations Specialist
FLVC
Elisabeth Ball
Program Manager, Digital Services and OER
FLVC
Bob Hartnett
Director, Media, Communications & Marketing
FLVC
Mark Adams
Assistant Director, Communications
FLVC
John Opper, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Distance Learning & Student Services
FLVC
Elijah Scott
Executive Director, Library Services
FLVC
Nashla Dawahre
Director, Online Career & Academic Advising Services
FLVC