| Open Access and Open Educational Resources—What’s the Difference?
Date: February 26, 2016 Time: 10:00-11:30 Location: Cook Library Room 507 Towson University Librarian Rick Davis will discuss what open educational resources (OERs) are, how they fit into the larger open access movement in teaching and scholarly research, and how faculty can find and evaluate OERs. Julie Harding, Assistant Director for Public Services at UMUC Library, will then discuss her institution’s decision to implement OERs for all courses beginning in fall 2015, the role the library played in supporting this initiative, and UMUC’s experience with OERs thus far. Has it led to greater student success? A Q&A with the presenters and an open discussion among attendees will conclude this first session. Benefits and Challenges of Using OER—Cases from TU Faculty Date: March 24, 2016 Time: 3:30-5:00 Location: Cook Library Room 507 TU faculty members who have ventured into the OER waters will share their thoughts and experiences. Why did they decide to adopt OERs in their teaching? What were the major challenges and drawbacks, and what positive outcomes can they report? What would they recommend to other faculty who are considering the use of OERs over commercial textbooks? A Q&A with faculty, including Liz Angeli (Dept. of English); Patty Rice-Doran (Dept. of Special Education); Tom Ciufo (Dept. of Music). Organizing to Provide Support for OER at TU Date: April 29, 2016 Time: 10:00-11:30 Location: Cook Library Room 507 With a better understanding of OERs and how they have been adopted at other campuses and even here at TU, what’s next? How can Cook Library and the Office of Academic Innovation support TU faculty who have decided to adopt OERs? Are there departments at TU that might want to pilot at the program level something similar to what other institutions have done? What kinds of supports are needed to implement such a pilot? Assistant Provost for Academic Innovation Jane Neapolitan will share her thoughts on these and other questions and elicit your ideas about how to move forward with OERs at TU. To Register, visit www.towson.edu/oaievents |
| Sponsored by Office of Academic Innovation & Cook Library 2016 |
