SUBR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
DISCOVERING OER FOR YOUR DISCIPLINE
SPONSORS:
Office of the Interim Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs & Provost
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LOUISIANA BOARD OF REGENTS - TASK FORCE ON ONLINE LEARNING: INNOVATION GRANT 2017
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HEWLETT FOUNDATION/CSU OER SUBCONTRACT
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SUS COUNCIL FOR ONLINE LEARNING PRACTITIONERS (SUS-COLP)
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SUBR ONLINE PROGRAM OFFERING:
WEB SITES:
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Southern University A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA
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WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
Professor Moustapha Diack
Director, Online Learning and Faculty Development - Southern University A&M College
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SU System Assistant VP for Online Services
Southern University System
Professor Moustapha Diack is an international leader in the area of Open Education Resources (OER) adoption and research. He is member of the MERLOT Faculty Development Board since the inception of the organization. He is the co-founder of the MERLOT Africa Network (MAN) and Chair of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Summit on Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) and Quality Online Program.
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SUBR - FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
NURTURING A CULTURE OF ONLINE QUALITY ASSURANCE
DISCOVERING OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR ONLINE COURSE DESIGN
FRIDAY - November 10, 2017
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
REGISTER NOW
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Course Overview:
This workshop is a 1/2-day course that provides participants with a clear understanding of Open Education Resources (OER), Creative Commons Licensing (CC) and the search and discovery of OER from international repositories and affordable learning solution portals. It focuses on search strategies that enable participants to discover multimedia learning resources and open textbook for online course design. Participants will develop OER collections and Teaching Portfolios using the MERLOT Content Builder.
Course Objectives:
By completing this course, learners will be able:
- Analyze best practices for finding and adopting open educational resources for their respective disciplines
- Critically discuss the foundation of Creative Commons (CC) Licensing
- Distinguish the difference types of CC licenses
- Create a collection of OER for teaching and learning
- Contribute to an international repository of OER, MERLOT
- Create an online course portfolio showcase using the MERLOT Content Builder
REFERENCES TO LEARN MORE
We have compiled a series of references relevant to this workshop.
Open Education Resources - Quality Matter Compilation
A Textbook Zero degree - Tidewater Community College will launch a pilot project this fall aimed at easing the pain of soaring textbook costs for college students.
Saving and Student Success
Tidewater Community College has saved students $1 million with its zero-textbook-cost degree program. An added bonus: course retention and grades are rising.
Southern University launched an online digital library for teaching and learning. Now SU faculty can use high quality content to design online courses covering all disciplines and free eTextbook to increase college access and success
Galileo Open Learning Material
This is an initiative from Affordable Learning Georgia sharing faculty and etextbook course portfolios from the system's internal grants to promote OER.
Leveraging MERLOT - We compiled excellent resources showcasing the MERLOT (Multimedia Education Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) collection of OER. This is contributed by the Southern University COLP.
MERLOT Content Builder - MERLOT is releasing a new interface design for its popular Web development tool, Content Builder. Originally built and supported by the Carnegie Foundation
The Open Educational Resources (OER) Degree Initiative seeks to boost college access and completion, particularly for underserved students, by engaging faculty in the redesign of courses and degree programs through the replacement of proprietary textbooks with open educational resources.
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SUS LAUNCHED A DIGITAL REPOSITORY FOR EDUCATION
The Southern University System in collaboration with the California State University System just lauched an online digital library for teaching and learning. Now SU faculty can use high quality content to design online courses covering all disciplines and free eTextbook to increase college access and success.
Please visit the Library: www.suol4ed.org