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Thank you for attending the 2022 Open Education Conference on October 17-20! Recordings are now available to watch. The 2023 Open Education Conference will be held November 7-9 virtually, and registration is open now
Wednesday, October 19 • 1:00pm - 1:40pm
OER Creation Through an Equity Lens: a Collaboration Across Six Public Higher Education Institutions

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Panelists will discuss their grant Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL): Culturally Relevant Open Textbooks for High Enrollment General Education Courses and Career and Professional Courses at Six Public Massachusetts Colleges' goal to create 72 culturally-relevant textbooks to improve student learning outcomes, particularly from underserved communities.

By attending this session, attendees will be able to:
  • Determine strategies to identify, engage, and involve key stakeholders
  • Identify opportunities to incorporate external collaboration with community members and subject matter experts
  • Create a process for supporting OER design: onboarding faculty to an Open publishing process, locating content, assessing for cultural relevance, building and maintaining in a CMS
  • Discuss KPIs and their importance to assessing impact using a COUP Framework (i.e., Cost, Outcome, Usage, and Perceptions)

Speakers
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Millie Gonzalez

Dean, Whittemore Library, Framingham State University
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Marilyn Billings

Coordinator, Publishing Support Team, ROTEL Grant
Please talk with me about the ROTEL (Remixing Open Textbooks with an Equity Lens) grant-funded program. As one of the consultants, I coordinate the ROTEL Publishing Support Team and serve as the faculty advisor & advocate. This program is funded by a U.S. Dept. of Education Textbook... Read More →
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Sue Tashjian

Coordinator, Instructional Technology, Northern Essex Community College
Sue Tashjian is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Online Learning at Northern Essex Community College where she provides leadership for NECC’s Adopt Open project. She is co-chair of the Massachusetts DHE’s OER Advisory Council and is a member of the core planning... Read More →
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Robert Awkward

Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
Robert J. Awkward, Ph.D.Biographical SummaryDr. Bob currently directs a state-wide open educational resources and learning outcomes assessment program at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. The mission of the open educational resources initiative is to increase the utilization... Read More →
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Emily Butler

OER Librarian, Springfield Technical Community College
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Elizabeth McKeigue

dean, Berry Library

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Live Concurrent Sessions

Live sessions will be held throughout the day. Return to the session page shortly before the start time for a link to join the Zoom room. The join button will only be visible to logged in attendees. See the FAQ for more details.Live session formats include panels, presentations, and discussions. These sessions are typically recorded and posted by the next day. Sessions marked "Discussion" may have interactive elements that are best to attend live.Note that live sessions begin on time, and the capacity limit for each session... Read More →



Wednesday October 19, 2022 1:00pm - 1:40pm EDT
Room B
  40min (live), Presentation (Recorded)
  • Topic Building Open
  • Region United States
  • Attribution Sue Tashjian, Millie Gonzalez, Robert Awkward, Jess Egan, Jacalyn Kremer, Emily Butler and Elizabeth McKeigue