2020 CT OER Summit

Agenda

8:30 am to 9:00 am - Registration & Coffee – Main Lobby/Community Room

9:00 am to 9:15 am - Welcome - Auditorium

• Tim Larson, Executive Director of Connecticut's Office of Higher Education 

• Danielle Wilken, Provost of Goodwin University

9:15 am to 10:00 am - Keynote Address - Auditorium

• Mark McBride, State University of New York, Senior Library Strategist

10:00 to 10:15 am - Break

10:15 am to 11:00 am - Student Panel Presentation - Auditorium

• Moderator: Cailyn Nagle, US PIRG, Affordable Textbooks Campaign Director

• Panelist: Shafina Chowdhury, University of Connecticut

• Panelist: Fatima Flores, Goodwin University

• Panelist: Maya Marmarka, University of Connecticut

• Panelist: Michael Rahilly, Goodwin University

• Panelist: Jeffrey Safo-Darko, Central Connecticut State University

11:00 am to 11:15am - Break

11:15 am to 12:00 pm - Department Chair Panel Presentation - Auditorium

• Moderator: Beth Johnson, Provost, Post University

• Panelist: David Ferreira, Dean of Academic & Student Affairs, Northwestern CT Community College

• Panelist: Phillip Fox, Director and Associate Professor of English, Goodwin University

• Panelist: Michael LaBarbera, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Housatonic Community College

• Panelist: Jason Molitierno, Chair of Mathematics, Sacred Heart University

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm - Lunch – Community Room

Attendees have a choice of three lunch-time activities:

Option 1: Discipline-Specific Table Discussions - Community Room

Option 2: All About OER: OER 101 - Center for Teaching Excellence - Room 208

• Eileen Rhodes, Director of Library Services, Capital Community College

• Jillian Maynard, Reference Instruction Librarian, Central Connecticut State University

• Link to All About OER Presentation

Option 3: Open Pedagogy – Auditorium

• Aura Lippincott, Instructional Designer, Western Connecticut State University

• Kevin Corcoran, Executive Director of Digital Learning, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities

• Link to Open Pedagogy Presentation

1:00 pm to 2:30 pm - OER Exploration & Networking - Auditorium then Main Lobby

An opportunity to engage with various OER providers and panelists.

• LibreTexts

• Lumen Learning

• MERLOT

• OER Commons

• OpenStax

• Reebus Community / Pressbooks

2:30 pm to 3:00 pm - Reconvening, Grant Opportunity Overview & Closing Remarks - Auditorium

• Kevin Corcoran, Statewide OER Coordinator, Executive Director of Digital Learning, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities

Additional Resources: 

• CT OER Summit - Event Survey