2020 OER Hub Summit

Radically Reimagining Solutions to Meet the Needs of this Moment

Welcome to the OER Hub Summit

On July 23, 2020 ISKME hosted a virtual Summit for OER Hub Leads to make connections across OER Hub Projects and provide opportunities for participants to learn from each other, share best practices and explore how OER Leaders have designed innovative solutions to meet the specific needs of their communities, and identify next steps to continue collaborating to iterate, customize, and scale new ideas.

The videos below include the opening session and different project showcases from OER Hub Leads in both K-12 and Higher Education, including Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Nebraska Department of Education, Virginia Department of Education, Oregon Department of Education, Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units, Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity, and California Community Colleges.

Opening Session

Radically Reimagining Solutions to Meet the Needs of this Moment

During these unprecedented times we have a unique opportunity to radically reimagine the way we support teaching and learning in our communities. For this opening session, we will connect and share around the current needs and challenges we are facing related to our work with Open Educational Resources (OER).

Anthropology Mini-Lecture Project Intro

Radically Reimagining How Faculty Collaborate To Quickly Shift Anthropology Courses Online

Zoe Wool, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto

Anthropology Mini-Lecture Project

K-12 OER Project Showcase

Learn directly from OER Leaders in K-12 who have designed creative OER solutions to meet the specific needs of their educators and learners. The OER Project Showcase will feature new ideas and approaches for OER outreach and engagement, training, evaluation, curation, and authoring/remixing.

Barbara Soots, OER & Instructional Materials Program Manager, Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Washington OER Hub

Grant supported OER development in underrepresented content areas, curating and creating continuous learning collections, and offering short webcasts to show educators and parents where they can find resources.

Andrew Easton, Coordinator of Digital Learning, ESU Coordinating Council, Nebraska Department of Education

Nebraska's OER Hub

Supporting Nebraska's Blended Learning Cohort who developed 250 Remote Learning Plans for K-12 in under three months' time.

Jean Weller, Teaching and Learning Technology Integration Specialist, Virginia Department of Education

#GoOpenVA

#GoOpenVA started from scratch to create a successful engagement and outreach plan, including a Communications Toolkit that is being used throughout the state.

Vanessa Clark, Program Analyst & Susan Payne, Education Specialist Oregon Department of Education

Open Oregon Learning

The Oregon Open Learning Team quickly mobilized to establish a Hub and connect educators to build a virtual community within the Hub during school closures and distance learning.

Rebecca Henderson, Distance Learning Supervisor, Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units

Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units OER

Leading a grassroots approach to OER engagement, including collaborating to create a STEM toolkit and resources for English Language Learners.

Higher Ed OER Project Showcase

Learn directly from OER Leaders in Higher Education who have designed creative OER solutions to meet the specific needs of their educators and learners. The OER Project Showcase will feature new ideas and approaches for OER outreach and engagement, training, evaluation, curation, and authoring/remixing.

Ed Morris, VP of Programs & Services and Aubree Evans, Director of Professional Learning Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity

Branch Alliance OER Hub

Supporting Education Preparation Program faculty in curating and creating collaborative, quality instructional materials for teacher educators at Minority Serving Institutions by teacher educators at Minority Serving Institutions.

Zoe Wool, Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto

Anthropology Mini-Lecture Project

Coordinating faculty from 10 different Universities to record mini-lectures presenting their research and share additional readings, slides, lecture notes, and activities to support faculty in transitioning their courses online.

Josh Franco, Assistant Professor at Cuyamaca Community College, California Community Colleges

California Community Colleges Hub

Collaborating with six Community Colleges to create the first of its kind Introduction to Political Science Research Methods open textbook.