Track Session Type
Sustainability: Grant Acquisition & Management, Sustainability, Engaging Student Leaders, OER for Resilience, OER Community Building, OER and Technology
Presentation Type
Panel Presentation
OER Level of Expertise
Advanced
Audience
Faculty, Librarian, instructional designer, Administrator, Staff, Other
Session Abstract
In this session participants will learn about the statewide OER Advisory Council Course Marking Implementation Guidelines that were issued in 2021. This discussion will review the rationale for course marking, best practices, and how to implement these guidelines. The panel includes faculty, staff, and administrators who have implemented some of the guidelines on their campuses.
Objectives of the Session
The benefits of Course Marking
Course Marking best practices
How to implement course marking
Full Description of the Session
This panel will explore the Course Marking Implementation Guidelines that were developed by the Statewide OER Advisory Council for public higher education. The panel will be led by Dr. Robert Awkward who is the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Mass. Department of Higher Education and OER Statewide Coordinator. The panel includes faculty, staff, and administrators that will talk about their experience with course marking at their colleges.
The Course Flagging Guidelines are important guidelines that help colleges and universities to flag OER courses in the state of Massachusetts. In this session, the panel will review the guidelines, look at the faculty perspective (why should they use OER in their classes), look at how colleges have implemented OER programs, and give advice on how to develop an OER plan.
The panel will have a question and answer session at the end of the session. .
Presenter Bios
Presenter 1
Dr. Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness, Mass. Department of Higher Education
Email: rawkward@dhe.mass.edu
Dr. Robert J. Awkward is the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. In this role, he directs two statewide programs for public higher education; a) increasing the adoption, adaptation, and creation of open educational resources that serve to lower the costs of textbooks and ancillaries and increase student learning, persistence and completion; and b) advancing and deepening the culture of learning outcomes assessment in order to increase student learning
Bob is also the Co-PI for a Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot federal grant program along with a consortium of six public institutions that is funding faculty to adapt and create inclusive, accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks that align with our marketplace needs.
Robert is a tenured professor of business administration (currently on leave) at Middlesex Community College. He also serves as a visiting professor and program coordinator for the Masters in Human Resources program at Framingham State University. Finally, Bob graduated with B.A. in Political Science and a M.S. in Economic Policy & Planning from Northeastern University; a M.Ed. in Human Resources Development from Boston University; and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Presenter 2
Amy Clinard, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Adjunct Faculty Facilitator, Bunker Hill Community College
Amy Clinard is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, as well as the Adjunct Faculty Coordinator, in the Behavioral Sciences Department of Bunker Hill Community College. Her academic background centers around child and adolescent development. Amy has been implementing OER into her courses since 2017, and supports many other faculty in her department in adopting openly licensed materials.
Email: alclinar@bhcc.edu
Presenter 3
Ceit De Vitto, Senior Special Programs Coordinator for AIDE at Bunker Hill Community College
Email: kmdevitt@bhcc.edu
Ceit De Vitto is the Senior Special Programs Coordinator/ Digital Learning and OER at Bunker Hill Community College, in the Academic Innovation and Distance Education (AIDE) department. She works closely with faculty, staff, and students to advocate for OER on campus. In her role, she provides professional development opportunities for faculty and staff in OER. She also works with faculty to adapt, adopt, and create robust inclusive OER/no-cost/low-cost Instructional materials.
On a statewide level, she is a member of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s OER Advisory Council and serves on the Course Flagging Committee, which developed the Course Flagging Guidelines.
Ceit holds an M.E.d in Instructional Design from UMASS Boston. She has a Creative Commons Certificate and a Quality Matters certificate.
Presenter 4
Sue Tashjian is the Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Online Learning at Northern Essex Community College. In this role, she supports faculty with all aspects of online course design and development - as well as their instructional technology needs. She is a certified Quality Matters facilitator. Sue serves as co-chair of NECC’s Textbook Task Force and provides leadership for the campus’ open education initiative - the Adopt Open project.
On a statewide level, she serves as co-chair of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Ed’s OER Advisory Council and was the Coordinator of the Massachusetts Community Colleges Go Open project. She is a member of the New England Board of Higher Ed’s OER Advisory Council and is currently the Co-PI for a Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot federal grant program along with a consortium of six public institutions that is funding faculty to adapt and create inclusive, accessible and culturally relevant open textbooks that align with our marketplace needs. On the national level, Sue served on the Executive Council of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER) as co-President.
Email: stashjian@necc.mass.edu
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Start Date
26-5-2022 2:00 PM
End Date
26-5-2022 3:00 PM
DHE Statewide OER Advisory Council: Course Marking Implementation
This panel will explore the Course Marking Implementation Guidelines that were developed by the Statewide OER Advisory Council for public higher education. The panel will be led by Dr. Robert Awkward who is the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Mass. Department of Higher Education and OER Statewide Coordinator. The panel includes faculty, staff, and administrators that will talk about their experience with course marking at their colleges.
The Course Flagging Guidelines are important guidelines that help colleges and universities to flag OER courses in the state of Massachusetts. In this session, the panel will review the guidelines, look at the faculty perspective (why should they use OER in their classes), look at how colleges have implemented OER programs, and give advice on how to develop an OER plan.
The panel will have a question and answer session at the end of the session. .