Track Session Type

Creation: OER Creation & Management, Copyright, Licensing, and CC101, Instructional Design and Ed Tech for OER, Open Pedagogy, Sustainability: Grant Acquisition & Management, Sustainability, Engaging Student Leaders, OER for Resilience, OER Community Building, OER and Technology

Presentation Type

Presentation

OER Level of Expertise

Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced

Audience

Faculty, Librarian, instructional designer, Administrator, Staff

Advancing a Community of Practice Among Faculty OER Grant Recipients

Session Abstract

In this session, presenters will discuss the rationale and development of an online faculty community of practice for Temple University’s Textbook Affordability Project grant award program, highlighting the move from an in-person half-day event to a series of self-paced training modules delivered via Canvas. They will also highlight their experiences creating learning objectives and module content, fostering faculty participation, and designing assessments. Finally, the presenters will consider change opportunities for future faculty grant award cohort trainings. Walk away with an openly-licensed curriculum that you can adapt after brainstorming your own learning outcomes.

Objectives of the Session

After participating in this session, attendees will be able to

  1. Gain strategies for designing effective OER faculty grant learning modules
  2. Adopt or adapt an open curriculum for OER faculty grant awardees

Full Description of the Session

How do librarians encourage faculty to make the move to OER and open educational practices? They provide faculty with incentives to engage with one another! Knowing that faculty learn from and work best with their peers, this presentation tells our story of advancing a community of practice among faculty OER grant recipients.

The Textbook Affordability Project at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) is one of the longest-running OER grant programs at an academic institution in the United States. Through this project, faculty are awarded grants to adopt, adapt, or create open educational materials for use in their classroom. This grant may also be used to engage in open pedagogy assignments.

This presentation details the shift from an in-person half-day event to a series of self-paced online training modules delivered via Canvas. The presenters will also highlight their experiences creating learning objectives and module content. A goal of this training was to foster faculty participation, so strategies for building community will be shared. We’ll briefly touch on designing assessments. Finally, the presenters will consider change opportunities for future faculty grant award cohort trainings. The presenters will share their open curriculum with attendees.

This presentation is best for any level of interest (beginner to advanced) and is ideal for librarians, instructional designers, and administrators interested in faculty training. Attendees will reflect on their own faculty needs and brainstorm possible outcomes for their own community of practice.

Presenter Bios

Courtney Eger is the Learning and Engagement Librarian at Temple University’s Health Sciences Libraries. She is the subject librarian for the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences program in the College of Public Health. Courtney is a member of Temple University Libraries’ Open Education Group. She is a graduate of SPARC’s Open Education Leadership Program, 2021-22 cohort. Courtney also serves as an editorial board member and proofreader for Marketing Libraries Journal, an open access publication. Prior to Temple University, Courtney worked for 12 years as a community college reference and instruction librarian.

Kristina De Voe is English & Communication Librarian at Temple University. In this role, she provides research and instructional support to faculty and students and develops print and digital collections in her liaison areas. Additionally, she leads the University Libraries' Open Education Group and is a Campus Partner for Affordable Learning Pennsylvania, working to advance greater access and equity in education. She was a 2020-21 SPARC Open Education Leadership Program Fellow and was part of the organizing team for the 2019 OpenCon Philly. Her other professional and research interests include information literacy, open pedagogy, and scholarly communications.

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Advancing a Community of Practice Among Faculty OER Grant Recipients

How do librarians encourage faculty to make the move to OER and open educational practices? They provide faculty with incentives to engage with one another! Knowing that faculty learn from and work best with their peers, this presentation tells our story of advancing a community of practice among faculty OER grant recipients.

The Textbook Affordability Project at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) is one of the longest-running OER grant programs at an academic institution in the United States. Through this project, faculty are awarded grants to adopt, adapt, or create open educational materials for use in their classroom. This grant may also be used to engage in open pedagogy assignments.

This presentation details the shift from an in-person half-day event to a series of self-paced online training modules delivered via Canvas. The presenters will also highlight their experiences creating learning objectives and module content. A goal of this training was to foster faculty participation, so strategies for building community will be shared. We’ll briefly touch on designing assessments. Finally, the presenters will consider change opportunities for future faculty grant award cohort trainings. The presenters will share their open curriculum with attendees.

This presentation is best for any level of interest (beginner to advanced) and is ideal for librarians, instructional designers, and administrators interested in faculty training. Attendees will reflect on their own faculty needs and brainstorm possible outcomes for their own community of practice.