Two OER sessions in the upcoming NCLive Annual Conference

by Julie Reed 2 years, 11 months ago

Hi everyone, 

Garrison brought to my attention that the upcoming NCLIVE Annual Conference has two sessions about OER - in this case, OER and the UNC system. 

FRIDAY MAY 21

9:00 - 9:50

Building the Race Car While Racing It: A Fast-Paced Saga of OER Development for the UNC System
Michelle L. Solér, University of North Carolina System Office. Will Cross, NC State University. Samantha Harlow, UNC Greensboro. Enoch Park, Jeff McAdams, UNC Charlotte

In May 2020, the UNC System received CARES Act funding from the NC General Assembly to help with the sudden move to remote, online learning. The UNC System Office moved quickly to form an innovative group of over 150 faculty members, instructional designers, AND librarians to create the Digital Course Enhancement Collections, a set of curricular OER based on backward course-design, for high-impact STEM and Business courses. This panel will talk about the project and its challenges, the important part that librarians played, and how a large-scale OER project can be completed in a record-breaking 6 weeks.

10:00 - 10:50

Improving the Race Track: Building Capacity for Library Supported & Systemwide OER Development
Jacqueline Solis, UNC Chapel Hill. Sarah Falls, UNC School of the Arts. Samantha O’Connor, Central Carolina Community College. Harvey Long, North Carolina A&T University. Melody Rood, UNC Greensboro. Jeanne Hoover, East Carolina University

After completing work on a major UNC System supported OER initiative called the Digital Course Enhancement Collections, a team of UNC Librarians came together to create the support structures that would be needed to better promote OER across the system. They
focused on training for librarians, faculty, and support staff by creating an “OER on OER”, standing up an OER Commons Hub as a repository site with tools to do more, and have reconfigured committee structures within the System Libraries (ULAC) to take on future work. The short-term goal is uptake and understanding of the role of OER. The longer-term goal is to create sustainable and strongly supported OER development and use by faculty and students in the UNC System.