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Katie Steen

U.S. PIRG
Higher Education Associate
Washington, D.C.
Websiteuspirg.org
Federal and campus-level advocate working to make college more affordable and accessible.
Wednesday, November 2
 

10:30am EDT

Promoting Government use of OER: the Federal Open Licensing Playbook Grand BallroomPaul Kruchoski • Speaker TBD • Sara Trettin • Jennryn Wetzler

10:55am EDT

Collaborations and divisions: Sharing, strategizing, and supporting nascent institution-wide OER initiatives in higher education B18Eulho Jung • Jonathan Lashley • Andrew Wesolek

11:30am EDT

Briefing: OER Policy in the United States B16Nicole Allen • Reg Leichty

1:15pm EDT

Recent Findings from the OER Research Fellows Grand BallroomJohn Hilton III

1:40pm EDT

Winning Friends and Influencing People: OER and Higher Education Affordability B18Marilyn Moody

2:15pm EDT

An OER Policy Guide for Higher Education B16Amanda Coolidge • Daniel DeMarte

3:15pm EDT

Making it Easier -- or Adventures in Open Textbook Adaptation: Finding our way B14Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey • Amy Hofer • Kathy Labadorf • Karen Lauritsen • Peter Potter • Anita Walz

3:40pm EDT

Communicating 'Open' B12Nicole Allen • Nick Shockey
 
Thursday, November 3
 

9:00am EDT

OER Advocacy: Lessons and Strategies Grand BallroomNicole Allen • Sarah Faye Cohen • Amanda Coolidge • David Ernst • Rajiv Jhangiani • Ethan Senack • David Wiley

9:50am EDT

Establishing actual costs of textbooks across curricula: Data from the Virginia Community College System B12Amanda Carpenter-Horning • Kim Grewe • Jamison Miller

10:45am EDT

Is the price right? A pilot evaluation of open vs traditional textbooks on student performance'† B12Tessamae Endes • Veronica Howard

11:10am EDT

Is Your Institution Ready for OER? SUNY's OER Institutional Readiness Process B18Allison Brown • Tony DeFranco • Mark McBride

11:35am EDT

How to utilize research to create a case for an OER initiative B17Nicole Finkbeiner • John Hilton III

1:40pm EDT

Open Educational Resources as Public Goods B14Andrew Rens

2:40pm EDT

Connecting Open Courses to Tuition-free College Credit B14Sean Connor • Jeff Davidson • Devon Ritter
 
Friday, November 4
 

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Sara Goldrick-Rab Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Keynote: TJ Bliss Grand Ballroom

10:30am EDT

Advancing OER policy through Open Government Partnership B17Nicole Allen • Jan Gondol

1:15pm EDT

A year in review: Where are we with #GoOpen and what's next? B13Layla Bonnot • Kristina Ishmael • Bobby Keener • Ernie Longworth • Joseph South • Mary Williams

1:40pm EDT

College Affordability, Social Justice and the Case for an Ethic of Openness B11Wm. Preston James

2:40pm EDT

The Open Textbook Network: the value of working together to advance open textbooks B18Sarah Faye Cohen • Dave Ernst