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Rory McGreal

Athabasca University
Professor
Canada
Websiteunescochair.athabascau.ca
I am the UNESCO/Commonwealth of Learning/International Council for Open and Distance Education Chair in Open Educational Resources and the director of TEKRI at Athabasca University
Wednesday, November 2
 

8:30am EDT

Keynote: Gardner Campbell Grand Ballroom

9:15am EDT

Open Pedagogy Showcase Grand Ballroom

10:00am EDT

Break TBA

10:30am EDT

What 'Open' Means to the Saylor Academy Learner B12Sean Connor • Devon Ritter

10:55am EDT

Anatomy of a System-Wide Open Education Initiative B17Karen Cangialosi • Dan Carchidi • Reta Chaffee • Jenny Darrow • Robin DeRosa • Scott Robison • Terri Winters

11:30am EDT

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

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:15pm EDT

The OERu 1st year of study: open, online and international B17Marc Singer

1:40pm EDT

Open Licensing Policy Development and Implementation: Case studies from Higher Ed and K-12 B16Boyoung Chae • Barbara Soots What could we do if all Textbooks were Open B12Hugh McGuire

2:15pm EDT

Experiences, perceptions, and outcomes of using open textbooks: Research from the BC OER Research Fellows Grand BallroomChristina Hendricks • Rajiv Jhangiani • Colin Madland The RISE Framework: Continuously improving OER using learning analytics B14Robert Bodily • Rob Nyland • David Wiley

2:40pm EDT

Building a Culture for Open Textbooks at Oklahoma State University B12Tutaleni Asino • Alesha Baker • Dan Chaney

3:15pm EDT

OER in K12 schools: An Alberta discussion B12Rory McGreal

3:40pm EDT

Open Textbook Student Usability Research Results B11Barbara Illowsky • Justin Whiting
 
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 The Faces of OER: Student Reflections on the Z Degree Experience B12Diane Ryan

9:25am EDT

Advocating for open: The instructional design experience B13Irwin DeVries • Michelle Harrison The OER World Map Project- Building an 'Open Operations Room' for the OER Community B14Jan Neumann

9:50am EDT

Open Oregon Educational Resources: One and Three-Quarters Years (and counting!) B17Amy Hofer

10:15am EDT

Break TBA

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 Student learning gains after replacing traditional textbook with open source instructor-created website readings and videos B11Chrissy Spencer

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:15pm EDT

A Synthesis of OER Efficacy and Perceptions Research: 2015-2016 B11Lane Fischer • John Hilton III • David Wiley

2:15pm EDT

The OER Degree Initiative Grand BallroomUna Daly • Donna Desrochers • Rebecca Griffiths • Richard Sebastian • David Wiley

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

10:00am EDT

Break TBA

10:30am EDT

Advancing OER policy through Open Government Partnership B17Nicole Allen • Jan Gondol Benefits and Challenges of Adopting Open Textbooks in a K-12 School B13Tutaleni Asino • Alesha Baker • Jose Fulgencio • Ying Xiu

10:55am EDT

But What About The College Store? The Impact of Textbook Affordability Projects B12Steven Bell Credits for MOOCs B14Willem van Valkenburg

11:30am EDT

The Open Research Agenda B14Rob Farrow • Beck Pitt • Martin Weller

12:00pm EDT

Lunch Grand Ballroom

1:15pm EDT

FutuOER: Designing the Next Generation of Open Education Grand BallroomNorman Bier • Una Daly • Cable Green • David Kernohan • Brandon Muramatsu • Hal Plotkin • Katsusuke Shigeta • Kim Thanos • Willem van Valkenburg • Martin Weller

2:15pm EDT

Beyond the Repository: Toward Deeper Understanding of OER Implementation B13Barbara Soots

2:40pm EDT

The Open Textbook Network: the value of working together to advance open textbooks B18Sarah Faye Cohen • Dave Ernst A Bottom-Up, Data-Driven Approach to Encouraging OER Adoption B12Troy Martin • Jennifer Paustenbaugh • Michael Whitchurch