Event Title
A Voice in the Wilderness
Presentation type
Lightning Round (15 minutes)
Start Date
2-8-2018 10:45 AM
End Date
2-8-2018 11:30 AM
Proposal Abstract
“A Voice in the Wilderness”
Whether you live on an actual island or just feel like it, starting and driving an OER program on your campus can feel like a lonely business. When Jeffrey Marzluft started at University of Hawaii - Maui College, most faculty had never heard of OER, let alone utilized them in their classes. Employing a variety of tools including the library’s positive brand, resources from local consortia & the open community, some grit, and a little good old-fashioned librarian knowhow - he raised adoption levels across campus bringing measured savings to students and initiating a cultural shift by creating significant awareness of the open revolution to faculty, administration, and students. In this presentation, you will learn the process and positive steps to grow a nascent program, the support structure needed to make it successful, and how to avoid some pitfalls along the way. You will return to your campus with tips and techniques to facilitate conversations about OER, methods to increase OER adoption, and an outline to initiate change on your campus.
Audience Type
OER program coordinators
Outcomes
1. Vocabulary to speak about OER to interested Faculty and Administrators 2. Create a methodology to increase OER adoption on home campus 3. Identify warning signs and potential pitfalls of OER adoption
Recommended Citation
Marzluft, Jeffrey (2018). "A Voice in the Wilderness," OER From Vision to Action. https://newprairiepress.org/oer_fromvisiontoaction/2018/presentations/10
Presentation
A Voice in the Wilderness
“A Voice in the Wilderness”
Whether you live on an actual island or just feel like it, starting and driving an OER program on your campus can feel like a lonely business. When Jeffrey Marzluft started at University of Hawaii - Maui College, most faculty had never heard of OER, let alone utilized them in their classes. Employing a variety of tools including the library’s positive brand, resources from local consortia & the open community, some grit, and a little good old-fashioned librarian knowhow - he raised adoption levels across campus bringing measured savings to students and initiating a cultural shift by creating significant awareness of the open revolution to faculty, administration, and students. In this presentation, you will learn the process and positive steps to grow a nascent program, the support structure needed to make it successful, and how to avoid some pitfalls along the way. You will return to your campus with tips and techniques to facilitate conversations about OER, methods to increase OER adoption, and an outline to initiate change on your campus.
Comments
Full text of the presentation will be available if proposal is accepted (as required below). Included Powerpoint consists of a combination of campus wide faculty presentation on OER and Ambassador program introduction. They do not represent the full text of the new presentation but ideas from each will be incorporated. (I insert so you will know I have somewhat of a clue about which I will be speaking).
In addition, here is the
Link to OER Page at Maui College