Program Schedule Forum 2: May 2023

An orientation to the forum and an opportunity to introduce yourself to the group.

A high level overview and summary of the discussions and themes from the Forum 1 in December 2022.

Coffee and light refreshments will be catered. Snacks are also available for purchase in Library's Ex Libris Café (requires entrance pass obtained in ID & Privileges Office) or next door at the Maroon Market.

A group-think Ask Me Anything approach to Open Educational Resources.

Ariana Santiago is Head of Open Education Services at the University of Houston Libraries and GLOW Steering Committee member. She will share her experiences providing leadership and strategy for open education services and as a SPARC Steering Committee member.

Lunch will be catered at the library.

Discuss the presentation: new ideas learned and questions raised.

Activity that engages participants on discussions around the OERs used and created at their own institutions, centering on LibGuides and similar platforms

Coffee and light refreshments will be catered. Snacks are also available for purchase in Library's Ex Libris Café (requires entrance pass obtained in ID & Privileges Office) or next door at the Maroon Market.

Activity that engages participants on discussions around the OERs used and created at their own institutions, centering on LibGuides and similar platforms

Presentations and discussions on coordinated approaches to OERs: creation, management, and sustainability. Discussion on IMGIS and TeachGIS.org.

Coffee and light refreshments will be catered. Snacks are also available for purchase in Library's Ex Libris Café (requires entrance pass obtained in ID & Privileges Office) or next door at the Maroon Market.

Presentations and discussions on coordinated approaches to OERs: creation, management, and sustainability. Discussion on the BTAA Geospatial Information Network and Geoportal with Ryan Mattke.

This session will look at ISKME’s IMLS-funded work to develop an understanding of how faculty perform search, discovery, and evaluation of OER. From there, the presentation will look at how tools and platforms aid in the discovery of OER and are also dependent on robust communities and coalitions that ensure a healthy engagement with the work. ISKME will share best practices for developing and sustaining these coalitions to grow successful OER initiatives and hope to connect attendees with OER initiatives on their campuses by providing examples and context from the field.

ISKME, also previously known as the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, is an independent, education nonprofit whose mission is to make learning and knowledge sharing more participatory, equitable, and open, such as through their OER Commons. Michelle Brennan is ISKME’s Product Manager for OER Platforms and Services, and Melinda Newfarmer is its Vice President of Services.

Lunch will be catered at the library.

Discuss the presentation: new ideas learned and, questions raised.

Coffee and light refreshments will be catered. Snacks are also available for purchase in Library's Ex Libris Café (requires entrance pass obtained in ID & Privileges Office) or next door at the Maroon Market.

Small teams will hone their skills for particular GIS topics and assess the framework for fitness of purpose.

As part of our discussions about usage of the UCGIS Geographic Information Science & Technologies Body of Knowledge (gistbok.ucgis.org) as a source both of OERs and as an OER platform itself, we will have presentations by Rob Lemmens (University of Twente, Netherlands) and Sven Casteleyn (Jaume 1 University, Spain), two of the primary developers of the European GIS&T BoK and its associated OS suite of tools. UCGIS is currently migrating its own BoK to the Living Textbook platform for usage of the same visualization and semantic tools.

Coffee and light refreshments will be catered. Snacks are also available for purchase in Library's Ex Libris Café (requires entrance pass obtained in ID & Privileges Office) or next door at the Maroon Market.

Lunch will be catered at the library.