Illinois OER Summit: Agenda and Optional OER Introductory Resources

Illinois OER Summit: Agenda and Optional OER Introductory Resources

Agenda

April 7, 2025: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Illinois State University Alumni Center, Room 118
1101 N. Main Street, Normal, IL 61761
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Morning Session: 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

9:30 - 10:00

Registration Check-in, Networking, and Refreshments
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks

Dr. Dallas Long, Dean of Milner Library, Illinois State University
10:10 - 10:50 Plenary Session: The State of the State - Open Education in Illinois

Description: Open education efforts in the state are growing, and this session will provide an overview of the expanding open landscape in Illinois and across the Midwest. Reviewing work to date in areas such as training, surveys, summits, and funding, the panelists will also discuss available resources for developing and sharing open education materials, such as the OER Commons Hub: Open Illinois. The session will conclude with an aspirational look at well-developed open education programs in other states.

Presenters:

  • Michele Leigh, PhD, Open Illinois Senior Coordinator, The Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois
  • Jeff Newell, Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives, Illinois Community College Board
  • Dee Anna Phares, Social Sciences and Humanities Librarian, Northern Illinois University
  • Chris Sweet, Information Literacy and Scholarly Communications Librarian, Illinois Wesleyan University
10:50 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 11:50 Morning Breakout: The Open Education Maturity Model: A Tool for Strategic Planning

Teams will be asked to engage with the Open Education Maturity Model, a flexible framework designed to assist institutions in reflecting on and planning for their open education initiatives. Together, teams will assess their current stage, set goals, and plan for future growth with an eye toward aligning efforts with other institutions across the state.

Lunch (Provided): 12:00 P.m. - 12:50 p.m.

  Light Networking, Table Discussions

Afternoon Session: 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

1:00 - 1: 40 Afternoon Breakout 1: Role Networking
 
Attendees will split into groups by their role as it relates to Open Education to participate in facilitated discussions about aspects of Open Education relevant to their work, ask questions of each other, and share ideas about what the future looks like in their particular work.
 
1:45 - 2:25 Afternoon Breakout 2: Starting Out or Stepping Up

During this roundtable session, attendees will be invited to share and seek out advice on advocating for, creating, cultivating, and maintaining open education initiatives on their campuses and collaborating with peers across the state.
2:30 - 3:10 Afternoon Breakout 3: Statewide Capacity Building for OER

Our final breakout session will culminate in vision planning for what a state-wide coordinated OER effort could look like in Illinois. Teams will contribute to a conversation about possible statewide goals, what resources are needed at the state level, and who needs to be a part of these conversations moving forward.
3:15 - 3:45 Team Shareback

Teams will take a brief moment to share back things they have identified as important to the future of open education in Illinois and at their institutions. Shareback information will be collected to help build a shared vision for building statewide capacity in the coming years.
3:45 - 4:00 Closing Remarks

Suggested OER Introductory Resources

To help ensure attendees can participate in the day’s discussions with foundational knowledge, we encourage those new or unfamiliar with Open Educational Resources, or Open Education more broadly, to attend one of the following CARLI online workshops:

CARLI OER for Faculty Series, Workshop 1: Supporting Academic Success: Open Educational Resources and Equitable Course Materials

This first online workshop of the two-part OER for Faculty Series will identify:

  • what are open educational resources (OER).
  • benefits and motivations for using OER
  • how to find and evaluate OER
  • how to integrate OER into your class

After attending, CARLI Member teaching faculty will be invited to write a brief review of an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library.

This workshop will be offered twice. Both sessions contain the same content. Please register at the link below if you would like to attend.

CARLI OER for Faculty Series, Workshop 2: Open Pedagogy Workshop

In this second online workshop of the two-part OER for Faculty Series, the CARLI OER Committee invites teaching faculty to a program on open pedagogy.

When you use open pedagogy in your classroom, you are inviting students to be part of the teaching process, participating in the co-creation of knowledge. In this workshop, you will learn the definition and context of Open Pedagogy, view innovative examples being applied in a variety of subjects and formats, and work with other attendees to create an assignment that you can use in your own class.

Please register at the link below if you would like to attend.