{"id":10864,"date":"2019-09-24T13:42:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hsli.org\/?p=10864"},"modified":"2019-09-24T13:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T13:42:45","slug":"reminder-proposals-for-dec-4-online-conference-the-librarys-role-in-supporting-open-educational-resources-due-wed-sept-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/reminder-proposals-for-dec-4-online-conference-the-librarys-role-in-supporting-open-educational-resources-due-wed-sept-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Proposals for Dec. 4 Online Conference The Library&#8217;s Role in Supporting Open Educational Resources Due Wed., Sept. 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services)<\/p>\n<p>As the cost of textbooks and other educational materials are exponentially increasing, many institutions of higher education and PK-12 schools are adopting open educational resources (OER) as alternatives for their students. Libraries are starting to see OER as part of a trickle-down effect. More and more librarians are now being tasked with supporting faculty, students, and other members of their communities with the adoption of OER.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on December 4, 2019 for an Amigos Library Services online conference, <em>The Library&#8217;s Role in Supporting Open Educational Resources<\/em>, where we will explore the roles libraries of all types play in supporting open educational resources.<\/p>\n<p>Amigos Library Services is now accepting 45-minute presentation proposals for this conference. Suggested topic areas include but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding open educational resources<\/li>\n<li>Teaching and learning with OER<\/li>\n<li>Finding and vetting OER<\/li>\n<li>The value of OER<\/li>\n<li>Implementing OER initiatives in the library and\/or community<\/li>\n<li>Measuring the impact of OER on learning, the community, and\/or the library<\/li>\n<li>Policies &amp; strategies for OER<\/li>\n<li>Supporting faculty, students, and the community with OER<\/li>\n<li>Accessibility, availability, and affordability of OER<\/li>\n<li>Future and sustainability of OER<\/li>\n<li>Legal and ethical considerations for OER<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you can speak to one of these topics, or have another idea in mind, please submit your proposal at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amigos.org\/node\/5976\">https:\/\/www.amigos.org\/node\/5976<\/a> by September 25, 2019. Don&#8217;t worry if you&#8217;ve never presented online. It&#8217;s easy, and we are happy to train you and will provide technical support during your presentation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about this conference, contact Jodie Borgerding, <a href=\"mailto:borgerding@amigos.org\">borgerding@amigos.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(via Jodie Borgerding, Amigos Library Services) As the cost of textbooks and other educational materials are exponentially increasing, many institutions of higher education and PK-12 schools are adopting open educational resources (OER) as alternatives for their students. Libraries are starting to see OER as part of a trickle-down effect. More and more librarians are now&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}