President's Track: Open Educational Resources (OER): Fall 2023
- To increase access to quality educational materials by removing financial, geographic, and other barriers to education.
- To reduce the cost of education by providing free or low-cost educational resources that can be used to replace expensive textbooks.
- To allow instructors to tailor educational materials to meet the specific needs of their courses and students.
- To encourage the sharing of educational resources among instructors, institutions, and students, fostering a collaborative approach to learning and teaching.
- To promote the development of new and innovative teaching and learning practices by leveraging the flexibility and adaptability of OER.
- To enhance teaching and learning by providing access to a wide range of high-quality educational resources, including multimedia materials, simulations, and interactive tools.
- To promote the long-term sustainability of higher education by reducing the financial burden on students and institutions and supporting the development of a more open and inclusive educational ecosystem.
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Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr.
Dr. Christie Shelton |
Date: August 30th, 2023 Location: In person, 208 Self Hall Time: 2:00-3:00 Title: Faculty Fellows Kickoff with President Killingsworth, Provost and Senior Vice President Shelton Description: The Office of the President and the Office of the Provost are excited to join forces with Faculty Commons to kick off the Faculty Fellows program. The Faculty Fellows program aims to provide faculty members with the resources, time, and support as they pursue their scholarly interests and develop their teaching and leadership skills. |
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Dr. Taylor Ellis Dr. Mark Sciuchetti
Kim Westbrooks
Hanrong Wang |
Date: September 13th, 2023 Location: 208 Self Hall Time: 2:30-3:45 Title: Faculty OER Panel Speakers: Taylor Ellis, Assistant Professor, Social Work; Mark Sciuchetti, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Geosciences; Kim Westbrooks, Associate Professor, Library; Hanrong Wang, Professor, Library Description: Discover the transformative power of open educational resources (OER) as our faculty panel shares their firsthand experiences and successes. Join us for an engaging discussion on how OER fosters student engagement, affordability, and innovation in education. Learn how these panel members are shaping the future of learning with OER while developing your own innovative ideas for how you might use OER. |
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Guest Speaker |
Date: October 11th, 2023 Location: 323 Angle Hall and via Teams Time: 2:00 - 3:30 pm Title: President’s OER Expert Speaker Dr. Kim Godwin Description: Faculty Commons welcomes MTSU’s Dr. Kim Godwin, Instructional Designer and OER Course Design Expert, as she speaks to faculty to share her wealth of knowledge and experiences working with Open Educational Resources (OER). Her areas of research focus on universal design for learning, online teaching and learning, and the promotion of open educational resources (OER) and open access resources (OAR). She has co-authored four Pressbooks and a chapter on OER for the upcoming Handbook of Research in Online Learning due out in the spring of 2024. Dr. Godwin is part of the OER Task Force at MTSU, where she plays an intricate role in helping to create, promote, and educate MTSU faculty on the value of OER in higher education. We are excited to have Dr. Godwin share her expertise with Jax State faculty. |
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Dr. Don C. Killingsworth, Jr. |
Date: November 15th, 2023 Location: President’s Dining Room, Jack Hopper Cafeteria Time: 12:00-1:00 Title: President’s Faculty Fellows Luncheon-OER Description: If you have attended any of our fall OER workshops, you are invited to our closing luncheon at Jack Hopper dining room to share your experiences, thoughts, and ideas for OER with President Killingsworth. |
Upon registration for a workshop session, you will receive a calendar invite at your JSU Outlook email. Calendar invites are manually sent by Brandy Roberts. Please allow up to two hours to receive the invitation during regular business hours. After accepting the invitation, the event will appear on your Outlook Calendar. If you cannot see it, please contact Brandy Roberts at broberts@jsu.edu.