TN Open Education Week 2023
The 2023 Tennessee Open Education Week events provided opportunities to learn about cutting edge work happening in TN, to listen to TN students, and to link to national conversations. Information about each session is provided below.
Open Education Week is an annual celebration, sponsored by OE Global, highlighting various ways that Open Education is making a difference to education. Please consider the full schedule of OE Week events.
Time: March 6, 2023, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST (10:00 – 11:00 AM CST)
Presenters: Angela Hooser, Kim Godwin, Karen Reed – Middle Tennessee State University
Description: This project is part of a multipronged approach to enhancing equity through the creation of an OER (including textbook and H5P activities) for an Introduction to Education course. This focus of this presentation will include the integration of varied intersectional identities as well as initial student feedback on the ways which they see themselves in the curriculum and profession of teaching. We will share practical tips for beginning to use OER in your courses and ways we plan to engage in research to study the results of our work.
Time: March 6, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00PM EST (1:00PM – 2:00PM CST)
Presenters:
- Nellie McCollum – Tennessee Board of Regents
- David Toye – Northwest State Community College
- Nathan Widener – Pellissippi State Community College
Description: The Statewide Dual Credit History (since 1450) OER Textbook authors will describe the Statewide Dual Credit (SDC) program, authoring the textbook based on the SDC learning objectives and final challenge exam, and ensuring they incorporated the primary documents necessary for the exam.
Time: March 8, 2023, 1:00 - 1:45 EST (12:00 – 12:45 CST)
Presenters: John Rankin and Constanze Weise – East Tennessee State University
Description: John Rankin and Constanze Weise (faculty in the History Department at ETSU) share their experiences on creating World History Since 1500: An Open and Free Textbook for their course World History Since 1500 as part of a TBR grant.
This presentation is part of ETSU’s Open Educational Resources Champions Show and Tell Series by ETSU’s Charles C. Sherrod Library and Center for Teaching Excellence.
Time: March 8, 2023, 2:00 - 2:45 PM EST (1:00 – 1:45 CST)
Presenters: Moin Uddin, Craig Leendert, and Keith Johnson – East Tennessee State University
Description: Moin Uddin, Craig Leendert, and Keith Johnson (faculty in the Engineering, Engineering Technology, and Surveying Department at ETSU) share their experiences on creating open and free videos and slides in their CADD/Engineering Graphics courses as part of a TBR grant.
This presentation is part of ETSU’s Open Educational Resources Champions Show and Tell Series by ETSU’s Charles C. Sherrod Library and Center for Teaching Excellence.
Time: March 9, 2023: 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (12:00 – 1:00 PM CST)
Panelists:
- Laura Baker – University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
- Tracy Clements – Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Guinnevere Smothers – Middle Tennessee State University
Description: Come listen to students enrolled at various Tennessee postsecondary institutions discuss and define the need for textbook affordability in college.
Time: March 10, 2023: 1:00 – 2:00 PM EST (12:00 – 1:00 PM CST)
Panelists:
- Desiree Howard – Southwest Tennessee Community College
- Gabriella Lehmkuhle – East Tennessee State University
- Xavier Vincent – Austin Peay State University
- Dawson Gremmels – University of Tennessee, Martin
Description: Join a panel of TN students who will describe the broad impacts of textbook affordability efforts.
Time: March 10, 2023: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST (1:00 – 2:00 PM CST)
Presenter: Rachel Fleming – University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Description: Rachel Fleming defines critical practices of Open Education, highlights key resources, and outlines several open initiatives in Tennessee.