Exploring The Multiple Benefits Of Open Educational Resources (Oers) (Workshop - Teaching and Learning Center at Blue Ash) #15452

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Open Educational Resources (OERs) provide many benefits to students and faculty, and their use is growing in popularity within Higher Education. Some benefits of OERs are that they can improve students' access to course materials by reducing or eliminating costs and enhance accessibility of course materials thereby promoting more equitable and inclusive learning environments. In this three-hour interactive workshop, Dr. Mason and Dr. Stough-Hunter of Ohio Dominican University will give practical advice on finding and adopting OERs for your courses, as well as suggestions for increasing and tracking OER adoption on your campus. Through several activities, you will work with your colleagues to apply the skills presented. You will leave the workshop with a goal and a set of resources so that you are ready to take the next step in your OER journey. Whether you have never heard the term OER, are just getting started with OERs, or are interested in creating an OER movement on campus, this workshop has something for you.

Please bring your creativity, energy, and a course syllabus with you to the workshop.

Course Details
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
From 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Bradford Mallory
(151) 393-6711
Zoom Meetings

Speaker Bio Information

Anjel Stough-Hunter is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio Dominican University where she teaches a variety of courses and serves as the area coordinator for the Sociology department.  Her research interests include community, health, masculinity, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.  She is currently studying community attachment and migration intentions among Physician Assistant students, as well as working on several projects related to the scholarship of teaching and learning.  Her interest in Open Educational Resources (OERs) began in 2018 when she served, with a team of sociologists in central Ohio, as a content developer for the Ohio Open Ed Collaborative (OOEC).   She is active on the Affordable Learning Team at Ohio Dominican, which encourages and assists faculty in the utilization of Open Educational Resources and other strategies to reduce or eliminate textbook costs.  With support from an OOEC grant she led the Sociology department in converting all sections of Introduction to Sociology to “OER courses” and uses OERs and other strategies to promote affordable, quality and active learning in her face to face and online courses.

Lindsey Mason earned her PhD in Philosophy from Ohio State University in 2013. She has been a visiting professor at OSU, the University of Dayton, Ohio Wesleyan University, and Ohio Dominican University. She is currently the Director of Faculty Services at Ohio Dominican in Columbus, OH. As Director, she manages the Adult & Continuing Ed and Online programs, the instructional design staff, Quality Matters initiatives, and co-leads the Affordable Learning Team. She runs the Inclusive Access program for the university and uses all OERs and Library Resources in her own Philosophy courses. She also works closely with ODU’s adjunct population in hiring, on-boarding, faculty development, and support.