Tennessee Open Education 2024 Summer Institute
Overview
The Summer institute is an opportunity for grantees to connect and share best practices with open education leaders in Tennessee; learn about the landscape of open education throughout the state; explore, curate, and contribute resources in the TN Open Education Hub; and plan and get feedback on their OER projects.
Introduction
The Summer institute is an opportunity for grantees to connect and share best practices with open education leaders in Tennessee; learn about the landscape of open education throughout the state; explore, curate, and contribute resources in the TN Open Education Hub; and plan and get feedback on their OER projects.
Pre-Activities
To prepare for the Summer Institute, explore resources, and connect with other grantees, we invite participants to do the following pre-activities:
- Register & create an OER Commons profile.
- Join the TBR Grants Group.
- Explore the group resource folders.
- Reply to the group discussion post.
Need help registering? Please read the help article on How to Create an Account.
Agenda & Resources
Welcome and introductions
Overview of the open education landscape in Tennessee
2024 TN Open Education Institute Presentation Slides
TN Open Education Leaders Panel
- Jessica Champman, Roane State Community College
- April Crenshaw, Chattanooga State Community College
- Dustin Williams, Southwest Tennessee Community College
Exploration of the TN Open Education Hub
Search the OER Commons digital library and explore the Tennessee Open Education Hub collections
- To search the entire OER Commons digital library, type keyword(s) into the Search Bar or use Advanced Search to identify additional search criteria, such as material type, educational level, and more. Once you get your search results, you can further filter them.
- You can also browse resource collections for different content areas and working groups in the Tennessee Open Education Hub with collections for different content areas and working groups.
Save resources you find to our shared group resource folders
- To create folders / subfolders in group our shared group resourses, click on New and add the title of the folder.
- To save resources you find, click Save on the resource and select the folder you wish to save it to. For inspiration, check out this example of a group curating language learning resources for the Pathways Project at Boise State University.
Contribute OER: Submit, author, and remix resources
- To submit an open educational resource link to share in the OER Commons library, click Submit a Resource in our group and add the link and descriptive information.
- To author content in our digital editing tool, Open Author, click Open Author in our group, and begin editing your resource. When you are ready to publish your resource, click next to describe and license your resource, and then publish. See Open Author video tutorial below.
- To remix a resource, click Remix on our template, edit the title, content, and description of the resource. When you are ready to publish your resource, click next to describe and license your resource, and then publish. See Open Author video tutorial below.
Team Work Time
Tennessee Open Education Planning Template
Once logged in, click the remix button on the Tennessee Open Education Planning Template to make your own version of the template. Change the title to describe your project and add text, videos, images, and attachments to the sections below. When you are ready to publish, click next to update the overview, license, and description of your resource, and then click publish.
Scaling OER Programs
Scaling OER Programs in Tennessee presentation slides and activity sheet
Artificial Intelligence and OER Session
To develop students’ agency & accountability, we can design open pedagogy assignments with Critical AI Literacy in mind.
Guiding Questions:
How should we be exploring AI as a tool to empower learners and enrich the learning experience?
What can we glean from open pedagogy practices to guide AI-informed learning and teaching?
How can AI support instructors’ to be successful delivering open pedagogy-enriched learning experiences?
Closing and next steps
Post-Activities
Explore the different Evaluation Tools below:
Share your evaluation criteria by replying to the group discussion