session description
I really like the description of the session, which is clear and sounds interesting to me. I just wonder if we could change the title of the session, because it doesn't evoke what the session is about I think (Planning for Open: Integrating and Using OER in Your Teaching). The description is about involving students in OER creation, but the title sounds like it could be more about just assigning OER for students.
How about something like: Authentic Learning Through Open Education: Integrating and Using OER in Your Teaching... (or something like that..happy to have different words!).
Oh wait--I just saw the title and description for the next session, and it looks like "Planning for Open" might be the title of a series of workshops? In that case, maybe change the title of this one differently, to something like:
Planning for Open: Using OER in Your Teaching for Authentic Student Learning
...again, fine to change the words...the point is to get info in there somehow around students creating OER and this being useful for their learning.
I agree with the title change!
Here are my modifications:
Open educational resources (OERs) are learning materials such as textbooks, videos, problem banks and more that are licensed to allow others to reuse, revise, remix, redistribute, and retain free of cost. The reuse and sharing rights inherent in open resources is enabling a new approach to teaching and learning by allowing learners to connect their work with authentic audiences. Open practices and OER can be used to reconceptualize traditional learning activities so that the work that students produce completing them is useful and usable by others beyond the instructor and individual student.
This world-cafe style session will explore how OER can be used in teaching to enable valuable, authentic learning experiences. Participants will examine real-world examples and best practices for engaging students as creators of OER and in-class OER creation activities. If you are preparing to develop a proposal for the OER Fund or simply are interested in OER and open pedagogies, this session will provide an in-depth overview to help you get started. Participants will be able to:
Identify strategies for integrating OER into their classroom Identify and share tangible options for student participation in OER creation Brainstorm ways to open up their teaching.
Just a quick note to say I think these changes are great. I would suggest that the "Planning for Open" in the title is not necissary and would just go with the "Using OER in Your Teaching for Authentic Student Learning" as it is more direct. I also like Erin's edits. Thanks!