Please see the below list of webinars and events that OPEN Parters offer free of charge, tailored to support of TAACCCT grantees and the development of their Open Educational Resources.
Past webinars are archived below, with links to recordings and handouts as applicable. Representatives from the OPEN Partners also create customized webinars for grantee institutions and consortia based on the various service areas. For more information and to inquire about a custom webinar for your TAACCCT project team, see the contact page.
Upcoming Webinars and Events
(earliest webinars listed first)
An Overview of Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources for Faculty
- Date: October 27, 2013 (1:00pmEDT / 10:00amPDT)
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Jane Park, Creative Commons
- Description: Jane from Creative Commons will give a basic overview of Creative Commons, Creative Commons license use in education, and Creative Common’s integral role in the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement. She will explain the Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) requirement for TAACCCT program grantees, how the CC BY license works, and the free support CC will offer to grantees around application of the license to grantee materials.
- Webinar Link: < Click to enter the Blackboard Collaborate virtual office approximately 10 minutes before the schedule session.
This webinar will be attended by the faculty of the Roane State Community College system. All faculty teaching courses or otherwise involved in the TAACCCT grant program are also invited to attend this webinar. A video recording will be made available after the event.
Previous Webinars
(latest webinars listed first)
- CC and OER: A Webinar for TAACCCT program Faculty, Staff, and Instructional Designers (Aug 2013)
- Intro to Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) Services for TAACCCT Grantees (Jan 2013)
- Open File Formats, Interoperability, and Tagging with Meta-data (Nov 2012)
- Introduction to the School of Open (Oct 2012)
- Understanding the Creative Commons CC BY Licensing Requirement in TAACCCT (Oct 2013)
- Department of Energy’s NTER: National Training and Education Resource (Sept 2013)
- C3T Hawaii – TAACCCT Consortium: Briefing on OPEN services (Sept 2012)
- Finding Open Educational Resources (OER) (Aug 2012)
- Introduction to OPEN Partner Services (May 2012)
Previous Events
- OPEN Round 2 Kick-off Conference, Minneapolis MN (June 2013)
- OPEN Round 1 Kick-off Conference, Minneapolis MN (May 2012)
Webinar Details and Recordings
Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources, for TAACCCT program Faculty, Staff, and Instructional Designers
- Date: August 6, 2013
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Jane Park, Creative Commons and Boyoung Chae, Washington SBCTC
- Description: Webinar covering Creative Commons licensing and Open Educational Resources (OER). Jane Park gives an overview of the CC BY license requirement for TAACCCT materials, and free support from CC in applying the license. Boyoung Chae addresses how to find, create, and manage OER, drawing on experience with SBCTC’s Open Course Library.
- Webinar recording
- Slideshow presentation
- Handout: Best Practices in Creating and Managing Open Educational Resources – Examples and Samples
- Copyright materials clarification: http://www.doleta.gov/taaccct/Announcements.cfm
Intro to Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN) Services for TAACCCT Grantees
- Date: January 15, 2013
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Representatives from OPEN Partners: CC, Washington SBCTC, CAST, & Carnegie Mellon OLI
- Description: Webinar introducing The Open Professionals Education Network (OPEN), which provides free support and technical assistance to all grantees of the DOL Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College & Career Training (TAACCCT) program. In this webinar OPEN partners Creative Commons, Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative, CAST, and the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges overviewed the services they are providing and describe how grantees can participate and benefit.
- Webinar recording
Open File Formats, Interoperability, and Tagging with Meta-data
- Date: November 19, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speaker: Greg Grossmeier, Creative Commons
- Description: The TAACCCT program requires all grantees to develop learning materials such as books, courses, modules, seminars, tutoring systems, and simulations as Open Educational Resources (OER). All digital assets are expected to maximize interoperability, exchange and reuse. Grantees are expected to use industry-leading e-learning open standards and specifications. Greg Grossmeier leads us through open technical formats, interoperability standards and tagging with meta data.
- Webinar recording
Introduction to the School of Open
- Date: October 30, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speaker: Jane Park, Creative Commons
- Description: The School of Open provides online educational resources and professional development courses on the meaning and impact of “openness” in the digital age and its benefit to creative endeavors, education, research, and beyond. View this webinar to3 learn how to use free technology and tools, such as Creative Commons licenses, to achieve your goals and meet TAACCCT requirements.
- Webinar recording
Understanding the Creative Commons CC BY Licensing Requirement in TAACCCT
- Date: October 3, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speaker: Cable Green, Creative Commons
- Description This Webinar was designed to help TAACCT grantees better understand Creative Commons, the CC BY licensing requirement, and Open Educational Resources (OER) in general.
- Webinar recording
Department of Energy’s NTER: National Training and Education Resource
- Date: September 19, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Michelle Fox & Alex Cohen, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
- Description: Webinar introducing the Department of Energy’s National Training and Education Resource (NTER) system, encouraging applicants and grantees to leverag NTER, which provides open source tools to help subject matter experts create compelling, 3D interactive content quickly and easily. More information about NTER can be found at nterlearning.org.
- Webinar recording
C3T Hawaii – TAACCCT Consortium: Addressing Workforce Needs Through Results-Driven Educational and Training Programs
- Date: September 4, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Representatives from OPEN Partners: CC, Washington SBCTC, CAST, & Carnegie Mellon OLI
- Description: Webinar hosted specifically for the Hawaii C3T TAACCCT Consortium, covering OPEN Partner services, University of Hawaii (UH) guidelines for developing curriculum, and processes and consideration for publishing/licensing content. Webinar made specifically for the Hawaii C3T Consortium; requests for OPEN Partners to provide similar seminars can be sent to taa@creativecommmons.org.
- Webinar recording
Finding Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Date: August 9 & 10, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Tim Caswell, Washing SBCTC, and Anna Daniel, Creative Commons
- Description: Webinar designed to introduce grantees to OER-repository navigation and techniques finding OER that suits their needs. Note: Blackboard webinar recording shows 21hrs of broadcast, but total length of the webinar is approx. 1hr.
- Webinar recording
Introduction to OPEN Partner Services
- Date: May 1, 2012
- Length: 60 minutes
- Featured Speakers: Cable Green, Creative Commons and Scott Dennis, Washington SBCTC
- Description: Webinar introducing OPEN services to TAACCCT Grantees, the first in the series for Round 1 grantees.
- Webinar recording
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