Round 2 Kick-Off Conference | Open Professionals Education Network

OPEN Kickoff Conference for DOL TAACCCT Round 2 Grantees

Date: June 20-21, 2013

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Hosts: Creative Commons, Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative, CAST, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Invitees: This conference was primarily intended for TAACCCT Round 2 Grantees. However, a selection of TAACCCT Round 1 Grantees will presented their projects and shared experiences developing courses with support of the OPEN Partners. Select sessions and included graphic recording led by Giulia Forsythe. Representatives from the US Department of Labor, Department of Education, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were in attendance at this two-day event.

Conference Materials Available

Please see the links below for presentation materials and handouts from the Round 2 Kick-Off event. Presentation materials are hosted on Slideshare, and images are hosted on Flickr. All material can be downloaded and reused via the CC BY license. Links to the webinar recordings will open in your browser via Blackboard Collaborate.

DAY 1 ACTIVITIES

Keynote: “Online Technology, Open Licenses, and Open Educational Resources – The Opportunity for DOL TAACCCT Grantees” by Dr. Cable Green, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons.

Presentation slides
Graphic Notes
Webinar recording (keynote begins at 10min30sec mark, runs thru 1hr18min)

Round 1 Grantee Showcase: National STEM Consortium.

Presentation slides
Graphic notes
Webinar recording (STEM presentation at 1hr34min, runs thru 2hr22min)

OPEN Comprehensive Services Panel with Sam Johnston, Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Kim Larson, Open Learning Initiative (OLI), Cable Green, Creative Commons, and Connie Broughton, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC).

Graphic notes
Webinar recording (Panel begins at 2hr23min, runs thru end of recording)

Round 2 Grantee Lightning Rounds: Sharing and Seeking – Brief project descriptions, strategies, pedagogy, and technology of Round 2 Grantees.

Graphic note gallery

DAY 2 ACTIVITIES

Round 1 Grantee Showcase: HealthIT MoHealthWins & Bellevue College, in collaboration with the Open Learning Initiative (OLI).

Round 1 Grantee Showcase: The Colorado Online Energy Training Consortium.

Universal Design For Learning (UDL) Overview presented by Sam Johnston, Research Scientist, Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST).

Creative Commons and the CC BY License presented by Jane Park, Project Manager, Creative Commons.

Best Practices in Creating and Managing Open Educational Resources presented by Boyoung Chae, eLearning & Open Education Program Administrator, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.