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The Open Education Network (OEN) has selected participants for the 2022-23 Certificate in Open Educational Practices (OEP), a new training opportunity offered by the OEN in September. Fifteen teams (one librarian and one faculty per team) have been named to take part in the program and collaborate to create accessible, inclusive, and student-centered teaching practices.
The Certificate in OEP will offer expertise in open pedagogy, open educational resources (OER), course design, copyright, assessment strategies, educational equity and inclusion, as well as student agency and empowerment.
"It is wonderful to be part of a project that centers accessibility and social justice in its very design, rather than as an addition or afterthought," notes Hannah Davidson of Plymouth State University who provided accessibility expertise for course content.
“It’s a unique opportunity for faculty and librarians to learn how to approach this important work in tandem in a way that centers social justice,” said instructor Lindsey Gumb of Roger Williams University. “As a librarian, I’m pleased that this certificate will offer concrete ways to integrate concepts of critical information literacy into open educational practices. A huge thanks to IMLS for providing us with the means to create this professional development opportunity!”
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If you’d like more information, visit the OEN Certificate in OEP webpage or reach out to Tanya Grosz, OEN Director of Educational Programs at grosz045@umn.edu.
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The Open Education Network (OEN) has selected participants for the 2022-23 Certificate in Open Educational Practices (OEP), a new training opportunity offered by the OEN in September. Fifteen teams (one librarian and one faculty per team) have been named to take part in the program and collaborate to create accessible, inclusive, and student-centered teaching practices.
Heather Miceli of Roger Williams University is one of four instructors slated to teach for the program. "I'm really excited about the Certificate in Open Educational Practices because it’s designed to encourage instructors and librarians to think more about recognitive and representational justice in open education,” said Miceli, “and to do so with a supportive cohort of people all working toward the same goals."
Certificate in OEP Enrollment
Representing higher education institutions throughout the United States, the following teams are now registered for the 2022-23 program:
- Beth Thornton and Shamala Gallagher (Athens Technical College)
- Kay Anastasi and Juanita Doyon (Clark College)
- Dawn (Nikki) Cannon-Rech and Virginia Rolling (Georgia Southern University)
- Abbey Elder and Sayali Kukday (Iowa State University)
- Colleen Sanders and Isabelle Havet (Linn-Benton Community College)
- David Black and Veronica Howard (Mary Baldwin University)
- Richelle Charles and Mary Robinson (Montgomery College)
- Janine Pino and Samira Abdalla (Pellissippi State Community College)
- Jeffrey Potter and Victoria Taylor (Prince George’s Community College)
- Janelle Bitter and Courtney Singleton (Raritan Valley Community College)
- Michael Shochet and Ñusta Carranza Ko (University of Baltimore)
- Natalia Bowdoin and Jane Stafford (University of South Carolina Aiken)
- Bethany Mickel and Emily Scida (University of Virginia)
- Beth Daniel Lindsay and Preston Bost (Wabash College)
- Diana Mills and Dara Phillips (Wor-Wic Community College)
Course Content
The year-long program is divided into two components. The first is a nine-week online training course which runs through November 2022. The second begins in spring 2023 with on-site implementation of a personalized action plan that each team designs during training.
The Certificate in OEP will offer expertise in open pedagogy, open educational resources (OER), course design, copyright, assessment strategies, educational equity and inclusion, as well as student agency and empowerment.
"It is wonderful to be part of a project that centers accessibility and social justice in its very design, rather than as an addition or afterthought," notes Hannah Davidson of Plymouth State University who provided accessibility expertise for course content.
IMLS Grant
The 2022-23 program is being offered at no cost to participants thanks to a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), a federal agency that provides library grants, museum grants, policy development, and research.
“It’s a unique opportunity for faculty and librarians to learn how to approach this important work in tandem in a way that centers social justice,” said instructor Lindsey Gumb of Roger Williams University. “As a librarian, I’m pleased that this certificate will offer concrete ways to integrate concepts of critical information literacy into open educational practices. A huge thanks to IMLS for providing us with the means to create this professional development opportunity!”
With Appreciation
The OEN sincerely thanks IMLS along with the open education advocates and practitioners who contributed to program development: Miceli, Davidson, Gumb, Tanya Grosz (OEN), Will Cross (NC State University), Michael Cawdery (Leeward Community College), Jasmine Roberts-Crews (The Ohio State University), and Racheal Brooks (North Carolina Central University).
Miceli, Gumb, Grosz, and Cross will instruct the 2022-23 class.
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If you’d like more information, visit the OEN Certificate in OEP webpage or reach out to Tanya Grosz, OEN Director of Educational Programs at grosz045@umn.edu.
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