HEROE-S Forum 2023 at LSU
Breaking Barriers with OER
Open Educational Resources
April 13, 2023, 8:00 am to 3:00 pm CST
This annual virtual HEROE-S forum is hosted this year by the Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures at LSU and will take place at the World Language Lab & Resource Center.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Jerry L. Parker is an instructor of French, Spanish, and World Language Education at Southeastern Louisiana University. He also serves as the Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Director of the Foreign Language Resource Center. Dr. Parker earned his E.D. in Educational Leadership from Southeastern and specializes in Curriculum Leadership, Instructional Leadership, Multicultural Education, World Language Education, Caribbean Studies, and Louisiana Studies. Throughout his career, he has worked to advance research in teaching and learning in higher education and k-16 world language education. His world language research investigates issues of curriculum, instruction, and leadership using multicultural education as a framework. His previous research has addressed issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in curriculum design and instructional practices. His current agenda focuses on program redesign, agility, and the value of Open Pedagogy in language teaching. His work has been cited locally, nationally, and internationally and he was recently named the 2023 Louisiana Foreign Language Teachers Association Teacher of the Year.
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Theme
This year’s theme is Breaking Barriers in Higher Education with Open Pedagogy and OERs (Open Educational Resources)
Topics and Speakers
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Cheryl (Cuiller) Casey is the Open Education Librarian at the University of Arizona Libraries, where she has led open educational resource (OER) initiatives since 2014. She is a trainer for the Open Education Network (OEN) and is beginning her 5th year as an instructor for the OEN's Certificate in OER Librarianship. |
8:30 -9:15 am |
Opportunities with Open Education Learn how open educational resources (free-to-use, customizable course materials) contribute to student success and advance your institution’s strategic priorities. Discover how to involve students in the creation of OER through open pedagogy, and why students find these activities engaging, relevant, and motivating. Whether you’re new to open education or already using OER, you’ll leave this session with a wealth of resources. Learning objectives:
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Virginia Clinton-Lisell
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9:15-10:00 am |
Open Pedagogy in Practice: Examples and Research Evidence. In this presentation, Virginia Clinton-Lisell will present on what open pedagogy is and examples of how it can be implemented in a variety of disciplines. She will also present her research findings on student perceptions of how renewable assignments enhance motivation and representation in terms of social justice. Learning Objectives:
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![]() Hilary Bussel Amanda Larson |
10:15-11:00 am |
Transforming Teaching with Open Pedagogy. Abstract: Explore how to use open pedagogy in your classroom to engage students in creating content while building transferable skills they will be able to leverage in other courses and future careers. Hilary Bussell, Social Sciences Librarian, revised her course International Studies 4850: Understanding the Global Information Society using open pedagogy in 2021. In this course, students use information literacy concepts to explore how information is produced, disseminated, and interpreted across the world. Allowing them the opportunity to become content creators and experience decisions about how to license works they’ve authored has been an excellent opportunity to reinforce information literacy concepts in the classroom. To transform the course, Hilary partnered with Amanda Larson, the Affordable Learning Consultant to learn how to implement open pedagogy in the classroom using tools like Pressbooks and Hypothes.is. In this session, participants will work to define open pedagogy for themselves, learn to scaffold open pedagogy assignments, and learn about how Hilary transformed her course.
By attending this session, attendees will be able to:
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Ryan Randall Liza Long |
11:00- 11:45 am |
Student Scholars Creating OER through Renewable Assignments By attending this session, participants will be able to:
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Sabrina Davis, MLS |
11:45-12:15 pm |
Understanding How They Learn: Universal Design for Learning and OER Open educational resources (OER), open access (OA), and other areas focused on open values, have clear connections with universal design for learning (UDL). Much like UDL, open values are focused on student success, accessibility, and educational equity. This presentation will briefly discuss UDL guidelines, as outlined by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) and explain the importance of faculty keeping these guidelines in mind when they are selecting and/or creating OER. By attending this session, attendees will be able to:
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Kimberly Puttman |
12:15- 12:45 pm |
Transforming Learning and Teaching: How a collaborative open-source textbook project is making us better students and teachers. By attending this session attendees will be able to:
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Alessandra Ribota, M. Ed. |
12:45-1:30 pm |
Trayectos to an OER Pathway This presentation will provide knowledge and experience in the development of the OER Spanish textbook Trayectos and the importance of providing multiliteracies-based OER materials in the L2 classroom. By attending this session attendees will be able to:
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Giovanni Zimotti is the Director of Spanish Language Instruction at the University of Iowa. |
1:30-2:15pm |
Leveraging AI to create language learning activities and OER textbooks fast. By attending this session attendees will be able to:
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Marty Miller is the Art and Design Librarian at Louisiana State University Libraries. In 2021-2022, she served as the lead librarian for the Exploring the Arts cohort of the LOUIS Open Textbook Pilot. Her current project involves the creation of an OER tool for practicing and honing visual literacy skills. |
2:15- 3:00pm |
Building a Non-Textbook Visual Literacy OER: Methods and H5P Activities Used By attending this session attendees will be able to:
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