Open Education 2017 has ended

Create Your Own Event

Open Education 2017

OpenEd17: The 14th Annual Open Education Conference
October 11 – 13, 2017 :: Anaheim, CA

Return to the Conference Website

Kaitlyn Vitez

U.S. PIRG
Higher Education Campaigns Director
Washington D.C.

https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/make-higher-education-affordable

Kaitlyn serves as the Student PIRGs' lobbyist on Capitol Hill, working on campaigns to make college more affordable and protect student loan borrowers. She has been a leading voice for students in opposition to access codes, the Cengage-McGraw Hill merger, and automatic textbook billing. In 2018, she ran a successful national grassroots campaign convincing Congress to start the Open Textbook Pilot grant program, and as a community organizer helped launch the Rutgers Open and Affordable Textbooks program in 2016. Based in DC, Kaitlyn enjoys biking, traveling, and the never-ending search for the perfect cup of coffee.

8:30am PDT

Welcome by Dr. Raúl Rodríguez, Chancellor, Rancho Santiago Community College District Royal Ballroom Keynote Address: Ryan Merkley Royal BallroomRyan Merkley

9:15am PDT

Keynote Panel: Cherylee Kushida and Jodi Coffman Royal Ballroomjodi coffman • Cherylee Kushida

10:30am PDT

Supporting Faculty in Learning, Adopting, and Embracing OERs ImperialKimberly Johnson • Carrie Miller • Karen Pikula

11:00am PDT

Collaborating with Students on OER Advocacy GrenadaNicole Allen • Katie Steen • Kaitlyn Vitez • Brady Yano

11:30am PDT

Beyond the Z-Degree: A New Model for OER in Higher Education Royal A - BLauren Durkin • Steve Phillips • Devon Ritter

1:00pm PDT

A Model Pilot OER Efficacy Study for Community Colleges Terrace A - CKim Grewe

1:30pm PDT

Aiming for Equity: Ensuring OER doesn’t exacerbate existing achievement gaps MadridErika Aparaka • Francesca Carpenter • Manuela Ekowo • Teresa Mooney • Ethan Senack Utah Higher Ed: State-Wide Higher Ed Survey, the Impact of Texts on Students, and Faculty Willingness Toward Adoption Terrace A - COlga Belikov • Lane Fischer • John Hilton III • Tarah Ikahihifo • Troy Martin • David Wiley

2:00pm PDT

Through the Valley of the Shadow of Creative Commons: Converting a Composition II Class to OER (Faculty & Librarian Collaboration) ImperialTina Buck • Carrie Gits

3:00pm PDT

Rebellions are Built on Hope: Joining Forces to Support OER in a Restrictive Institutional Environment Terrace D - FPenny Beile • Aimee deNoyelles • Rich Gause • Sarah Norris • John Raible

3:30pm PDT

Is the price still right? A continued evaluation of open vs traditional textbooks on student performance Terrace A - CTessamae Endes • Veronica Howard

4:00pm PDT

What Did Jane Think? Faculty Perceptions of the Strengths and Weaknesses of Open Textbooks & Implications for Authors & Publishers Terrace A - COlga Belikov • Micheal Dernst • Merinda McLure

8:30am PDT

Excelsior's Open Online Writing Lab: a community college collaboration to improve students' basic writing skills Terrace A - CMichelle Abeyta • Christie Allred

9:00am PDT

Confessions of a d(OER): Thinking strategically to make OER a vibrant, sustainable part of a campus affordability program. Terrace A - CRobert Butterfield

9:45am PDT

Table 5 - Achieving ADA Compliance in OER Math Content Royal BallroomClint Stoker • Ruth Trygstad Table 6 - Continuously improving content, assessments, and outcome alignment in OER courses Royal BallroomRobert Bodily • Ross Strader • David Wiley Table 8 - The Vision of Open Embeddable Assessments Royal BallroomJustin Ball • Joel Duffin Table 9 - A model and platform to facilitate open assessments Royal BallroomRobert Bodily • Benjamin Mackley Table 15 - You Oughta Know: Faculty Strategies for Growing OER Royal BallroomVera Kennedy Table 16 - Learn First: OER, the College's Strategic Plan, and Community Royal BallroomRobin DeRosa • Jim Luke Creating No-textbook Courses in Information Technology Terrace D - FLei Li • Svetlana Peltsverger • Becky Rutherfoord • Hossain Shahriar • Dawn Tatum • Jack Zheng The 'Opening' of the Library ValenciaIrene McGarrity • Amanda Scull

10:15am PDT

Collaboration and Contrast: How University of Hawaii librarians collaborate to promote OER across contrasting campuses and cultures ValenciaWayde Oshiro • Sunyeen Pai

11:00am PDT

From Grassroots to Statewide and Everything in Between Terrace A - CJody Carson • Chelsea Delnero • Bill Hoag • Donna Maturi • Robert Rezendes • Peter Shea • Sue Tashjian Table 2 - Embracing a Continuum of Openness: Faculty Perspectives Designing and Delivering a Graduate Program with Openness as Core Value Royal BallroomJo Axe • Elizabeth Childs • George Veletsianos Table 5 - OER-Enabled Pedagogy Royal BallroomJohn Hilton III • Rajiv Jhangiani • David Wiley Table 6 - Making Change: Research on Educators' Attitudes Toward OER Royal BallroomKatie Bradford • Melissa Loble Table 7 - Motivating factors among faculty for adopting OER Royal BallroomJeff Gallant • Susan Hrach • Tomo Nagashima Table 10 - Being Grateful for OER Courses Royal BallroomEugene Jars Table 9 - Maintaining Mental Health While Leading Significant Change Royal BallroomAlyson Indrunas • Kim Thanos Table 13 - Adjunct faculty: essential participants in OER adoption and use Royal BallroomJonathan Iuzzini • Richard Sebastian Doubling down: Bootstrapping an OER program through faculty- and student-focused initiatives at FSU ValenciaJulia Cater • Jeffrey Phillips • Devin Soper • Lindsey Wharton Table 15 - The hardest nut to crack: generating buy-in with your librarian colleagues Royal BallroomSarah Faye Cohen Table 16 - Connecter, Adviser, Creator: The Role of the Instructional Design Librarian in Campus OER Initiatives Royal BallroomLindsay O'Neill Building Faculty Communities of Practice through Community Hubs MadridMelinda Boland • Nicole Finkbeiner Table 27 - Copyright Questions: Incorporating 3rd Party Quotations, Illustrations, and more into OER Royal BallroomMeredith Jacob • Barbara Soots • Whitney Whealdon

11:30am PDT

Strategies for Adopting OER in a Reluctant Department Terrace A - CKrystal Meier • Roy Shahbazian

12:00pm PDT

Unconference Orientation Royal BallroomDavid Wiley

12:35pm PDT

Unconference Time Royal Ballroom

8:00pm PDT

OpenEd Jam Session Royal A - B

8:30am PDT

Keynote Address: David Bollier Royal BallroomDavid Bollier

9:15am PDT

Keynote Address: Cathy Casserly Royal BallroomCathy Casserly

10:30am PDT

The Rise of the Automatic Purchasing Program GrenadaNicole Allen • Robert Butterfield • Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey • Manuela Ekowo • Katie Steen • Kaitlyn Vitez • Daniel Williamson • Brady Yano

11:00am PDT

Sausage Making 101 BarcelonaSharon Leu

11:30am PDT

Good Citizens or Obnoxious Tourists: Commercial Publishers, Learner Insights, and the Open Education Community GrenadaRenee Altier • Charles Linsmeier

1:00pm PDT

Cengage Learning (aka 'Big Publisher'), OER, and Affordability: A Learner Access and Success Strategy BarcelonaCheryl Costantini • Christopher Cummings • Jon Mott

1:30pm PDT

OER Allies — Assemble! Identifying & Recruiting Stakeholders for OER Initiatives Terrace D - FRebel Cummings-Sauls • Matt Ruen • Jeremy Smith

2:00pm PDT

The Ingredients of OER Scalability: Purpose, Faculty Leaders, Financial Sustainability, and Faculty-centered Processes Royal A - BJames Boldman • Adam Vorderstrasse

3:00pm PDT

Placing OER in the context of broader higher education battles BarcelonaEthan Senack

3:30pm PDT

How can we destroy the open education movement? Conversations about ethics. ValenciaKaren Cangialosi • Jenny Darrow • Robin DeRosa • Gill Green • Christina Hendricks • Rajiv Jhangiani • Jamison Miller • Rosario Passos • Tara Robertson • Scott Robison

4:00pm PDT

OER Policy & Politics in the United States BarcelonaNicole Allen • Reg Leichty