Schedule 2014

Open VA Agenda – Saturday, October 18, 2014 @ TCC Virginia Beach
8:00 – 8:30 am — Workshop Registration/Continental Breakfast

8:30 am – Opening Remarks Dr. Edna Kolovani, President of TCC

8:35 am to 10:00 am — Open Educational Resources Panel
Moderator: Diane Ryan (TCC)

  • Raising OER Awareness – Anita Walz, Virginia Tech T Library
  • The Z-degree – Daniel DeMarte, Tidewater Community College
  • Write Your Own Textbook / Student Generated Texts – Jennifer Kidd, Old Dominion University

10:00 am – 10:15 am — Break

10:15 am to 11:45 am — Open Infrastructure Panel
Moderator: Jim Groom (UMW)

  • A Domain of One’s Own – Martha Burtis (University of Mary Washington)
  • UMW Blogs – Ryan Brazell (University of Mary Washington)
  • Free and Open Infrastructure Initiatives – Chad Wollenberg (Southside Community College)
  • Cloud-based Infrastructure – Rusty Waterfield (Old Dominion University)

11:45 am – 12:30 pm — Lunch

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm — Open Pedagogy / Curriculum
Moderator – Mano Talaiver (Longwood University)

  • Outward-facing Teaching and Learning – Jeff McClurken (University of Mary Washington), Recipient of 2014 SCHEV Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching with Technology
  • OER at a CC: Just Start Somewhere – Cheryl Huff (Germanna Community College)
  • MOOCS – Tom Woodward (Virginia Commonwealth University)
  • LOOCS – Art Fridrich (Virginia State University)

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm — Break

2:15 pm to 3:45 pm — Building Open VA: Planning for the Future
Moderator: Peter Blake (Director, SCHEV)

  • Connecting to Cost Savings – Linda Williams (Tidewater Community College)
  • Student Perspective – Ms. Melissa Hoch, TCC Class of 2014
  • State Policy-Making Perspective – Delegate Glenn R. Davis Jr.
  • National Perspective – Kim Thanos (Lumen Learning)
  • Announcement of Open VA Drive In Workshops for 2014-15 on specific resources/ infrastructure / pedagogy topics