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