For the second consecutive year, SUNY Empire State College participated in Open Education Week, coordinated by the Open Courseware Consortium.
\nIt took place March 11-15.<\/p>\n
The college facilitated two webinars–online seminars–to advance the overall goals of Open Education Week and the use of open-education resources.<\/p>\n
“The open-education movement and open-education resources are part of the ongoing revolution of higher education,” said Robert Cougherty, acting vice provost of the college’s Office of Research Innovation and Open Education. “Massive open online courses are the most well-known examples of open-education resources, but there is so much more. By validating college-level learning gained from open-education resources and awarding college credit, students and institutions can save time and money on the way to earning a college degree.”
\nAs part of the official activities and events of Open Education Week, the college’s Coordinator of Open Education Amy McQuigge, Cathy Leaker, associate dean at the College’s Metropolitan New York Center, and Frances Boyce, faculty mentor in business, management and economics at the Hauppauge Office of the college’s Long Island Center, facilitated and participate d in the one-hour webinar, “Validating the Learning Obtained through Open Educational Resources.”<\/p>\n
“Open Education Week is a great opportunity for administrators, faculty and staff to learn about worldwide initiatives that will shape next-generation learning, resources and assessment,” said McQuigge. “We hope to share some of our emerging and evolving practices with the education community.”<\/p>\n
SUNY REAL, Recognition of Experiential and Academic Learning, was one of the topics of this webinar. SUNY REAL is intended to establish a new pathway to degree completion for students with learning acquired outside of the formal higher-education system through open-education resources.<\/p>\n
The second webinar, “Fostering Creativity in Learning: How to Effectively Incorporate OERs into Assignments,” was sponsored by the college’s Center for Mentoring and Learning.<\/p>\n
Rhianna C. Rogers, faculty mentor and an assistant professor of cultural studies at the college’s Niagara Frontier Center, was the facilitator. Katherine Jelly, director of the college’s Center for Mentoring and Learning, also participated in the event.<\/p>\n
“There is a growing trend among scholars and educators to see open-educational resources as a cost-effective, sustainable and global approach to making high-quality digital and non-digital resources available to support learning and teaching,” said Rogers. “Yet, not all educators understand how to do this effectively.”<\/p>\n
Rogers’ presentation provided practical strategies for implementing open-education resources in the design of course assignments.<\/p>\n
The college’s national and international leadership in the area of open-education resources is demonstrated through its establishment of the Office of Research, Innovation and Open Education, its membership in the Open Education Resource University and its work in moving forward with SUNY REAL.<\/p>\n
SUNY Empire State College was established in 1971 to offer adult learners the opportunity to earn associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the State University of New York.<\/p>\n
The college website can be found at www.esc.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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