University Letter

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Oct. 27: Open Education Resources Summit features speakers from UND and NDUS

The North Dakota University System and University of North Dakota invites you to attend the Open Education Resources (OER) Summit on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences Auditorium.

The OER Summit will provide you with the tools to start campus OER projects, access to open education resources/services, and adopt open textbooks.   The summit will begin with a welcome from Provost Thomas DiLorenzo and NDUS Director of Distance Education Tanya Spilovoy, followed by keynote presenter Nicole Allen.

Nicole Allen is the Director of Open Education for SPARC. In this role she leads SPARC’s work on the issue area of open education, with a dual focus on public policy and engaging the library community to advance this issue on campus. For her complete bio visit UND.edu/CILT/oer-summit.

The summit will also include:

  • Faculty/student panel discussing OER at UND
  • Presentation by North Dakota Representative Thomas Beadle
  • Lunch (provided by the NDUS OER Initiative)
  • Jason Jenkins, Office of General Council, will lead a discussions about copyright and creative commons
  • Presentations by other NDUS institutions on their work with OER
  • Showcase of OER resources and services at UND

Lodging and Travel Information
A block of rooms has been set aside at the Canad Inn under the name OER Summit for the night of October 26, 2016. Price: State rate of $80.10; group code: 429640. For campuses wishing to apply for travel assistance, please contact Tanya Spilovoy at tanya.spilovoy@NDUS.edu or 701.328.4102.

Click here to register by Oct. 17.

The summit will be held in the UND School of Medicine Auditorium, 1301 N Columbia Rd, Grand Forks, ND 58203—2898.
Campus Map.

For more information, visit UND.edu/CILT/oer-summit or contact Tanya Spilovoy, tanya.spilovoy@NDUS.edu, 701.328.4102

OER Summit sponsored by: Open Education Resources Committee, University of North Dakota (UND) Office of the Provost/VPAA, North Dakota University System (NDUS) OER Initiative, UND Chester Fritz Library, UND Center for Instructional & Learning Technologies, and UND Office of Extended Learning.

— Stephanie Walker, Dean of Libraries, stephanie.walker@UND.edu, 701.777.2619