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    <Title>Participate now: OER Course Marking Survey</Title>
    <Tagline>Share course marking practices this MHEC survey</Tagline>
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    <Summary>Dear OER Colleagues:   The Midwestern Higher Education Compact (MHEC) invites you to participate in a survey designed to assess the landscape of course marking of open educational resources (OER)...</Summary>
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  <Title>From Syllabi to Textbooks - Accessibility in OER</Title>
  <Tagline>Apply as a team by May 1st to participate</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><p><span><strong><span>From Syllabi to Textbooks - Accessibility in Open Educational Resources for Institutions of Higher Education</span></strong></span></p><p><em><span>A series of 3 no-cost intensives designed to build capacity in IHE teams</span></em></p><p><span><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=15fbbc3738&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ISKME </a>and <a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=326d691711&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">CAST’s National AEM Center</a> invite teams of faculty to learn how to use accessible Open Educational Resources (OER) to make learning more equitable and bust the barriers to learning that millions of learners experience every day. </span></p><p><span>The Accessible OER Academy series is provided at no-cost to faculty at Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) and will introduce cohorts to how openly licensed resources are key levers for both adapting existing resources to increase digital accessibility and designing resources that are accessible for learners with disabilities from the start. Participants will also gain an understanding of how accessibility relates to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). </span></p><p>We invite educators from the same Institution to form a cohort. Throughout the six-week series, cohorts will receive access to a curated set of high quality resources to review and adapt for use in their own settings. Institution cohorts that complete all six sessions will be invited to present at a national summit alongside CAST and ISKME. Each individual participant of the Academy will receive a certificate of completion. Each team will submit one <u>application</u>.</p><p><span>We encourage cohorts of 3-5 faculty to represent a diversity of lived experiences, classroom expertise, and current educational roles. Consider building your team with representatives from full-time faculty, part-time faculty, disability services, ed tech, assistive technology, library media, and administration. Your team will produce resources that can be used with and to benefit all learners, so consider building a team that can collaborate for instructional purposes. The cohort will explore modifying a variety of resources - with a focus on syllabi and entire textbooks.</span></p><p><span>The series will consist of three 90-minute webinars with three 90-minute implementation sessions between each. All sessions will be at 1:00pm ET/10:00am PT.</span></p><ul><li><p><span>101 - Collaborative Questioning and UDL - on May 4th and Implementation Session May 11th</span></p></li><li><p><span>201 - Adapting and Creating Accessible OER on May 18th and Implementation Session May 25th</span></p></li><li><p><span>301 - Curating and Evaluating OER for Accessibility on June 1st and Implementation Session on June 8th</span></p></li></ul><p><span><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=ddaa67b728&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Apply as a team</a> by May 1st. If you have any questions, please contact Joanna Schimizzi (<a href="mailto:joanna@iskme.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">joanna@iskme.org</a>) or Alison Driscoll (<a href="mailto:adriscoll@cast.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">adriscoll@cast.org</a>).</span></p></div>
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  <Summary>From Syllabi to Textbooks - Accessibility in Open Educational Resources for Institutions of Higher Education  A series of 3 no-cost intensives designed to build capacity in IHE teams...</Summary>
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  <Title>Call for Participation: M.O.S.T. OER Virtual Showcase</Title>
  <Tagline>Submit a proposal by Friday, April 14th at 11:59pm</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><table border="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><span>Faculty, staff, and students who have created openly licensed instructional and learning materials are invited to propose sessions for the <strong>M.O.S.T. OER Creation Virtual Showcase,</strong> taking place via Zoom on <strong>Friday, May 5, 2023, 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET</strong>. We’d like to hear from individuals and teams that have OER works in progress or projects completed within the last 5 years. <br><br></span><a title="Review Call for Proposals" href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=fc4fa8e794&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Review Call for Proposals</a><span><br><br></span><span><strong>Submission Deadline: Friday, April 14, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET</strong></span><br><br><span>Presenters will have 10-15 minutes of presentation time followed by moderated Q&amp;A, for a total of 20 minutes. We ask you to limit the number of presenters to no more than 3 people though additional collaborators are welcome to be in the session and be available for the Q&amp;A portion of the presentation. <br><br>We ask that the OER featured in the showcase be: </span><ul><li><span>openly licensed with a Creative Commons 4.0 International License,</span></li><li><span>accessible according to WCAG 2.0 and WCAG 2.1 Standards, and</span></li><li><span>openly and freely available outside their delivery platforms.</span></li></ul><span>We strongly encourage creation projects that have/had as an aim increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all learners as well as projects that include(d) the meaningful engagement of students as co-creators or contributors (development and/or feedback/review stages). Works in progress should be sufficiently far along to be able to address the proposal session outline (see <a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=adfdaab872&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Call for Proposals</a>). <br><br>Final selection of proposals for the showcase will be based on ensuring a diversity of presentations from different institution types across Maryland (2-year, 4-year, public, independent)  and from a variety of disciplines. <br><br>Questions? Please contact <a href="mailto:most@usmd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">most@usmd.edu</a> </span><span><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div>
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  <Summary>Faculty, staff, and students who have created openly licensed instructional and learning materials are invited to propose sessions for the M.O.S.T. OER Creation Virtual Showcase, taking place via...</Summary>
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  <Title>Applications open for the AAC&amp;U Institute on OER</Title>
  <Tagline>Apply by March 31, 2023</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content"><strong>Applications Now Open for the 2023-24 Cohort</strong><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><span>Do you aspire to launch, expand, or hasten adoption of open educational resources (OER) on your campus? AAC&amp;U’s yearlong </span><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=24ec8e44b1&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Institute on Open Educational Resources</a><span> is designed to help teams of faculty, staff, and administrators develop and implement OER plans. Campuses pursuing affordability, student success, or student learning goals are ideally suited for participation in this Institute. The deadline for applying is March 31, 2023.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>This Institute will begin with a virtual kick-off event on July 24–25. Participating teams will then engage in activities to facilitate the development and implementation of an OER plan with guided support from national experts through monthly webinars and cross-institutional planning meetings, as well as a day-long event on December 4 to prepare for the spring semester.</span></div><div><br></div><div><ul><li><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=5115b64024&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn More</a></li><li><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=95eb7f48ed&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Meet the Faculty</a></li><li><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=c655b68575&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Apply Now</a></li></ul><div><span>New to OER? OER are educational materials, from single lessons to entire textbooks, that are free for faculty and students to use, customize, and share. Use of OER has shown to result in a reduction in performance gaps, lower failure and withdrawal rates, and to be financially advantageous for students and institutions.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>This Institute supports teams at any stage of implementing OER on campus. Whether you are looking to launch an OER program, accelerate implementation, or expand your current program, this Institute provides the guidance and leadership needed for success.</span><br><span> </span><br><span>For additional information about the Institute on Open Educational Resources, please contact C. Edward Watson, associate vice president for curricular and pedagogical innovation, at </span><a href="mailto:watson@aacu.org" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">watson@aacu.org</a><span>.</span></div></div></div>
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  <Summary>Applications Now Open for the 2023-24 Cohort    Do you aspire to launch, expand, or hasten adoption of open educational resources (OER) on your campus? AAC&amp;U’s yearlong Institute on Open...</Summary>
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  <Title>Submit a proposal for the 2022 M.O.S.T. OER Grant Program</Title>
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Initiative is pleased to announce a <a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=ada014001e&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Request for Proposals for the 2022 OER Grant Program</a>.<br><br>For 2022, M.O.S.T. is seeking proposals for two grant programs. Learn more below. <br> </p><hr><p><strong>Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program</strong><br>The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is seeking proposals for its Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s postsecondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.<br><br>The 2022 M.O.S.T. faculty mini-grants are for those faculty interested in unique opportunities to engage in communities of practice related to teaching with OER and the creation and publication of OER in high-need areas.<br><br>Available grants in 2022:</p><ul><li>Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice)</li><li>Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program)</li></ul><p><strong><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=91f866751a&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Download 2022 M.O.S.T. Faculty OER Mini-Grant Program Request for Proposals </a></strong><br> </p><hr><p><strong>Institutional OER Grant Program</strong><br>The Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative is seeking proposals for the Institutional OER Grant Program, which supports strategic institutional efforts to increase access, affordability, and achievement for students at Maryland’s postsecondary institutions through more systemic incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.<br><br>For 2022, selected institutions will be awarded $20,000 grants to support significant advances in OER adoption, scaling, and sustainability in support of student success. In addition, grantees will receive strategic planning and implementation support for their projects from M.O.S.T. in the form of consultations and regular monthly check-ins.<br><br><strong><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=be060823cf&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Download 2022 M.O.S.T. Institutional OER Grant Program Request for Proposals </a></strong></p><hr><p><br><strong><em>All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. </em> </strong><br> </p><hr><p><br><strong>Informational Webinar</strong><br>Join us on Friday, January 21, 2022 from 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. ET for an Informational Webinar to learn more about the grant requirements and expectations for successful grants. We will also answer any questions about the grants at that time. <a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=90b558b447&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Register for the Informational Webinar</a><br> </p><hr><p>Please feel free to share this information with interested faculty and staff. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at <a href="mailto:most@usmd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">most@usmd.edu</a> <br><br>Thank you for your support in increasing access, affordability, and achievement for all Maryland higher education students through open educational resources (OER).<br> </p><div><div><div><span><br></span></div><div><strong>NOTE: A</strong><span><strong>ny applications must first be routed to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) — before they are submitted. 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