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    <Title>Apply for Certificate in Open Educational Practices Program</Title>
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          <div class="html-content"><div><span>The Open Education Network is accepting applications for faculty and librarian partners to receive a certification for open educational practices (OEP). Applicants should be higher education faculty who have a lesson, unit, or other educational experience that they wish to transform through the use of open educational practices and teach in the spring of 2023 and practicing librarians ideally from the same institution as the faculty. The Certificate in OEP offers formal training in open educational practices grounded in the principles of social justice, a community of peers, and expert instructors in order to transform learning to be more accessible and inclusive. Librarians and faculty who successfully complete the full program will receive a Certificate in Open Educational Practices from the Open Education Network.  </span></div><div><br></div><div><strong>About the Certificate in Open Educational Practices</strong></div><div>The Certificate in OEP is a professional development program that will create actionable pathways for faculty and librarians to implement open education for the transformation of learning. </div><div><br></div><div>Faculty and librarian partners will complete a nine-week long, asynchronous course in the fall about the range of open educational practices with modules on the hallmarks of open educational resources, copyright, and Creative Commons licensing, the hallmarks of open educational practices, the benefits and limitations of OEP, accessibility, and student empowerment and agency. Together, the faculty and librarian pairs will create an Action Plan to be implemented in the spring that seeks to transform learning through the power of open education. </div><div><br></div><div>In addition, the cohort will benefit from close engagement with program faculty -- open education leaders who have gained expertise through experience, professional development, and participation in various national initiatives. The integrated components of the certification program include online content, instructor-led cohorts, and action plan support and assessment. </div><div><br></div><div>In order to assure personalized attention to participants throughout the program, the cohort will be limited to 15 teams or 30 participants total. </div><div><br></div><div><strong>Apply at <a href="https://z.umn.edu/OEPCertificateApp2022" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://z.umn.edu/OEPCertificateApp2022</a></strong></div><div>*Note: To apply you will have  to create an account. Once you log in, you will be redirected to a home page where you can find the application called "Open Education Network's Certificate in Open Educational Practices."</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Important Dates</strong></div><div>Application deadline: August 5, 2022, 11:59 pm Central</div><div>Notification: by August 26, 2022, 11:59 pm Central </div><div><br></div><div><strong>Costs</strong></div><div>Costs to attendees are deferred for this pilot experience because of a generous grant from the <a href="https://www.imls.gov" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Institute of Museum and Library Services</a>. </div><div><br></div><div><strong>Questions?</strong></div><div>See our <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tf8vOD8zQ82JY4MKZhhcAaIq5uCHg-o1X3NpzTO_dko/edit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Frequently Asked Questions</a> for more information or <a href="https://open.umn.edu/oen/certificate-in-oep" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">our website</a> for more information. </div><div><br></div><div><strong>About the Open Education Network</strong></div><div>The <a href="https://open.umn.edu/oen/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Open Education Network (OEN)</a> is an alliance of hundreds of institutions working together to advance open education, locally and nationally. We believe in the power of open education to transform higher education. The leadership, actions, and results of our network members drive this transformation, and OEN connects these efforts to pool expertise and promote best practices.</div></div>
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    <Title>Apply for 2022 Lumen Circles OER Fellowship</Title>
    <Tagline>Join other USM faculty for OER training and support</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><span>The Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative (M.O.S.T.) invites faculty from two-year and four-year colleges and universities to apply for a </span><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=9c22da3806&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Spring 2022 Lumen Circles Fellowship</a><span> focused on Effective Teaching Using OER. </span><strong>Fellows will engage in an OER-focused virtual learning community at no cost to them or to their institutions—all fees are covered by M.O.S.T. </strong><span>Faculty must be teaching with OER in at least one course during their time in the Fellowship. </span><br><br><span>Lumen Circles provide opportunities for Fellows to virtually connect with other faculty members as they explore effective instructional practices and apply them in their own teaching. Through participation in an OER-focused Lumen Circle, Fellows can learn, share ideas, and develop professionally in relation to teaching with OER, OER-based adaptive courseware, and/or open pedagogy. Lumen Circles work well for any faculty member, in any discipline, at any stage of their career.</span><br><br><span>Fellowships include:</span><ul><li><strong>An engaging community</strong> of practice with faculty from multiple institutions over 6 or 9 weeks (see below for details)</li><li><strong>Weekly activities</strong> to explore, apply, and reflect on your use of effective teaching practices in relation to OER (~2 hours/week) </li><li><strong>Opportunities to build on your strengths</strong> and expand your teaching with OER </li><li><strong>The ability to set teaching goals</strong> and track progress</li><li><strong>Asynchronous engagement</strong> in a virtual platform (website) to fit your schedule </li><li>The ability to earn a <strong><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=7269b2c30a&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Lumen Circles Fellowship Certificate</a></strong> in Effective Teaching Practice</li></ul><span>Circle themes offered to Maryland faculty through the M.O.S.T. Initiative include two options: </span><ul><li><strong>Teaching with OER &amp; OER-enabled Pedagogy (9-week program)</strong>: Explore evidence-based teaching strategies in the context of using OER and OER-enabled pedagogy. Develop your teaching capabilities with techniques that apply the principles of open education to engage students and strengthen their success using openly licensed content. (Note: Prior to the fellowship, you should identify OER content you plan to use with students during the term of your fellowship.)</li><li><strong>Success Accelerator for OHM or Waymaker Courseware (6-week program)</strong>: Explore and apply evidence-based teaching practices using Lumen Learning’s OER-based courseware. Share ideas and enrich your Lumen courseware implementation with coaching and peer support around pedagogy, course design, use of learning data, and best practices to increase student engagement and success. Suitable for new or veteran Lumen courseware users.</li></ul><span>Please visit the </span><a href="https://oer-maryland.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4ce992e3f6db63c7af9c28afd&amp;id=9c8b979e55&amp;e=b54e6989f4" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Lumen Circles for M.O.S.T. webpage</a><span> to learn more and to apply for a M.O.S.T. Lumen Circles Fellowship starting in January, February, or March 2022. For best consideration, applications should be submitted by January 21, 2022. Questions may be directed to </span><a href="mailto:most@usmd.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">most@usmd.edu</a><span> </span></div>
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