(via Dan Matthews, Moraine Valley Community College)
Registration is still available for the Illinois Open Education Summit. The event will take place at the Illinois State University Alumni Center in Normal, IL, on Monday, April 7, from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM CDT.
The Illinois Open Education Summit seeks to bring together people who want to create a shared vision for Open Education in Illinois and develop or expand their Open Education programs and initiatives. Whether you are from a small institution or a large university, are beginning your open educational resources journey or already have an established program, the Open Education Summit invites librarians, faculty, academic leadership, instructional designers, and distance education staff to join together with partners across the state to build foundational knowledge and fashion a vision for the future of Open Education in Illinois. We are encouraging institutions to put together a team of up to three Open Education champions (both aspiring and active) to bring their diverse perspectives to the event.
Highlights of this day will include the following.
- Keynote presentation discussing the state of Open Education in Illinois and in the Midwest more broadly
- Roundtable discussions on Open Education at large, Open Educational Resources, and Open Pedagogy and learner-centered practice
- Networking opportunities to connect Open Education practitioners
- Contribute to a conversation around building a statewide vision for Open Education in Illinois
- Participant insights will be collected throughout the day to document the current Illinois OER landscape and collective visions for the future of OER in IllinoisÂ
The deadline to register is Friday, February 7. For more details, including the full schedule, and to register, please go here.