VIVA: Open and Affordable Course Content Forum
Dr. Amy Collier received her doctorate in Family Studies from Texas Woman’s University in 2008. Currently, Amy is the Associate Provost for Digital Learning at Middlebury College, where her strategic vision positions Middlebury as a leader in creating and sustaining a global learning community through digital pedagogies and technologies. Prior to this, Amy was the Senior Director for Inspiration and Outreach in the Office of the Vice Provost for Teaching & Learning at Stanford University, where she oversaw online and blended course design initiatives, conducted research to inform effective teaching practice, and was a strong advocate for evidence-based instructional improvement, strategy and planning.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:30-9:45 |
Welcome Steve Litherland, Chair of OACCC, Associate VP for Libraries, TCC |
| 9:45-10:45 AM |
Keynote What About Those Love Locks? An Invitation to Explore the Messiness of Open Education Speaker: Dr. Amy Collier, Middlebury College; Moderator: Dale Dulaney, VWCC |
| 10:45-11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM -12:00 PM |
Faculty/Student Panel: Working with Students to Create an Open Community Speakers: Dr. Cortney Hughes Rinker, George Mason University; Dr. Kathryn Murphy-Judy, Virginia Commonwealth University Jay Jungmin Lee, George Mason University Moderator: Dr. Stephanie Westcott, VIVA |
| 12:00-12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 12:45-1:45 PM |
Breakout Sessions Session One: Open and Affordable Course Marking in Virginia This panel brings together three voices from varying institution types to discuss their schools' implementation of the Virginia requirement to mark classes using no- and low- cost resources in the course schedule. Speakers: Jenise Overmier, Marymount University; Mary Hanlin, Thomas Nelson Community College; Jessica Kirschner, Virginia Commonwealth University Moderator: Samantha Guss, University of Richmond Session Two: Struggles and Success in the Creation of a United Nations Anti-Poverty Toolkit This session focuses on the process of developing an open and universally-accessible Anti-Poverty Toolkit, as well as how the created materials are used in designing university courses on Poverty. Speaker: Dr. Tay Keong Tan, Radford University Moderator: Mark Hamilton, Longwood University Session Three: Clearly You Can: Suddenly Opening Resources in a Crisis This panel includes three perspectives on responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, discussing how their libraries addressed requests and how they have seen publishers revert after initially making materials easily available in digital formats. Speakers: Leslie O’Brien, Virginia Tech; Yasmeen Shorish, James Madison University; Beth Blanton-Kent, University of Virginia Moderator: Kayla McNabb, Virginia Tech |
| 1:45-2:00 PM |
Break |
2:00-2:15 PM |
VIVA Update The VIVA Director shares highlights from consortial-wide initiatives and programs. Speaker: Anne Osterman, VIVA Director |
| 2:15-2:30 PM |
Wrap Up Dale Dulaney, Chair of Forum Planning Committee |
