Open Educational 资源 Scholar to Highlight 教师 夏季RESEARCH所
2017年4月20日
大卫•威利
大卫•威利, chief academic officer of Lumen 学习, an organization that works to improve the affordability of education through the adoption of open educational resources (OER), will deliver the keynote address at bet8体育娱乐入口's 19th annual 教师 夏季RESEARCH所 on 教学 and 学习.
Hosted May 16 and 17 by the University's 学习中心 and 教学 (CLT) and ODU在线, the institute will offer two days of reflection, 分享与学习, built around workshops and panel discussions. It will be held at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.
To learn more or register, see the 2017 教师 夏季RESEARCH所 website.
威利, who will lead a workshop as well as deliver the keynote, is an industry leader in this year's institute topic, "OER: Leveraging 资源 for Affordable Course Content." 威利 has been called "one of America's most innovative thinkers on the future of learning."
The education fellow at Creative Commons and an adjunct faculty member in Brigham Young University's graduate program in instructional psychology and technology, 威利 received a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant. He is both a Nonresident Fellow in the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School and a Shuttleworth Fellow.
In 2009, Fast Company named 威利 one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business. 他的 TEDx talk on Open Education and the Future 可以在网上观看吗.
The 2017 夏季RESEARCH所 is intended to provide ODU's faculty and those from nearby institutions with opportunities to explore the potential of OER in enriching their teaching and learning practices, while enabling their students to access affordable and appropriate content. To this end, the 教师 夏季RESEARCH所 is organized around four themes:
- Establishing faculty learning communities to promote a campus-wide dialogue about OER creation and development;
- Involving your students through an active learning approach;
- Reflecting on your teaching practices and personal journey regarding OER; and
- Sharing your process to show others how you are implementing OER.
By exposing students to a variety of affordable open educational resources, faculty can offer their students a richer learning experience than what is provided by a single proprietary textbook, 没有成本负担. RESEARCH findings indicate that the use of OER contributes to increased student satisfaction and retention, reduced costs while meeting students' needs, 提高考试成绩.
