Fwd: Open and Affordable Community Forum - Call for Proposals

[Kayla McNabb]

Hello, colleagues:

I wanted to share this call for proposals and encourage folks to propose a session (due by July 21, 2023) and/or save the date (October 13, 2023) to attend this year's VIVA Open and Affordable Community Forum in person or virtually.

Our theme this year is “Open for Creation: The Power of Belonging,” and Robin DeRosa will be our featured keynote speaker, which is very exciting! I've had the opportunity to see her speak a few times, and I always leave more excited about and motivated by the impact we can have on the future of higher education and learning in general.

I know there are lots of folks who are doing work in spaces related to this kind of open creation, so please read over the CFP below, and if you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me or Liz Thompson (our planning committee chair), and we will do our best to help you find answers.

Best,

Kayla

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From: Thompson, Liz - thomp3ea <thom...@jmu.edu>
Date: Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Subject: Re: Open and Affordable Community Forum - Call for Proposals
To: <VIVA...@listserv.gmu.edu>

Reminder: the Open and Affordable Community Forum Call for Proposals is open and proposals are due by July 21, 2023!

 

Please submit your proposal with title, abstract of no more than 250 words, and presenters’ names, email addresses, and institutional affiliations via the form found here:  https://forms.gle/QZnobdk8dW4WQQcU9. For more details about session length and format, please see below.

 

We are also excited to welcome Robin DeRosa as this year’s featured keynote speaker! Be sure to save the Forum date – October 13, 2023 – on your calendar and check the Forum website later this summer for details about the keynote address and agenda for the event.  

 

On behalf of the Open and Affordable Community Forum Planning Committee,

 

Liz Thompson

Open Education Librarian

JMU Libraries

Make an Appointment
(540) 568-6937 (office)
ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-5136

 

 

From: Thompson, Liz - thomp3ea
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 10:55 AM
To: VIVA...@LISTSERV.GMU.EDU
Subject: Open and Affordable Community Forum - Call for Proposals

 

VIVA’s Open and Affordable Community Forum Call for Proposals is now open!

 

The VIVA Open and Affordable Community Forum will be held Friday, October 13, 2023 at Virginia Commonwealth University. The event will be hybrid, allowing attendees to join virtually or in person. This year’s theme, “Open for Creation: The Power of Belonging,” seeks to explore stories about the diverse ways that adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) fosters belonging, equity, and care. For more information about the Open and Affordable Community Forum, including past Forum agendas, visit VIVA’s website (https://vivalib.org/va/open/oacc-forum).

 

The Forum Planning Committee invites proposals for workshops, panels and presentations that consider the impact of creating OER and adopting open practices in meeting the needs of learners and instructors. Workshop, panel, and long presentation sessions will be 45 minutes and short presentation sessions will be 15 minutes. All sessions should allow time for questions and discussion with the audience.

 

·            Panels should include 3-5 presenters on a topic or project relevant to the day’s theme.

·            Long presentations should be no more than 30 minutes in length and invite questions or discussion for the final 15 minutes of the session. Short presentations should be no longer than 10 minutes and invite questions for the final 5 minutes.

·            Workshops should be interactive but successful in a hybrid format.

  

Proposals are due by July 21, 2023. Please submit your proposal with title, abstract of no more than 250 words, and presenters’ names, email addresses, and institutional affiliations via the form found here:  https://forms.gle/QZnobdk8dW4WQQcU9.

 

On behalf of the Open and Affordable Community Forum Planning Committee, we look forward to gathering and learning with you this fall!

 

Liz Thompson

Open Education Librarian

JMU Libraries

Make an Appointment
(540) 568-6937 (office)
ORCiD: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4382-5136

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Kayla B. McNabb, MA, CPACC (She/They)

Assistant Director, Teaching & Learning Engagement

University Libraries | Virginia Tech

(540) 231-0975 | kmc...@vt.edu

Work Hours: 10am-6:30pm Location Varies