7:30am - 9:00am   Coffee & Registration

9:00am - 10:00am   Current Trends in OER - Panel Discussion - Q&A  
Moderator: Peter Shea,  Instructional Designer, Middlesex Community College of Massachusetts
Panelists:
Jody Carson, eLearning Specialist,  Northern Essex Community College and cofounder of the Massachusetts Community College OER Council
Lance Eaton, Instructional Designer, Regis College 
Peter Hess,  Learning Technologies Administrator, Boston College
Donna Maturi, Coordinator of Library Services at Middlesex Community College
Andrea Milligan, Director of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology, Northshore Community College  
Susan Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Northern Essex Community College and cofounder of the Massachusetts Community College OER Council

10:00am - 10:15am   Break

10:15am - 11:00am   Report from the 2016 Open Education Conference
Speakers: 
Jody Carson, eLearning Specialist,  Northern Essex Community College and cofounder of the Massachusetts Community College OER Council
Susan Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology, Northern Essex Community College and cofounder of the Massachusetts Community College OER Council

Jody & Susan will describe the sessions at the recent national OER conference in Richmond and give attendees a sense of subjects dominated the conversations at the conference.

11:00am - 12:00pm   Free to Learn & Free to Choose:  Universal Design & Student Choice with OER
Speakers:  
Lance Eaton, Instructional Designer, Regis College 
Andrea Milligan, Director of Distance Learning and Instructional Technology, Northshore Community College  

This session will explore the pedagogical flexibility inherent in OER that empowers faculty to use a wider range of resources to allow for student choice of learning materials but also makes incorporating universal design for learning (UDL) easier because of the variety of materials available as well as the ability to augment resources.  Participants will be able to better articulate the important of using OER for the purpose of UDL as well as identify different strategies for incorporating UDL.  Additionally, they will be able to better strategize incorporating student choice within their courses through the use of OER.

12:00pm - 1:00pm   Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm   Open Licensing: What You Need to Know Now
Speaker: Donna Maturi, Coordinator of Library Services, Middlesex Community College

Take a tour of what's happening in the world of Open Licensing. Topics in this presentation will include Creative Commons licensing (what it is, how it works, how to find compatible licenses, best practices in attribution).
This session will also include a discussion of iOER and Creative Commons, free educational resources vs. open. We'll discuss everything you need to know about Creative Commons but were afraid to ask. 

2:00pm - 3:00pm   OER and Free Interactive Learning Tools
Speakers: 
Peter Shea, Instructional Designer, Middlesex Community College of Massachusetts
Peter Hess, Learning Technologies Administrator, Boston College

There is growing demand for dynamic learning content to accompany OER textbooks. In this session, participants will learn about available interactive learning media licensed under Creative Commons as well as resources that are free to use and which can enhance student engagement.

3:00pm   End