GSU Library Research Guides: Librarian Charlene: Past Programming

Inaugural Open for Student Success Mini Conference

Hosted by the GSU Library and OpenStax, March 2023

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Student Success at GSU: Meeting Student Financial Challenges - Allison Calhoun Brown
Opening Remarks
Presenter: Allison Calhoun-Brown is Sr. Vice President for Student Success and chief enrollment officer at Georgia State University. She directs the university’s efforts to increase enrollment, retention, progression, and graduation by developing strategic initiatives and refining operational processes to support student success. Dr. Calhoun-Brown has implemented new and innovative programming to address issues of effective academic advising, unmet student financial need, curricular progression barriers, the connection between college and career, and support for at-risk students. Dr. Calhoun-Brown graduated with honors from Oberlin College and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Emory University.
Supplemental Content for OER: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle - Natalie Stickney & Donya Andrews-Little
Lightning Talk
Publishers frequently offer supplemental content to accompany their textbooks, creating a "course in a box." When faculty transition to OER content, they may spend a great deal of time creating assignments, tests, lecture slides etc. to accompany the free resources. This was the challenge following the adoption of an affordable textbook for CPR/First Aid classes taught in my department. In this presentation, I will explain my vision for augmenting the course and how I was able to secure an Affordable Learning Georgia grant to bring the vision to fruition.
Presenters: Natalie Stickney is an Associate Professor in Kinesiology and Health, housed in the Health Science Pathway. She has been teaching at the Clarkston campus for 13 years, and primarily teaches CPR/First Aid, Introduction to Kinesiology and Health, and Perspectives classes.
Donya Andrews-Little, Ph.D is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Kinesiology and Health at Perimeter College. She teaches courses in Sport Management, CPR/First Aid, and Perspectives. She has primarily taught on the Clarkston campus and has worked for the University for over ten years.
A Bibliometric Analysis of OER Research in Higher Education - Rachel Chandler
Rachel performed a bibliometric analysis of scholarly publications about Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Higher Education. Specifically, she wanted to investigate how this research overlaps with academic libraries and trace the research patterns about Open Textbooks. The democratic mission of the library naturally overlaps with the objectives of OERs and Open Pedagogy, and the rising price of textbooks is one of the greater financial burdens college students face. The goal of this research is to analyze the current state of research to share knowledge with LIS professionals for their research into open textbooks and implementing Open Educational Resource initiatives.
Presenter: Rachel Chandler, Science and Data Visualization Librarian
Rachel Chandler is the Science and Data Visualization Librarian at GSU. She has a background in medical and scientific illustration and loves all things related to science, information, and art.
Serie Leamos : A Pedagogical Reading Project by Students for Students -Victoria Rodrigo & Students
We will describe and show the online library and explain the collaboration between authors, illustrators, and readers making Serie Leamos a useful pedagogical tool to learn Spanish. This is the link to the site: www.serieleamos.com
Presenters: Victoria Rodrigo, Professor of Spanish, Sara Parra Cadavid, Graduate Student, and Chase Barber - Undergraduate student
Dr. Rodrigo teaches at graduate and undergraduate level. She is an active researcher and designer of pedagogical materials. Currently, Dr. Rodrigo is working on a reading project, Serie Leamos, a free digital library of engaging stories written and illustrated by Georgia State students. She is the founder and editor of the collection.
Faculty Panel - Nancy Gup & Holly Keddington
In this panel, two psychology faculty discuss their OER experiences. What were their motivations, successes and challenges?
Presenters: Nancy Gup, Professor of Psychology & Holly Keddington, Sr. Lecturer of Psychology
Dr. Nancy Gup is a tenured professor of psychology. She serves as the Curriculum Coordinator across all Perimeter Campuses for 2621 Abnormal Psychology. Dr. Gup has shown her commitment and support for OER for many years. She is the Lead Investigator for Round 18, Affordable Learning Grant, Abnormal Psychology.
Holly Keddington is a senior lecturer of psychology. She has taught fully online for Perimeter College since 2012, and she is a contributing editor for the Online Learning Journal. Bit-by-bit she has transitioned all her courses to utilizing OER materials. She regularly teaches lifespan development, introductory psychology, and a careers in psychology survey course.
Higher Education and OER: Is there a social problem? - Hosanna Fletcher & Students
Student Discussion
We hear about inequity when it comes to education and educational outcomes. We hear about the rising costs of college tuition. Is there a social problem of educational inequity when it comes to textbooks? A panel of Social Problems students from a Perimeter College SOCI 1160 class explores this issue.
Presenters: Hosanna Fletcher, Lecturer of Sociology, and Students Adriana Alfaro, Bria Blake, Jabari Fletcher, Khalid Lawrence, Laoni Cpnan, Mekenzie Love, Riley Knight
Hosanna Fletcher has been teaching Sociology for 13 years at Perimeter College, at first in a part-time role, and now full-time. She uses high impact practices (specifically service and community-based learning and collaborative projects) in her classroom to engage students.
Using Open Pedagogy to Promote Social Justice - Cyntoria Johnson
Lightning Talk
This presentation will discuss the social justice impacts of open pedagogy. I share strategies used to transform courses by including not only open education resources, but also open education practices to promote social justice, equity and inclusion. Beyond cost savings for students, the benefits of OER and OEP for both students and instructors will be highlighted.
Presenter: Cyntoria Johnson, J.D. is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies. The lawyer-turned-professor teaches in the legal track concentration, providing advanced skills-based instruction to students in preparation for careers in the law. Her passions are to remedy injustices in the criminal justice system and to prepare the next generation of legal practitioners – one case and one student at a time. The Atlanta-native is a GSU Panther who bleeds blue, receiving both her M.S. and B.S. from Georgia State University.
How OER Can Enhance Your Course Assignments - Marilyn Render
Lightning Talk
The presentation will illustrate how to design course exercises that incorporate OER materials. Course exercises that incorporate OER materials will keep students actively engaged in the assignment and encourage the use of OER materials in completing assignments in other disciplines.
Presenter: Marilyn Render, Assistant Professor of Communication,
A graduate of the Purdue University Brian Lamb Graduate School of Communication and The Krannert Graduate School of Management, Marilyn Render has spent her career in academia and corporate America. In 2004 Marilyn and family relocated to the Atlanta area, where Marilyn started a second career at Georgia Perimeter College in the Humanities Department teaching Communication classes.
Get to Know the Georgia Knowledge Repository - Lauren Bellard
Lightning Talk
The Georgia Knowledge Repository (GKR), a GALILEO initiative, is a central metadata repository containing records from participating GALILEO institutions that can be freely searched. This session will provide an overview of GKR's history, searching in GKR, and the current charge of the GKR. The GKR committee works to promote open access collections at member institutions, including OER collections and related materials.
Presenter: Lauren Bellard, Urban Studies Librarian,
Lauren Bellard is a Librarian who works with the departments of History, the Urban Studies Institute, and the Honors College in downtown Atlanta. She is interested in all things Open Access, Copyright, and OER, and is currently the Vice Chair of the Georgia Knowledge Repository committee.

Open Education Week 2023

The libraries on the Downtown Atlanta and Dunwoody campuses kicked-off Open Education Week by handing out informational materials and stress-relief trinkets! We educated patrons about open educational resources (OERs) and OpenStax, and we explained the differences between and benefits of OERs and library-provided resources. We also hosted live polls on both campuses!

At the Downtown Atlanta campus, we asked two questions with the intent to: (1) capture the 2023 student experience at GSU, and (2) show what students are forced to do when their textbooks are too expensive. We had 143 participants over the course of 12 hours of tabeling. Here’s what we learned:

Open Access Week 2022

Thank you for celebrating International Open Access Week with the Georgia State University Library! If you were unable to attend one of our presentations, you can access the recordings at the links below.

Open for Student Success: Ensuring Equity with Open Educational Resources in Course Content

Presenters: Librarians Mary Ann Cullen and Charlene V. Martoni

Description: The benefits of Open Educational Resources (OER) go beyond cost savings to students! In this session, two librarians will discuss how adopting, adapting, authoring, and assigning OpenStax textbooks and other OER contribute to student success for all students, especially students who frequently experience obstacles to success. In addition to equalizing textbook costs, OER can be adapted to student needs or course content and incorporate diverse voices and perspectives. Open Pedagogy assignments can allow students to express their own voices as well as engage them in meaningful assignments in which they learn about finding high-quality sources and using information ethically and legally.

Creative Commons Licenses

Presenter: Librarian Lauren Bellard

Description: You might have heard about the Creative Commons and its associated licenses, but in this session, we'll dive deeper into copyright, openly licensed materials, and how they relate to Open Education Resources.

Intro to Preprints and Green Open Access

Presenter: Librarian Denise George

Description: We'll discuss a brief history of preprints. We'll also talk about what it means for a journal to offer Green Open Access options. We'll discuss how pre print use has escalated over the last few decades and more recently with COVID-19. We’ll look at several preprint platforms and discuss benefits and risks in this rapidly growing landscape for scholarly communication.