In celebration of Open Education Week, this free online event offers attendees an opportunity to learn from professionals working with open educational resources (OER) in higher education. OER are learning, teaching, and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, as declared by UNESCO. This practice of sharing makes OER powerful tools for supporting educational affordability, access, representation, and student graduation rates.
The mission of the Open for Student Success Symposium is to gather innovators who are implementing and studying the use of OER in higher education, to produce an annual collection of OER recordings and ancillary materials that advance the landscape of open education.
The Open for Student Success Symposium's scope includes everything relating to:
Redistribute – share copies with others
While following the rules of the resource’s license
An annual celebration, Open Education Week (OE Week) is an opportunity for actively sharing and learning about the latest achievements in Open Education worldwide.
Open Education Week was launched in 2012 by Open Education Global as a collaborative, community-built open forum. Every year OE Week raises awareness and highlights innovative open education successes worldwide. OE Week provides practitioners, educators, and students with an opportunity to build a greater understanding of open educational practices and be inspired by the wonderful work being developed by the community around the world.
Contact Librarian Charlene at cmartoni@gsu.edu.
Georgia State University was accepted as one of 50 schools to participate in the 2022-23 OpenStax Institutional Partnership Program.This program provides a learning community, free coaching, and strategic planning to help schools advance initiatives toward open education.
Georgia State University Librarians Mary Ann Cullen and Charlene Martoni were appointed to represent the university during this year of professional development, networking, and collaboration. As a result of this experience, GSU Library hosted its inaugural Open for Student Success Symposium. The gathering produced a collection of educational recordings accessible to GSU students and faculty.
GSU Library was invited to participate in the OpenStax Institutional Partnership Program again for the 2023-24 academic year to provide feedback and mentor new member institutions. This year, Librarians Charlene Martoni and Jason Puckett opened the invitation to participate in the Open for Student Student Success Symposium to all curious about OER in higher education. With permission from all presenters, GSU Library produced another collection of recordings that are open to all as OERs under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonComerical-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.
