OpenCon Ohio 2024: Innovation in Education

05/09/2024

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OpenCon Ohio 2024 Conference: May 13-17

Registration will close Friday May 10, 2024 at 12:00 pm ET Register here

Our seventh annual OpenCon Cleveland event - completely free, virtual, and open to all - is happening May 13-17! During the week, there will be asynchronous lightning talk viewing and discussion on Discord. Friday, May 17 will be live, with two keynote presentations, a 45-minute birds of a feather event, and a one-hour panel discussion on automatic textbook billing. More information about our fabulous keynote speakers is below!

OpenCon Ohio is an annual regional event which celebrates the benefits of open education to student learning. Faculty, students, librarians, instructional designers, administrators, and others, are all welcome to this FREE series of presentations and discussions.

The OpenCon committee has prepared a conference that provides flexibility and engagement opportunities! Here’s what you can look forward to this year:

The theme of our event this year is innovation in open education.
The event begins on Monday, May 13th when attendees can view lightning talks at their leisure via Discord. Conference attendees are also encouraged to participate in asynchronous discussions via Discord.
On Friday, May 17th the conference will shift to synchronous discussion in our live presentations. Our first keynote presentation, given by Dr. Elizabeth Robertson Hornsby, will take place at 10:45 a.m. EST. Our second keynote presentation, given by Dr. Liza Long, will take place at 2:30 p.m. EST. An OhioLINK course redesign/Birds of a Feather event will be held at 12:00 p.m. EST, and a panel discussion on automatic textbook billing will be held at 1:30 p.m. EST. Presentations will be held via Zoom and participants can ask questions of the speakers.

We hope you can join us!

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