The Missouri Affordable and Open Educational Resources Conference invites you to share your research, ideas, and best practices for using, creating, or adapting A&OER. The theme of this year’s conference will be “What’s the Blueprint? Collaborative Strategies for OER Success”. We will focus on the importance of collaboration in developing and implementing Open Educational Resources and how these collaborative strategies can enhance the effectiveness and sustainability of OER initiatives, fostering a more inclusive and equitable learning environment. The theme invites discussions on practical frameworks, success stories, and innovative approaches that can serve as blueprints for OER successes in various educational contexts. The Conference will be held virtually on March 6, 2025.
We welcome proposals for presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and roundtables from faculty, librarians, instructional designers, students, and any other educator or constituent involved in creating, using, or adapting Affordable and Open Educational Resources.
Proposals should keep the conference theme in mind, and successful proposals should prepare some qualitative or quantitative assessment of the impact on student success. However, you are encouraged to shape your proposed sessions to present your unique experiences with A&OER. We encourage you to actively engage your session participants with a hands-on activity or by providing them with other materials they can use. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2024. Proposals should include title; abstract (approximately 250 words); audience learning outcomes; and information for each speaker (name, title, institution, short bio, and email address). Proposals can submitted here be evaluated on their relevance and ability to contribute to the theme. The Conference Planning Committee will notify presenters of their decision in December 2024.
If you have any questions please contact Christina Virden, MOBIUS, christina@mobiusconsortium.org or Jeannette Pierce, MU Libraries, piercejea@missouri.edu.