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Reading Day Activities for Open Education

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You are invited to join the University Libraries for Fall 2018 Reading Day activities in conjunction with the 2018 NLI Computer Showcase.

Thursday, December 6th – Torgerson Hall, 1st Floor

Open Textbook Adoption Workshop: Review to Adapt

Thursday, December 6th 1-2pm Torgerson 1050

Register here: https://app.nli.tlos.vt.edu/#?offering=7655 or here: https://goo.gl/forms/BLr8L65rffmuYPNY2

This workshop is for faculty who wish to discuss and explore textbook and curriculum-related issues and options for their courses. The workshop covers research on student responses to textbook costs at Virginia Tech, emerging open textbook publication and adaptation models, copyright and Creative Commons licenses, and provides an invitation to review an open textbook, A $200 stipend is available for faculty who register, attend the workshop and review an open textbook within six weeks.

OER & Open Education: Exploring Philosophy, Potential & Practices

Thursday, December 6th  12-1pm Torgerson 1050

Register here: https://app.nli.tlos.vt.edu/#?offering=7653

This presentation is an invitation to explore the topic of open education. With its emphasis on free content access and permissions, the open education movement has generated a flurry of activity around scholarly and teaching activities involving innovative pedagogies, open textbooks, open educational resources (OER), Creative Commons licensing, and open policies. This presentation explores philosophies, motivations, and emerging practices of the open education movement with an eye toward identifying opportunities for administrators, faculty, students, librarians and instructional designers.

Where Can I Post My Publications?

Thursday, December 6th  10-11am Torgerson 1050 (also via Zoom)

Register here: https://app.nli.tlos.vt.edu/#?offering=7639

This presentation explores multiple tools, platforms and workflows for making your publications or other works available for other researchers to read and use.

Tell Your Story: Find and Distinguish Your Online Scholarly Presence

Thursday, December 6th  2:30-4pm Torgerson 1120 (also via Zoom)

Register here: https://app.nli.tlos.vt.edu/#?offering=7637

In this session, you will explore researcher profiles and other useful scholarly tools to learn how to improve your scholarly presence and boost the impact of your work. You will be introduced to essential researcher profiles, such as ORCID iD, that are crucial to ensuring you get all the credit you deserve for all your scholarly works. This interactive session also covers a suite of research impact metrics, such as citation-based metrics and altmetrics, and guidance regarding how to accurately and properly track and assess your impact and engagement in academic and public spheres.

Attending the NLI computer showcase? Visit our table (9am-4pm) Torgerson, 1st floor

Librarians and colleagues will be available to discuss library support available for projects, courses, and research. Drop by to pick up information on grant opportunities, upcoming programs, or to see the latest open educational resources created at VT and beyond.

Upcoming 2019 Programs:

  • January 15th – “Get Noticed: Managing your Scholarly Career in an Age of Metrics, Social Media, and Open Research” (January 15)
  • March 4 & 5 – Open Education Symposium

Funding opportunities: