The Open Mitten: MCCA's OER News

Welcome to The Open Mitten, our newsletter about all things OER in Michigan

from the Michigan Community College Association

This newsletter is put together by

Autumm Caines and Stephanie Davis, MCCA's OER Consultants

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OER Stakeholders Virtual Coffee Hour

October 1st at 12pm Noon ET

We are excited, gearing up for our next quarterly virtual coffee hour!!

Tuesday, Oct. 1st, 12 noon. Register Today to save your spot and put it on your calendar.

Our topic for this virtual coffee hour will be “Tools for creating OER Community”. This session will focus on community conversation. We would love to hear from YOU! What tools do you use for creating OER community? What tools would you like to see?

Coffee hours are our quarterly informal Zoom meetings to talk with the MCCA OER stakeholders about all things OER.

Upcoming Events

MI OER Conference

Sept. 20th, 2024

Grand Rapids, MI

Framing Open: The ART of Open Education, the 2024 MI OER conference, organized by the MI OER Network, will be held at Grand Rapids Community College on Friday, September 20, 2024.

A call for proposals is still open till July 31st and I am super excited that I (Autumm) will be keynoting the conference this year!! We look forward to exhibiting the creative, classic, innovative, and/or artful expressions of Open Education advocates and practitioners at the in person conference this Fall.

Join the MI OER Network for more information

MCCA's Student Success Summit

Sept 26th - 27th

East Lansing, MI

MCCA's 2024 Student Success Summit will take place at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing on Thursday and Friday, September 26-27. Dr. Keith Curry president of Compton College and founding member of the #EquityAvengers is scheduled to be part of our opening program.

A full agenda will be available soon but you don't want to miss out on this yearly conference with our policy panel and #MathTalk Preconference.

For more information and to register check out the 2024 Student Success Summit page!

Sincerely,

Autumm Caines and Stephanie Davis, MCCA OER Consultants

The Open Mitten Newsletter comes out monthly with the exception of months where we hold coffee hours. It is sent to the OER Stakeholders group of the MCCA. If you were forwarded this message and like what you see it would be great if you would subscribe.