The Open Mitten: MCCA's OER News

Welcome to The Open Mitten

Our new occasional newsletter about all things OER

from the Michigan Community College Association.

This newsletter is put together by

Autumm Caines and Stephanie Davis, MCCA's OER Consultants.

OER Stakeholders Virtual Coffee Hour with Special Guest Dave Cormier

June, 25th at 12pm Noon ET

Our next quarterly OER Stakeholder Virtual Coffee Hour will feature special guest Dave Cormier, a learning specialist for digital strategy and special projects at the University of Windsor's Office of Open Learning.

We will talk with Dave about his new book Learning in a Time of Abundance, effects of AI on Open Education, and about the hybrid #ShrugCon event coming in July.

Zoom Registration for the Coffee Hour

OER Data Reporting

OER data reporting for Spring/Summer 2024 is now open!

Please enter your data and help expand this important data metric for Michigan OER. A reminder that you can still enter data for past semesters. Enter/view data on the Michigan Transfer Network's site.

Questions on the process? Need help? Contact Stephanie Davis, sdavis@mcca.org for assistance.

Upcoming Events

MI OER Network Conference

Sept. 20th, 2024

Save the Date......and strike a pose for Framing Open: The ART of Open Education, the 2024 MI OER conference, organized by the MI OER Network. This event will be held at Grand Rapids Community College on Friday, September 20, 2024. A call for proposals, keynote speaker announcement, and additional details will be available soon. We look forward to exhibiting the creative, classic, innovative, and/or artful expressions of Open Education advocates and practitioners at our in person conference this Fall.

Join the MI OER Network for more information

The 2024 Open Education Conference (OpenEd24) will be held as a hybrid event, with in-person attendance hosted in Providence, RI, USA, and virtual attendance welcomed from across the globe. As the conference’s 21st annual gathering, OpenEd24 will continue to deliver an engaging virtual event with the option to attend in-person for the first time since 2019.

For more information check out the OpenEd24 website

Sincerely,

Autumm Caines and Stephanie Davis, MCCA OER Consultants