2019-11-07 Meeting notes

Date

Nov 7, 2019

Participants

• @Rachel Appel (Unlicensed)

• @Annie Johnson (Unlicensed)

• @Rebecca Lloyd

• @Urooj Nizami (Unlicensed)

• @Kristina De Voe (Unlicensed)

• @Lauri Fennell (Unlicensed)

• @Alicia Pucci

Discussion Topics

• Welcome back Urooj!

  • Urooj is THE BEST!!!!

  • Maytham is the best!!!!

• Debrief and reflections on OpenCon Philly (Annie)

  • Went very well, committee did a great job

  • Maria sent an official feedback form

  • Opening panel was very good

  • Urooj’s panel on open pedagogy went well and showcased varying projects done in the classroom

    • Professor on panel was excited about presenting with her student and indicative of “open”

  • Lightning talks were good; not rushed and well-designed; good amount of time

  • Jasmine’s accessibility workshop was good; her activity had a purpose and an immediate takeaway

  • OER workshop assessment activity was a little too specific

  • How specific software presentations fared against general products?

    • Some proposals seemed marketing-focused

  • Lunch in 341 was well-attended

  • Attendance varied from room to room despite full attendance

    • People may have left early or came late

    • Feedback said space seemed tight

    • Event space felt small too small to people

    • Registration totaled 125

  • Annie is writing up a report about issues with the space

  • Mic situation was tough

  • Projector issue was a struggle

  • Eduroam was not working

• Ideas for a follow-up open pedagogy conversation (Urooj/Rebecca)

  • Robin DeRosa event on 10/31

    • Staff from CAT and Hope Center attended

  • Is there a way to continue a conversation about this that extends within and beyond TUL?

  • The framework says to reform higher ed--where to start? How do we talk about it?

    • Start with some tangible to create a vision

    • Revisit what we can do from the position of our work

    • Invite those who registered or go beyond?

  • Video will be posted to website with CC license

  • Start with one step

    • With liaisons--what could be assignments in your area? What do you see in your discipline that could become open? How would you approach faculty about this?

      • Ask everyone to bring a syllabus and work on an idea

      • Put out feelers and start a conversation to build up to a full-formed assignment/project

  • Rebecca and Urooj will create feedback form

• TU ScholarShare Communications Toolkit next steps (Alicia)

  • Alicia wants to move forward on a proposed toolkit

    • Collaborative project with IR and fulfills SCSST team goal: marketing, outreach, and education materials for liaisons who are working with the IR

    • Brainstorming document about what could go in it

    • Alicia outlined contents of toolkits (1-2 page summaries for each subsection)

      • Branding materials

      • Outreach materials

      • Education materials/self-guided learning

      • Build your own materials--discipline specific

    • Highlights = what SCSST will work on; 2 people per subsection:

      • Open Access Elevator Speech

      • Open Access

      • IRs

      • Copyrights and permissions

      • Glossary of terms (joint effort)

      • Contact list (joint effort)

    • Each of us will take 2 with a deadline of December 18th

      • What would be helpful for liaisons to know?

    • This will be for our full IR launch (procurement is happening!)

• To do's from last meeting: (Rebecca)

  • Tentative dates for spring workshops

  • Copyright Basics for Grad Students during week of March 23, 2020 (Rebecca)

  • Using Open Textbooks in the Classroom Workshop during week of March 9, 2020 (Kristina and Urooj)

  • Author Alliance on book publication contracts on April 22, 2020 (Annie)

  • Can I use that photo? during OA week on February 24, 2020 (Lauri)

• Reaching out to liaisons about targeted workshops in academic departments

  • Kristina worked on email draft

  • Send out by November 22nd

Action items

Decisions