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Celebrate Open Education Week 2019 at Mitchell Community College (MCC), March 5-8, 2019. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials and resources that are publicly accessible. They are openly available for anyone to use and are under Creative Commons licenses available to re-mix, improve and redistribute. Below are the workshops that will be a "blast" to attend.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Title: The Educator's Guide to Producing New Media and Open Educational Resources
Description: Join us to discuss the Tim D. Green and Abbie H. Brown book, The Educator’s Guide To Producing New Media and Open Educational Resources. Topics will include producing and distributing digital video, audio, and text files to be used as Open Education Resources. Come and get hands on, practical instruction in various formats and media.
Location: Mitchell Community College's J.P. Mildred Huskins Library Computer Lab
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Audience: Distance Learning Book Club and other faculty members

Thursday, March 7, 2019
Title: Creative Commons Licenses
Description: Faculty and staff can visit the Distance Learning Department to learn and discuss the Creative Commons licenses while enjoying a Creative Commons cupcake.
Location: Distance Learning Department (Student Services Building), Room 110
Time: 2:00 -3:00 p.m.

Friday, March 8, 2019
Title: What are Open Education Resources?
Description: What are Open Education Resources? Come find out what OERs are and how they can be used to benefit you and your students. We will show you practical examples that can be immediately incorporated into your courses. We will also go into detail on how to navigate some of the repositories out there that house the millions of resources you can take advantage of.
Location: Mitchell Community College's J.P. Mildred Huskins Library Computer Lab
Time: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. AND 10:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Audience: Faculty and Staff

Title: The Educator's Guide to Producing New Media and Open Educational Resources
Description: Join us to discuss the Tim D. Green and Abbie H. Brown book, The Educator’s Guide To Producing New Media and Open Educational Resources. Topics will include producing and distributing digital video, audio, and text files to be used as Open Education Resources. Come and get hands on, practical instruction in various formats and media.
Location: Mitchell Community College's J.P. Mildred Huskins Library Computer Lab
Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Audience: Distance Learning Book Club amd other faculty members

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Celebrate Open Education Week 2018 at Mitchell Community College (MCC), March 5-9, 2018. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials and resources that are publicly accessible. They are openly available for anyone to use and are under Creative Commons licenses available to re-mix, improve and redistribute. Below are the resources that will be a "blast" to read and the Library's conferences. The resources will be posted on the Mitchell Community College's OER LibGuide.

Monday, March 5, 2018
Title: OER Intro
Description: Mitchell Community College’s faculty, staff and students will be notified through an email of the celebration of Open Education week. The initial email will inform faculty, staff and students about open educational resources and the schedule of emails that faculty, staff and students will be receiving each day.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Title: Open Education Week 2018 Website
Description: Mitchell Community College faculty, staff and students will be sent an email containing information on Open Education Week 2018. The email will comprise of the Open Education Week 2018 web link, so faculty, staff and students can search/view/attend current projects and resources.

Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Title: Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER) LibGuide
Description: Mitchell Community College faculty, staff and staff will peruse the Discovering Open Educational Resources (OER) LibGuide. The libguide web link will be sent through email. The libguide contains OER definitions, policies, resources, alternate textbook projects, and studies.

Thursday, March 8, 2018
Title: OER Movements
Description: Mitchell Community College faculty, staff and staff will be sent an email, which will include important OER policies and studies. .

Friday, March 9, 2018
Title: OER Crossword Puzzle
Description: Mitchell Community College faculty, staff and students will engage in an OER Crossword Puzzle. The OER Crossword Puzzle will be sent through email. The OER Crossword Puzzle can be completed with the help of the Discovering the Open Educational Resources (OER) LibGuide. Mitchell Community College faculty, staff and students can submit in their completed OER Crossword Puzzle the week of March 12, 2018 to the library circulation desk to earn Mitchell swag. Online students can submit their crossword puzzle via online to the Distance Learning Department. The Distance Learning Department will mail the student his or her Mitchell swag. The objective is for faculty, staff and students to learn about the OER movement.

Thursday-Friday, March 8-9, 2018
Title: OER Week and Open Access Week in Your Library!
Conference: North Carolina Community College Library Association
Location: Randolph Community College
Conference Website: https://ncccla.org/conferences/march2018/
Time: All Day
Description: Commonwealth of Learning defines OER as materials offered freely and openly to use and adapt for teaching, learning, development, and research. This presentation will provide tips, tricks and ideas on hosting an Open Education Resource Week (March) and Open Access Week (October) in your library. Participants will learn about OERs and how to create a successful OER event. Presented by a librarian and an instructional designer in the DL department.

Monday, March 12, 2018
Title: OER Week/Open Access Week
Conference: LAUNCCH: Librarian’s Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Conference Website: http://launcch.web.unc.edu/events/annual-conference/
Time: All Day
Description: Commonwealth of Learning defines OER as materials offered freely and openly to use and adapt for teaching, learning, development, and research. This presentation will provide tips, tricks and ideas on hosting an Open Education Resource Week (March) and Open Access Week (October) in your library. Participants will learn about OERs and how to create a successful OER event. Presented by a librarian and an instructional designer in the DL department.

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Celebrate Open Education Week 2017 at Mitchell Community College (MCC), March 27-31, 2017. Open Educational Resources (OERs) are educational materials and resources that are publicly accessible. They are openly available for anyone to use and are under Creative Commons licenses available to re-mix, improve and redistribute. Below is the Open Education Week Schedule of Events:

Monday, March 27, 2017

Title: Student OER Scavenger Hunt

Location: Mitchell Community College’s

Time: 9:00-12:00 pm

Description: Mitchell Community College’s students will engage in an OER Scavenger Hunt. The Student Government Association (SGA) will distribute the scavenger hunt to the students in the Student Union. The scavenger hunt contains OER questions such as what year was the term open educational resources created? Students must visit various campus locations to obtain the answers to the OER questions. The SGA members will be throughout campus helping students with the questions. Once the student has completed the scavenger hunt, the student will return to the Student Union to have their scavenger hunt verified to earn MCC swag. For students who can not attend the OER Scavenger Hunt during 9:00-12:00 pm, an OER display will be created and shown in the J.P. Mildred Huskins Library. Students can come by the circulation desk to collect an OER crossword puzzle. By using the OER display, students can complete the crossword puzzle and earn MCC swag. The objective is for students to learn about the OER movement.

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Title: OER Hour

Location: Mitchell Community College’s J.P. Mildred Huskins Library

Time: 12:20-1:20 pm

Description: During Mitchell Community College’s community hour, faculty and staff can visit the library to learn and discuss open educational resources while enjoying hot chocolate and donut holes. Faculty and staff will view open educational resource videos, will have access to smart devices to search for open educational resources, and will leave OER hour with a handout defining an OER, list of OER resources, and professional development opportunities.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Title: OER Workshop

Location: Mitchell Community College’s J.P. Mildred Huskins Library

Time: 12:20-1:20 pm

Description: During Mitchell Community College’s community hour, faculty members will attend a hands-on workshop to locate open educational resources for their courses. The objective is for faculty members to locate OERs to reuse, revise, remix, retain and redistribute.

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