Workshop: How to Adopt an Open Textbook for a Community College Class Wednesday February 3, Rice University, Houston, TX 10:30 am-3:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the Houston Community College System, Rice University, the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, and the Community College Open Textbook Collaborative. Funded by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Community College faculty members, administrators, librarians, bookstore managers, on-line learning coordinators, instructional designers, instructional technologists, and other staff are invited to become Open Textbook Advocate/Trainers by participating in this workshop and then facilitating a similar workshop on their campuses. Travel expenses and a stipend are available. Other interested parties are invited to the workshop on a space- available basis; travel expenses will be reimbursed and lunch is provided. All participants are invited to an on-line pre-workshop presentation 3 pm-4 pm CST Wednesday January 27 and the face-to-face workshop 10:30 am-2:30 pm on February 3 at Rice University. Those who have agreed to become Advocate/Trainers are requested to attend the final hour 2:30 pm-3:30 pm on February 3 and a followup online session 3 pm-4 pm CST Wednesday January 10. Advocate/Trainers will have until March 31 to complete the tasks on their home campuses. To register for the workshop, join this network http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/ and indicate your role as Advocate/Trainer or Workshop Participant. Once your membership is approved, join the Houston cohort group on that network and introduce yourself. To become an Advocate/Trainer see http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/page/advocatetrainertasks-1 and then follow instructions at http://opentextbookadvocatetrainers.ning.com/forum/topics/how-to-fill-out-and-mail-an To be reimbursed for expenses, bring original receipts and proof of mileage to the workshop. Reimbursement will be received about 4 weeks later. More than 60 participants are signed up for the Florida workshops. How will Texas do?
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