Schedule and Speakers

3:00 p.m. -
6:00 p. m.

Check in at Hilton Hotel
Be sure to pick up Hewlett OER Meeting folder at the time of check in. The folder will include: Schedule, Speaker Bios, Map of Rice Campus, Required Reading 1 & 2

A shuttle will run between the hotel and the Rice University events.

Meeting Registration Begins (Duncan Hall, Rice University)
Continental Breakfast

Welcome
Richard G. Baraniuk, Rice University
Catherine M. Casserly, Hewlett Foundation.  

A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities

Daniel Atkins, Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation; Professor of Computer Science (on leave), University of Michigan
John Seely Brown , USC Visiting Scholar; formerly Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation, Director, PARC
Allen Hammond, Vice President, World Resources Institute

Open discussion

10:45 a.m.

The Hewlett Foundation and OER: Moving Forward

Marshall S. Smith and Catherine M. Casserly, Hewlett Foundation.
Relevant Reading
Relevant Reading 2

Open Discussion

"Mobile Devices in the Developing World and Implications for the Delivery of OER"
Allen Hammond, Vice President, World Resources Institute
Relevant Reading

2:30 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Locations to be announced

Building Synergies between Innovations in Video and the Field of OER
Peter B. Kaufman, President, Intelligent Television
Revelant Reading
Relevant Reading 2

Gaming and Immersive Environments: Bringing Education Along   
John Seely Brown, USC visiting Scholar; formerly Chief Scientist, Xerox Corporation, Director, PARC
Relevant Reading

Cyberinfrastructure-Enhanced Science Initiatives: Leveraging Integrated Collaborative Opportunities for OER
Daniel Atkins, Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation; Professor of Computer Science (on leave), University of Michigan
Geoffrey C. Bowker, Director, Regis and Dianne McKenna Professor Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University
Relevant Reading
Relevant Reading 2
Relevant Reading 3

6:30 p.m. -
9:00 p.m.

10:15 a.m.

Wrap Up Panel Discussion
How can we collectively move the OER field forward to transform teaching and learning?

Anne Margulies, MIT OCW, Executive Director, Moderator
Hal Abelson, Professor, MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kim Tucker, Meraka Institute
Joel Smith, Carnegie Mellon University

Through the course of the meeting we will hear a lot about futures in technology, pedagogy, and IP.  All of these have important implications for the OER movement.  But will all this—indeed, will the OER movement itself—transform education?

We all share a common passion for open education resources.  But we are each focused on different components and think about it from many different perspectives.  Some of our initiatives are in K-12, others in higher education; some focus on content, others on tools and standards; some are specific to developing countries while others are aimed at the developed world.

With this diversity, can we collectively move OER forward to transform teaching and learning?  What does this even mean?  Will it be revolutionary or evolutionary?

The panelists will answer the following and draw on examples from our discussions during this conference:

o        What does transformed teaching and learning look like?

o        What are the key components needed to effect this transformation?

o        How do we build these key components and connect them?

Marshall S. Smith and Catherine M. Casserly, Hewlett Foundation: What have we heard?