Australian National Symposium on OER

Symposium Details

When: Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th November 2014
Where: University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Meeting venue: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Waterfront Building, 20 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point TAS 7004
Who should attend: Senior executives, policy makers, other government and educational decision makers, educators, researchers, OER advocates and practitioners in general.

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Aims of the Symposium

The Australian National Symposium on OER will provide to participants nationally and internationally the opportunity

to raise awareness on the issues around OER;
to network with national and international advocates and experts;
to showcase their institutional OER projects and/or initiatives;
to build communities of practices through collaboration and exchange of ideas around this topic.

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Institutional Showcase - Call for Abstracts

We would like to invite Australian educational institutions to showcase their OER project or initiative at the Australian National Symposium on OER. There will be a time in the Symposium program dedicated to the Institutional Showcases, but places are limited, so please make sure you send you abstract by 30th September 2014.

Institutional Showcases details

Presentation time: 15 minutes each institution (10 minutes for presentations and 5 minutes for questions)

Abstract Length: no more than 250 words

Deadline: 30th Sep 2014

Submission: please send your abstract to Carina Bossu, University of Tasmania at Carina.Bossu@utas.edu.au

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Symposium Program

Draft program

Day 1 - 4th November 2014

13.30 – 15.00	Workshop 1	Workshop 2
	Title: Introduction to Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices Presenters: Luke Padgett & Carina Bossu	TBA
15.00 – 15.30	Afternoon refreshments
15.30 – 17.00	Workshop 3	Workshop 4
	Title: TBA Presenters: Derek Whitehead & Robin Wright	Title: TBA Presenter: Wayne Mackintosh
17.30 – 18.00	Welcome Speech Profssor David Sadler - Deputy Vice-chancellor (Students and Education), University of Tasmania
18.00 – 19.30	Welcome drinks and network

Day 2 - 5th November 2014

09.00–09.15	Event opening and Welcome to Country
09.15–10.00	Keynote Speaker 1: Professor Megan Quentin-Baxter, Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning, University of Tasmania
10.00-10.30	TBA
10.30-11.00	Morning Tea
11.00–12.15	TBA
12.15–13.00	Lunch
13.00-13.45	TBA
13.45–14.30	Keynote Speaker 2: Dr Rory McGreal, UNESCO/COL/ICDE Chair in OER, Athabasca University, Canada
14.30-15.00	Afternoon Tea
15.00-16.15	TBA
16.15–16.30	Closing
16:30–17:30	Network drinks, incluidng OERu partners

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Registration

Registration Fee: AUD 200.00

Accommodation

Here is a list of suggested accommodation options. Symposium participants might be able to get better rates than those below, if the accommodation is booked via your university Travel Agent as most of these hotels and apartments have corporate rates. Also, please make sure you book your accommodation early as Salamanca Place (and surroundings) is a popular tourist destination during this time of the year in Hobart. There will also be at least two other conferences happening at the same time as the Symposium, so it is important that you have your accommodation secured.

Please click here to see the accommodation options.

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