Final Check-in

Open Publishing Projects Certificate

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Agenda

• Review of program learning objectives, major lessons and key principles of the Rebus open publishing approach
• Space for you all to share project milestones and your reflections
• Discuss next steps:
• For your projects
• For us as a cohort and community
• How can we continue to support our work and maintain connections?
• Time for program evaluation
• Wrap-up and program certificates

Program Goals and Review

1. Get to know Rebus’ collaborative open publishing approach with open education peers in a supportive learning environment.
2. Connect and contribute to the OER community (eg. process of being in OPC, learning and OER that comes out of it, relationships).
3. Reflect on your current pedagogical practices with the goal of creating your OER with learning experiences that are accessible, equitable, and inclusive.
4. Create an efficient workflow and apply best practices that help your project progress in due time, with guidance from your Rebus facilitator and other cohort members.
5. Gain confidence using open approaches and tools to advance your project and grow its user community.
6. Build and strengthen institutional capacity for current and future open publishing projects.
7. Recognize and grow your open education leadership skills.

lesson by Lima Studio from the Noun Project

Turning things back to you

(Answer one)

• Personal or project milestones over the past year
• Something that has struck you the most during this journey
• What have you learned?
• What’s worked very well with your project?
• What’s a recommendation you would give to a colleague interested in the work?
• What are you looking forward to professionally and personally?

Next Steps

• Remember:
• Handouts, slides are CC BY licensed and available to you all in perpetuity
• Continue to share for participation, announcements, updates, milestones
• Ask questions to the community in the forum
• Promote your books
• Present about your project and experience in the program
• Track your success and report impact!
• Maintaining connections in some shape or other is critical to our philosophy! As a cohort, you can keep your networks and connections active:
• Perpetual access to Canvas after the course concludes
• Supportive network of individuals in open education
• Contact List
• Any immediate questions or concerns about your projects or anything else?

Program Evaluation

and Certificate

Please take 10-15 minutes now to fill out the program evaluation. Your feedback is critical to shape the experience for future cohorts.

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Upon completion of this survey, you will receive a link to receive your certificate.

Wrap up

• We want to recognize and appreciate all your work in the program over the past year
• As noted earlier, each graduate will receive a certificate of completion
• List of program graduates on our website!
• Remember ways to stay in touch (especially the contact list) and….

graduate by Hopkins from the Noun Project

Thank you!