Thank you for taking part in the South Carolina Textbook Affordability Summit, hosted by PASCAL in partnership with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the South Carolina Technical College System. Supporting materials for the event are provided here for your convenience.
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9:30 – 10:00 |
Meet and GreetJoin your colleagues for coffee as we get settled in for the day. |
10:00 – 10:15 |
Welcome & Opening RemarksDr. Rusty Monhollon, President and Executive Director, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education |
10:15 – 10:45 |
Introduction to Open Educational Resources & Student SuccessKatie Miller, Library Director, Aiken Technical College Interactive Participant Survey: Share one word that you would use to describe Open Education |
10:45 – 11:30 |
Hidden Costs of Success: Textbook Affordability, OERs, and Student PerspectivesRachel Hill, Executive Director of Academic Success, Limestone University Supporting Content: SC Textbook Cost Impact Survey |
11:30 – 12:15 |
Ready, Set, Open: Launching a Large-Scale Open Education ProgramDr. Jeff Gallant, Program Director, Affordable Learning Georgia, University System of Georgia South Carolina is poised to begin a statewide open education initiative – something that Georgia has been doing at a university system level since 2014. Jeff Gallant, Program Director of Affordable Learning Georgia, will share his experiences and key takeaways in how to launch and sustain a large-scale open education program. Topics addressed will include connecting programs and champions together, staffing, data collection and reporting, and OER hosting and metadata. |
12:15 – 1:30 |
Reimagining our Course Material System for Student SuccessJoin your colleagues for lunch and a keynote presentation by Nicole Allen, Director of Open Education, SPARC. The course material landscape in higher education has changed rapidly over the last ten years. Where the previous generation of students used print textbooks that could be bought and sold, today’s students are increasingly subscribed to digital materials that look less like books and more like advanced technology. Yet, institutional policies and procedures have not caught up with the many implications. It’s time to step back and examine the forces driving the course material market and how higher education can leverage open educational resources to keep the focus on student success. |
1:30 – 2:15 |
Faculty Perspectives: OER in PracticeDr. Andrew Kearns (USC Upstate) will moderate this cross-institutional panel discussion. Faculty from Aiken Technical College, Clemson University, Limestone University, and Midlands Technical College will share their perspectives on using OER. Audience questions are encouraged. |
2:15 – 3:30 |
Statewide Strategies for Open Educational ResourcesJoin Rick Moul (PASCAL), Ellan Jenkinson (PASCAL), and Dr. Yang Wu (Clemson University) for an interactive discussion about the draft report, Statewide Strategies for Open Educational Resources: Opportunities for Increasing Access and Attainment, and recommendations from the PASCAL OER Institute Team. Interactive Participant Survey: Next Steps |
This one-day event will provide opportunities to learn about existing textbook affordability efforts within the state and provide feedback on how to strengthen OER capacity across institutions. Lunch will be provided.
The aim of the summit is to bring together higher education leaders from across South Carolina to explore how higher education institutions can work together to improve student outcomes and retention through the use of open and affordable course materials. Participants will meet with national OER experts and leading practitioners from across our state. We will explore best practices and discuss potential avenues for collaboration within the South Carolina higher education community.
This event is hosted by PASCAL, in partnership with the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and the South Carolina Technical College System.
Parking will be available in the adjoining Park Street parking garage. Entrances to the garage are located on both Park and Pendleton Streets. Please note, there is a direct entrance to the Alumni Center on the second floor of the Park Street garage, on the Northwest corner (Lincoln Street side). Upon arrival, please visit the check-in table to receive your parking validation.