Practitioners Summit for Advancing Affordable Learning Solutions and Quality Online Education for HBCUs
Please join us at at the OLC/MERLOT INNOVATE Conference in April 2018
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Participants at the summit should register for INNOVATE 2018 and blend their participation in the summit with the rest of the OLC INNOVATE conference. There will be no additional fee for participation in the summit.
The goals of the Summit include:
The Summit is the 2nd annual meeting of HBCU’s at INNOVATE where HBCU’s will present and share their AL$ strategies and outcomes, along with other online education initiatives that emerge as priorities for HBCU’s. The Summit will be blended within the INNOVATE conference which will provide forums for informative and stimulating presentations and discussions on strategies that can assist in the creation of a sustainable partnerships in online learning environments, as well as explore issues related to faculty and student engagement and raising awareness about next generation courseware.
There are 105 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States, all of which are invited to participate in the symposium. California State University, and MERLOT will share practices, strategies, and resources for reducing the costs of instructional materials for students, making higher education more affordable for more students in Historically Black Universities (HBCUs) in the United States, as well as in Higher Education Institutions across the globe. Leaders from Tennessee State University, Southern University, and California State University/MERLOT will facilitate a series of leadership sessions, strategic planning, and hands-on workshops that will be embedded in the annual INNOVATE conference co-sponsored by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and MERLOT in Nashville, Tennessee April 17-20, 2018.
Note: Southern University System has recently launched their Affordable Learning Solutions initiative (www.suol4ed.org) and will share their strategies for planning and implementing this initiative with their fellow HBCU colleagues. The summit will include presentations from Tennessee State University, Fisk University, Bethune Cookman University, Fort Valley State University, Morehouse University, and two pilot community colleges; Volunteer State Community College and Southwest Tennessee Community College’s on how they designed and are implementing their locally customized and sustainable AL$ program. *The faculty and the leadership of these institutions will facilitate the sessions and workshops at the conference.
Tuesday’s pre-conference workshop is invitation-only. If you are interested in attending this deep-dive into piloting an OER program at your HBCU, please email Moustapha (Moustaphadiack@smedprogram.org) or Robbie (rkendal1@tnstate.edu) for more information.
Fisk University Address:
1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208
615.329.8500 (Contact: Shirley Brown, Fisk On-Site Host)
Jubilee Hall / Appleton Room
*Emergency Number: 615-260-1615
Registration Hosts: Tokesha Warner (TSU) & Trina Jordan (TBR)
If you are an Innovate 2018 attendee, there is no additional cost to attend the workshop. If you are interested in attending only the Tuesday workshop, the cost will be $75 (payable at the door, checks can be payable to Fisk University).
HBCU Pre-Conference Summit at Fisk University | Fisk University 1000 17th Ave N, Nashville, TN 37208 615.329.8500 (Contact: Shirley Brown, Fisk On-Site Host Jubilee Hall / Appleton Room *Emergency Number: 615-260-1615 Registration Hosts: Tokesha Warner (TSU) & Trina Jordan (TBR) |
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10:00am - 10:15am | Welcome Fisk University Welcome Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) Welcome Tennessee Higher Education Commission Welcome Tennessee eCampus Welcome Tennessee State University (TSU) |
Joseph Watkins, Chief of Staff to the President Shirley Brown, Dean Wendy Thompson, Vice Chancellor, Org. Effectiveness Brittany Mosby, Director of HBCU Success Gregory Sedrick, Associate Vice Chancellor, TNeCampus Alisa Mosley, Provost, Tennessee State University |
10:15am - 10:30am | Introductions of Pre-Conference Participants | Robbie Melton, HBCU Summit Conference Co-Host - Professor, TSU Technology Strategic Consultant |
10:30am - 10:55am | The National Problem and Challenges of Attending College: “Rising Costs of Textbooks” - Review the CSU’s Affordable Learning Solutions Strategies & Planning Templates |
Gerry Hanley - Executive Director of MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) and Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services for the California State University, Office of the Chancellor |
10:55am - 11:15am | Leveraging California’s Affordable Learning Solutions - Showcase CSU Program - Ingredients for successful programs - Provide examples of HBCU implementations |
Leslie Kennedy - Director, Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) at the CSU Office of the Chancellor |
11:15am - 11:30am | Possibilities and Opportunities of
Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) for HBCUs - Research Agenda and Showcase |
Moustapha Diack, HBCU Summit Chair – - - - Associate Vice President for Online Learning Services – Southern University System (SUS) of Louisiana & Director Faculty Professional Development – Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) |
11:30am - 12:00pm | Leveraging Tennessee State University
Affordable Learning Solutions TSU College of Ed.-Department of Teaching and Learning |
Clara Young, Department Chair, Teaching & Learning Panel: D. Tiller, K. Bryan, N. Arrighi, J. Asamani, L. Johnson |
12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch – Special Recognition: **Dr. Gloria Bonner | |
1:00pm - 2:15pm | MERLOT and OER New Orleans Style--
A Sip and Share Event to Introduce OER New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium hosted a workshop to introduce area higher ed faculty to OER and provide resources and funding opportunities. OLC attendees will interactively experience selections from these presentations (via gamification, etc.) and leave with a blueprint for hosting their own event plus a toolkit for next steps. |
Karen Nichols -Distance Education Coordinator at Xavier University of Louisiana Rona Tyger -Director of Academic Technology at Dillard University (New Orleans) |
2:15pm - 2:30pm | Break | |
2:30pm - 3:15pm | Deployiing A Co-modal Course Delivery Model Adapted To African Context: Case Of The Virtual University Of The Republic Of Senegal -West Africa The Virtual University of the Republic of Senegal referred here as VUS was launched in 2014 by the Senegalese Ministry of Education and Research. The VUS uses a unique model of distance education adapted to an African context with very scarce resources and internet bandwidth challenges. The presentation will address the pervasive problems related to access to technology, the poor Internet connectivity common to many African countries, the autonomy and motivation of newly recruited online students, often ill-prepared. The model uses Teaching Assistants, Tutors, located at the Open Digital Spaces to provide tutorial sessions and coaching to distance education students. |
Alassane Diop -Professor-Researcher and Director of the Training and Pedagogical Engineering (DFIP) of the Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) Moustapha Diack -Associate Vice President for Online Learning Services – Southern University System (SUS) of Louisiana & Director Faculty Professional Development – Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) |
3:15pm - 3:30pm | Break | |
3:30pm - 4:15pm | National Alumni Organization to Establish Online Entertainment and Education Platform The Southern University Alumni Federation through its Entertainment and Education Chapter, has negotiated an agreement with Aperion Global Institute to enter the field of entertainment and recording industry management training. The goal is to combine the content talents of SU Alumni with the Aperion online LMS to deliver students hands-on and anytime/real-time learning immersion. |
Robert Ford -CEO of DRF Industries LLC Preston J. Castille - National President, Southern University Alumni Federation |
4:15pm - 4:30pm | -Summarization of Pre-Conference -Overview of Day 1 HBCU Summit -Special Acknowledgement to Fisk University |
Gerry Hanley Robbie Melton Shirley Brown |
4:30pm - 5:30pm | Reception: Fisk Art Gallery | Fisk University |
Networking Dinner *Nashville Area Restaurants |
Sign up during the day or at the reception. Cost of dinner is on your own. |
HBCU Summit at OLC/MERLOT INNOVATE Conference (Opryland Hotel) | ||
7:30am - 8:30am | Breakfast Gathering | Ryman C/F SUS/TSU/ CSU-MERLOT |
8:30am – 8:45am | Welcome Tennessee Board of Regents AFFORDABLE LEARNING SOLUTIONS (AF$) |
Ryman C/F Wendy Thompson, Vice Chancellor, Org.Eff. Gerry Hanley, AL$ Vice President, CSU Leslie Kennedy, AL$ Project Director, CSU |
8:45am – 9:00am | Overview HBCU Strategy for Affordable Learning Solutions and the HBCU Summit at INNOVATE: - Challenges: Cost of textbooks and learning resources - Solutions: Open Education Resources (OER) – AL$ - Goals: Short term and Long term for AL$ - Strategies: Supporting existing campus priorities and strengthening existing capabilities National Digital Equity Initiative: www.digitalequity.us AL$ HBCU Model Campus: Recognition of Southern University Pilots AL$ Schools: Acknowledgements - Tennessee State University (TSU) - Bethune Cookman University (BCU) - Fisk University (FU) - Fort Valley State University (FVU) - Morehouse University (MU) - Southwest Tennessee Community College - Walters State Community College (WSCC) - Morris College (MC) - Morgan State University (MSU) - Jackson State University (JSU) - Virginia State University (VSU) - Xavier University (XU) |
Ryman C/F Moustapha Diack Associate Vice President for Online Learning Services – Southern University System (SUS) of Louisiana & Director Faculty Professional Development – Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) Robert McLaughlin, Executive Director National Collaborative for Digital Equity Robbie Melton, HBCU Summit Co-Host Professor & TSU Technology Strategic Consultant |
9:00am – 9:40am | Enabling Educational Quality and College Affordability Through a System-wide Initiative The Southern University System just received an Innovation gr ant funding from the Louisiana Board of Regents to develop a faculty development model for designing OER-based courses aligned to the Quality Matters Standards. The project entitled “Enabling Educational Quality and College Affordability Through a System-wide implementation of Zero-Textbook-Cost Courses and Degrees” aims at offering an Associate degree in Criminal Justice at the Southern University Shreveport campus, a community college member of the SUS. This presentation will discuss the project deliverables and lesson learned while implementing the innovation grant. | Ryman C/F Moustapha Diack, Associate Vice President for Online Learning Services – Southern University System (SUS) of Louisiana Veronica McEachin, Director Online Learning, Southern University in Shreveport Frederick Jackson, Chair Criminal Justice Program, Southern University in Shreveport Mary Adewunmi, Graduate Student, Doctoral Program in Science Math Education (SMED), SUBR |
9:40am – 10:00am | Questions, Answers, Discussions Focus on issues and questions raised from audience about the programmatic, policy, and political topics that need to be addressed when planning an Affordable Learning Solutions initiative | Ryman C/F Moustapha Diack Robbie Melton |
10:00am - 10:30am | Networking Coffee Break | Ryman B1-B3 |
10:30am – 11:15am | Starting Your Own Affordable Learning Solutions Initiative: Getting Buy-in Opportunities and Needs in Tennessee (Panel Presentation) - Tennessee Board of Regents - Tennessee State University - Fisk University - Bethune - Cookman University - Fort Valley State University - Southwest Tennessee Community College - Morehouse University (MU) - Walters State Community College - Motlow State Community College |
Ryman C/F Robbie Melton Gregory Sedrick Clara Young Shirley Brown Arletha McSwain Andrew Lee Denise Malloy Monique Jeff Horner Michael Torrance |
11:15am – 12:00pm | Starting Your Own Affordable Learning Solutions Initiative: Leveraging and Customizing - Building your organizational infrastructure for success and aligning to campus priorities - Leveraging tools and templates to plan your AL$ program - Answer questions - Participants work in small groups to start their planning |
Ryman C/F Leslie Kennedy Moustapha Diack |
12:00pm - 12:45pm | Innovate Welcome Lunch | Tennessee Ballroom |
1:00pm - 1:30pm | OLC Quality Scorecard: Getting Started - AL$ advances online learning and OLC Quality Scorecard can help - Benchmarks and standards to help you evaluate your online learning program - First steps with campus leadership |
Ryman C/F Kaye Shelton, Director-Doctorate of Educational Leadership; Assoc. Professor of Online Education Consultant Lamar University Karen Pedersen, Chief Knowledge Officer at the Online Learning Consortium |
1:30pm - 2:15pm | Group Networking and Planning Session | |
2:15pm - 2:45pm | OLC Quality Scorecard: Getting Started, Part II Small group discussions focused on drafting strategies that participants can take back to their institution and implement Sharing campus strategies with larger group - Scoping institutional goals for the next year - Expected challenges and strategies to overcome challenges |
Ryman C/F Kaye Shelton Karen Pedersen |
2:45pm - 3:30pm | Networking Coffee Break | Room Ryman B1-B3 |
3:30pm - 4:15pm | Online Piano Lessons: Making Meaningful Connections Technology is making distance learning a “clear and present” option for teachers. This session will present the challenges and many opportunities of distance piano instruction, as well as the tool and strategies in how to adapt curriculums for this new medium of long-distance instruction. |
Ryman C/F Joao Paulo Casarotti |
4:30pm - 5:30pm | Attend Innovate Conference Opening Keynote: "Campfire Stories" | Tennessee Ballroom |
5:30pm – 7:00pm | Innovate Welcome Reception | Ryman B1-B3 |
*Dinner Networking Opportunities |
7:30am – 8:30am | OLC/MERLOT Community Breakfast | Tennessee Ballroom |
8:45am – 9:30am | Challenges in Adopting OER at HBCUs Demonstrations
Opportunities: Hands-on exploration of OER MERLOT’s Resources and Services The HBCU-Innovate panel will discuss the same five challenges Navin Pathak addressed in his 2015 blog on; Barriers to adopting OER by Colleges in Developing Nations” as these challenges are very much the same facing HBCU’s. |
Ryman C/F Karen Nichols Rona Tyger Jean-Jacques Medastin Tracy Barley |
9:30am - 9:45am | Break | |
9:45am - 10:30am | Introductory hands-on workshop on free & open educational resources by CSU/MERLOT - Participants get practical experience in how they can use MERLOT in their own AL$ initiative |
Ryman C/F Gerry Hanley Leslie Kennedy Moustapha Diack Robbie Melton |
10:30am - 11:00am | Networking Coffee Break | Ryman B1-B3 |
11:00am - 11:20pm | MERLOT and SKillsCommons: Workforce Training & Careers - OER Resources for Career and Workforce Development |
Ryman C/F |
11:20am - 11:50am | Hands-on AL$ Workshop on OER (Connecting to Your Planning Activities) - Exploring HBCU AL$ portals - What are some initial organizational and political steps to take in your planning? - Using the AL$ planning template to draft a program |
Ryman C/F Gerry Hanley Leslie Kennedy Moustapha Diack Robbie Melton |
12:00pm - 1:20pm | OLC/MERLOT Awards Lunch | Tennessee Ballroom |
1:30pm - 2:15pm | Customizing your AL$ program for your Institution: Overview - Shaping AL$ to SUS’s culture and organization - Pilot AL$ Schools: Examples - Fort Valley State University - Leveraging CSU-MERLOT’s services - Developing a communication campaign - Using the AL$ planning template to draft a program |
Ryman C/F Gerry Hanley Leslie Kennedy Moustapha Diack Robbie Melton |
2:15pm - 2:30pm | Break | |
2:30pm - 3:15pm | Changing the View and Closing the Gaps Problem: Historically, traditional textbooks have been written from the perspective of the dominant culture (white/male). Solution: OER are revisable and adaptable, so teachers and faculty at HBCUs and Tribal Colleges can revise or add examples from the students’ culture. Examples of leaders, historical perspectives, languages, images—can all be adapted to suit the needs of the course objectives and campus. There are many advantages to replacing traditional textbooks with OER and Open Textbooks (such as cost savings, and that they are available on the first day of class to all students), but one of the most important aspects for equity and inclusion is the ability to adapt and revise OER. |
Ryman C/F Tanya Spilovoy, Director of Open Policy – WCET Moustapha Diack, Associate Vice President for Online Learning Services – Southern University System (SUS) of Louisiana |
3:15pm - 4:00pm | Networking Coffee Break | Ryman B1-B3 |
4:15pm - 5:30pm | Keynote Presentation at Innovate Conference | Tennessee Ballroom |
5:30pm – 7:00pm | Innovate Social Event - ProctorU Post-Keynote Party: "Beer, Bourbon, and BBQ" Happy Hour And A Half (all attendees) | Tennessee Lobby A |
7:30am - 9:30am | Continental Breakfast | Tennessee Ballroom |
8:15am – 9:30am | Keynote Presentation at Innovate Conference | Tennessee Ballroom |
9:45am - 10:30am | 1:1 Consulting on implementing your own AL$ program | Davidson B Gerry Hanley Leslie Kennedy Moustapha Diack Robbie Melton |
10:30am – 11:15am | Final Networking Coffee Break | Ryman B1-B3 |
11:15am - 12:00pm | Attend recommended OLC Innovate session | Breakout Rooms |
12:00pm - 12:30pm | OLC/MERLOT Innovate 2018 Closing Celebration Event: Failing Forward | Tennessee Lobby A |
The Wed through Friday HBCU Summit is included in the cost of registration for OCL Innovate 2018.
There is a special registration discount available for HBCU affiliates. Please contact us at conference@onlinelearning-c.org for more information or to request the discount code if you are an HBCU affiliate. You may also contact Ms. Reshonda Corley (reshonda_corley@subr.edu) for the registration code.
HBCU Affiliate Onsite Attendee Options | Price |
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HBCU Affiliate code required. | $670 |
Individual Virtual Attendee Options | |
HBCU Affiliate Individual Virtual Attendee | $120 |
Group Virtual Attendee Packages | |
HBCU Affiliate Buy 2, Get 1 Free | $240 |
HBCU Affiliate Unlimited Group Package | $995 |
Non-HBCU Affiliates are welcome to attend the HBCU Summit at the Innovate conference. Non-affiliates will pay OLC/MERLOT member or non-member rates as usual for the conference. There is no additional fee for the HBCU Summit.
All attendees wishing to attend the HBCU Summit (HBCU Affiliate or not) should indicate that they plan to participate in the HBCU Summit when prompted during the registration process.
We are pleased you will be joining us in Nashville. The HBCU Summit at OLC Innovate 2018 includes special HBCU sessions throughout the conference. HBCU attendees are invited to attend HBCU-focused sessions or any regular Innovate program session as desired.
Attendees from HBCU institutions may register following these instructions. Note – there is a code that must be entered at checkout in order to receive a special HBCU rate of $670.
When you register to attend OLC Innovate 2018 and the HBCU Summit in Nashville, please follow these steps:
Session Registration Page:
From Optional Items Page:
On the SUBMIT PAYMENT page, enter discount code in the box and APPLY: IN18HBCU (this code reduces the conference fee to $670)
Add your Payment Method
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**Conference materials are accessible on the OLC Innovate website. Attendees are granted permission with a user role that is linked to your registration. You must have an OLC User Account in order to have this permission to view the recorded sessions (post-conference) and access any session materials uploaded by presenters. Please be sure you have an OLC user account. If you do not have an account, create one today – a community membership is free.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact laurie.lulow@onlinelearning-c.org.
We look forward to seeing you in April!