Events

Introducing our conference keynote speaker, Amy Hofer, Statewide Open Education Program Director for Oregon's colleges and universities. She has led Open Oregon Educational Resources since 2010 and shares her work at conferences and via openoregon.org. With Veronica Vold, Open Education Instructional Designer, she recently coauthored the Open Curriculum Development Model, a comprehensive collection of training and process materials for developing high-quality, openly licensed curriculum in higher education. Amy works from home in Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her spouse and Wendell the cat.

Introducing our workshop speaker, Abbey Elder, Open Education Services Librarian at Iowa State University and Statewide Open Education Coordinator for the Iowa Open Education Action Team. In addition to her official roles, Abbey also develops programming and professional development for educators on topics such as open access publishing, copyright, and open pedagogy. Her introductory books on open education, including The OER Starter Kit and The OER Starter Kit for Program Managers, have been used in professional development programs across the United States.