Topic outline

  • Welcome!

    Description:

    The Librarian Cohort is a spring learning community and delivered in synchronously and asynchronously online. We will continue to use this space throughout all phases of the grant for information and resource sharing. 

    This learning community is intended to provide train-the-trainer instruction. Collectively, we will explore open education, open educational resources, textbook publishing, and related issues, technology, and impacts in terms of curriculum and teaching and learning. Through this train-the-train, you will gain the confidence and capacity teaching the materials to your faculty cohort. 

    Cohort Goals:

    • Create a community by connecting librarians from across the state in a supportive learning environment,
    • Provide introduction to open education and to the infrastructure for open publishing (Pressbooks) and open course design (Moodle template) and corresponding tools and skills,
    • Provide professional development to enable librarian leaders to apply their expertise and iterate on this training to share information to their faculty cohorts effectively, respond to participant questions, and lead work.

    Instructional Technologies:

    Through this experience, participants will use Google Drive, Moodle, Pressbooks, Zoom, and OER repositories.

    Schedule:
    Our cohort activity is structured into two-week module. The specifics of each module will be shared via this Moodle, with activities/readings to be completed prior to that module's Zoom meeting.

    Creative Commons attribution license This course and its contents are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network, except where otherwise noted. 

    • Page icon
      About Your Facilitator Page
    • URL icon
      Publishing Resources Guide URL
      This guide includes relevant resources to support various parts of this project. It will evolve as we add more resources. [Opens in new window]
    • Forum icon
      Announcements Forum
    • Forum icon
      Q & A Forum

      Use this forum to ask the facilitator any questions you have about the experience. I encourage you to post here instead of emailing me if it is a questions others may have. 

  • Getting Started

     Checklist




    This module contains all the items you should review and complete before we begin Module 1. Before moving on, be sure to complete the following:
    1. Complete the Accommodations Request Form
    2. Complete the Pre-test assessment
    3. Review Community Agreement in the Q & A form and confirm your acceptance 
    4. Review the course syllabus
    5. Introduce yourself to the cohort
    • File icon
      Accommodations Request Form File
      Students must
      Mark as done
    • File icon
      Pre-Test Assessment File
      Students must
      Mark as done
    • Forum icon
      Sharing Space Forum

      This is meant to be a more informal space to share ideas, resources, opportunities, challenges, or whatever else! 

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      Train-the-Trainer Syllabus URL
      Students must
      Mark as done
    • Forum icon
      Introduce Yourself! Forum
      Students must
      Mark as done

      We have a big group and limited time in our face-to-face meetings. So, to get to know one another, we'll use this forum to share introductions. Please include:

        1. Institution and role
        2. Why you decided to get involved in this project or what drove your interest
        3. Something you enjoy doing on your weekends

      If you wish, free to include a photo of yourself, your pet, or something else! I look forward to working with you all!