OpenRN

The Open RN Team is pleased to announce that we will be leading one of the afternoon breakout sessions at the WLN Spring conference on using Augmented and Virtual Reality in Simulation.  Registration is expected to sell out quickly due to nationally recognized speakers, so be sure to register quickly!

Pleased to present the Open RN project at the Achieve the Dream 2020 conference  with lots of great questions from the audience!

  Congratulations to the January cohort of OER 101!  We are excited to announce the graduates of our inaugural cohort of OER 101! These amazing individuals have built a framework for their open education journeys in their departments and institutions. Congratulations! First Name Last Name Institution Leanne Anthon Madison College Barbara Brown Moraine Park Technical College Jonathan O'Brien Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Valerie Palarski Northcentral Technical College Barb Peters Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Mary Pomietlo Chippewa Valley Technical College Lynda Rastall Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Julie Teeter Gateway Technical College Jamie Zwicky Moraine Park Technical College For more information about OER 101, or to register for an upcoming cohort, visit  www.cvtc.edu/OpenRN .

Pleased to participate on a WTCS Panel presentation about how OER improves student success by establishing equity to access to textbook resources starting day 1 of class as well as enhanced alignment of resources to course competencies.                                     With Hilary Barker. (Image courtesy of Kelly Carpenter, LTC)

As the workgroups for the Fundamentals and Skills OER textbooks have started the development process, I am reminded of the "Model of the Information Search Process" that one of the CVTC Librarians shared with the Pharmacology workgroup as we were getting started in Summer 2019.  It is important for developers to understand the common thoughts, feelings and actions associated with creating OER textbooks, and Kuhlthau explains it well in this model.  We all start with feelings of uncertainty, vagueness and doubt as explore relevant, evidence-based sources for our chapters.  But eventually, as we actively work with the content, feelings of clarity and a sense of direction and confidence develop as we put the materials together and eventually create a satisfying product! Source:  http://wp.comminfo.rutgers.edu/ckuhlthau/guided-inquiry-design/

The Peer Review process of the Nursing Pharmacology textbook has begun with over 40 peer reviewers from across the country.  A rubric and a private Hypothes.is group is being used to gather feedback from reviewers.  After incorporating feedback from reviewers, it is anticipated that the Nursing Pharmacology book will be formally published in Pressbooks in June 2020, and also uploaded to LibreTexts for easy remixing of this Open Educational Resource.

The first OER101 course is wrapping up and we are pleased to report that 13 participants from various departments completed the course!  The next course starts March 6th, so please register by February 28th using the registration link below. Student Success with Open and Affordable Resources This course will provide a beginner-level overview of how student success relates to open educational resources (OER) through the lens of who, what, where, when, why, and how. Participants will examine the problem with the current textbook publishing model, investigate student and faculty perceptions, identify stakeholders within their own institutions, review trends in the Wisconsin and higher education landscape, explore available resources, and begin a plan to get them started on their own OER journey. Upon course completion you will receive a certificate as a Wisconsin OER Champion! Instructor Vince Mussehl, Chippewa Valley Tech