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From OER to Open Press and Open Impact: The Evolution of Large-Scale Open Education Initiatives

Thursday, May 16, 8:45 a.m.  
Memorial Hall

This panel session begins by introducing a maturity model for open education initiatives that spans start-up, growth, integration, innovation, and movement towards OER sustainability, including the “Open Press” model. It then leads into a thoughtful discussion with campus champions who have directed open education initiatives through stages of maturity. They will share insights about how moving towards the Open Press model has helped them grapple with questions of scope and mission as they seek to build sustainable OER and impactful open education projects.

Panelists:

• Stefanie Buck, Director, Open Educational Resources, Oregon State University
• Anita Walz, Assistant Director of Open Education and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Virginia Tech
• Allison Brown (she/her), Digital Publishing Services Manager, SUNY Geneseo
• Abbey Elder, Open Access & Scholarly Communication Librarian, Iowa State University;
• Julie Curtis (she/her), VP Growth & Strategy, Pressbooks

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Growing OER Publishing Programs: Watershed Decisions that Drive Impact

Thursday, May 16, 11:15 a.m.  
Heritage Gallery

This session invites attendees to join in conversation with OER publishing practitioners about key,
“watershed” decisions that have shaped the course of their work implementing OER publishing
programs as they seek impact, scale, and sustainability.

Panelists:

• Shane Nackerud (he/him), Director, Affordable Learning and Open Education (ALOE), University of Minnesota Libraries
• Kathy Essmiller (she/hers), Coordinator, OpenOKState | OER Librarian, Oklahoma State University Libraries
• Ryan Otto (he/him), Scholarly Communication and Digital Scholarship Librarian, Kansas State University Libraries
• Julie Curtis (she/her), VP Growth & Strategy, Pressbooks

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Julie Curtis

VP, Growth and Strategy

Julie is a veteran of the edtech space and has spent most of her career helping institutions navigate the burgeoning world of open educational resources. Together with several of our institutional partners, Julie created the Open Education Maturity Model as a framework to help institutions in this work.

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