<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Opening Up Education: Textbooks, Resources, Courseware, and More</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Register now for this NISO Virtual Conference</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Date and Time: Wednesday, April 19, 11:00am – 5:00pm</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">The 21st-century educational environment demands a certain amount of rethinking and redesign of classroom support for learning—textbooks, information resources, and interactive courseware. An emphasis on cost-containment and accessibility suggests that education will become more open. This virtual conference will address the complexities of delivering instructional tools and digital resources in the increasingly open educational ecosystem. What is a textbook? Can it be engineered into an online learning environment, with content, study aids, and quizzes delivered as appropriate to create a personalized student experience? What is the long-term role of open course ware</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">, as created by the likes of MIT or Yale? What does a growing interest in open educational resources (OER) suggest for the various stakeholders? What types of technological support may be necessary?<br> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Preliminary Agenda with Confirmed Speaker Participants</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">11:00 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.<br>Introduction</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><br><b><i>Todd Carpenter,</i></b><i> Executive Director, NISO</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">11:10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m<br>Opening Keynote: Current Status of OER in Higher Education<br>Confirmed Speaker: Mary Lou Forward, </span></b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Executive Director, Open Education Consortium</span></i><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.  <br>Lessons & Learnings from the Gates Foundation’s Investments in Open Education within U.S. Higher Education</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><br><b>Confirmed Speaker: Rahim Rajan</b>, <i>Senior Program Officer, Gates Foundation</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.  <br>Creating and Assessing OER Materials<br>Confirmed Speaker: Julie Lang, </span></b><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">OER Coordinator, Teaching and Learning with Technology, Penn State University</span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">12:45pm -1:45pm   Lunch</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.  <br>Delivering Open Access Monographs</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><br><b>Confirmed Speaker: Rupert Gatti</b>, <i>Founder and Co-Director, Open Book Publishers</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.  <br>Delivering Open Courseware</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"><br><b>Confirmed Speaker: Dr. David Wiley</b>, <i>Founder and Chief Academic Officer, Lumen Learning</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px"><b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:verdana;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:rgb(254,255,255)">2:45 p.m.- 3:15 p.m. <br>Open Textbook and Online Learning Materials</span></b><span style="font-family:"times new roman""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">Speaker TBA</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:12.8px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial">3:15pm – 3:30pm Break</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:arial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