OpenEd20

The SPARC Open Education Leadership Program is an intensive professional development program to empower academic professionals with the knowledge, skills, and connections to lead successful open education initiatives that benefit students. The two-semester program blends online, peer-to-peer, and project-based learning to build a comprehensive understanding of the open education space coupled with practical know-how to take action on campus and beyond. Structured as a fellowship, each cohort becomes a vibrant community of practice that is further enhanced by expert instructors and mentorship support.

This Showcase Gallery session offers a summary of the capstone projects implemented by the 2019-20 cohort. Hailing from diverse institutions across the U.S. and Canada, each of the 27 fellows published an openly licensed resource of value to the broader open education field as an output of their capstone project, along with a final report articulating lessons learned. Resources range from open education training modules to OER toolkits to metadata recommendations. Participants may browse and access these resources, as well as the openly licensed curriculum for the program.

Learning Outcomes:

• Browse the final reports and capstone resources developed by the 2019-20 cohort of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program
• Access the openly licensed curriculum for the Open Education Leadership Program