Project-based learning, collaborative assignments, public-facing scholarship, and ePortfolios are examples of open practices that empower co-creation, changing the learning environment from passive to dynamic. This SUNY-wide conference provides a place to share tools, pedagogical methods, and support structures designed to encourage exploration, experimentation, and innovation.

The conference will bring together faculty, technologists, librarians, teaching and learning support specialists, and students to engage in lively conversation around these topics and to share their own successes and challenges designing and implementing projects and initiatives. The objectives of the conference are to be an entry point for participants who want an introduction to the world of open education and how it can fit across disciplines (digital humanities, citizen science, public pedagogies, data visualization), to support students in the creation of a digital professional identity, and to welcome diverse participants into the conversation on how to sustain this community of practice.

Conference Themes:

• Supporting students’ digital fluency
• Amplifying underrepresented voices
• Universal designing for learning
• Open pedagogy
• Connecting course content to students’ professional online presence
• Building confidence