Call for Proposals
Spring Orientation 2016
January 11th to January 13th
Deadline for Submitting Proposal: Friday, October 23, 2015
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Faculty Development Committee is accepting proposals for Spring Orientation 2016, which
will take place from Monday, January 11th through Wednesday, January 13th. The focus for
Orientation Week will be:
STUDENT PERSISTENCE, SUCCESS AND ACADMIC EXCELLENCE:
Best Practices that Bring About Academic, Career and Personal Success
We encourage everyone to submit a proposal for a workshop session during Orientation Week.
There are many creative ways to achieve our goals of student success and academic excellent.
We welcome your ideas!
Topic Areas
While program topics maybe more exact, we ask that you categorize your presentation into one
of the following Strategic Plan 2013-2017 goals or institutional initiatives:
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Student Persistence/Success
Connected Communities
Academic Excellence
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
Wellness
Work-Life Balance
Timetable and Compensation
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Proposal Deadline: October 23, 2015
Presenters Notified: By December 4, 2015
Delivery of Presentations: Monday, January 11th to Wednesday, January 13th
Pay Rate: $65.00/hour (.0754 LHE)
Proposal Submission
Submit presentation proposal materials electronically to Bob Gynn, Faculty Development
Liaison, @ bgynn@oakton.edu by October 23, 2015
If you have questions, please contact the Chair of the Faculty Development Committee, Bob
Gynn, bgynn@oakton.edu or at 847-635-1843.
Fall Orientation Week 2015 Proposal
(Please complete one form per workshop/presentation)
Tuesday, January 12th from 1:00 to 2:00 pm in ??
Please provide the following information:
1. Name(s)/Title(s) and Division(s) of Presenter(s):_____Sherrill Weaver, Professor,
Library & Online Learning AND Leana Cuellar, Director of Student Learning and
Engagement_AND additional COL 108 Instructors TBA_________
 Jennifer Cumption, Earth Science lab manual
2. Email address of Primary Contact: ____weaver@oakton.edu___________
3. Phone number of Primary Contact:_____x1645_________________
4. Title of Proposed Session: _____Will They Read It if It’s Free? Open Educational
Resources (OER) Textbooks and Student Success ____________________________
5. Short Description of Proposed Session: _______ Open Educational Resources (OER)
include free and customizable textbooks that can be adopted for college courses.
In this session, we will demonstrate how faculty teaching one course – COL 108
The College Experience – discovered, adapted, adopted, and are using an OER
textbook effectively. We will also discuss with session participants these seven
questions:
1. What is an OER textbook?
2. How do OER textbooks work?
3. Who's creating OER textbooks ?
4. Why are OER textbooks significant?
5. What are the downsides of using OER textbooks?
6. Where is the development of OER textbooks going?
7. What are the implications of using OER textbooks for teaching and
learning? _____________________________
6. Program Length Requested: 60 minutes
7. Program Type:
Panel Discussion
8. What Strategic Plan objective(s) or Institutional Initiative will be met (see 1-6
above):
To explore pedagogical and professional ideas, approaches, resources and
materials with colleagues
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Student Persistence/Success
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Academic Excellence
9. Would you willing to repeat the session on same day (as needed)? Yes NOTE:
This session cannot be scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2016 due to a prior
commitment.
10. What are the Room Requirements and/or Media Services Needs:
__Any classroom____________
All Fall Orientation Week (January 2016) Proposals are due by
Friday, October 23, 2015