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Ready for Take-off? How Emerging Technologies are Fuelling New Approaches Around OER in the UK & the US
Mon March 3, 2025 @ 2:00 pm GMT
Today we are faced with emerging technologies such as (Gen)AI, which have incredible potential – yet also significant risks and challenges. During this panel session at the Northeast OER Summit, we will hear from two forward-looking universities in the UK and the US about their views and experiences with (Gen)AI and OER. While both are unique in terms of their local context, challenges and levels of experience with OER, they are unified by their ambition to locally grow OER success and by their high expectations for its future.
From this session, expect to learn more about practical and real-world examples of (Gen)AI use at these two universities and their library today: how it is used to identify OER gaps, how to understand local OER potential as well as convincing senior leadership to get behind this. Moreover, expect to walk away with concrete ideas for how we can fuel a scaleable OER future at any institution and why now is the time really for this to take off.
During this panel session, we will hear from two different institutions in the UK and the US about their views and experiences with (Gen)AI and OER. While both are unique in terms of their local context, challenges and levels of experience with OER, they are unified by their ambition to locally grow OER success and by their high expectations for its future. You’ll hear practical and real-world examples of (Gen)AI use, such as how it is used to identify OER gaps and to understand the potential of OER.
We’ll hear from each of the panelists about where they are with OER today and why they feel now is the time for OER to take off.
Dal Badesha, Head of Learning Resources and Student Engagement, Coventry University. Dal oversees the learning resources and student engagement team at Coventry University. She plays a crucial role in making sure students can find and use learning resources, including OER.
William Walters, Executive Library Director, Manhattan University. William Walters is the executive library director at Manhattan University. His current research focuses on scholarly communication, academic librarianship, AI in higher education, nonprofit management, and assessment. In one of his latest publications he took a deep dive into the online discoverability of open textbooks.
Tom Mosterd, Co-Founder & Director, Higher Education, Sylla. Tom is one of the cofounders of Sylla, a new technology solution that helps libraries and faculty to easily find, assess and adopt OER tailored to their teaching. At Sylla he works on ensuring new technologies are used for the benefit of libraries.
