BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ac0e91e6-f627-41c2-9334-29dd2b90fdab.208087@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200811T145957Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200811T145957Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Amplifying the Voice of Teachers: Reforming Curriculum DESCRIPTION:Missouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annua l Public Affairs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 202 0! This year's public affairs theme is The Power of Voice. \n\n\nLinks to all live webinar events will be listed on the Public Affairs Conference schedule website.\n\n\nTeachers and professors have a long history of cre ating their own lesson plans\, assignments and learning activities. Now\, online “open education resources\,” or OERs\, and other shared teaching materials in the public domain are gaining popularity. That means educato rs from the elementary level through the university level are reshaping c urriculum and instruction\, allowing for amplification of the voices of e ducators. These accessible and (often free) licensed materials have trans formed many educators’ course content and pedagogy. Instructors can now p lan learning through collaboration and information sharing\, rather than by traditional means. What are the implications of this vast new curricul ar resource? Are these tools too individualized to be useful on a large s cale? Are issues\, such as personalization and collaboration\, being over shadowed by intellectual property concerns? How will professional learnin g standards and state achievement testing be affected? What are the pros and cons of expanded teacher efficacy? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Mi ssouri State University invites you to attend the 17th annual Public Affa irs Conference as a live virtual event Sept. 29-Oct. 1\, 2020! This year' s public affairs theme is&nbsp\;<a href="https://publicaffairs.missourist ate.edu/the-power-of-voice.htm">The Power of Voice</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Li nks to all live webinar events will be listed on the&nbsp\;<a href="https ://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/schedule">Public Affairs Conference sc hedule website</a>.</p>\n<p>Teachers and professors have a long history o f creating their own lesson plans\,&nbsp\;assignments and learning activi ties. Now\, online “open education resources\,” or OERs\, and other share d teaching materials in the public domain are gaining popularity. That me ans&nbsp\;educators from the elementary level through the university leve l are reshaping curriculum&nbsp\;and instruction\, allowing for amplifica tion of the voices of educators. These accessible&nbsp\;and (often free) licensed materials have transformed many educators’ course content&nbsp\; and pedagogy. Instructors can now plan learning through collaboration and information&nbsp\;sharing\, rather than by traditional means. What are t he implications of this vast new&nbsp\;curricular resource? Are these too ls too individualized to be useful on a large scale? Are&nbsp\;issues\, s uch as personalization and collaboration\, being overshadowed by intellec tual&nbsp\;property concerns? How will professional learning standards an d state achievement&nbsp\;testing be affected? What are the pros and cons of expanded teacher efficacy?</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T090500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200930T095500 SEQUENCE:0 URL:https://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/conference/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR