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*NISO Educational Programs, April 2017*

*Read on to learn more about our April webinar and the planned Virtual
Conference on OER!*


NISO WebinarTrends in Presentation & Delivery: Publishing Experts Speak
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2017/webinars/apr12_webinar/>

*Wednesday, April 12, 2017*

*1:00 – 2:00pm (Eastern)*



The objective of this session is to gather input from consultants, content
and technology providers as to their perspective on emerging technologies
that might transform (or at least enhance) the presentation and delivery of
information to researchers and scholars. What visions do they have for
enhancing information environments and resources? What possibilities get
them excited? What “Next Big Thing” do they see? It may be on the fringes
now, but it might just as easily go viral!



*Confirmed Speakers:  Simone Taylor*, Publisher, Open Access, Wiley; *Deni
Auclair*, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Analyst, DeltaThink; *Jake
Zarneger,* Chief Product Officer, Silverchair.



All speaker abstracts are now available and registration is open. Remember
that Library Standards Alliance members <http://www.niso.org/about/roster/>
automatically receive access to the full 2017 series of NISO webinars as a
benefit of that membership.



*NISO Virtual Conference*

*Opening Up Education: Textbooks, Resources, Courseware & More*
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2017/2017_virtconf/apr19_virtconf/>

*Wednesday, April 19, 2017*

*11:00am – 5:00pm (Eastern)*



The 21st century educational environment demands a certain amount of
re-thinking and re-design of classroom support for learning – textbooks,
information resources, and interactive courseware. An emphasis on
cost-containment and accessibility suggests that education will become more
open. This virtual conference will address the complexities of delivering
instructional tools and digital resources in the increasingly open
educational ecosystem. What is a textbook? Is it engineered into an online
learning environment, with content, study aids and quizzes delivered as
appropriate to a personalized student experience? What is the long-term
role of Open CourseWare, as created by the likes of MIT or Yale? What does
a growing interest in OER suggest for the various stakeholders? What types
of technological support may be necessary?



Access to an associated NISO Training Thursday webinar on April 27 is
included in your registration for this virtual conference.



*Confirmed Speakers*:  *Mary Lou Forward*, *Executive Director, Open
Education Consortium;*  *Rahim Rajan*, *Senior Program Officer, Gates
Foundation; **Julie Lang*, *OER Coordinator, Teaching and Learning with
Technology, Penn State University;* *Rupert Gatti*, *Founder and
Co-Director, Open Book Publishers; **Dr. David Wiley*, *Founder and Chief
Academic Officer, Lumen Learning; **Ashley Miller*, *Educational
Technologist, Ohio State University; **Melissa Russell, **Director of
Content Strategy*, *and** Mike Matousek, **Director of Content Initiatives*
, *Cengage Learning*



*About Registration:* Purchase of a single registration to a NISO virtual
conference entitles you to gather an *unlimited* number of staff from your
organization/institution in a class- or conference room setting to view the
event on the day of the live broadcast. It also includes access to an
archived recording of the event to allow those with conflicting obligations
to still benefit from the day’s content.



For specifics on cost and additional information provided by our speakers,
please see the NISO event page
<http://www.niso.org/news/events/2017/2017_virtconf/apr19_virtconf/>.



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