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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Thinking about submitting a proposal for the free OpenCon Cleveland event in March? Deadline is Monday, February 12.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Marsha A Miles <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 01, 2018 1:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov' <ohiodig@lists.library.ohio.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> OpenCon 2018 Cleveland: call for proposals<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">OpenCon 2018 Cleveland</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">March 5th, 2018</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Call for Lightning Talk Proposals</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Submissions due</span></b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> <b>February 12th</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Tf4koxbx2aP9mxci2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#6611CC;text-decoration:none">Lightning Talk
Submission Form</span></a></span><b><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">: </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/Tf4koxbx2aP9mxci2" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#6611CC;text-decoration:none">https://goo.gl/forms/Tf4koxbx2aP9mxci2</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Please consider sharing your <b>experiences, research, and initiatives with adopting or creating an open educational resource on your campus</b> with your Northeast Ohio colleagues by submitting
a lightning talk proposal for OpenCon Cleveland 2018. <span style="background:white">The audience of this event is l</span></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ibrarians, library staff, instructional
designers, and faculty</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> in the region, and it is <b>free of charge</b>. </span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Talks
will consist of 8-10 minute presentations highlighting practical tips for open educational resource (OER) creation or adoption, such as project management, working with administrators and faculty, handling licensing issues, and using platforms like OER Commons
and Pressbooks. We have a </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHLu9AcQmfFc5ixDTbPxfxxV5rGe_BBEY42OQ_UkL0W2JQTA/viewform?usp=sf_link" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#6611CC;text-decoration:none">Google
form for submitting proposals</span></a></span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> and all submissions are due on <b>February 12th</b>. Decisions about accepted submissions will be communicated by February 20th.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">More details about the </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><a href="https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/oa/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#6611CC;text-decoration:none">OpenCon
2018 Cleveland</span></a></span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> event can be found on our website.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Thank you for your submissions, and don't hesitate to contact us with questions!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888888"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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