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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">*Please excuse cross-posting*<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The OpenCon Cleveland 2020 Planning Committee invites session proposals for OpenCon Cleveland 2020 on
<b>February 28th at Cleveland State University</b>. </span><a href="https://forms.gle/rwrqQpMFtPuRBUSN9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Proposal submissions</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
are due on <b>December 1st</b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal submission form:
</span><a href="https://forms.gle/rwrqQpMFtPuRBUSN9"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://forms.gle/rwrqQpMFtPuRBUSN9</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/oa/opencon2019/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">OpenCon Cleveland</span></b></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
is an annual event that occurs during or near </span><a href="https://www.openeducationweek.org/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Open Education Week</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
and celebrates the benefits of open education to student learning. Faculty, students, librarians, instructional designers, and administrators are all welcome to a day of learning and sharing on the CSU campus. This event is FREE, and participants may purchase
a box lunch. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This year we’re making two changes to the event:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our focus will be on the benefits of open for
<b>student success </b>in the classroom, <b>faculty flexibility</b> in curriculum design, and
<b>social equity</b> in our communities. There will be less of a focus on affordability, although discussions about affordability that relate to our focus are welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Based on previous event feedback, the event will be more hands-on and provide more opportunities for interaction, networking, and active participation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are looking for 30 or 60 minute sessions related to our themes (described above). At least half of the session should be devoted to discussion
or hands-on activities. Proposals that ask participants to interact with one another and actively engage with the content are preferred, and collaborative submissions with multiple presenters are welcome. All submissions are due on
<b>December 1st</b> and decisions about accepted submissions will be communicated by January 15th. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More information about the OpenCon 2020 Cleveland event can be found here:
</span><a href="https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/oa/opencon2020/"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/oa/opencon2020/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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