OER and GOOpenCT – A Connecticut k20 Initiative for the 21st century
February 16, 2022 | Virtual presentation
The use of open education resources (OER) brings many benefits to students and faculty alike: flexibility in course design; textbook cost savings; deeper ability to collaborate with faculty at Eastern and at other institutions; and access to vast stores of collaboratively created learning materials. Join us for this informal presentation by two State of Connecticut experts to learn about OER use in course design and research as well as the State of Connecticut’s new OER site, www.GoOpenCT.org.
Contact: Nick Simon, simonn@easternct.edu
“Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart” A Talkback with the filmmakers and a pre-screening of "Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart"
February 23, 2022 | Student Center Theatre
Randy MacLowry and Tracy Heather Strain are a husband and wife film production team and founders of The Film Posse. They are also professors and co-directors of the Wesleyan Documentary project at Wesleyan University. As directors, producers and writers, they are committed to using film, video and interactive technology to reveal the ways that race, ethnicity, gender and class work to shape lives. This presentation will focus those issues with a springboard discussion of their recent award-winning PBS documentary “Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart” about the gifted African American playwright.
Contact: Robert Carlson, carlsonro@easternct.edu