 There it goes. OK, so we'll be recording the session. OK, thank you, Nicole. So welcome, everybody. I want to introduce my co-host, Winnie Zhang, and our two special guests, Regina Gong and Jeff Gallant. And I'm going to let them introduce themselves. Hi. I work at Spark on the open education team and also am a conference team member. Good morning, everyone. My name is Regina Gong. I am the OER and Student Success Librarian at Michigan State University. And I am also one of the members of this year's Steering Community. I'm Jeff Gallant. I'm the program director of Affordable Learning Georgia. You may know Affordable Learning Georgia from Tiffany Reardon, who is on the Steering Committee. I'm on the future of OER Committee. I jump in the discord from time to time, and I ran Kara Ooyaki last night. Thanks so much, everyone, for being here. I should say I'm Amy Tan. And I'm also on the Steering Committee. And I've been having so much fun hosting the early show for you this week. So we're going to start with our mugs. We all brought a mug for show and tell so we'll display our mugs for you. Regina, do you have a special? Special one, right? And Jeff, everybody? OK, so we're going to tell you the story of our mugs. And I'm going to ask Regina to go first, because hers is special. You're muted, Regina. OK, so can you all see that? How beautiful that espresso is and latte. So this one is a mug that I got when I went to Milan last year for the Open Ed Global. Because I was like, oh, my gosh, you really need to see all the layers of the espresso. When you make the cappuccino and all that, so you need a clear mug. And I finally gave in and I bought an espresso. I want to go after Regina because it's very related. So this is a swag mug from Couperin. They are the French library organization. So all around France, they have something that is a lot like our Georgia organization, Galileo, which does electronic resources for everybody out there. They wanted to start an OER program. So they contacted my director and said, hey, you've got something going on and you're a lot like us. Why don't you come over to Paris and present to members of the basically the steering committee there? And so, yeah, they had an open access day. And so they had me as the guest speaker. And it was really cool learning their perspective on stuff because in France, education is a lot more affordable for many reasons. And textbooks there are more affordable. So when they approach OER, they're approaching it more from a public good standpoint, more from a cultural awareness standpoint. Like we are bringing French ideas out there, French culture, geography. So it was really neat to see a good take on OER that wasn't centered on cost. All right, I'll go next. So again, I said on the Tuesday show that was a different dog mug. I'm one of those annoying dog people that tell everybody I have dogs and have like 10 mugs that say I'm a dog mom. So this one says my kids have paws. And again, I bought this mug when I only had one dog. It's like foreshadowing that I was going to get another dog randomly during finals week. So now I have two dogs and this mug actually makes sense. That's awesome. Wonderful stories. Mine is just kind of silly today. I picked a holiday mug. This is a mug that my mother actually gave to my children one year for Christmas so that they could have hot cocoa. So as you can see, we're all dressed festively today, just for fun. And I see Nicole is there in her festive sweater and she has a mug. She has her open education mug. So we're happy that Nicole was able to join us this morning and yeah, Jeff, show us your shirt. Yeah, so my Christmas shirt this year is a dog that looks a lot like Rocket, my dog, with a Santa hat on. We celebrate Christmas here and we celebrate Diwali. My wife's side of the family is first generation Indian American. So we are already doing some Diwali festivities right now, trying to light the place up over the weekend. And because of COVID, we can't really get together with the whole family, which is tough, but yeah, it's a lot of fun. It's basically the big holiday of the year, so yeah. Yeah, we're getting a little head start here on our holidays, just because we're working remotely and it's fun to start thinking about the traditions that make these times special, especially since a lot of us aren't going to be able to gather with friends and family. So we just thought we would bring a little festivity to your day. If you wore a festive shirt, then feel free to show us, don't feel pressured to turn your camera on unless you want to. So we're gonna chat a little bit with Regina and Jeff, and then we're gonna ask all of you if you brought a mug to share your mug and your story if you want to. But first I wanna give Jeff a little bit of time to talk about some of the wonderful activities that he's been supporting this week. Well, the big one has been Kara Ooyaki. I've always liked going to it ever since I started going to the Open Education Conference. I don't think I was in that one in 2014 because that was kind of like hotel room based, but then starting in 2015, there were the many pun-filled events like OER Garitas and OER Yoki slash Kara Ooyaki that happens and it really brought people together. This is where I've met a lot of people and got to know like their personalities and just music tends to bring out your fun side. So it's really nice to just kind of have that way of getting to know each other. So when I was asked to be the Kara Ooyaki host this year, I was like, yeah, absolutely. I had no idea how to do it. There were a lot of technical issues last night, but it didn't really matter. So like if you're thinking of going on Zoom Kara Ooyaki with random people and because you love the idea of singing your song in front of somebody, it's not a great way to do that. But if you have a whole bunch of people around that you know and they're your friends and you just love them all, then it's super fun. Like seeing Regina saying what's going on last night, it was just so great. Daniel, who was in the chat too, was like superhero of Kara Ooyaki last night. He sang King George's song from Hamilton and then he got an encore, a literal encore where we asked him to sing it again and then we sang a little bit along at the end. And then Nicole beckoned him back into the room to sing Friends in Low Places, which she did last year at Kara Ooyaki too. So in Zoe Wake Hyde showed up to sing from Rebus with her friends, Maya, who was dancing in the background. Raya Cimet was the first singer. She sounded awesome. She sang and everything went wrong with the tech, but she still sounded great. We had the cover of Johnny Cash's Hurt, which kind of like toned down everything for a little bit. And then we talked about like remix culture and covers. That's one cool thing about Kara Ooyaki online. So if you were Moe last year, doing the Kara Ooyaki stuff at the front of the bar, trying to get everything arranged, scheduling people, that you can't talk with everybody that way, but you're in this little conversation in Kara Ooyaki when you're online, because you're all connected through microphones. So you can immediately start talking about your performance after you could talk about the song. That was a cool thing about it. So that was, it was a ton of fun. This microphone was in front of me last night and it was disconnected and I didn't know. So you all heard like a terrible laptop microphone for me. No, it's fantastic. And I really admire other people who put themselves out there. I mean, that's courageous and it's fun and it is beautiful to see in this community. And also everybody last night sounded fantastic, but part of Kara Ooyaki is also not being the best singer in the room. So I look forward to more of these fun times when we can all relax together. And Regina, do you wanna talk to us a little bit about, you have a long history with OpenEd and you kicked us off at the welcome on Monday. So do you wanna talk to us a little bit about your thoughts and reflections this morning? Yeah, yes. So not very long history. I started in 2015 attending OpenEd, but I feel that this year really brought it, it's different because I was in the 2018 and 2019 program committee for OpenEd. So we had a chance to quote unquote shape the conference and all that and it was different from the way we conducted it before and certainly now where it is much more community led. So I think all of us were pretty nervous in the steering committee because this is our first virtual conference and we don't know how it will turn out as much as we've worked really, really hard in making this more diverse, inclusive participatory conference, there's still some things that we were kind of like, oh, did we do enough? Or are there gonna be like some catastrophic things that's gonna happen? Fortunately, all those little fires we were able to put out and really, I don't know, I've met a lot of new people. Like first time attendees in all the sessions that I've moderated and in tea time because I also am in charge of tea time and I did quite a few and I think it was really well-participated, I am really amazed by the level of participation of our attendees. So I thought, oh my, they probably have this Zoom fatigue because we use Zoom at work and certainly all throughout this conference and but I think people are just so excited to have that connection because we are not meeting online and I hope you found that, you found that connection as you engaged with each other all throughout the week. So I'll stop there. Thanks so much, Regina. And thanks so much for your energy. You bring a life to this conference and to the community and we really appreciate your work on the steering committee. And Jeff, I was saying to you earlier, you also bring a life and an energy to this community and I have really enjoyed seeing you in the chat and in Discord and really engaging in such a lovely way. So thank you, thank you to both of you. And I think, sorry. Oh, I just said thanks. So I think we have about 10 minutes left and I think I forgot to give Winnie a chance to tell you about some fun activities coming up today. So I'm gonna let her do that right now. Yes, so we have right before the plenary a spiral journal at tea time. So you can bring some pen and paper along with the pencil or pen, paper, pencil, whatever you use, tea, coffee and they'll do spiral journals. So it's focusing on reflection while allowing individuals to compose responses thoughtfully and calmly and writing. This will actually be led by Maha and Mia as well as Regina, of course, the host of Tea Time. And then we'll go into Dungeons and Dragons once more. So bring, if you've played before, we're gonna try to leave a slot open for them because there's similar characters, I believe in the second version. So you should note that it may be moved to Saturday afternoon, but I know D&D fans don't care about that. They just want it to start. So go ahead and check out the session description. They're using roll 20 and you'll be able to join them on their D&D adventure they worked on. That sounds super fun. And if it does get moved to Saturday, maybe I can join in. We'll see. D&D, yes. My kids rolled, that was one of the things that we did during the quarantine was we, we tried to do a family D&D and so now we all have characters. That was interesting. Oh yeah, rolling a character takes a day, right? Like that's just getting started. Sometimes I've seen two days where people are rolling their characters before we even get going. Yeah. And also one of the thing is that closing reception, I totally missed that. So obviously very big social event is the closing reception. So if you're able to make it at 4 p.m. Eastern, we will be posting that. Don't forget the closing reception and the plenary. I usually wait till the end of the show to remind you about the plenary, but today I do wanna really feature it. It's gonna be at 11 central standard time and at noon Eastern time. And the topic will be the future of OpenEd. It'll be similar to the community calls where we will be seeking to engage the community to think about where we go from this conference. What comes next and how do we get there? And we really want this to be, we need to have the community energy. We need to keep it going. So I hope you'll all be able to join us and participate in that. So does anybody, did anybody bring your mug today? Do you wanna show us your mug and tell us a story about your mug? We do have time for that. I should also mention, oh, hey, there's somebody. Hey, my name is Ryan. Good to meet everyone. Big Sport of OER. I work for the Michelson-20MM Foundation. My mug is a Bartlett for America mug, which if anyone's watched the West Wing, President Bartlett, you know, it is the season. And I didn't realize that it was festive shirt day, but I did wear my octopus sweater today. So, yeah, that's all I got. Nice, nice. And we should thank the Michelson Foundation for they made scholarships available for many people to attend this year. And so we are grateful for that. Thank you, Ryan, for being here. Patricia, do you have a mug? Yep, I have a mug. This is a mug that a student gave me. It's kind of hard to see, but this is made of pictures that make letters. And it actually spells out my last name, Lynn. It's beautiful. This is a student who I had in first year writing and who kept coming back to see me the entire time. I actually will be officiating her wedding next summer. Oh, that's beautiful. Incredible. I love that. Wonderful stories. Dawn, do you have a mug? This is just a simple ray done. I don't know if you can see it. It says Spice Cider, because that is one of my favorite things this time of year as it gets a little bit cooler. And I didn't wear a festive shirt, but I do have on Christmas tree earrings. I don't know if you can see them. They kind of dangle. And y'all, the octopus, if you have not watched my octopus teacher, the documentary that was on Netflix, changed my world, y'all. I looked at my husband. I don't mean to offend anybody. I said, that's it. Octopus is off the menu forever now. You may never eat one of these amazing creatures again. Doesn't he? I haven't seen it. It's on Netflix. Okay. Beautiful. To put it on my list. Hi, Cassandra. Hello. So this is my mug. It says fictional character on it. And it is from the Changing Hands bookstore in Phoenix. And I bought it after the end of week sessions for OpenEd last year, which was my first OpenEd and it was a little adventure I planned for myself. So it is very tied to my OpenEd memories of the past. Perfect for the final day of the conference. Hi. The mug, my favorite mug and the one I have right now, it says reading is sexy. The story behind that is that, well, I'm a librarian, but also that my mom gave it to me. She, I got my love of reading from her. And when she saw this mug, she thought, yeah, my daughter should have this. So I've been using it for, I don't know, only five years now. Well, I saw Regina react. She reacted immediately because she's also a librarian. I think she knew you were going to say that you were a librarian. And also wear glasses similar to the ones on the cup. So it's perfect. Well, thanks for sharing. How about Mary? Hi. So my mug that I have, I don't have to do anything except for try to get it into the light is one of, people may have seen these, the Starbucks You Are Here collection. So much like Akanksha mentioned earlier this week, I also worked at Starbucks back in a past life. And so I have a lot of Starbucks mugs in my collection. But this one is particularly special because it is from the original Starbucks store in the Pike Place Market in Seattle. I got it on my honeymoon while I was there. And I guess my one tip, if you're interested in ever visiting that, if you've never been there before, is to go very early in the morning. It becomes a tourist nightmare later in the day. But if you do go early in the morning, it's just all of the people who visit it as their regular store. And it's just a really chill, cool little coffee shop. You know, I have not been to Pike Place. I would love to go there one day. I just hear such wonderful things about the area. So thank you so much. Thanks to all of you for coming and sharing with us this morning. I see a few more people out there. Anybody else bring your mug? Want to share your story? You sure? Well, I go. Okay, David, hey, David. Um, run my bed head because it's both. It was, this, this starts at 7.30. Is he mugged? Which I eat. Uh-oh. I think David's breaking up a little bit. Uh-huh. He was exclaimed. So it's freeze? Oh, no. David, are you going to try the chat, David, to type your story? Did his camera go out? I think he's frozen. Uh-oh. Chat is your story. Oh, it's my tea mug exclusively for coffee. That's brilliant. So yes, if I have a little confession to make this whole week, I've been sharing mugs and I have been drinking coffee, but I have also been drinking tea. So I literally am too busy, caffeine drinker. And that's pretty standard to get through the morning. Even when it's not a thrilling open-ed conference week. So we just, we're going to wrap up here and this is our final show. Winnie, do you have anything to say before we send everyone off? No, I just wanted to know that David did share the rest of the story in chat. Oh yes, tell us. I hope David can share photos on here. That would be awesome. Yeah, if you can get a photo, David. I love that. Yeah, I also moved my coffee machine into my room because I've completely given up. So it's back there now. It's about 10 steps away from me. Wow, she's... You have immediate access for the caffeine infusion. The cinnamon mug goes dry. Before we go, can I make a blog for the tea time that 11.30 will be doing as an actual journal activity? And Mahabali and Nia Samora will be there. And it's just really a good way of ending our conference. So yeah, come with your pen and pencil. It is a perfect way to end your conference. And I should note today is officially World Kindness Day, which I think is a value that this community emanates and displays. So that can be one of the themes for our final day. It's also Oddly Friday the 13th in this very strange 2020. Oh. What's that? What's that, Winnie? Yeah, I just noticed that. So all the irony, but thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for joining us each day and making our morning special. And we send you off for the final day. Enjoy and what we hope to see you at the Punnery and definitely hope to see you next year, wherever we are. So take care, great day, thank you everyone for joining us. Enjoying us. Bye, everybody. Bye. Do you wanna end the recording, Winnie?