Presenter(s)
Ilene Frank
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL, USA
Ilene Frank is a tenured reference librarian at Hillsborough Community College’s Brandon Campus and a former reference librarian at the University of South Florida’s Tampa Library. She also serves as a volunteer librarian for the University of the People (https://uopeople.edu), a tuition-free, accredited global online university that uses open educational resources (OER) in all courses. In addition, she teaches in the Distance Education and E-Learning Master’s program at the University of Maryland Global Campus, another college which uses OER for most of its courses.
Kristin Heathcock
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL, USA
Kristin is a creative educator always pushing boundaries to improve student success. You can find her working on OER, advocating for Zero Textbook Cost courses, working as a librarian, working as a dean, and always volunteering somewhere – likely at a marathon or the Special Olympic Games.
Joshua Hill
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL, USA
Joshua Hill is a leader in Open Educational Resources (OER), having founded the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Initiative at Hillsborough Community College (HCC), which has saved students over $7.5 million and reduced DFW rates. He also helped launch Florida’s first publicly marked ZTC courses, positioning HCC as a leader in the state initiative, and contributed to establishing Florida’s only self-hosted Pressbooks system. A national OER innovator, he created HCC’s AI OER Creation Program, helping faculty complete open textbooks in under six months, and founded Alabama’s Open Publishing House, saving students nearly $600,000. Joshua’s OER textbooks, articles, training courses, and global contributions on OER Commons continue to expand access and support faculty adoption.
Amy Albaugh
Hillsborough Community College
Tampa, FL, USA
Amy Albaugh MSIDT is a Curriculum and Instructional designer for Hillsborough Community College in the Online Learning Department. She has worked as an academic technology coordinator and Media specialist. She works with open source software and OER to create resources for both students and faculty.