About me
Susan Tashjian is Academic Innovations Programs Manager at Northern Essex Community College and a CA-ROTEL principal investigator. She supports faculty in instructional innovation, OER adoption/creation, and practical AI integration. Her work emphasizes equitable access, culturally relevant learning materials, and scalable support models that help educators build career-connected learning experiences for diverse learners. She is a strong advocate for funding to support OER projects that both remove financial barriers for students and improve teaching and learning. She leads NECC's Open Education initiative. serves as Co-PI for the CA-ROTEL grant project, Co-chairs the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s Open & Low-Cost Educational Resources Advisory Council (OLERAC) and serves on the New England Board of Higher Education's Open Education Advisory Committee.Through those roles, she has strengthened collaborative networks and worked to build a sustainable infrastructure for OER adoption in Massachusetts and beyond.
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