October 2021 – Carlos C. Goller

October 31, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

OER Capacity and Growth in Texas

Tonight we went out to trick or treat. It was a lot of fun, and Aurelio caught on quickly. After a dozen letters of recommendation, we watched the session “Moving Open Education Forward in Texas: Statewide Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives” by Michelle Singh. Singh started by describing the mission of the Division of Digital Learning […]

October 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

OER and Zero-cost Textbooks in the Florida Virtual Campus

This evening we played with the neighborhood kids at our culdesac Halloween party! The Open Ed 2021 session we watched was entitled “Florida Virtual Campus Adding Textbook Cost Indicators to the State Online Course Catalog” and presented by several speakers. Rebel Cummings-Sauls began by explaining the Florida Virtual Campus initiative that provides support for students, […]

October 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, FALCoN, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

The Metacognitive Continuum

This afternoon, the NIST FALCoN session featured Julie Stanton. The talk was entitled “Using metacognition to help students adapt their learning in and out of the pandemic.”Julie Stanton asked the group: what is metacognition? Stanton defined metacognitions as the awareness and control of thinking for the purpose of learning. Students develop metacognitive knowledge by, for […]

October 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, annotation, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections

The Inspiring OER Trilogy

Happy Friday! Tonight we watched an Open Ed session “An Open Textbook Journey: Building the ‘Consumer Behaviour Trilogy'” presented by Andrea Niosi from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Canada. Niosi shared three stories (hence the trilogy in the title) that they have developed to highlight learner creation. The first OER that Niosi shared was the “Introduction […]

October 28, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why

Student Perceptions of Open Pedagogy at Community Colleges

I truly enjoyed another session of RLOE today. It is such a fabulous group of participants! I am learning a lot from the facilitators too! Tonight, I watched the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Open Pedagogy: Overcoming the Public Versus Private Conundrum” that was pre-recorded and had presenters there for questions. Staci Gilpin, Julie Lazzara, and […]

October 27, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Articles, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

The Wikipedia Assignment

The Wiki Education group has been fantastic. We worked with them last year to help a group of undergraduate students learn how to edit Wikipedia pages on Delftia acidovorans. Helaine Blumenthal is the Senior Program Manager at Wiki Education and has helped me set up courses and work with new editors. I was happy to […]

October 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Community of Practice, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

A Supportive Community of Practice for OER

It was a day of nanopore sequencing… and lots of emails. Tonight, we watched the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Institutional Transformation Towards OER: Community of Practice, Diversity, Assessment, and Policy,” and Patricia Westerman from Towson University started by describing their OER Community of Practice and the partnership with the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative. […]

October 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

Starting with OER and Open Pedagogy

Continuing with OpenEdu 2021, I watched the session entitled “Getting Started with Open Education” presented by Cheryl Casey. The slides for the session were shared as well as the Online OER Toolkit. The benefits of open education were listed on a slide: cost savings, accessibility, day-one access, equity & social justice, inclusion, diversity, innovation, and […]

October 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections

Building OER Capacity in the Midwest through Teams and Research

It was a good restful weekend. Tonight we watched another session from OpenEd 2021 entitled “Building OER Capacity in the Midwest: Supporting Grassroots Efforts and Statewide Collaboration” presented by Jenny Parks, Annika Many, Jennifer Zinth, and Katie Zaback. Parks described MHEC: Midwestern Higher Education Compact. They received a Hewlett Foundation grant with National Consortium for […]

October 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Website

Student-authored Websites for Future Students

The first group of presentations of OpenEd 2021 included a presentation by Heather Miceli from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. The session was entitled “Open Pedagogy as a Tool to Increase Confidence and Lower Anxiety in Science Courses.” Miceli teaches a “Core 101” course that all students at Roger Williams University must take as […]

Month: October 2021