March 2022 – Carlos C. Goller

March 31, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

Ownership, Authorship, and Power

Nicolas Simon is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University and presented at Open Ed 2021 on “OER, Ownership, Authorship, and Power.” Simon talked about OER as a way to “free us” from inequality. According to Simon, ownership and power cause some problems, and OER releases us from some of these issues. […]

March 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Workshop

Open Maricopa

“Yes You Can: Providing Institutional Planned and Just-in-Time Support to Faculty” is the title of the session of Open Ed 2021 that I watched. Lisa Young from Scottsdale Community College and Mathew Bloom and Debbie Baker from Maricopa Community Colleges were the speakers. They are part of Open Maricopa initiative. This project includes professional development, […]

March 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Digital Assessment Tools

We had the opportunity to be part of OER Week at Kennesaw State University today. To end a long and good day, I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Affordability, Accessibility, and Pedagogy, oh my! Developing Novel Digital Assessment Policy” by Kristen Morgan from Morgan Academic Consulting. Morgan is in Canada, and this was […]

March 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

CUNY Teacher Education OER Hub

“Teacher Educators as OER Storytellers” was the title of the ten-minute Open Ed 2021 session. Niki Fayne is the Program Director at CUNY OER hub. Fayne described the support from Lehman College. Naliza Sadik, the Teaching and Learning Manager at Lehman College, CUNY described the hub for teaching and learning, housed in the CUNY OER […]

March 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why, Workshop

In-Reach for OER

Shayna Pekala, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Gonzaga University, presented the lightning talk “OER In-Reach: Introducing Your Library Colleagues to OER” at Open Ed 2021. They shared slides here. Pekala defined “in-reach” as “the process of bringing information to and building relationships with internal stakeholders.” I did now know about this! Their goal was to […]

March 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

A Guide to Copyright that Empowers Students to Make Decisions

“Help us Conceptualize our Student-Facing Copyright Guide from an Emancipatory Framework?” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched today. Jessica O’Reilly is a doctoral candidate at Athabasca University and instructor and along with Marnie Seal, the Manager of the Library & Learning Commons at Cambrian College presented this ten-minute session. I […]

March 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Wellbeing, Why

OER and UDL to Support All Learners

Nico Diaz is an Academic Development and Recovery Advisor at Boise State University. In the 2021 Open Ed session entitled “Utilizing OER in Conjunction with Universal Design Principles to Support Students with Disabilities,” Diaz described their role on campus helping students make adjustments and how they use OER and UDL to support students with disabilities. […]

March 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Why

An Intense Summer OER Institute

Nathaniel King and Tiffany Garrett from the Nevada State College Library presented “Pioneering New Forms of Support with OER Institutes” at Open Ed 2021. Garrett explained that Nevada State College was founded in 2002 and is rapidly growing. They are a Hispanic Serving Institution. Work overload was rated 5/7! The new Library was built in […]

March 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Pressbooks Directory and Remixing OER

Amy Song is the Customer Success Manager at Pressbooks and presented on “Finding and Remixing OER: A Practical Introduction” at Open Ed 2021. The first step Song described was finding OER. They mentioned finding topics and features and coordinating with a librarian. Song listed several OER repositories such as OpenStax, Lumen Learning, Libre Texts, Open […]

March 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

A Powerful Form and Airtable to Collect OER Data

“Attaining and Retaining OER Course Marking Information: One Texas Institution’s Approach” was a short session by Art Brownlow, a Faculty Fellow and Professor of Music at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Gabby Hernandez, an Open Education Librarian at the same institution. Brownlow is helping coordinate the OER initiative from the academic side, […]

Month: March 2022