April 2022 – Carlos C. Goller

April 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Why, Writing

‘A History of Economic Thought’ Open Book

Diane Zydlewski, Florencia Gabriele, and Meaghan Price presented at Open Ed 2021 on “History of Economic Thought Made Alive Through Artifacts – A Collaborative Book.” They are all at Emmanuel College. Florencia Gabriele is a lecturer and has used this assignment in which students analyze passages in books and contribute to a book. The course […]

April 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Ontario Tech’s Open Lab

Sara Stokes is the OER Lab Manager at Ontario Tech and along with Rebecca Maynard presented at Open Ed 2021 about “Co-Creating Opportunities for Openness.” Ontario Tech is one of the newest universities in Canada. Stokes spoke about the needs of students at Ontario Tech and their focus on STEM. The Open Education Lab was […]

April 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Integrative Thinking, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website, Why, Writing

Pinatas, Pressbooks, and History

Jim Ross-Nazzal is a Professor of History at Houston Community College – Eastside Campus and recorded a 25-minute session at Open Ed 2021. Their session was entitled “An OER Textbook: Design Thinking and Pinata Innovation.” What a cool title! Ross-Nazzal mentioned that the title came from a year-long institute they participated in. They described designing […]

April 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

A Question Bank Assignment with Peer Review

Judy Orton Grissett is the Director of Experiential Learning at Georgia Southwestern State University and spoke about research with Feng-Ru Sheu, an Instructional Designer Librarian at Kent State University. The title of their session at Open Ed 2021 was “Open Pedagogical Practices and Instructional Changes in a Psychology Course.” They met at Open Ed in […]

April 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Information Literacy, Integrative Thinking, Interprofessional Education, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Why, Workshop

Perspectives from Working on a Collaborative Interdisciplinary OER Project

Laura Clark Hunt, faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Janet Koposko, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Braham Baldwin Agricultural College, presented at Open Ed 2021 about “A Case Study in Information Literacy: OER Interdisciplinary Project on Research as Inquiry.” The title of their presentation was “Discipline Specific Information Literacy.” This was a grant […]

April 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Website

Remixing (OER) with H2O

Jeremy Peters, Assistant Professor of Music Business at Wayne State University and co-founder of Quite Scientific Records, and Catherine Brobston from Outreach at Harvard Law School spoke about “Remixing and Expanding Access to Legal Education Resources” at Open Ed 2021. Brobston introduced H2O, “an open education platform focused on legal resources and built for cloning […]

April 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Writing

Becoming Open Access Learners

Geoff Keston, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technical Communication at Temple University, presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Helping Undergraduates Become Open Access Learners.” Keston started by explaining that open learning is a challenge because learners are often used to finding all the resources in one site. Keston emphasized that “open access learning” is challenging […]

April 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

An Affordable, Accessible, and Open BIO 132

Dorothy Salinas is an Assistant Professor at County College of Morris in New Jersey. They presented “Biology Course Development: Increasing Affordability and Accessibility for Non-Science Majors” at Open Ed 2021. Salinas spoke about common barriers students may face including academic/institutional (financial aid, advising, guidance, preparedness, learning obstacles) and non-academic (school/work/life balance, time management, childcare, location, […]

April 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Reflections

OER in a Composition Course

Sabrina Jones is a Term Instructor at Marshall University and has been using student-created OER projects. The Open Ed 2021 session they presented was entitled “Using OER in the Composition Classroom to Empower First-Generation Students” and was a ten-minute recording. They shared their resources to support students and their work with TRIO. They converted their […]

April 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

A Remixed Book Turns into an Open Playlist

I met Jay Fulgencio as part of the first cohort of RLOE last year. I was curious to learn more about Fulgencio’s OER work, and today I watched the recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Applying OER Content to Create a YouTube Mini-Course Playlist.” Fulgencio has been an instructor for more than a decade and […]

Month: April 2022