Carlos C. Goller

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 […]

October 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

Innovation in Content Re-usability

Tonight I finished the week by starting (ha!) the OpenEd 2021 recordings. I had a lot of fun in our sessions! The first recorded session I watched was by Kenneth Feldt and entitled “Open is insufficient: How Innovative Re-use of Content Can Extend Institutional Reach.” Feldt is a managing partner of the Electric Book Company […]

October 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, Diversity, FALCoN, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition

A New Framework for Instructor Awareness and Improvement

Today, Amber Heidbrink was the presenter at the NIST FALCoN session entitled “Faculty Conceptions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Heidbrink started by asking us to think about what diversity means and post thoughts on a Jamboard. Then, we discussed why we should care about diversity in higher education. Their research team interviewed 30 full-time and part-time instructors from 2- and 4-year […]

October 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
ALT, DBER and SoTL, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Digital Ethnography on Display

I am finishing the ALT 2021 recorded sessions! Tonight we watched a session entitled “From digital ethnography to exhibition: Exploring the entanglement of learning online, work and life” presented by Paula Shaw and Marlies Gration from the University of Derby. Gration and Shaw undertook an ethnography pilot study and then observed several courses from February […]

October 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, ALT, Case Studies, Course Design, Guest Speakers, Online Learning, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Distance in Online Courses

The last parallel session of day 3 of ALT 2021 was entitled “Distance makes the heart grow fonder?” with speakers Tarek Zoubir and Gabriella Bishop. They are both at Imperial College in the Business School. At the EdTech lab, they develop software platforms and collaborate with other business schools. The presenters wanted to explore how […]