Academic Development

February 5, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Articles, Constructivism, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Why

Evaluation of OER-enabled Pedagogy and the Instructor Experience

I have watched Eric Werth and Katherine Williams from the University of Pikeville speak about the Open Pedagogy initiatives at their institution. Their session entitled “Evolution of Teaching Practice Through Experience with OER-Enabled Pedagogy” was a longer (~40 minutes, live) presentation at Open Ed 2021. Werth and Williams are involved in professional development at their […]

February 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

Created Connected Communities

Amanda Marquez, a Professional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Jennifer Epley Sanders, an Associate Professor of Political Science also at TAMU presented at Open Ed 2021. The session was entitled “Creating Connected Communities and Histories through Open Pedagogy and OER” and was full of murals painted by local artists. Marquez is a […]

February 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Website, Why, Workshop

A Sprint to Brainstorm Open Assignments

Alyssa Hamer, an Open Education Faculty Associate at Capilano University, and Darcye Lovsin, an Instruction and Reference Librarian at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. presented at Open Ed 2021 a 25-minute recorded session. Their session was entitled ” Sprinting to Student Empowerment: The Case for a Student-Centered Open Assignment Sprint.” Capilano University is in […]

February 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Student Experience with Transition to Free Resources on a Campus

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Undergraduate Student Experience With A Campus-Wide Transition To Free Resources” and presented by Eric Werth, Katherine Williams, and Bang Huang from the University of Pikeville. I have watched sessions by Werth and Williams before, and I was curious about their initiative at the University of Pikeville. […]

January 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Open Project for Lifelong Learners

“Many Minds Make Strong Research” was the name of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. This twenty-minute recorded session was presented by Kathy Essmiller, an assistant professor and coordinator of OER at Oklahoma State University; Jamie Holmes, a Reference and Instruction Librarian at Tulsa Community College; Marla Lobley, a librarian at East Central […]

January 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Information Literacy, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

OERigin Stories

It didn’t snow as much as we thought it would, and we were able to go out after a week and a half. Tonight, the Open Ed 2021 session I watched was entitled “OERigin Stories: Women of Color in Open Education” presented by Ursula Pike, Associate Director of DigiTex. This ten-minute pre-recorded session had the […]

January 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website, Why

The SPARC Open Education Leaders of 2022

We watched the Open Ed 2021 “Open Education Leadership Project Showcase.” This was a lightning talk about ten minutes long. Hailey Babb, Open Education Project Manager at SPARC, spoke about the 2021 cohort of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. This was the fourth year of the program and the first year of it as […]

January 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Campus-wide Surveys of OER Use

What a day! Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Analysis of a Shifting Landscape: Course Materials and OER Before and During Covid” with Beth Martin, LuMarie Guth, and Glinda Rawls from Western Michigan University. Martin and Guth are librarians at WMU and conducted a study on the use of OER. One of their […]

January 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Books, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Interprofessional Education, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Global OER Graduate Network Showcase

Today I worked from home with Aurelio and had fun with the occasional interruption. Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN): Research Showcase, Collaboration & Consultation” with several panelists. Beck Pitt, a research fellow from The Open University introduced the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) and the network’s […]

January 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

Capturing Oral Histories in an Open Digital Hub

What a fun snow day! Tonight we watched a session entitled “Emotional Histories: Exploring Social Change in a Gen Ed History Course Through Oral Histories” that was a 40-minute Open Ed 2021 with several presenters, including students. Elaine Kaye, an instructional designer from James Madison University, began by providing an overview. Kristen McCleary spoke about […]

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