Accessibility and UDL

Libraries Without Borders and the Wash and Learn Initiative

Azure Grimes presented a recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Wash and Learn: Access to Education and Technology at Pop-Up Library Spaces.” Grimes is a Senior Program Manager with Libraries Without Borders. I didn’t know about this organization! Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is “an international non-profit that is committed to expanding access to information and […]
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The SUCCESS Model for OER Implementation

I was curious about the title of this Open Ed 2021 recorded session: “Got OER? A SUCCESS Model for Implementing Open Educational Resources.” What is the SUCCESS model? Angie Dodson, Instructional Designer, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, presented and started with an energetic soundtrack and great visuals! The SUCCESS is an acrostic with S for […]
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The Recipe for Developing Sustainable OER

Developing an OER textbook is difficult. I am not sure how it can be done without dedicated protected time! Tonight, I watched a session from Open Ed 2021 entitled “Development and Sustainability of an OER Textbook” by Ann Diker, Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Diker’s original plan was to find an OER to […]
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A Tool and Rubric for OER Accessibility Checks

Tiffany Tijerina is the Program Manager at Affordable Learning Georgia and recorded a lighting talk for Open Ed 2021 that I watched tonight. Tijerina presented “Evaluating OER Accessibility: Open, Digital, and Pedagogical” and described a tool they developed. The tool starts by focusing on open access: Can the resource be downloadable in a common format? […]
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OER for Teacher Training in MN

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 recorded session entitled “Opening Opportunities for Teacher Education: A Project Funded by the U.S. Department of Education” and presented by Tim Anderson, System Director for Student Success Technologies at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Stephen Kelly (Innovation Program Director at Minnesota State), and Kim Lynch (Senior System Director […]
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Justice, Satisfaction, and an OER Survey

Jacob Jenkins, Associate Professor at CSU Channel Islands, and Thomas Clobes presented at Open Ed 2021 a 20-minute session entitled “OER for Social Justice: Perceptions of OER Among Historically Underserved College Students.” Jenkins shared data on the rise of textbook costs since 1975. Even more striking were the student quotes from their campus that they […]
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Co-creating Ancillary Materials

It was a long and productive day! I ended by watching “OER Development: Working with a Collaborative Community to Create Ancillary Materials” from the Open Ed 2021 sessions. Alishia Huntoon was the presenter and shared the process of creating materials with their group. They defined OERs and the increasing number of new adoptions. OERs can […]
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Tips for Creating Accessible OER

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 short session by Tenley Sablatzky entitled “How to Create Engaging Open Educational Resources without Sacrificing Accessibility.” Sablatzky is a Medical Librarian at Prairie View A&M University. They defined the term accessibility and introduced universal design: “to create a resource that can be accessed, understood, and used to the […]
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An Audit Framework for More Inclusive OER

Suzanne Wakim from Butte Community College has done so much for Open Educational Resources and RLOE. It was nice to recognize the name Rachel Arteaga and Mandeep Grewal in the Open Ed 2021 recorded session entitled “Strategies for Assessing and Adapting OER for Inclusion: A Case Study.” Rachel Arteaga is a Librarian at Butte College […]
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The Contributions Matrix for OER and Open Pedagogy

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 presentation entitled “Building Capacity for Your OER Initiative: DOERS3” presented by Amanda Coolidge (Director, Open Education BC Campus), Kevin Corcoran (Executive Director, Digital Learning, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities), and Andrew Mckinney (OER Coordinator, CUNY). The Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) collaborative was launched in 2018 […]
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