Emily Rotich from South College in Nashville TN and Jennifer Thomas from Belmont University also in Nashville presented a recorded ASMCUE 2022 session entitled “Improving Student Performance Using Significant Examples to Explain Concepts.” They started by explaining how many professional disciplines use case studies and help students build on prior knowledge and a scenario. The […]
Adam Keinschmit and Andrea Bixler created a case study as part of ImmunoReach: an NSF-supported Research Coordination Network. Their ASMCUE 2022 recorded session is entitled “ImmunoReach: Bacteria to Brains in Backyard Coyotes Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Case Study.” The case study is written as a conversation between two graduate students. One studies urban coyotes and is taking […]
Tonight after an eventful and painful day (eye infection!), I tried to watch another ASMCUE 2022 session. The recorded ten-minute session was entitled: “How Can We Be Assured Our Water is Safe? A Lab Exercise to Teach the Scientific Method,” and David Singleton from York College was the presenter. At York College, BIO 230 is […]
Samantha Abarca & Dr. Leena Bakshi facilitated a session at the CAST UDL symposium entitled “Inspiring Learner Voice through Racial and Social Justice in UDL.” They shared their slides and a lesson planning document. The session had participants from Canada and all throughout the country based on the chat. Bakshi is a member of an […]
HITS 2022 day one is over! It was a lot of fun to reconnect with the group and meet new people. Tonight, I watched the Lilly 2022 session “Effectiveness of Crime News Analysis in Teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice Courses” by Ali Ozdogan. Ozdogan wanted to convey the power of crime news analysis as a […]
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 […]
Dr. Robert Farrow from The Open University (UK) spoke at Open Ed 2021 about “Building the 21st Century OER Ecosystem.” ENCOURE+ (European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education, www.encoreproject.eu) is a “Knowledge Alliance project funded by the European Commission under Erasmus+” and focuses on impact and sharing innovative practices in different communities. Several partners […]
Rafael Angel Espinoza Pizarro presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Virtual Communities of Practice (CoP): Experiences for the Development of Open Educational Resources.” Espinoza is from Costa Rica and defined community of practice (CoP) as a “strategy for articulation and exchange between institutions and/or teachers, who decide to voluntarily associate and join efforts, experiences, and […]
Open-source software can be so helpful but often challenging to learn. Tonight’s Open Ed 2021 session was about open source software and… The Penguin Corps. The title was “Open Source Belongs in School. Let’s Put It There!” with Stu Keroff from the Aspen Academy and several students from Penguin Corps. Keroff talked about using open […]
I saw a familiar acronym on the schedule of OpenEd 2021 sessions! Tonight we watched the session “Creating a Culture of Open with Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources (CCCOER)” with several Open Education leaders! The moderator was Una Daly, Director CCCOER from Open Education Global. Panelists included Dr. Bob Awkward, Cynthia Orozco, Judith […]