Constructivism

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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Open Pedagogy in Nigeria

Adenike D. Omoike, Senior Librarian at the Kenneth Dike Library at the University of Ibadan presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Open Pedagogy and Practices for Sustainable Education in Nigeria.” They defined pedagogy as the processes and practices of classroom instruction that is aimed at communicating the contents of courses and subjects to students citing […]
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Engaging Students in OER Textbooks for Engineering

“Collaborative Open Textbook Development Through Student Engagement: An Innovative Approach to OER” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. Yang Wu is the Open Resource Librarian at Clemson. Mathew Boyer is a Research Associate Professor and Leah Wiitablake are in the Deparment of Engineering and Science Education at Clemson. Wu, […]
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Feedback with a Mote!?

Professor Sharon Lauricella from Ontario Tech University presented at Open Ed 2021 a session entitled ” Mote for Personalized Voice Notes: Connection, Feedback, and Accessibility via Edtech.” Mote is an educational technology tool. Lauricella is a professor in communication and digital media studies. I didn’t know what Mote was! It is a tool that allows […]
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A Peer-Reviewed Question Bank Created by Two Institutions

The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Collaborative Test Bank Development: Multi-Institutional & Pandemic Style” had several speakers. , an Assistant Professor of Management Practice at Virginia Tech, worked with a team of undergraduate assistants. Candice Vander Weerdt is an Assistant College Lecturer at the College of Business at Cleveland State University. Mandi Goodsett is the […]
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Open Education Austria

“Synergies between Open Education and Open Science: OER Development, Projects and Trends in Austria” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 presentation by Martin Ebner, Claudia Hackl, and Sandra Schon. They described the 8 ambitions of the European Union and their open science initiative. Schon spoke about embedding open science skills early on and […]
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A Resource to Guide Discussions about Openness and Equity

Dr. Kaitlyn Watson and Dr. Anna Rogrigues from Ontario Tech University presented on “Reading Guide OER for “Moon on the Crusted Snow”: A Collaborative Story” as part of Open Ed 2021. They began their presentation with a land acknowledgment that was personalized and connected to their roles and activities on the land. Rodrigues is an […]
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Infusing of Open Education throughout Nigerian Schools

“Open Education for Nigerian Schools: Strategies, Techniques, and Policies” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session presented by Blessing Ngozi Igudia, a Ph.D. student from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Igudia spoke about the importance of quality education for all and educational resources that are accessible. They spoke about Open Educational Resources […]
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