So many acronyms! I am learning about all the programs and groups promoting open education by watching the Open Ed 2021 sessions! Tonight, I watched the session entitled “Introducing the Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (OECCCC)” with Lise Brin, Ann Ludbrook, Kate Gibbings, Olga Perkovic, and Paula Parlette from libraries in Canada and all members […]
Escape rooms are popular now! The session of Open Ed 2021 had a session entitled “Using An Escape Room To Educate Students About Open Textbooks” with Amy Shannon, Teresa Schultz, Tati Mesfin, Elena Azabakht from the Libraries at the University of Nevada Reno-Library. Shannon described what an escape room is and the escape room they […]
Diana Daly and Cheryl Cuillier Casey presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Improving Learning Outcomes Through Open Pedagogy.” They met in 2020 through a Pressbooks project. Daly is an iSchool Assistant Professor and head of iVoices Lab. Casey is an Open Education Librarian. They both are at the University of Arizona. They shared their resources: […]
This Open Ed 2021 title caught my attention: “How To Involve Your Students In The Creation Of Open Resources For Their Own Use.” This 20-minute session was presented by Sarah Stokes, the OER Lab Manage, and Elita Partosoedarso, a professor, both at Ontario Tech University. Partosoedarso began by describing their stimulus for using OERs. In […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Open Ed 2021 ten-minute session entitled “Check the O.L. Liner Notes from Groundbreaking Online Learning was presented by Anne–Marie Scott, Deputy Provost, from Athabascau University in Canada, and Terry Greene, Senior eLearning Designer, at Trent University. The title was Greene’s brainchild: O.L. for online learning and hip hop music influences. Greene spoke about similarities […]
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 […]
Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Equity Through OER: A Blueprint and Rubric” presented by Ann Fiddler, Open Education Library at the City University of New York, Reta Chaffee, Director of Educational Technology at Granite State College, and Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Fiddler […]
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 […]











