Constructivism

Critical Digital Pedagogy and Open Sharing with a Project about Lynching

Tonight we continued with Open Ed 2021 sessions and watched the twenty-minute recorded session entitled “Teaching Hard Histories for Racial Healing: The Lynching in Virginia Curriculum Project.” A multi-disciplinary team from James Madison University presented their work: Mary Beth Concienne, Ashley Jaffee, Alia Stone, Gianluca De Fazio, Kristen Mlodynia, Nicole Wilson, Liz Thompson, and Elaine […]
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The Need for Data for the Future of Open Education Programs

Jeff Gallant is the Program Director of Affordable Learning Georgia and moderated the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Data for All: Experiences, Current Strategies, and The Future of Open Education Program Data.” Amy Hofer is the Statewide Open Education Program Director at Open Oregon Educational Resources. Sophie Rondeau is the Assessment & E-Resources Program Analyst […]
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Open and the UN SGDs

The United Nation’s SDGs have been frequently mentioned lately as I prepare for the BIT 295 Biotechnology & Sustainability course in the spring. Tonight, we watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Creating Faculty/Student Partnerships using the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) and Open Pedagogy” with Drs. Michael Mills and Shinita Hernandez as well as several […]
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ISKME Promotes Accessible Open

Tonight we ended the workweek by watching an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Beyond “Open”: Intersections with Accessibility, Cultural Responsiveness, and Broader Educational Goals.” Ethan Senack is the Chief of Staff of ISKME and Mindy Boland is the director of OER Services at ISKME. I did not know ISKME also runs OER Commons! Senack began […]
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Open and the Common Good

Tonight we watched another Open Ed 2021 keynote by Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University and author of a new book entitled “Generous Thinking: A Radical Approach to Saving the University.” The session was entitled “Open Education: Infrastructure for Common Good.” Fitzpatrick started by talking about […]
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A Roadmap for Open Pedagogy Projects

Project management has been a challenge. That’s why the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Open Pedagogy Project Management: A Roadmap for Inclusive, Collaborative, & Sustainable Projects” seemed like one I should watch! Presenters Christina Riehman-Murphy and Bryan McGeary from Penn State University explained their experiences with open pedagogy. McGeary talked about a Hispanic Linguistics student-authored […]
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OER Studies in Brazil and Frameworks for Ethics of Care

I have now watched several Open Ed 2021 sessions about teaching languages using Open Educational Resources (OER). However, I have not learned what people are doing for teaching Portuguese. The session entitled “A Research Landscape on OER in Brazil: The Teaching of First and Foreign Languages” was presented by Terezinha Marcondes Diniz Biazi, a Ph.D. […]
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Student Contributions to OCW

Yesterday’s Open Ed 2021 session left me thinking and rereading my post. Tonight we continued watching sessions. The one we watched was entitled “When Students Create OER: What We’ve Learned and What’s Next at MIT OpenCourseWare” with speakers Ashay Athalye, Sarah Hansen, Curt Newton, and Paige Dote from MIT Open Course Ware. Newton is the […]
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Open Academic Integrity

Tonight after a long day, we played the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Citation, Attribution, and Open Pedagogy: The Complexity of Academic Integrity in College Classrooms” presented by Monica Brown and Madison Hansen. They both started by describing their backgrounds and how citation and attribution are taught. Hansen talked about academic integrity best practices summarized […]
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OER for the Least Commonly Taught Languages?

What are less commonly taught languages? Open Ed 2021 hosted a panel moderated by Regina Gong entitled: “Supporting OER Creation in the Least Commonly Taught Languages.” The panelists included Ayman Mohamed, Shannon Quinn, Rajiv Ranjan, and Sadam Issa. All the panelists were from Michigan State University and OER Award Recipients. Gong described the OER program […]
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