Course Design

Becoming Open Access Learners

Geoff Keston, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technical Communication at Temple University, presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Helping Undergraduates Become Open Access Learners.” Keston started by explaining that open learning is a challenge because learners are often used to finding all the resources in one site. Keston emphasized that “open access learning” is challenging […]
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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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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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Moodle and OpenStax

Krassi Lazarova presented at Open Ed 2021 on “OpenStax College Physics – tips and tricks for implementation with Moodle.” Lazarova is an Associate Professor of Physics at Centenary University. They have searched for Open Educational Resources (OER) at their institution. Lazarova shared statistics about OER use and savings. They also described the challenges of OER […]
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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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An Open Course on H5P

Samantha Ahern recorded a 20-minute session for the Open Ed 2021 conference. As an Open practitioner, Ahern participated in the Mozilla Open Leaders program and became a mentor for OE4BW. Ahem has experimented with H5P and “produced some guidance.” Sushumna Rao is the founder of h5pcatalogue.in and an ed-tech trainer. Rao developed and implemented an […]
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The OER Buffet

“A Plate for Every Student: A Buffet Style Approach to Course Development Using OER” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. The presenter was Jennifer Schneider, an Assistant Professor at Community College of Philadelphia. The goals stated by Schneider were to identify OER collections for use in course design, assess […]
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VALUE Rubrics

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Engaging With the VALUE Rubrics: An OER Tool for Assessment of Student Learning.” This topic was particularly timely since today we talked about rubrics during our RIOS Learning Community! Jessica Chittum and Britt Spears from the Association of American Colleges and Universities presented this session. The VALUE […]
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Teaching Pre-service Teachers to Create OER

Today we did our first MS walk in several years. It was awesome to catch up with people we haven’t seen in years! The kids also had a lot of fun running around PNC Arena parking lots. Tonight, I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Using Open Pedagogy to Promote Pre-service Teachers’ Identity Development during […]
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