Course Design

In-Reach for OER

Shayna Pekala, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Gonzaga University, presented the lightning talk “OER In-Reach: Introducing Your Library Colleagues to OER” at Open Ed 2021. They shared slides here. Pekala defined “in-reach” as “the process of bringing information to and building relationships with internal stakeholders.” I did now know about this! Their goal was to […]
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An Intense Summer OER Institute

Nathaniel King and Tiffany Garrett from the Nevada State College Library presented “Pioneering New Forms of Support with OER Institutes” at Open Ed 2021. Garrett explained that Nevada State College was founded in 2002 and is rapidly growing. They are a Hispanic Serving Institution. Work overload was rated 5/7! The new Library was built in […]
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OER Textbook for Literature Courses

“A Tough Nut to Crack: Developing an OER Textbook for Literature Courses” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. The speakers included Sarah LeMire, the Coordinator of First-Year Programs at Texas A&M University Libraries, and Kathy Anders, the Graduate Studies Librarian also at Texas A&M University. Several faculty from the […]
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Curriculum Mapping for OER?!

I was once on a curriculum mapping task group. I actually enjoy course mapping & alignment, and curriculum mapping seemed like a worthwhile endeavor. We struggled as a team. Years later, I now realize that I should have approached that task differently. The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Utilizing Curriculum Mapping to Assess Campus OER […]
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Structure of a Multi-campus Course Material Fellowship Program

Today I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “All for One & One for All: Building a Multi-Campus Course Material Fellowship Program” presented by Sara Hare, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Bloomington campus of Indiana University, and Amy Minix. They launched in fall 2020 supported by a one-year grant supporting 13 students from two campuses. […]
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Creating an OER for the 1900s

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Creating Community While Building an Early College Humanities OER” with Paul Ricciardi, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, and Michelle Turnbull, adjunct at Kingsborough Community College. They told the story of how they created an Early College Humanities OER. Turnbull taught high […]
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Teaching with the Open Learning Initiative (OLI)

Dr. Robert Hoople from SUNY-Oneonta presented a ten-minute recorded session at Open Ed 2021 entitled “Open Learning Initiative: An Open OER Learning Platform That Can Work For You.” Hoople has taught for over eleven years psychology and… many different LMSs! Wow. Hoople has written chapters of a psychology textbook. Hoople spoke about requesting access to […]
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The Contributions Matrix for OER and Open Pedagogy

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 presentation entitled “Building Capacity for Your OER Initiative: DOERS3” presented by Amanda Coolidge (Director, Open Education BC Campus), Kevin Corcoran (Executive Director, Digital Learning, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities), and Andrew Mckinney (OER Coordinator, CUNY). The Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) collaborative was launched in 2018 […]
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Transformation of a Class through Open Pedagogy

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: […]
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Examples of Collective Creation of 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 […]
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