Discussions

A Course to Find and Share Support and Inspiration Online

Dr. Stephanie M. Foote is a frequent presenter at the Lilly Online Conference! As a Senior Associate Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Evidence-Based Practices at the Gardner Institute, Foote seems to be involved in numerous different projects. The title of the session I watched tonight was “Developing an Online Course Redesign Community for Faculty […]
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Evaluating Faculty Learning Communities

Milt Cox has been involved with Faculty Learning Communities for over forty years! Cox is also the Director Emeritus and Founder of the Original Lilly Conference. Cox spoke at the Lilly Conference online about Faculty Learning Community (FLC) learning efforts. The learning objectives for the twenty-minute session were to describe FLCs, the positive impact that […]
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Organizing and Closing Open Ed 2021

The Friday Open Ed 2021 plenary to close the conference was entitled “The Future of Open Ed.” Andrea Scott is the OER Coordinator at Salt Lake Community College and introduced the Strategic Planning Committee. Stephanie Pierce is the Head of the Physics Library at the University of Arkansas Libraries and started a Mentimeter poll. Pierce […]
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A Question Bank Assignment with Peer Review

Judy Orton Grissett is the Director of Experiential Learning at Georgia Southwestern State University and spoke about research with Feng-Ru Sheu, an Instructional Designer Librarian at Kent State University. The title of their session at Open Ed 2021 was “Open Pedagogical Practices and Instructional Changes in a Psychology Course.” They met at Open Ed in […]
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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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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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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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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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Ownership, Authorship, and Power

Nicolas Simon is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Eastern Connecticut State University and presented at Open Ed 2021 on “OER, Ownership, Authorship, and Power.” Simon talked about OER as a way to “free us” from inequality. According to Simon, ownership and power cause some problems, and OER releases us from some of these issues. […]
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Open Maricopa

“Yes You Can: Providing Institutional Planned and Just-in-Time Support to Faculty” is the title of the session of Open Ed 2021 that I watched. Lisa Young from Scottsdale Community College and Mathew Bloom and Debbie Baker from Maricopa Community Colleges were the speakers. They are part of Open Maricopa initiative. This project includes professional development, […]
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