Discussions

CUNY Teacher Education OER Hub

“Teacher Educators as OER Storytellers” was the title of the ten-minute Open Ed 2021 session. Niki Fayne is the Program Director at CUNY OER hub. Fayne described the support from Lehman College. Naliza Sadik, the Teaching and Learning Manager at Lehman College, CUNY described the hub for teaching and learning, housed in the CUNY OER […]
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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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A Guide to Copyright that Empowers Students to Make Decisions

“Help us Conceptualize our Student-Facing Copyright Guide from an Emancipatory Framework?” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched today. Jessica O’Reilly is a doctoral candidate at Athabasca University and instructor and along with Marnie Seal, the Manager of the Library & Learning Commons at Cambrian College presented this ten-minute session. I […]
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A Collaborative Group to Create and Share Activities

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Psychology 101 Collaborative: Creating and Sharing Course Activities to Foster Student Success.” Lisa Young is the Faculty Director at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Scottsdale Community College, and Debbie Barker is an instructional designer at Maricopa Community Colleges. Alisa Beyer joined the presentation and […]
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Student Leadership in Open Education

Winni Zhang is the Open Education Project Manager at SPARC along with Hailey Babb and Aishah Abdullah. Their goal was to speak about best practices with students in open education. The panelists all have experience in student government and leadership. Zhang spoke from the perspective of experiences with a large public institution. Collecting data was […]
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Case Studies of OER Implementation at Towson

“Access for All: Case Studies Investigating Open Education Resources” was a session presented by Lijun Jin, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Patricia Westerman, Miriam DesHarnais, Aaron Dallman, and Amanda Jozkowski from Towson University as part of Open Ed 2021. They spoke about the Faculty Academic Center of Excellence at Towson and the Library and how they help […]
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IFMSA Open Science Efforts

Kevin Alvaro Handoko is the 2021-2022 IFMSA SCORE Director and spoke about “Fostering a Culture of Open Education: A Medical Student-Led Strategy” at Open Ed 2021. The International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) has over 100 members and works on policy documents. One policy document that was adopted in 2020 was the Open Science […]
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Libraries Without Borders and the Wash and Learn Initiative

Azure Grimes presented a recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Wash and Learn: Access to Education and Technology at Pop-Up Library Spaces.” Grimes is a Senior Program Manager with Libraries Without Borders. I didn’t know about this organization! Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is “an international non-profit that is committed to expanding access to information and […]
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The SUCCESS Model for OER Implementation

I was curious about the title of this Open Ed 2021 recorded session: “Got OER? A SUCCESS Model for Implementing Open Educational Resources.” What is the SUCCESS model? Angie Dodson, Instructional Designer, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, presented and started with an energetic soundtrack and great visuals! The SUCCESS is an acrostic with S for […]
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Student Panel on OER Advocacy in Canada

We have had fantastic student panels as part of RLOE Cohort 2! I also had the opportunity to talk to NC State students this evening. Tonight, I watched the Open Ed 2021 recorded student panel entitled “Ask Student OER Champions: Advocacy and Allyship.” Several students from across Canada spoke about their work with OER. After […]
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