Discussions

Students Reflect on the Cost of Access Codes and Leaders Structure Open Journals

The weekend was too short! We did several different things around the house and with the grandparents. Tonight, we watched a holiday movie, and I continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. The ten-minute session entitled “Financial and Academic Impact of Textbooks” with Helen Do from CoPIRG Students at CU Boulder. Helen Do explained what CoPIRG […]
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A Panel for OER for Racial Equity and Justice

Tonight, I watched a recording from Open Ed 2021 entitled “Creating OER for Racial Equity and Social Justice through Inclusive Innovation.” The panelists included students and teachers. Jenny Bradbury from Digital Promise started with the why for this program: the need to help support teachers internationally in “building the capacity to effectively foster discussions and […]
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Cameras Off? Cameras On?

We had an awesome OpenEd 2021 session despite a tough day. Tonight, we watched a recorded presentation from ALT 2021 entitled “Should we see students’ cameras when we teach online synchronous sessions?” presented by Catherine Bazela, Pete Mella, and Robert Spark. Mella began by asking the audience: “if we asked you to switch on your […]
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Making Media Accessible for an Entire Campus and Comparing Discussions

It was a busy day with scooters, painting, chalk, and baking. Tonight, we watched an ALT 2021 day 3 session entitled “Making Video and Multimedia for Learning Accessible and More Inclusive, at Scale” presented by Sandra Partington, Maria Kaffa, and Sandra Guzman Rodriguez. Partington spoke about the transition to online teaching and use of video. […]
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Being Well, Living Well and Digital Mental Health Interventions

Today was a busy day with trips to the playground and NC State Open House! Tonight, we watched the ALT 2021 session entitled “Online supports for flexible learners to support student mental health and wellbeing at scale” presented by Kelley Hester, Jacqueline McCormack, O’Gorman Louise, Louise Kearins, Jennifer Gilligan and Allison Gillen. Hester is doing […]
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Action Learning Sessions to Tackle Racism

ALT 2021 had so many interesting sessions! Today we watched the session entitled “When learning technologists tackle sectorial racism via recruitment and staff development” by Teeroumanee Nadan, Monica Chavez and Tracey Madden. Nadan explained how the team came together and how different groups had charges including reading and summarizing information. Nadan talked about hiring practices […]
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Emergent Learning and Remixes

I am moving on to day 2 of the ALT 2021 annual conference! Tonight we watched a session with a title that caught my attention: “Lines of thought: the serendipitous emergence of collaborative learning” by Sarah Honeychurch and Wendy Taleo. This session was sponsored by Talis, and now I am curious what they do. Honeychurch […]
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Developing Inclusive Materials with Student Feedback

Tonight we ended the weekend by watching an ALT 2021 session entitled “Accessible and inclusive learning online: challenges and opportunities” by Jessica Humphreys and Kerry Pinny. Humphreys began by explaining their roles as a senior teaching fellow. They also described the new regulations for inclusive practices in 2018 and the shift away from the deficit […]
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Virtual Learning Environments and Donkey Sanctuaries

A fun Saturday with the family, scooters, and pumpkins. Tonight, I watched a recorded session from ALT 2021 entitled “Leading through listening: drawing from staff and student experiences to adapt the implementation of a new VLE” presented by James Youdale and Malcolm Murray from Durham University. VLE is the acronym for virtual learning experience. During […]
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