Diversity

April 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

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 […]

April 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

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, […]

April 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

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 […]

April 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

UNESCO OER Recommendations and Europe

Paola Corti from SPARC Europe and Gema Santos-Hermosa from the University of Barcelona spoke about “The UNESCO OER Recommendation and Europe’s Academic Libraries” as part of Open Ed 2021. They reviewed survey responses from 233 participants, 1111 institutions, 28 countries… Most responses, Santos-Hermosa mentioned, were from Spain and comprehensive institutions. The pandemic also impacted policies […]

April 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Why

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, […]

April 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Integrative Thinking, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Infusing of Open Education throughout Nigerian Schools

“Open Education for Nigerian Schools: Strategies, Techniques, and Policies” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session presented by Blessing Ngozi Igudia, a Ph.D. student from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Igudia spoke about the importance of quality education for all and educational resources that are accessible. They spoke about Open Educational Resources […]

April 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

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 […]

March 31, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

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. […]

March 30, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Workshop

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, […]

March 29, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Digital Assessment Tools

We had the opportunity to be part of OER Week at Kennesaw State University today. To end a long and good day, I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Affordability, Accessibility, and Pedagogy, oh my! Developing Novel Digital Assessment Policy” by Kristen Morgan from Morgan Academic Consulting. Morgan is in Canada, and this was […]