Diversity

OER for the Least Commonly Taught Languages?

What are less commonly taught languages? Open Ed 2021 hosted a panel moderated by Regina Gong entitled: “Supporting OER Creation in the Least Commonly Taught Languages.” The panelists included Ayman Mohamed, Shannon Quinn, Rajiv Ranjan, and Sadam Issa. All the panelists were from Michigan State University and OER Award Recipients. Gong described the OER program […]
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Enrollment and Openness

Stephen Downes, a Research Officer in the National Research Council of Canada, presented a session at Open Ed 2021 entitled “What Does It Mean To Enroll in a Course?” Downes began by mentioning a concern they have: how much information the Learning Management System wants when enrolling in a course. Downes asked: “why do they […]
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Perceptions of OER in Saudi Arabia and Microinstruction

Friday! Tonight I watched the OpenEd 2021 session by Saia Almousa, a Ph.D. student at the University of Leeds present on “A Study of Academics’ Perception of OERs at Saudi Arabian Higher Education Institutions.” Almousa presented the research context for OERs in Saudi Arabia. While there have been studies in Arabic countries, there is a […]
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Wikidata in the Classroom

Shani Evenstein is a lecturer and Ph.D. candidate involved with the Wikimedia Foundation. Evenstein described the Wikidata project that is “A database of structured, linked data multilingual and read by humans and machines open to all, under a free license.” Alexa and Siri have access to Wikidata to search for information. Evenstein’s doctoral research is […]
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Francophone and CommonLit OER

OER at a bilingual university seems very challenging. That’s why I was intrigued by the lighting talk from Open Ed 2021 entitled “Challenges and Opportunities of OER at a Bilingual Canadian University” presented by Michelle Brown and Melanie Brunet from the University of Ottawa, a bilingual Canadian university. They mentioned that the University of Ottawa […]
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World Librarians and Offline OER Sharing

Tonight we watched a panel session of Open Ed 2021 about the World Librarians program: worldLibrarians.org. The session was entitled “World Librarians: A System Providing Open Educational Resources to Offline Schools in Malawi & Kenya” and presented by Charlie Schweik, Carl Meyer, Wachira Warukira, and Sarah Hutton. Schweik is a professor at the University of […]
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Updating Metadata Vocabulary for Inclusion and Equity

Today we spent most of the day cleaning and doing chores… and some reorganizing of freezers in the lab due to a power outage! The Open Ed 2021 session we watched tonight was entitled “Creating an Inclusive Subject Vocabulary to Describe Humanities Resources” presented by Sarah Harris an Associate Librarian at the National Humanities Center. […]
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BranchEd to Teach the Teachers of Future Teachers

Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity (BranchEd) provides support for faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSI). Aubree Evans is the director of the BIRCH Professional Learning Center at Branch Ed and presented at Open Ed 2021. The session was entitled “Teaching the Teachers of Future Teachers to Design Inclusive Instructional OER.” In 2019 they conducted focus groups […]
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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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OER Cooperation in Francophone African Countries?

Tonight I watched an OpenEd 2021 entitled ” OER Cooperation In Francophone African Countries: Key Success Factors For A Successful Strategy.” Torunn Gjelsvik from ICDE began by describing what ICDE is doing in the field of OER. Several universities and representatives from UNESCO are part of the working group for this project. In alignment with […]
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