Online Learning

An Open Course on H5P

Samantha Ahern recorded a 20-minute session for the Open Ed 2021 conference. As an Open practitioner, Ahern participated in the Mozilla Open Leaders program and became a mentor for OE4BW. Ahem has experimented with H5P and “produced some guidance.” Sushumna Rao is the founder of h5pcatalogue.in and an ed-tech trainer. Rao developed and implemented an […]
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The Electric Book

Tonight’s Open Ed 2021 session was the recording for “Open is Insufficient: How Innovative Re-Use of Content Can Extend Institutional Reach.” Kenneth Feldt is the managing partner at the Electric Book Company. This is the second or maybe third presentation with Feldt I watch. Feldt focused on the value of reusability for content providers and […]
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Momentum in OER Service

“Maintaining Momentum: Targeted OER Advocacy Turned Sustainable OER Service” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. It was presented by Crystal Mills, Emily Carlisle-Johnston, and Courtney Waugh from the University of Western Ontario. They spoke about Library Course Readings that provide zero-cost course materials to students. They restrict content to […]
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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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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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A Tool and Rubric for OER Accessibility Checks

Tiffany Tijerina is the Program Manager at Affordable Learning Georgia and recorded a lighting talk for Open Ed 2021 that I watched tonight. Tijerina presented “Evaluating OER Accessibility: Open, Digital, and Pedagogical” and described a tool they developed. The tool starts by focusing on open access: Can the resource be downloadable in a common format? […]
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Coffee Chats to Disseminate Open Education Across Canada

So many acronyms! I am learning about all the programs and groups promoting open education by watching the Open Ed 2021 sessions! Tonight, I watched the session entitled “Introducing the Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (OECCCC)” with Lise Brin, Ann Ludbrook, Kate Gibbings, Olga Perkovic, and Paula Parlette from libraries in Canada and all members […]
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Transformation of a Class through Open Pedagogy

Diana Daly and Cheryl Cuillier Casey presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Improving Learning Outcomes Through Open Pedagogy.” They met in 2020 through a Pressbooks project. Daly is an iSchool Assistant Professor and head of iVoices Lab. Casey is an Open Education Librarian. They both are at the University of Arizona. They shared their resources: […]
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A Sprint to Brainstorm Open Assignments

Alyssa Hamer, an Open Education Faculty Associate at Capilano University, and Darcye Lovsin, an Instruction and Reference Librarian at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. presented at Open Ed 2021 a 25-minute recorded session. Their session was entitled ” Sprinting to Student Empowerment: The Case for a Student-Centered Open Assignment Sprint.” Capilano University is in […]
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A Podcast Series on O.L.

The Open Ed 2021 ten-minute session entitled “Check the O.L. Liner Notes from Groundbreaking Online Learning was presented by Anne–Marie Scott, Deputy Provost, from Athabascau University in Canada, and Terry Greene, Senior eLearning Designer, at Trent University. The title was Greene’s brainchild: O.L. for online learning and hip hop music influences. Greene spoke about similarities […]
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