Open Pedagogy

November 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Environmental Scans and Learning Circles to Implement Open

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with the grandparents and had a lot to eat. Aurelio and I also were able to take nap after a delicious lunch. Tonight, we continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. We started by watching the short session entitled “Conducting an Environmental Scan to Identify OER Needs at an Institution of Higher Learning” […]

November 24, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections

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 […]

November 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Case Studies, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Writing

OpenSkill and Open Tools

Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 session by Ariel Anbar and colleagues about the Open Skill initiative. The session entitled “OpenSkill: Open Tools, Co-Development, and Workforce Readiness” described the OER barriers to adoption and the need for improving workforce training. Anbar is the PI for the Department of Education-funded program. Anbar shared a quote: […]

November 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why, Writing

Textbook Affordability through Student Digital Storytelling Campaigns

Today was a rainy Monday with lots of computer work. Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Beyond the #Campaign: Capturing the Realities of Textbook Affordability Through Digital Storytelling” and presented by Adriana Poo, Christa Bailey, and Louis Tran from San Jose State University. They acknowledged the Muwekma tribes. Since 2018, their OER […]

November 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups

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 […]

November 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

Student OER Grants and Motivation for Sharing Materials

Today was a busy Saturday. We cleaned, organized, baked, and edited. We even did some QM homework! Tonight we started watching a couple of ten-minute Open Ed 2021 sessions. The first one was by Chaten Jessel entitled “Student Champion: Creating a $500k OER Initiative.” Jessel is an undergraduate fourth-year student from the University of Calgary. […]

November 19, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

The K-12 Voices of Open

How does K-12 Voices of Open lead K-12 OER efforts? Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 panel entitled “Advancing K-12 OER Through A Collaborative Model” with several panelists: Amee Evans Godwin from ISKME, B. Jean Weller from Virginia Department of Education, Cynthia Curry from CAST, Rebecca Henderson from Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, PA, and Yvette […]

November 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Pandemic OER Outreach and Open RN

I worked on several different items today and was very scattered, yet I was able to get some items on my list finished. Tonight we listened to a couple of Open Ed sessions. We started with the recorded talk “COVID Changed How We Do OER Outreach. Here’s What Our Institutional Initiatives Have Learned” which featured […]

November 17, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Automatic Textbook Billing and Zero-Cost Texts

What is automatic textbook billing? Winni Zhang from SPARC explained that automatic textbook billing is usually through the bookstore or publishers and charge students automatically for use of textbooks. The SPARC Inclusive Access Working Group helped create the contract library that this Open Ed 2021 session described “A Look at the Fine Print Behind Automatic […]

November 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Dialogic Reading, Children Stories, and Recipes for OER-enabled Pedagogy

Today we worked together virtually on troubleshooting metagenomic analyses! It was fun… and we filled the forums with questions, snapshots, and code. Tonight, I watched another Open Ed 2021 short session (25 min) on “OER-Enabled Pedagogy: Student Examples of Renewable Assignments” with Kate Williamson and Todd LaMarr from American River College. Williamson is a librarian […]