OpenEd

December 2, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Website, Why

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 […]

December 1, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Website

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 […]

November 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website

OER Studies in Nigeria and K-12 Classrooms

Tonight we watched a pair of ten-minute Open Ed 2021 talks. The first one was entitled “Building and Sustaining a Culture of Open Education: Strategies and Advocacy in Nigeria” and presented by Adenekan Fauziyah Nihinlolawa. They described the education status of Nigeria and the promise of Open Education. The study they described examined the strategies […]

November 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections

The European Network of Open Education Librarians

Today was the last day of classes. We tried to wrap up reflections and share what we have done. Tonight I wanted to learn what others have done with the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) which is part of SPARC Europe’s. The session entitled “Open Education Academic Librarians at Work in Europe: Building […]

November 28, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Teaching techniques, Why

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 […]

November 27, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Books, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website

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. […]

November 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

OER Cycles in India and Japan

It was a fun day with the family! We needed some downtime, and Aurelio took another long nap! Tonight I watched a couple of Open Ed 2021 lightning talks. I started with the session entitled “Co-creation of OERs for Foreign Language Acquisition: A Case study on Goa, India” presented by Natasha Maria Gomes from Goa […]

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: […]