OpenEd

April 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Writing

Becoming Open Access Learners

Geoff Keston, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technical Communication at Temple University, presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Helping Undergraduates Become Open Access Learners.” Keston started by explaining that open learning is a challenge because learners are often used to finding all the resources in one site. Keston emphasized that “open access learning” is challenging […]

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 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

A Remixed Book Turns into an Open Playlist

I met Jay Fulgencio as part of the first cohort of RLOE last year. I was curious to learn more about Fulgencio’s OER work, and today I watched the recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Applying OER Content to Create a YouTube Mini-Course Playlist.” Fulgencio has been an instructor for more than a decade and […]

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 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Instructor Behaviors, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Moodle and OpenStax

Krassi Lazarova presented at Open Ed 2021 on “OpenStax College Physics – tips and tricks for implementation with Moodle.” Lazarova is an Associate Professor of Physics at Centenary University. They have searched for Open Educational Resources (OER) at their institution. Lazarova shared statistics about OER use and savings. They also described the challenges of OER […]

April 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Feedback with a Mote!?

Professor Sharon Lauricella from Ontario Tech University presented at Open Ed 2021 a session entitled ” Mote for Personalized Voice Notes: Connection, Feedback, and Accessibility via Edtech.” Mote is an educational technology tool. Lauricella is a professor in communication and digital media studies. I didn’t know what Mote was! It is a tool that allows […]

April 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

A Peer-Reviewed Question Bank Created by Two Institutions

The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Collaborative Test Bank Development: Multi-Institutional & Pandemic Style” had several speakers. , an Assistant Professor of Management Practice at Virginia Tech, worked with a team of undergraduate assistants. Candice Vander Weerdt is an Assistant College Lecturer at the College of Business at Cleveland State University. Mandi Goodsett is the […]

April 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website

Open Education Austria

“Synergies between Open Education and Open Science: OER Development, Projects and Trends in Austria” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 presentation by Martin Ebner, Claudia Hackl, and Sandra Schon. They described the 8 ambitions of the European Union and their open science initiative. Schon spoke about embedding open science skills early on and […]