Presentations & Talks

March 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Why

OpenStax Astronomy and OER

“The OpenStax Astronomy Book: Reaching Half a Million Readers, Creating a Community of Adopters” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session presented by Andrew Fraknoi. The OpenStax Astronomy is a free textbook: http://openstax.org/details/astronomy OpenStax, Fraknoi mentioned, has the goal of creating free textbooks for college courses. Fraknoi was part of the project as […]

March 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why, Workshop

Expanding a Successful OER Program

Tonight I watched another session entitled “Scaling OER Efforts: Tapping Librarian Subject Specialist’ Expertise, Efficiency and Sustainability” by DeeAnn Ivie from UT San Antonio Libraries. UTSA is a “Hispanic-thriving institution” and has over 34,000 students. The institution has 165 degree programs and a breakdown of about 50/50 by gender. They primarily serve undergraduates, with a […]

March 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Structure of a Multi-campus Course Material Fellowship Program

Today I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “All for One & One for All: Building a Multi-Campus Course Material Fellowship Program” presented by Sara Hare, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Bloomington campus of Indiana University, and Amy Minix. They launched in fall 2020 supported by a one-year grant supporting 13 students from two campuses. […]

March 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Donors and OER

DeeAnn Ivie is the OER Coordinator at UT San Antonio and worked with Felipe Barrera the Director of Development at UTSA Libraries. They presented at Open Ed 2021 a 25-minute recorded session entitled “Keeping Donors Engaged: A Strategy for Demonstrating Impact through Storytelling.” Barrera’s job is focused on finding philanthropic opportunities, and Ivie works with […]

March 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing

OpenGLAM!

The session “OpenGLAM for OER: Digital Cultural Literacy & Engagement, from K-12 to Higher Ed & Beyond” from Open Ed 2021 had several presenters: Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Bethany Ellerbrook, Dovi Mae Patino-Liu, and Sharon Mizota. Graddy-Lovelace began by talking about OpenGLAM OER: galleries, libraries, archives, and museums and opening them. They are working with the MHC […]

March 10, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Information Literacy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Workshop

Connecting Research Grants and OER Pathways

I fell asleep so this is an early morning post that was supposed to be yesterday. I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “New Pathways to Open: OER Education, Advocacy, and Partnerships Through Research Grants” by Nina Exner and Jessica Kirschner from Virginia Commonwealth University. They are both librarians at VCU. Kirchner talked about the […]

February 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Case Studies, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections

The SUCCESS Model for OER Implementation

I was curious about the title of this Open Ed 2021 recorded session: “Got OER? A SUCCESS Model for Implementing Open Educational Resources.” What is the SUCCESS model? Angie Dodson, Instructional Designer, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, presented and started with an energetic soundtrack and great visuals! The SUCCESS is an acrostic with S for […]

February 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

OER for Teacher Training in MN

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 recorded session entitled “Opening Opportunities for Teacher Education: A Project Funded by the U.S. Department of Education” and presented by Tim Anderson, System Director for Student Success Technologies at Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, Stephen Kelly (Innovation Program Director at Minnesota State), and Kim Lynch (Senior System Director […]

February 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

An Audit Framework for More Inclusive OER

Suzanne Wakim from Butte Community College has done so much for Open Educational Resources and RLOE. It was nice to recognize the name Rachel Arteaga and Mandeep Grewal in the Open Ed 2021 recorded session entitled “Strategies for Assessing and Adapting OER for Inclusion: A Case Study.” Rachel Arteaga is a Librarian at Butte College […]

February 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

The Contributions Matrix for OER and Open Pedagogy

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 presentation entitled “Building Capacity for Your OER Initiative: DOERS3” presented by Amanda Coolidge (Director, Open Education BC Campus), Kevin Corcoran (Executive Director, Digital Learning, Connecticut State Colleges & Universities), and Andrew Mckinney (OER Coordinator, CUNY). The Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) collaborative was launched in 2018 […]