Today I worked from home with Aurelio and had fun with the occasional interruption. Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN): Research Showcase, Collaboration & Consultation” with several panelists. Beck Pitt, a research fellow from The Open University introduced the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) and the network’s […]
Today I had the opportunity to be part of a panel with RLOE and RIOS for AACU 2021. It was a lot of fun! Tonight, the Open Ed 2021 session I watched was related to what was discussed during the panel. The title was “Pulling Together to Decolonize: Reflections on an Indigenous-led Open Resource Adaptation” […]
Tonight it snowed… and we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “An Analysis of the OER Feedback Survey from Students: Impact, Implications, and Lessons Learned.” Regina Gong and Jason Almerigi from Michigan State University (MSU) presented an overview of their study and results. Gong is the OER & Student Success Librarian… and I have […]
“How to Improve Students Learning Outcomes in Online Courses and MOOCs” was the title of the session by Zsuzsa Köpösdi, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Köpösdi is an instructor of an online course that can be taken by students at 22 Hungarian universities and beyond. The research questions addressed in […]
It is always wonderful to reconnect with graduate school friends. Last year when I was at the Open Ed 2021 conference doing my session, I noticed a familiar name. Tonight, I watched their recorded session entitled “A Freely Hosted and Easily Maintained OER for an Undergraduate Agile Software Engineering Course” with Cengiz Gunay, an associate […]
Last night I watched the OERcamp session at Open Ed 2021. Tonight we watched “Supporting Professional Communities on OER: The Dutch Approach” presented by Lieke Rensink and Michel Jansen from SURF. Their recorded presentation featured both of them and a screen with animations and slides. Jansen mentioned that in the Netherlands OER is not as […]
Each Open Ed 2021 session is different, and I find the variety really engaging! Tonight I watched the session entitled “OERcamp Webtalks and OERcamp SummOERschool: Two Best Practices Plus One Reuse Strategy” presented by Kristin Hirschmann and Jöran Muuß-Merholz. Hirschmann has been the project lead of OERcamp. Muuß-Merholz started with an overview of what are […]
“What Makes a MOOC Successful?” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. Martina Babinská, a mathematics teacher and researcher at Comenius University in Bratislava, shared recommendations for large online courses that could apply to in-person courses too. A MOOC or massive open online course was defined by Babinská as “an […]
Dr. Robert Farrow from The Open University (UK) spoke at Open Ed 2021 about “Building the 21st Century OER Ecosystem.” ENCOURE+ (European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education, www.encoreproject.eu) is a “Knowledge Alliance project funded by the European Commission under Erasmus+” and focuses on impact and sharing innovative practices in different communities. Several partners […]
Tomorrow is the first day of classes, and we spent most of the day preparing for courses. Tonight, I watched the ten-minute Open Ed 2021 session entitled “EduCoop – Online Course About Co-Creation Open Education Resources” and presented by Aleksandra Czetwertyńska, team leader of the Centrum Cyfowe. Czetwertyńska spoke about their project EduCoop that is […]