Reflections

January 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

DOERS3!

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Equity Through OER: A Blueprint and Rubric” presented by Ann Fiddler, Open Education Library at the City University of New York, Reta Chaffee, Director of Educational Technology at Granite State College, and Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Fiddler […]

January 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website, Why

The SPARC Open Education Leaders of 2022

We watched the Open Ed 2021 “Open Education Leadership Project Showcase.” This was a lightning talk about ten minutes long. Hailey Babb, Open Education Project Manager at SPARC, spoke about the 2021 cohort of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. This was the fourth year of the program and the first year of it as […]

January 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Campus-wide Surveys of OER Use

What a day! Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Analysis of a Shifting Landscape: Course Materials and OER Before and During Covid” with Beth Martin, LuMarie Guth, and Glinda Rawls from Western Michigan University. Martin and Guth are librarians at WMU and conducted a study on the use of OER. One of their […]

January 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Books, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Interprofessional Education, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Global OER Graduate Network Showcase

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 […]

January 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Diversity, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why, Writing

Pulling Together a Resource to Raise Awareness

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” […]

January 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Delftia, Diversity, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Google Sites for Accessible and Mobile-Friendly OER

While the snow is quickly melting, it may freeze again tonight… and Wake County Public School System has canceled classes. I am no longer sure what day of the week it is with snow days and disruptions! Tonight, I watched another forty-minute Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Using Google Sites to Create Accessible and Mobile […]

January 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

Capturing Oral Histories in an Open Digital Hub

What a fun snow day! Tonight we watched a session entitled “Emotional Histories: Exploring Social Change in a Gen Ed History Course Through Oral Histories” that was a 40-minute Open Ed 2021 with several presenters, including students. Elaine Kaye, an instructional designer from James Madison University, began by providing an overview. Kristen McCleary spoke about […]

January 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Surveying Students about OER Use and Preference

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 […]

January 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Designing and Teaching MOOCs and Educational Research

“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 […]

January 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Delftia, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Writing

Agile Software and OER

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 […]