Reflections

January 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Metacognition, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Scientist Spotlights and Open Pedagogy

Belonging and identity in STEM have been frequently mentioned in talks and studies I have encountered lately. Tonight’s OpenEd 2021 session was entitled “We Belong in STEM: Student-Created Scientist Spotlights in Introductory Astronomy” and Andrea Goering, an instructor of physics and astronomy at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, brought in a different perspective. The […]

January 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Why

A Comparison of Two Sections of the Same Class

Tonight we ended the workweek by watching the ten minute OpenEd session “Traditional Textbooks v. OER: Comparing Academic Performance at a Hispanic Serving Institution” with Jacob Jenkins, AL$ Campus Coordinator and Associate Professor at CSU Channel Islands, Thomas Clobes, lecturer at CSU Channel Islands, and Hannah Haid and Rebecca Allen. This study compared two different […]

January 6, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Why

The Challenges of Implementing Course Marking Legislation

To end a good day, we watched the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “The Impact of Zero-Cost Materials Designations: A State School’s Course Marking Legislation” presented by Adriana Poo and Christa Bailey, Senior Assistant Librarians at San Jose State University and Louis Tran, ALS Student Ambassador at San Jose State University. They spoke about affordable learning […]

January 5, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

OER in the Public Sector

The OpenEd 2021 session “Developing an Open Educational Resource Repository for The Public Sector with an Inclusive Lens” by Ksenia Cheinman, Manager of Research at the Canada School of Public Service exposed me to OERs in government. I appreciate how Cheinman started with a brief discussion of the connections between land, stewardship, gifts, reciprocity, and […]

January 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Unintentional Group Curation of Information in the Open?

We started the year with a snow day… at least for a couple of hours. It was a fun day for the kids at home, but the adults had difficulties getting work done. Tonight, I watched (since everyone else fell asleep before I even started!) the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Student Curation of Content and […]

January 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Books, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing

IMLS Investment in OER and Professional Development

James Neal, Senior Library Program Officer from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) began the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Federal Funding For OER: Spotlight On IMLS Grants.” I didn’t know about IMLS and learned from Neal’s introduction that it is a federal institute located in Washington, DC, and established in 1996. It is […]

January 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, OpenEd, Reflections, Softwares, Why

Perceptions of Low-cost and No-cost Course Designations

For the first day of the new year, we watched the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Schedule Designation and Enrollment Research” with Amy Hofer from Open Oregon Educational Resources, Shauna McNulty, faculty at Umpqua Community College, and Jennifer Lantrip, Health Sciences Student Success Librarian at Pacific University. Their slides were made available at: tinyurl.com/designationstudyopened21 Their team […]

December 31, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Student groups, Transfer Students, Website, Workshop

Using OER and the LMS for Concurrent Enrollment Students

To end 2021, I watched the OpenEd 2021 session by Dan McGuire, Executive Director of SABIER (Stone Arch Bridge Initiative for Education), and Lisa Lucas Hurst, professor at Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU). The session was about OER in Concurrent Enrollment, similar to another session I watched last month I think. Lucas Hurst is an […]

December 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections

An Exploration of OER Adoption in K-12

“Advancing and Sustaining OER Use in K-12 Education” was the title of the OpenEd 2021 session we watched tonight. Karla Spear, a school counselor at Climax Springs R-IV spoke from her experience as a teacher, counselor, and school counselor now. Spear has been interested in OER and wrote a dissertation on this topic. Spear did […]

December 29, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Website, Why, Workshop

Learning about Copyright and the Public Domain with Cards

Tonight we watched Lisa Campbell and Perry Collins, librarians at the University of Florida, present their recorded Open Ed 2021 session “Valentine Remix: Joy and Critical Making in OER.” Collins spoke about how students are involved in co-creation and even writing textbooks as part of courses. This is an opportunity to speak about copyright and […]

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