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Care in the GO-GN Network and Monetization for Open Creators

Martin Weller, Rob Farrow, Beck Pitt and Paco Iniesto presented about “Care and Community in the GO-GN Network” as part of day 2 of the OERxDomains21 conference. Before this conference, I did not know about GO-GN, and I have watched several sessions about it. GO-GN also supports doctoral students doing open practice. Weller talked about […]
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Open Source Software and Faculty Development

Boone Gorges is an open source developer and recounted their history and career during day 2 of the OERxDomains21 conference. Gorges was at CUNY and this exposure helped the development of an interest in academic exchange. Gorges talked about how WordPress and BuddyPress helped develop web 2.0 connections. I did not know that WordPress allowed […]
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Stories of Teaching, Learning, and Enjoying Life in the Open

Alan Levine and Tannis Morgan talked about the OpenETC during day 2 of the OERxDomains21. Open EdTech Cooperative is described as “free range ed tech” and providing a cooperative structure to educational technology, as described by Morgan. The program has been active for about five years. During this session, Levine and Morgan let instructors share […]
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Stories and Examples of Infrastructure for Open Collaboration

Luke Waltzer, Matthew Gold, Laurie Hurson, and Robin Miller talked about the CUNY OER open infrastructure as part of day 2 of OERxDomains21. Gold talked about how large CUNY is with over twenty campuses and a growing open infrastructure by creating platforms. Manifold is their new project that looks amazing and enables publishing and collaboration. […]
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Portfolios and Surveillance

Marie Selvanadin and Lee Skallerup Bessette both did several presentations for the OERxDomains21 conference. Their session entitled “Beyond Portfolios” and high-impact practices. I did not know that ePortfolios were added to AAC&U’s list of high-impact practices, as mentioned by Skallerup Bessette. Building on the use of websites and portfolios, Skallerup Bessette mentioned group work and […]
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The Human Experience and Open Education

I love watching the YouTube videos Mike Wesch creates! Wesch creates engaging stories and opportunities for students to experience learning. Therefore, when I saw Tom Woodward and Mike Wesch listed as presenters for a day 2 OERxDomains21 session, I knew I had to watch it! I have watched Wesch talk about the ANTH101 course they […]
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nQuire and Jelastic?

Tonight’s OERxDomains21 session was by Nashwa Ismail and Christothea Herodotou and focused on online citizen science. This is timely since yesterday we were trying to figure out an appropriate way of mentioning in text citizen science and emphasizing that it is for all, not only citizens! This session was entitled “How can facilitation by experts […]
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Good Teaching is Inclusive Teaching

Bryan Dewsbury and Cynthia Brame were on Online with LSE on May 7th, 2021. Brame began by talking about the LSE Inclusive Teaching guide and instructor checklist. These are wonderful! There are five guides: group work, inclusive teaching, peer instruction, modeling, and metacognition. Dewsbury mentioned that the Inclusive Teaching guide is longer than others and draws heavily from the […]
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Learning about Digital Literacy and Wikipedia

I am moving on to Day 2 of OERxDomains2 sessions. Jane Secker and colleagues Hasan Munir, Ahmed El-Shareif, and Kanan Barot from City University presented about “The Impact of Teaching Digital Literacies and Open Practices” through accredited modules. Secker mentioned that they have run the module three times as well as a similar module taught […]
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Laura Gibbs: “The Queen of Asynchrony”

Dr. Laura Gibbs was the keynote speaker for OERxDomains21 Day 1. Gibbs displayed a series of slides of student blogs and randomized (the 200+ slides) and began telling a story! Gibbs also talked about students telling stories with GoogleSites and mashups. Students tell stories outside of the learning management system (LMS)! Gibbs talked about “how […]
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