Wellbeing

Open Textbooks and Care

Melissa Jakubec and John Belshaw presented on “The Case of the Accidental Open Textbook” as part of day 2 of the OERxDomains21 conference. I was intrigued by the title yesterday. How can I make an accidental open textbook? Belshaw teaches indigenous history and talked about the balance of a “settler” teaching indigenous histories and not […]
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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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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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Our Human Problem

Dr. Mays Imad presented on May 13, 2021, as part of the SABER Striving Towards Inclusion series. As always, Imad exudes a calming force and invites everyone to engage in honest conversations and try to give up the “methodological doubt” that is such a part of academics and scientists. Imad mentioned that we have “more […]
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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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#Openteach and the ACE Framework

I continue watching OERxDomains21 sessions and loving them! They provide happiness and lots of ideas. Tonight, I started by watching Orna Farrell , James Brunton, Eamon Costello, Caitriona Ni She, Matthew Waters, Cliona Olohan, Aleksandra Shornikova and Aodan Farrelly present about “Open Course, Open Textbook, OpenTeach” and how this team developed this project. Orna Farrell […]
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Rhetoric and Websites for Community

Jim Luke reflected during OERxDomains21 on April 21 about the word choices we use and the metaphors in higher education. The session entitled “Reflecting on Market vs. Commons Rhetoric: Care and the Professor’s Dilemma” reviewed metaphors Luke collected after asking what metaphors we use in higher education on Twitter. People responded with pathways/guided pathways, workforce […]
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What is Equity without Care?

I have been wanting to watch the OERxDomains21 session by Mia Zamora and Maha Bali for a couple of days now. The sixty-minute session was entitled “Building Appreciative Narratives of Equity and Care in the Open” and caught my attention when I first saw the conference schedule… but the timing didn’t work out to watch […]
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The Joy of Openness

The opening plenary session for the OERxDomains21 conference entitled “Joy and Care in Open Education in Times of Pandemic” began with a welcoming and described everything the conference did to promote virtual community. This is my first OERxDomains conference, and I loved how easy it was to log in, present, watch, and interact! The conference […]
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