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March 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Website

Creating an OER for the 1900s

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Creating Community While Building an Early College Humanities OER” with Paul Ricciardi, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, and Michelle Turnbull, adjunct at Kingsborough Community College. They told the story of how they created an Early College Humanities OER. Turnbull taught high […]

March 10, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Information Literacy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Workshop

Connecting Research Grants and OER Pathways

I fell asleep so this is an early morning post that was supposed to be yesterday. I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “New Pathways to Open: OER Education, Advocacy, and Partnerships Through Research Grants” by Nina Exner and Jessica Kirschner from Virginia Commonwealth University. They are both librarians at VCU. Kirchner talked about the […]

March 9, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections

OAER and Open Communities of Practice

Alison Bonner, Elizabeth Nelson, and Larry Musolino from Penn State presented a 23-min recorded session at Open Ed 2021 entitled “Let’s Make Something For OUR Students: Value of Discipline-Specific Communities of Practice in OAER.” Bonner first described discipline-specific communities of practice and the advantages of communities for OER work. They defined communities of practice as […]

March 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Discussions, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections

Case Studies of OER Implementation at Towson

“Access for All: Case Studies Investigating Open Education Resources” was a session presented by Lijun Jin, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Patricia Westerman, Miriam DesHarnais, Aaron Dallman, and Amanda Jozkowski from Towson University as part of Open Ed 2021. They spoke about the Faculty Academic Center of Excellence at Towson and the Library and how they help […]

March 6, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

An Organic Chemistry Lab Lib Guide

What are no-cost solutions when it comes to lab-based education? In a way, I think instructors teaching lab courses have an opportunity to develop and share OER that is tailored to their student needs and campus facilities. Tonight, I watched the Open Ed 2021 ten-minute session entitled “No-Cost Solution for the Organic Chemistry Laboratory.” Christine […]

March 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Why

IFMSA Open Science Efforts

Kevin Alvaro Handoko is the 2021-2022 IFMSA SCORE Director and spoke about “Fostering a Culture of Open Education: A Medical Student-Led Strategy” at Open Ed 2021. The International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) has over 100 members and works on policy documents. One policy document that was adopted in 2020 was the Open Science […]

March 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

The Stitched (OER)

Sewing and OER? That was the name of the Open Ed 2021 session that we watched tonight. Presented by Heather Clark, faculty at the Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Catherine Hay, this ten-minute session shared several resources. They teach fashion and talked about their project “stitched.” The presentation used a nice […]

February 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections

Libraries Without Borders and the Wash and Learn Initiative

Azure Grimes presented a recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Wash and Learn: Access to Education and Technology at Pop-Up Library Spaces.” Grimes is a Senior Program Manager with Libraries Without Borders. I didn’t know about this organization! Libraries Without Borders (LWB) is “an international non-profit that is committed to expanding access to information and […]

February 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Case Studies, Discussions, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections

The SUCCESS Model for OER Implementation

I was curious about the title of this Open Ed 2021 recorded session: “Got OER? A SUCCESS Model for Implementing Open Educational Resources.” What is the SUCCESS model? Angie Dodson, Instructional Designer, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, presented and started with an energetic soundtrack and great visuals! The SUCCESS is an acrostic with S for […]

February 26, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Why, Writing

The Recipe for Developing Sustainable OER

Developing an OER textbook is difficult. I am not sure how it can be done without dedicated protected time! Tonight, I watched a session from Open Ed 2021 entitled “Development and Sustainability of an OER Textbook” by Ann Diker, Professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Diker’s original plan was to find an OER to […]