engagement

May 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Constructivism, Discussions, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Online Learning, Reflections, Softwares

Engaging Participants with Padlet Boards about Student Engagement

Todd D. Zakrajsek from UNC-Chapel Hill and ITLC Lilly spoke about “Game Changing Teaching Tips” at the Lilly Conference Online. Zakrajsek spoke about how to engage students. The prompt was “what strategies do you use for student engagement?” Zakrajsek explained that he first lets people know that there will be breakout rooms to prepare them […]

May 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, Lilly Conference, Metacognition, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

WILS and Mindset for Nursing Students

I am now watching recorded sessions from the Lilly Online Conference 2022. I have watched until Tuesday, April 12 but haven’t posted anything. Tonight, I start with the session “Mindset Training for Nursing Students” by Lisa S. Lewis, a faculty in the Duke University School of Nursing. I am curious about the mindset model and […]

April 24, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Writing

Becoming Open Access Learners

Geoff Keston, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Technical Communication at Temple University, presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Helping Undergraduates Become Open Access Learners.” Keston started by explaining that open learning is a challenge because learners are often used to finding all the resources in one site. Keston emphasized that “open access learning” is challenging […]

April 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

An Affordable, Accessible, and Open BIO 132

Dorothy Salinas is an Assistant Professor at County College of Morris in New Jersey. They presented “Biology Course Development: Increasing Affordability and Accessibility for Non-Science Majors” at Open Ed 2021. Salinas spoke about common barriers students may face including academic/institutional (financial aid, advising, guidance, preparedness, learning obstacles) and non-academic (school/work/life balance, time management, childcare, location, […]

April 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why

A Remixed Book Turns into an Open Playlist

I met Jay Fulgencio as part of the first cohort of RLOE last year. I was curious to learn more about Fulgencio’s OER work, and today I watched the recorded Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Applying OER Content to Create a YouTube Mini-Course Playlist.” Fulgencio has been an instructor for more than a decade and […]

April 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

UNESCO OER Recommendations and Europe

Paola Corti from SPARC Europe and Gema Santos-Hermosa from the University of Barcelona spoke about “The UNESCO OER Recommendation and Europe’s Academic Libraries” as part of Open Ed 2021. They reviewed survey responses from 233 participants, 1111 institutions, 28 countries… Most responses, Santos-Hermosa mentioned, were from Spain and comprehensive institutions. The pandemic also impacted policies […]

April 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Course Design, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website

An Open Course on H5P

Samantha Ahern recorded a 20-minute session for the Open Ed 2021 conference. As an Open practitioner, Ahern participated in the Mozilla Open Leaders program and became a mentor for OE4BW. Ahem has experimented with H5P and “produced some guidance.” Sushumna Rao is the founder of h5pcatalogue.in and an ed-tech trainer. Rao developed and implemented an […]

April 8, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

The OER Buffet

“A Plate for Every Student: A Buffet Style Approach to Course Development Using OER” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. The presenter was Jennifer Schneider, an Assistant Professor at Community College of Philadelphia. The goals stated by Schneider were to identify OER collections for use in course design, assess […]

April 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd

The U of Alberta OER Team

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Moving Forward on OER: Building a Culture of Open Through the Creation of a Cross Campus OER Team” presented by Michelle Brailey, Sarah Shaughnessy, and Lauren Stieglitz from the University of Alberta Library. They all have different roles and have come together to support open education […]

April 5, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Momentum in OER Service

“Maintaining Momentum: Targeted OER Advocacy Turned Sustainable OER Service” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. It was presented by Crystal Mills, Emily Carlisle-Johnston, and Courtney Waugh from the University of Western Ontario. They spoke about Library Course Readings that provide zero-cost course materials to students. They restrict content to […]