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January 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Delftia, Diversity, Mobile Learning, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Google Sites for Accessible and Mobile-Friendly OER

While the snow is quickly melting, it may freeze again tonight… and Wake County Public School System has canceled classes. I am no longer sure what day of the week it is with snow days and disruptions! Tonight, I watched another forty-minute Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Using Google Sites to Create Accessible and Mobile […]

January 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Community of Practice, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Designing and Teaching MOOCs and Educational Research

“How to Improve Students Learning Outcomes in Online Courses and MOOCs” was the title of the session by Zsuzsa Köpösdi, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Debrecen in Hungary. Köpösdi is an instructor of an online course that can be taken by students at 22 Hungarian universities and beyond. The research questions addressed in […]

January 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Community of Practice, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Why

The Dutch OER Initiative

Last night I watched the OERcamp session at Open Ed 2021. Tonight we watched “Supporting Professional Communities on OER: The Dutch Approach” presented by Lieke Rensink and Michel Jansen from SURF. Their recorded presentation featured both of them and a screen with animations and slides. Jansen mentioned that in the Netherlands OER is not as […]

January 17, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Discussions, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Why, Workshop

Sharing OERcamp Instructions

Each Open Ed 2021 session is different, and I find the variety really engaging! Tonight I watched the session entitled “OERcamp Webtalks and OERcamp SummOERschool: Two Best Practices Plus One Reuse Strategy” presented by Kristin Hirschmann and Jöran Muuß-Merholz. Hirschmann has been the project lead of OERcamp. Muuß-Merholz started with an overview of what are […]

January 9, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Website, Why

EduCoop in Poland and Open Access Resources for Nursing Chemistry Courses

Tomorrow is the first day of classes, and we spent most of the day preparing for courses. Tonight, I watched the ten-minute Open Ed 2021 session entitled “EduCoop – Online Course About Co-Creation Open Education Resources” and presented by Aleksandra Czetwertyńska, team leader of the Centrum Cyfowe. Czetwertyńska spoke about their project EduCoop that is […]

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 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Case Studies, Community of Practice, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Softwares, Student groups, Why

International Community of Practice and Survey of Open Pedagogy

Rafael Angel Espinoza Pizarro presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Virtual Communities of Practice (CoP): Experiences for the Development of Open Educational Resources.” Espinoza is from Costa Rica and defined community of practice (CoP) as a “strategy for articulation and exchange between institutions and/or teachers, who decide to voluntarily associate and join efforts, experiences, 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 […]

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 […]

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