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November 26, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Metacognition, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Why

OER Cycles in India and Japan

It was a fun day with the family! We needed some downtime, and Aurelio took another long nap! Tonight I watched a couple of Open Ed 2021 lightning talks. I started with the session entitled “Co-creation of OERs for Foreign Language Acquisition: A Case study on Goa, India” presented by Natasha Maria Gomes from Goa […]

November 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Environmental Scans and Learning Circles to Implement Open

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with the grandparents and had a lot to eat. Aurelio and I also were able to take nap after a delicious lunch. Tonight, we continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. We started by watching the short session entitled “Conducting an Environmental Scan to Identify OER Needs at an Institution of Higher Learning” […]

November 23, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Case Studies, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Writing

OpenSkill and Open Tools

Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 session by Ariel Anbar and colleagues about the Open Skill initiative. The session entitled “OpenSkill: Open Tools, Co-Development, and Workforce Readiness” described the OER barriers to adoption and the need for improving workforce training. Anbar is the PI for the Department of Education-funded program. Anbar shared a quote: […]

November 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why, Writing

Textbook Affordability through Student Digital Storytelling Campaigns

Today was a rainy Monday with lots of computer work. Tonight we watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Beyond the #Campaign: Capturing the Realities of Textbook Affordability Through Digital Storytelling” and presented by Adriana Poo, Christa Bailey, and Louis Tran from San Jose State University. They acknowledged the Muwekma tribes. Since 2018, their OER […]

November 21, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Discussions, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups

Students Reflect on the Cost of Access Codes and Leaders Structure Open Journals

The weekend was too short! We did several different things around the house and with the grandparents. Tonight, we watched a holiday movie, and I continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. The ten-minute session entitled “Financial and Academic Impact of Textbooks” with Helen Do from CoPIRG Students at CU Boulder. Helen Do explained what CoPIRG […]

November 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

Student OER Grants and Motivation for Sharing Materials

Today was a busy Saturday. We cleaned, organized, baked, and edited. We even did some QM homework! Tonight we started watching a couple of ten-minute Open Ed 2021 sessions. The first one was by Chaten Jessel entitled “Student Champion: Creating a $500k OER Initiative.” Jessel is an undergraduate fourth-year student from the University of Calgary. […]

November 18, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Wellbeing, Why

Pandemic OER Outreach and Open RN

I worked on several different items today and was very scattered, yet I was able to get some items on my list finished. Tonight we listened to a couple of Open Ed sessions. We started with the recorded talk “COVID Changed How We Do OER Outreach. Here’s What Our Institutional Initiatives Have Learned” which featured […]

November 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Dialogic Reading, Children Stories, and Recipes for OER-enabled Pedagogy

Today we worked together virtually on troubleshooting metagenomic analyses! It was fun… and we filled the forums with questions, snapshots, and code. Tonight, I watched another Open Ed 2021 short session (25 min) on “OER-Enabled Pedagogy: Student Examples of Renewable Assignments” with Kate Williamson and Todd LaMarr from American River College. Williamson is a librarian […]

November 14, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Offline OER Solutions!

We still have the momentum from the first cohort of RLOE and discussions of open! Tonight, I watched another Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Access For All With Offline OER Solutions” and presented by Amanda Coolidge, director of Open Education BC Campus, and Carolee Clyne, Open Education Advisor BC Campus. They shared the slides at: […]

November 13, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Creating OER Adoption Programs in Anchorage

We went to play with the grandparents and had a delicious lunch. The kids enjoyed making slime and playing with cardboard boxes. Tonight we watched another Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Developing a Robust Faculty OER Adoption Program Under Challenging Conditions” presented by D’Arcy Hutchings and Veronica Howard from the University of Alaska Anchorage. They […]