Leadership has come up frequently in the last several weeks. Tonight I watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “From OER Learner to Leader: Creating a Professional Development Pathway for Emerging OER Champions” presented by Monica Brown and Apurva Ashok from the Rebus Foundation. I have been curious about the Rebus Foundation. Brown and Ashok […]
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 […]
I nIt was a busy day and I managed to attend a couple RLOE sessions! What a fantastic group! The students and facilitators were awesome. Tonight, I watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Organizing an OER Boot Camp for Faculty” presented by Claire Nickerson. The “OER Boot Camp” has been offered for three years […]
Today we did two RLOE sessions about Open Pedagogy and student choice & voice. They were a lot of fun. The student panels were excellent! Tonight, we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “OERs & Faculty Learning Communities” with panelists Jenna Steigerwalt, Ella Smith-Justice, and James King. During the transition to remote online teaching […]
What are the trends in OER awareness and adoption in higher education? This is a question I wonder about. Tonight I watched an Open Ed 2021 session that addresses OER awareness: Julia Seaman the Director of Research at Bay View Analytics talked about “OER Awareness and Adoption Trends in US Higher Education through the COVID-19 […]
This afternoon, the NIST FALCoN session featured Julie Stanton. The talk was entitled “Using metacognition to help students adapt their learning in and out of the pandemic.”Julie Stanton asked the group: what is metacognition? Stanton defined metacognitions as the awareness and control of thinking for the purpose of learning. Students develop metacognitive knowledge by, for […]
It was a good restful weekend. Tonight we watched another session from OpenEd 2021 entitled “Building OER Capacity in the Midwest: Supporting Grassroots Efforts and Statewide Collaboration” presented by Jenny Parks, Annika Many, Jennifer Zinth, and Katie Zaback. Parks described MHEC: Midwestern Higher Education Compact. They received a Hewlett Foundation grant with National Consortium for […]
I am finishing the ALT 2021 recorded sessions! Tonight we watched a session entitled “From digital ethnography to exhibition: Exploring the entanglement of learning online, work and life” presented by Paula Shaw and Marlies Gration from the University of Derby. Gration and Shaw undertook an ethnography pilot study and then observed several courses from February […]
It is Friday! I had a chance today to talk with Melanie about Hypothes.is. It was a lot of fun! Also, student researchers worked in the lab. Tonight, we watched an ALT 2021 session entitled “Making your mind up: Formalising the evaluation of learning technologies” by Marieke Guy and Tharindu Liyanagunawardena. Guy is a learning […]
Today’s FALCoN session was entitled “Ungrading: Alternatives to Traditional Grading” and led by Dr. Jenni Momsen, North Dakota State University. Momsen started by asking why we grade and what feelings grading creates. The participants shared in the chat reasons, including grades being required and grades to motivate or share feedback. In breakout rooms, we talked […]