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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 […]

February 23, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Softwares

A Tool and Rubric for OER Accessibility Checks

Tiffany Tijerina is the Program Manager at Affordable Learning Georgia and recorded a lighting talk for Open Ed 2021 that I watched tonight. Tijerina presented “Evaluating OER Accessibility: Open, Digital, and Pedagogical” and described a tool they developed. The tool starts by focusing on open access: Can the resource be downloadable in a common format? […]

February 18, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Student groups, Website, Wellbeing, Why

Justice, Satisfaction, and an OER Survey

Jacob Jenkins, Associate Professor at CSU Channel Islands, and Thomas Clobes presented at Open Ed 2021 a 20-minute session entitled “OER for Social Justice: Perceptions of OER Among Historically Underserved College Students.” Jenkins shared data on the rise of textbook costs since 1975. Even more striking were the student quotes from their campus that they […]

February 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Community of Practice, Constructivism, Guest Speakers, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Why

Coffee Chats to Disseminate Open Education Across Canada

So many acronyms! I am learning about all the programs and groups promoting open education by watching the Open Ed 2021 sessions! Tonight, I watched the session entitled “Introducing the Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (OECCCC)” with Lise Brin, Ann Ludbrook, Kate Gibbings, Olga Perkovic, and Paula Parlette from libraries in Canada and all members […]

February 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Articles, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why, Writing

Transformation of a Class through Open Pedagogy

Diana Daly and Cheryl Cuillier Casey presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Improving Learning Outcomes Through Open Pedagogy.” They met in 2020 through a Pressbooks project. Daly is an iSchool Assistant Professor and head of iVoices Lab. Casey is an Open Education Librarian. They both are at the University of Arizona. They shared their resources: […]

February 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Course Design, Diversity, Instructor Behaviors, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

Created Connected Communities

Amanda Marquez, a Professional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Jennifer Epley Sanders, an Associate Professor of Political Science also at TAMU presented at Open Ed 2021. The session was entitled “Creating Connected Communities and Histories through Open Pedagogy and OER” and was full of murals painted by local artists. Marquez is a […]

February 3, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Student groups, Website, Why, Workshop

A Sprint to Brainstorm Open Assignments

Alyssa Hamer, an Open Education Faculty Associate at Capilano University, and Darcye Lovsin, an Instruction and Reference Librarian at the Justice Institute of British Columbia. presented at Open Ed 2021 a 25-minute recorded session. Their session was entitled ” Sprinting to Student Empowerment: The Case for a Student-Centered Open Assignment Sprint.” Capilano University is in […]

January 28, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Diversity, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

DOERS3!

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “Equity Through OER: A Blueprint and Rubric” presented by Ann Fiddler, Open Education Library at the City University of New York, Reta Chaffee, Director of Educational Technology at Granite State College, and Robert Awkward, Assistant Commissioner for Academic Effectiveness at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education. Fiddler […]

January 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Books, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Student groups, Why

Surveying Students about OER Use and Preference

Tonight it snowed… and we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “An Analysis of the OER Feedback Survey from Students: Impact, Implications, and Lessons Learned.” Regina Gong and Jason Almerigi from Michigan State University (MSU) presented an overview of their study and results. Gong is the OER & Student Success Librarian… and I have […]