learning

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 27, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Information Literacy, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website, Why

The SPARC Open Education Leaders of 2022

We watched the Open Ed 2021 “Open Education Leadership Project Showcase.” This was a lightning talk about ten minutes long. Hailey Babb, Open Education Project Manager at SPARC, spoke about the 2021 cohort of the SPARC Open Education Leadership Program. This was the fourth year of the program and the first year of it as […]

January 25, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, annotation, Books, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Interprofessional Education, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Podcasts, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

Global OER Graduate Network Showcase

Today I worked from home with Aurelio and had fun with the occasional interruption. Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session “The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN): Research Showcase, Collaboration & Consultation” with several panelists. Beck Pitt, a research fellow from The Open University introduced the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) and the network’s […]

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 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Information Literacy, Online Learning, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections

Nurturing Self-directed Learning (SDL)

It snowed… for a couple of hours and then rained. We spent most of the day cleaning and playing indoors. Tonight, I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “OER, Self-Directed Learning and Assessment: Educators’ Beliefs, Practices and Priorities in Africa” with Isabel Tarling, director of Limina, and Sandhya Gunness, a senior lecturer at the University […]

January 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Constructivism, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Website

Open Nursing Resources on MERLOT

Ellie Svoboda, an education informationist from Strauss Health Sciences Library at the University of Colorado, and Teresa Connolly, an assistant professor from the University of Colorado Denver, presented at Open Ed 2021 about “Collecting Nursing OER on a Health Sciences Campus.” They shared their process of sharing OER on a health sciences campuses and creating […]

January 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Case Studies, Community of Practice, Constructivism, Discussions, Information Literacy, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Why

The ENCORE+ Ecosystem

Dr. Robert Farrow from The Open University (UK) spoke at Open Ed 2021 about “Building the 21st Century OER Ecosystem.” ENCOURE+ (European Network for Catalysing Open Resources in Education, www.encoreproject.eu) is a “Knowledge Alliance project funded by the European Commission under Erasmus+” and focuses on impact and sharing innovative practices in different communities. Several partners […]