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Starting an OER Journey with the Syllabus

What a week! I’m tired. A lot happened and several items on my checklist were accomplished, though a couple continue to be pushed back! I did finish the QM Teaching Online Certificate, and we were able to get the epMotion 5075 BitBot liquid handler to run a DNA prep with food coloring and water. Tonight […]
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OER Bootcamp: Games & Resources

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 […]
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Student Government Votes Yes on OER

I was able to watch a friend from graduate school present at the NIST FALCoN session this afternoon. Shana Kerr presented on metacognition, retrieval practice, and a study they did. Tonight, we watched an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Interest Convergence, Shared Goals: Student Government and Library Partnership in OER Initiatives” presented by Regina Gong, […]
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OER Faculty Learning Communities

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 […]
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A Systematic Review of Open Pedagogy

A long rough day with equipment smoking, computers not working, and lots of things going on. I ended the day by watching an Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Open Pedagogy: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings” presented by Dr. Virginia Clinton-Lisell, an associate professor from the University of North Dakota. Clinton-Lisell spoke about the Creative […]
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The OER Collaborative Effort in Western Maryland

What a day! I am still fighting with the Nanopore and computers while doing several other things and troubleshooting virtually as part of the metagenomics course. Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 panel about the STEM OERMaryland Fellowship. Fred Stemple and Doris Santamaria-Makang introduced the grant and program. The institutional grant includes several collaborations […]
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OER Awareness Trends and COVID-19

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 […]
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The Inspiring OER Trilogy

Happy Friday! Tonight we watched an Open Ed session “An Open Textbook Journey: Building the ‘Consumer Behaviour Trilogy'” presented by Andrea Niosi from Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Canada. Niosi shared three stories (hence the trilogy in the title) that they have developed to highlight learner creation. The first OER that Niosi shared was the “Introduction […]
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Student Perceptions of Open Pedagogy at Community Colleges

I truly enjoyed another session of RLOE today. It is such a fabulous group of participants! I am learning a lot from the facilitators too! Tonight, I watched the OpenEd 2021 session entitled “Open Pedagogy: Overcoming the Public Versus Private Conundrum” that was pre-recorded and had presenters there for questions. Staci Gilpin, Julie Lazzara, and […]
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The Wikipedia Assignment

The Wiki Education group has been fantastic. We worked with them last year to help a group of undergraduate students learn how to edit Wikipedia pages on Delftia acidovorans. Helaine Blumenthal is the Senior Program Manager at Wiki Education and has helped me set up courses and work with new editors. I was happy to […]
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