open educational resources

March 22, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

A Powerful Form and Airtable to Collect OER Data

“Attaining and Retaining OER Course Marking Information: One Texas Institution’s Approach” was a short session by Art Brownlow, a Faculty Fellow and Professor of Music at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and Gabby Hernandez, an Open Education Librarian at the same institution. Brownlow is helping coordinate the OER initiative from the academic side, […]

March 21, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Articles, Books, Course Design, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

OER Textbook for Literature Courses

“A Tough Nut to Crack: Developing an OER Textbook for Literature Courses” was the title of the Open Ed 2021 session I watched tonight. The speakers included Sarah LeMire, the Coordinator of First-Year Programs at Texas A&M University Libraries, and Kathy Anders, the Graduate Studies Librarian also at Texas A&M University. Several faculty from the […]

March 20, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections

Curriculum Mapping for OER?!

I was once on a curriculum mapping task group. I actually enjoy course mapping & alignment, and curriculum mapping seemed like a worthwhile endeavor. We struggled as a team. Years later, I now realize that I should have approached that task differently. The Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Utilizing Curriculum Mapping to Assess Campus OER […]

March 19, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, Discussions, Guest Speakers, Learning Communities, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Workshop

A Collaborative Group to Create and Share Activities

Tonight we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Psychology 101 Collaborative: Creating and Sharing Course Activities to Foster Student Success.” Lisa Young is the Faculty Director at the Center for Teaching and Learning at Scottsdale Community College, and Debbie Barker is an instructional designer at Maricopa Community Colleges. Alisa Beyer joined the presentation and […]

March 16, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why, Workshop

Expanding a Successful OER Program

Tonight I watched another session entitled “Scaling OER Efforts: Tapping Librarian Subject Specialist’ Expertise, Efficiency and Sustainability” by DeeAnn Ivie from UT San Antonio Libraries. UTSA is a “Hispanic-thriving institution” and has over 34,000 students. The institution has 165 degree programs and a breakdown of about 50/50 by gender. They primarily serve undergraduates, with a […]

March 14, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Course Design, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections

Structure of a Multi-campus Course Material Fellowship Program

Today I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “All for One & One for All: Building a Multi-Campus Course Material Fellowship Program” presented by Sara Hare, the Scholarly Communication Librarian at Bloomington campus of Indiana University, and Amy Minix. They launched in fall 2020 supported by a one-year grant supporting 13 students from two campuses. […]

March 13, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Donors and OER

DeeAnn Ivie is the OER Coordinator at UT San Antonio and worked with Felipe Barrera the Director of Development at UTSA Libraries. They presented at Open Ed 2021 a 25-minute recorded session entitled “Keeping Donors Engaged: A Strategy for Demonstrating Impact through Storytelling.” Barrera’s job is focused on finding philanthropic opportunities, and Ivie works with […]

March 12, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Course Design, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Website

Creating an OER for the 1900s

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Creating Community While Building an Early College Humanities OER” with Paul Ricciardi, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, and Michelle Turnbull, adjunct at Kingsborough Community College. They told the story of how they created an Early College Humanities OER. Turnbull taught high […]

March 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Constructivism, Diversity, Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Website, Wellbeing

OpenGLAM!

The session “OpenGLAM for OER: Digital Cultural Literacy & Engagement, from K-12 to Higher Ed & Beyond” from Open Ed 2021 had several presenters: Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, Bethany Ellerbrook, Dovi Mae Patino-Liu, and Sharon Mizota. Graddy-Lovelace began by talking about OpenGLAM OER: galleries, libraries, archives, and museums and opening them. They are working with the MHC […]

March 10, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Information Literacy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Website, Workshop

Connecting Research Grants and OER Pathways

I fell asleep so this is an early morning post that was supposed to be yesterday. I watched the Open Ed 2021 session “New Pathways to Open: OER Education, Advocacy, and Partnerships Through Research Grants” by Nina Exner and Jessica Kirschner from Virginia Commonwealth University. They are both librarians at VCU. Kirchner talked about the […]