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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 1, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Presentations & Talks, Publishing, Reflections, Why

Student Experience with Transition to Free Resources on a Campus

Tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Undergraduate Student Experience With A Campus-Wide Transition To Free Resources” and presented by Eric Werth, Katherine Williams, and Bang Huang from the University of Pikeville. I have watched sessions by Werth and Williams before, and I was curious about their initiative at the University of Pikeville. […]

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 […]

January 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website, Why

A Survey-based Study of Teachers and OER in Europe

Continuing with international examples of OER and open education, tonight I watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Remote Education During The Pandemic: The Teachers’ Perspective – Quantitative European Study” presented by Maja Bogataj, Magda Biernat, Teresa Nobre, and Anahita Rezaei. This recorded session started with Rezaei, Open Education & Advocacy Specialist at Centrum Cyfrowe […]

January 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Books, Course Design, DBER and SoTL, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Why

A Comparison of Two Sections of the Same Class

Tonight we ended the workweek by watching the ten minute OpenEd session “Traditional Textbooks v. OER: Comparing Academic Performance at a Hispanic Serving Institution” with Jacob Jenkins, AL$ Campus Coordinator and Associate Professor at CSU Channel Islands, Thomas Clobes, lecturer at CSU Channel Islands, and Hannah Haid and Rebecca Allen. This study compared two different […]

January 4, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Case Studies, Community of Practice, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Instructor Behaviors, Mentoring, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Softwares, Student groups, Why

International Community of Practice and Survey of Open Pedagogy

Rafael Angel Espinoza Pizarro presented at Open Ed 2021 on “Virtual Communities of Practice (CoP): Experiences for the Development of Open Educational Resources.” Espinoza is from Costa Rica and defined community of practice (CoP) as a “strategy for articulation and exchange between institutions and/or teachers, who decide to voluntarily associate and join efforts, experiences, and […]

December 16, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, Discussions, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Presentations & Talks, Reflections, Why

Research-based Communications about OER

Today I went to a virtual mental health training workshop that was very good! It lasted five hours and had several examples. Tonight, we watched the Open Ed 2021 session entitled “Open Education, Race, and Equity: Research-Based Communications Guidance” presented by Allie Chamberlin and Cerrone Lundy. Chamberlin is the vice president at GMMB, a communications […]

November 25, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Pedagogy, Reflections, Teaching techniques, Why

Environmental Scans and Learning Circles to Implement Open

We enjoyed Thanksgiving with the grandparents and had a lot to eat. Aurelio and I also were able to take nap after a delicious lunch. Tonight, we continued watching Open Ed 2021 sessions. We started by watching the short session entitled “Conducting an Environmental Scan to Identify OER Needs at an Institution of Higher Learning” […]

November 20, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Constructivism, DBER and SoTL, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

Student OER Grants and Motivation for Sharing Materials

Today was a busy Saturday. We cleaned, organized, baked, and edited. We even did some QM homework! Tonight we started watching a couple of ten-minute Open Ed 2021 sessions. The first one was by Chaten Jessel entitled “Student Champion: Creating a $500k OER Initiative.” Jessel is an undergraduate fourth-year student from the University of Calgary. […]

October 22, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
DBER and SoTL, Diversity, FALCoN, Instructor Behaviors, Metacognition

A New Framework for Instructor Awareness and Improvement

Today, Amber Heidbrink was the presenter at the NIST FALCoN session entitled “Faculty Conceptions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Heidbrink started by asking us to think about what diversity means and post thoughts on a Jamboard. Then, we discussed why we should care about diversity in higher education. Their research team interviewed 30 full-time and part-time instructors from 2- and 4-year […]

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