sustainability

July 11, 2024
By Carlos C. Goller
Metagenomics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, sequencing, Softwares

Rapid Pathogen Detection in Wastewater: Mobile Lab Setup and Method

I’m back home! I watched the London Calling 2024 session “Mobile lab for rapid detection of pathogens in wastewater in sub-Saharan Africa” by Rea Kobialka from the Institute of Animal Hygiene and Veterinary Public Health in Germany. Kobialka demonstrated the setup of the mobile lab suitcase for wastewater analyses. The suitcase lab needs a mobile […]

March 5, 2024
By Carlos C. Goller
Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, sequencing, Softwares

Probing for Microbial Signatures of Productivity in Soils

Tonight I watched Seda Mirzoyan from Rutgers University present on “Using SIP and MinION sequencing to uncover active microbial communities in blueberry farm and forest soil systems.” This presentation was recorded at the NCM 2019. They spoke about characterizing active microbial communities in farms and soil systems because of the importance of blueberries in the […]

February 7, 2024
By Carlos C. Goller
Metagenomics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Reflections, sequencing, Softwares

Disturbance of Microbial Communities in Permafrost

The amazing Devin Drown from the University of Alaska Fairbanks presented at London Calling on “Evaluating the effects of the changing permafrost ecosystem through the lens of genomics.” Drown spoke about the rapid changes in permafrost, including nutrient and microbial community disturbances. The study investigated how permafrost-induced disturbances affect the active layer soil microbial communities. […]

June 11, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, Diversity, Lilly Conference, Mentoring, Reflections, Service Learning, Student groups, Wellbeing, Why

Helping Everyone Dress for Success

Tonight I watched the Lilly Conference Online 2022 session “Dressing for Success: Implementing a Professional Clothes Closet to Reduce Barriers to Student Achievement in a Professional Environment” by Sarah Marie Berry (Winthrop University), Tammy Burnham (Winthrop University), and Mary Slade (Towson University). Their objectives for this recorded twenty-minute session were to discuss common barriers to […]

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 15, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Publishing, Reflections, Softwares, Website

Sustaining an OER Initiative after Publication

“Congratulations! You’re Officially A Publisher. Now What?” is the title of the Open Ed 2021 session by Andrea Scott, OER Coordinator, and Jen Hughes, New Media, and Educational Initiatives Librarian. Both are at Salt Lake Community College (SLCC). They shared their slides at: http://bit.ly/openedpub At SLCC, the OER Culture has grown for several years with […]

March 7, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Discussions, Learning Communities, Online Learning, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections

Case Studies of OER Implementation at Towson

“Access for All: Case Studies Investigating Open Education Resources” was a session presented by Lijun Jin, Maria Perpetua Liwanag, Patricia Westerman, Miriam DesHarnais, Aaron Dallman, and Amanda Jozkowski from Towson University as part of Open Ed 2021. They spoke about the Faculty Academic Center of Excellence at Towson and the Library and how they help […]

March 2, 2022
By Carlos C. Goller
Accessibility and UDL, Books, Constructivism, Diversity, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections, Why

The Stitched (OER)

Sewing and OER? That was the name of the Open Ed 2021 session that we watched tonight. Presented by Heather Clark, faculty at the Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Catherine Hay, this ten-minute session shared several resources. They teach fashion and talked about their project “stitched.” The presentation used a nice […]

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 […]

December 30, 2021
By Carlos C. Goller
Academic Development, Accessibility and UDL, DBER and SoTL, Diversity, Information Literacy, Instructor Behaviors, Open Pedagogy, OpenEd, Reflections

An Exploration of OER Adoption in K-12

“Advancing and Sustaining OER Use in K-12 Education” was the title of the OpenEd 2021 session we watched tonight. Karla Spear, a school counselor at Climax Springs R-IV spoke from her experience as a teacher, counselor, and school counselor now. Spear has been interested in OER and wrote a dissertation on this topic. Spear did […]