How can you get started with open pedagogy? 🤔 (Or help faculty get started?)
The Open Education Network offers an impressive selection of #openpedagogy resources, faculty engagement strategies, professional development, and infrastructure.
Visit the OEN Open Pedagogy webpage to learn about these opportunities: https://open.umn.edu/oen/open-pedagogy #OENEngage24 #MoreConnection
From #OENEngage24: OEN’s Jamie Witman is sharing examples of open pedagogy in practice, including assignments that address gender inequality, center student agency, & convey instructors’ acknowledgment of student voice & culture.
“By inviting students into the process,” says Jamie, “these instructors create a more engaged community of learners.”
The OEN community creates & shares open pedagogy resources that everyone can use, including the Open Pedagogy Portal. Visit https://oen-openpedportal.pubpub.org/
University of Arizona Libraries’ Cheryl (Cuillier) Casey is co-presenting today’s Train-the-Trainer: Introduction to OER Adoption Workshop at #OENEngage24.
Cheryl reminds guests, “As a community we can accomplish so much more together than we can individually.”
The Open Education Network community creates and shares resources that everyone can use to advance #OER adoption. Visit https://open.umn.edu/oen/oer-adoption #MoreConnection
At #OENEngage24, Meggie Mapes of the The University of Kansas is co-presenting Open Education Network’s Train-the-Trainer: Intro to OER Adoption Workshop. She observes, "People don’t know what they don’t know. When your faculty ask where they can find open textbooks, consider referring them to the Open Textbook Library."
The Open Textbook Library offers more than 1,500 #opentextbooks in 12 academic subjects.
Browse and download selections at no cost: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks #MoreConnection
At #OENEngage24, Open Education Network’s Barb Thees is outlining foundational tools & programs available to OEN members, including the Community Hub, Publishing Co-op, Colleague Connector Program, NICE Forum, Google Group, and more.
“It’s basically the OEN Community in your email inbox,” she says of the OEN Google Group. “It’s an awesome resource that taps into our collective knowledge.”
Learn more about how the OEN supports one another in #opened: https://open.umn.edu/oen/connections-networking #MoreConnection
Today, Open Education Network Executive Director Dave Ernst is welcoming guests to #OENEngage24 with an overview of the organization’s initiatives and strategic direction. As part of this discussion of OEN Community Focus 2024-25: For the Benefit of All, he prompts members to consider, why do we do what we do? Why do we work in open education?
OEN members, how would you respond? 🤔
Introduce faculty to #OpenTextbook 📚 writing and publishing with help from the OEN. Eastern Kentucky University's Kelly A. Smith provides key insight and guidance at OEN Engage! on Wednesday, July 24th. Join her for our new Train-the-Trainer: Introduction to OER Publishing Workshop where you’ll discover how to convey #OER impacts, note the rewards of faculty authorship, outline next steps for faculty, and much more.
Register now: https://open.umn.edu/oen/oen-engage#registration #MoreConnection #OENEngage24
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