Category Archives: Higher Ed

The Future of the Public Mission of Universities

Posted on November 22, 2018 by actualham

Keynote for “Making Knowledge Public,” the 2018 President’s Dream Colloquium at Simon Fraser University I would like to begin by acknowledging the Squamish, Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, Katzie and Kwikwetlem peoples on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser’s three campuses stand. And back … Continue reading →

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A Human Framework for Institutional Innovation

Posted on November 13, 2018 by actualham

Keynote: Technology Enabled Seminar and Showcase, Toronto, 2018 A note about accessibility before I begin. If you would like to follow along with the written version of this talk, you can visit http://bit.ly/TESS18. That link will also have the images … Continue reading →

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Open Assessment: The Parable of the Scorpion, with Jess Mitchell

Posted on October 11, 2018 by actualham

Today, I participated in a Virtually Connecting session featuring some great folks, including Jess Mitchell, one of the keynote speakers from this year’s Open Education conference in Niagara Falls. I was so struck by her answer to a question by … Continue reading →

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Extreme Makeover: Pedagogy Edition

Posted on January 22, 2017 by actualham

In this post, I am going to describe #Opensem, an Open-Pedagogy-powered First-Year Seminar (FYS) that I taught this past Fall at my small, public university in New Hampshire. While following certain parameters set by the university regarding learning outcomes and … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from an Interdisciplinary Starting Gate

Posted on October 9, 2015 by actualham

Introduction Recently, my public university announced its intention to begin a large-scale interdisciplinary initiative focused around clusters.  As part of the initial phases of the planning, the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning asked a variety of faculty members … Continue reading →

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Reflections on Going Interdisciplinary

Posted on August 26, 2015 by actualham

by Robin DeRosa, Professor of English & Interdisciplinary Studies & Danielle Marie Carkin, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Today at our annual start-of-school meeting for faculty and staff, our new president announced plans to transform our small, regional university into … Continue reading →

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My Go-to Sites for Open Access & OER Info

Posted on March 8, 2015 by actualham

I was going through my bookmarks related to Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Access, deleting some and organizing others into groups, and it occurred to me that maybe other folks would like to take a look at this annotated list of reference sites that I keep at hand to help me when I have to make presentations on these topics. This is not an exhaustive list of links, but just the ones that I am finding I return to the most often for basic background info on all things open. Continue reading →

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Beyond the Buck: An Expanded Vision for Open Access

Posted on January 9, 2015 by actualham

Here is the presentation that I gave at the University System of New Hampshire’s 2015 Open Educational Resources Unconference on January 9th.  It’s a basic intro to some of the ways that we can broaden our thinking about open access, … Continue reading →

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Student-Centered in an Open World

Posted on November 29, 2014 by actualham

At my university, we use the phrase “student-centered” all the time.  Sometimes it’s in non-controversial ways (mostly we all agree that collaborative classrooms are student-centered, that internships and experiential learning opportunities are student-centered, that thinking of how policies will impact … Continue reading →

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What Does Campaign Finance Have to Do With Open Access to Education?

Posted on November 19, 2014 by actualham

Just left Lawrence Lessig‘s keynote talk “Walking While Chewing Gum” here at OpenEd14. It was inspiring, and I found myself reevaluating my goals as an academic in much the same way as I did after hearing Cable Green speak at … Continue reading →

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