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Good afternoon! 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/palakeynote. That link will also have the images on the slide deck with embedded descriptions for your screen reader, and the embedded video has closed captions. I was Read More …
So I deactivated my Facebook a few months ago to enjoy a more distraction-free sabbatical, and there wasn’t really a minute where I missed it. I considered deleting it this week for a few reasons. The company’s ethics are crap, they have insidious practices related to data mining and privacy, and the way they ensnare Read More …
For the last several months, I’ve wanted to write something to document the remarkable experience I have had being a part of the Interdisciplinary Studies program here at Plymouth State University. I keep waiting to have the time to do justice to the richness of this experience, but it’s clear that uninterrupted time like that Read More …
Open Pedagogy. I’m taking a 15-minute break in a busy afternoon to sketch out some thoughts ahead of the #YearOfOpen hangout happening in a few minutes. Access. If we care about book costs, it’s because we understand that the real cost of college goes beyond tuition. If we care about the real cost of college, Read More …
In October 2016, I was invited to give an Ignite Talk at the Digital Media and Learning conference at UC-Irvine. Ignite Talks are exactly five minutes long, with twenty slides that auto-advance every fifteen seconds. For those who prefer a text version, here are the slides with the transcript (or the transcript of what I Read More …
I’ve spent some time talking about open pedagogy at several universities this Spring, and in each of those presentations and workshops, I have usually mentioned The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature, an OER anthology that my students and I produced last year for an American literature survey course I taught. When I talk about Read More …
This is a guest post by the following writers, all of whom are undergraduate students enrolled in “Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies” at Plymouth State University. The university is currently restructuring itself around interdisciplinary clusters, so I asked these students to weigh in, and offer their most informed ideas, questions, and critiques as the university embarks Read More …
I am writing this from OpenEd15 in Vancouver. And this is a call to my like-minded compatriots spread across our conference rooms here, but also to the tweeps and digitalactivists I’ve worked with online over the last two years. After three days of sessions focused on reducing textbook costs, creating all-OER degree programs, generating data Read More …
I am happy to be serving as a consultant for the University of New Hampshire on their exciting Open Educational Resources pilot. I will use this space to curate blog posts and other materials that I create for the pilot. Keep checking back for the latest updates! Slideshare from initial training on OER, open access, Read More …
A look at how a foundation of “open” can transform our pedagogy and our scholarship, and provide a fresh vision for the relationship between the public and the university. Moving past cost-savings and OER, we will take a look at open praxis and imagine a new pathway for the future of education. Read More …