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We’re thinking about some change. Let us know what you think about our future and new possibilities. Continue reading Looking Ahead: Thinking About Change For the Blended Librarians Community
Just getting started on your instructional design journey on the path to becoming a Blended Librarian? Then take some time to explore the ideas and resources in this instructional designer “starter pack”. Continue reading Resources for Getting Started With Instructional Design
Goucher College president Jose Bowen is outspoken for his views on how college teaching has to change. In a new interview with EdSurge, he explains his views and how “naked teaching” could help all of us improve our teaching. Continue reading Get Naked: Rethinking Technology in the Classroom
Where do you stand on educational technology. Do you actively support its use and are you willing to try just about anything at least once? Or are you skeptical and concerned that most edtech is taking learning in the wrong direction? Perhaps we are emerging from a phase of edtech development to one of edtech productivity. Continue reading EdTech as Friend or Foe: Where Do You Stand
Faculty respond to a survey about their openness to using digital learning materials and OER. The majority of faculty appear to recognize the value of digital content but are still reluctant to use it as instructional material. Continue reading Do Faculty Attitudes Toward Digital Content Impact OER Adoption?
Do you know much about open pedagogy? Neither did I until I attended Open Ed 16. In a post I wrote about it I share why I think it’s the next frontier for open educational resources. Continue reading From OER to Open Pedagogy
Here’s something unexpected. Pearson Education, a publishing and assessment giant, is giving open access to a set of 45 Learning Design Principles that are used by Pearson’s own instructional developers use to assess the quality of their educational technology products. Blended Librarians should take a look. Continue reading Pearson’s Learning Design Principles
Have you seen the latest ECAR report on undergraduate use of technology? If not, it’s worth taking a look at to gain better insight into how our students are using technology, what their expectations are and what their classroom experience is with technology. I share some highlights from the 2016 report. Continue reading Insights From the 2016 ECAR Study
Why don’t more faculty adopt OER? What can we do to encourage them to do so? I spent day one at the Open Ed ’16 Conference hearing from faculty and librarians who are trying to answer these questions. Here’s what I learned. Continue reading Encouraging Faculty To Adopt OER: Takeaways From Day One at Open Ed ’16
Blended Librarians should rightly be promoting the adoption of OER and open textbooks at their institutions. What about our own instruction? Where are the open textbooks we’d want to use? This post points to two open textbooks that give Blended Librarians new options for pointing students (and their faculty) to an open resource. Continue reading Open Textbooks For Blended Librarians