Gloria MoraDec 5, 20222 min readTips for Overcoming Some of the Main Barriers to OERMy post this week is based on the following article, " Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential...
Gloria MoraNov 21, 20221 min readThe use of social media for educationIt is extremely valuable for professors to utilize social media to connect with students, notify them, and teach them. Twitter is one of...
Gloria MoraNov 15, 20222 min readOpen Textbooks & DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion)It is critical to ensure that Open Textbooks do not perpetuate the same inequities that traditional textbooks have done. For example, it...
Gloria MoraNov 3, 20221 min readOpen Access Publishing for StudentsAs part of this week’s lesson, we watched a presentation illustrating the benefits of open-access publishing for students. There was an...
Gloria MoraOct 27, 20222 min readUtilizing OER to Create Meaningful AssignmentsI have found the readings for this week's OER class to be very interesting. They discussed using open educational resources (OER) to...
Gloria MoraOct 25, 20221 min readEvaluating OER This week, we read articles discussing the importance of evaluating open educational resources. These articles highlight that technology...
Gloria MoraOct 17, 20221 min readOER books: what students and faculty thinkThe articles we read in my OER class this week focused on students and faculty's perceptions of the quality of OER books. Students...
Gloria MoraOct 5, 20221 min readBenefits of Using OERThis week, I read several research articles that examined the efficacy of Open Educational Resources textbooks. These studies have...
Gloria MoraSep 28, 20221 min readOER Books = Students' SavingThis week in my OER class, we read an article called "A New Method for Estimating OER Savings" by Nyamweya. The author found that each...
Gloria MoraSep 25, 20221 min readOER & Free ridersA free rider is someone who expects others to pay for the public good but plans to use the good themselves. Are there free riders on OER?...
Gloria MoraSep 19, 20221 min readALMS Framework: Enabling the 5Rs of OERThe ALMS framework helped OER creators understand how OER resources work technically. Fundamentally, it explains why it is extremely...
Gloria MoraSep 13, 20222 min readOpen Licensing An open license lets people remix and reuse your work while preserving your copyright. In others words, an open license allows people to...
Gloria MoraSep 5, 20221 min readFree vs Open Source SoftwareWhat is the difference? In 1983, the free software movement started as a response to the restrictive practices that some software...
Gloria MoraMar 23, 20222 min readMy Open Scholarship classMy journey learning about Open Scholarship began in the January of 2022 when I decided to take the IP&T 575R Open Scholarship. I decided...
Gloria MoraMar 15, 20221 min readCan something paid be called " Open Source"? There are many opinions about it, but I think something paid can be called open source. Open source is about collaboration and the power...
Gloria MoraMar 1, 20222 min readHow much of my "Authentic Self" should I really bring to my online world?To answer the question I posed in the title post, I just want to say it depends on your audience and the message you want to transmit. I...
Gloria MoraFeb 25, 20221 min readOne size does not fit allOne of the articles that we read this week discussed MOOCs: MOOCs and Directing an Academic Field. by Dr. Kimmons. He offered a critical...
Gloria MoraFeb 18, 20222 min readRecognizing Open PracticesThis week, in my Open Education class, we read the article " Open Education in Promotion, Tenure, & Faculty Development." by Elder et al....
Gloria MoraFeb 1, 20221 min readChallenges of Open Scholarship: Equity and InclusionThis week we read the article “ Assumptions and Challenges of Open Scholarship” (Veletsianos & Kimmons, 2012). It was interesting...
