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Making the Case for Open Education: Responsiveness

In this episode of OpenEd Mic, Liliana Diaz shares her journey with open educational resources (OER). We explore how OER has grown from a cost-saving strategy to a driver of student success, the role of course markings and data, and why educators remain committed to open education.

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Transforming Education Through Openness: A Personal Journey

In the first episode of Open-Ed Mic, hosts discuss their journeys in open education, focusing on accessibility, affordability, and the impact of diverse experiences on its future.

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Format Text to Enhance Readability

Quality Review Showcase The Quality and High Quality online course reviews explore components proven to be best practices in online course design. This post showcases Quality item, “Course materials are properly formatted with headings, lists, and other styles to enhance readability and improve the structure of the document.” Properly formatted headings and lists can help …

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Make Hyperlinks Accessible

Quality Review Showcase The Quality and High Quality online course reviews explore components proven to be best practices in online course design. This post showcases Quality item, “Hyperlink text is descriptive and makes sense when read out of context.” Online courses often include hyperlinks to provide students direct access to other online resources, such as …

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Episode 137: Digital Learning ABCs: A Primer for Innovation and Dissemination

In this Season 9 kick-off episode, hosts Thomas Cavanagh and Kelvin Thompson get back to basics with an alphabetical primer of concepts foundational to successful innovations in higher ed digital learning.

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Episode 68: “Getting Everything Current:” A Holistic Approach to Accessibility

Guest Dr. Sherri Braxton joins Kelvin and Tom to discuss how a holistic, system-wide effort to “get current” on IT accessibility has implications for ensuring that all learners have access to their online course materials.

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Episode 64: Principles for Humanizing Online Education… and Remote Teaching/Learning

Hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by guest Dr. Michelle Pacansky-Brock (“Brocansky”) to discuss the importance of “humanizing” education. Humanizing is important generally for the design and teaching of actual online courses/programs, but in the COVID-19 era, humanizing remote teaching/learning is imperative.

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Episode 32: Provosts, Pedagogy, and Digital Learning

Hosts Tom and Kelvin are joined by the Campus Computing Project’s Dr. Kenneth C. Green to discuss his recent work with provosts related to innovation in college and university teaching-and-learning through digital learning initiatives.

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