by Sarah Kettell | Aug 30, 2024 | Course Design & Plannning, Inclusive Teaching
This presentation will highlight the successful initiatives undertaken by two math faculty members to increase the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in their classes and beyond. The presenters will share the journeys the took to use OER in their courses and spotlight OER tools they’ve used or created that can be utilized by other Penn State faculty.
by Sarah Kettell | Sep 20, 2022 | Course Design & Plannning, Inclusive Teaching
Learn how you can create, share, and use open and affordable resources at Penn State.
by Sarah Kettell | Aug 5, 2022 | Course Design & Plannning, Voices from the Field
This session will present two faculty approaches to working with open and affordable educational materials. Half of the session will focus on potential sources of OER materials for Math and Statistics courses, while the other half will discuss the structure and benefits of forming a community of practice among your peers to support and explore your work with OAER.
by Sarah Kettell | Aug 5, 2022 | Inclusive Teaching
Students often report not purchasing a textbook because it is too expensive or deferring a course due the high cost of texts. In this session, faculty share their experiences using freely available (OER) to replace or augment their textbooks and traditional lectures.
by Sarah Kettell | Aug 5, 2022 | Course Design & Plannning, Student Engagement, Technology, Voices from the Field
Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative learning activities for the lab, classroom, and at-home learning using Google Jamboard and Docs. Originally developed for anatomy and physiology courses, these strategies can be adapted for a diverse array of materials.