A Pressbooks Story with Robin DeRosa

In January, the Teaching & Learning on the Open Web learning community had the opportunity to spend an hour with Robin DeRosa, the Director of the Open Learning and Teaching Collaborative at Plymouth State University. Robin shared the story of her “Open Education Anthology of Earlier American Literature” Pressbook, an…
Successful teaching, even in the pandemic

Years ago I designed a course that I intended to be cutting edge and built on best practices. It’s a CURE, an affectionate if braggadocious acronym for classroom-based undergraduate research experiences. By adopting this approach, all of the students in the class have the opportunity to complete their own research…
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The 2021 Cascadia OpenEd Conference
A Foray into Spec Grading

Over the years, I’ve refined rubrics with the intent that students can evaluate their own mastery of an assignment. In some courses, students generate their own rubrics. During class sessions, students practice applying the rubrics, which gives them insight into how to create assignments that meet the goals. I still…
Note-taking as an Inclusive Pedagogical Tool
There Once was a Learning Community…..
Learning about Viral Epidemics During a Pandemic

Introduction During the last week of class this fall quarter, my First-Year students are giving presentations on topics related to viruses. We are using PowerPoint and sharing screens—sort of old school meets Zoom school. I am really impressed by how the talks are opening up larger discussions, especially on the…