https://padlet.com/rinake/oer Sharing about Leeward OER projects, experiences, and everything! Feel free to post and respond to posts with questions and comments. en-us 2021-02-17 22:48:40 UTC 2023-01-25 20:49:57 UTC hello@padlet.com rinake https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234440692 Susan Wood and I created Leeward's first ENG 100 OER course in Laulima and Google Sites. It is now available solely in Laulima using Lessons. We are also currently in process of migrating the Classic Google Site to the new Google Sites for anyone needing the course content outside of Laulima. I've linked the instructor's guide below but note that it will be updated once we update the Google Site. Feel free to leave us a comment.]]> 2021-02-24 02:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234440692 ebrekke2 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234478463 This is a great resource that contains books from many subjects - you don't have to do this on your own!

And please take advantage of the training that UHCC offers (look for emails from Wayde and Junie)!]]> 2021-02-24 03:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234478463 mcclanah https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234553952 Rachael Inake and I first created this renewable assignment in 2019. I gave my students the assignment of writing profiles of staff, lecturers, and faculty who volunteered to be interviewed for this project. The students also wrote their own profiles to introduce themselves and share their experiences and advice with other students. Shortly before the transition to online learning in Spring 2020, I worked with Camden Barruga and the Video Production Unit to record my students' speeches about their experiences studying at Leeward CC. I hope to continue to add to this project once we are able to do more work in person again. If you'd like to be interviewed by a student and featured on the website, please reach out!]]> 2021-02-24 03:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234553952 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234711305 2021-02-24 05:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234711305 ammorris14 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234823025 I was so excited when I found that Canva Pro is free for educators (and students) under Canva for Education. I'm planning on creating infographics and more to jazz up my OER, but for now I have assignments where I have my students make infographics!]]> 2021-02-24 06:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234823025 ammorris14 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234826197 Has anyone used Perusall? How do you like it? The auto grading? Is it way better/nicer than the "comment" tool in Laulima?

]]> 2021-02-24 06:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1234826197 brownm8_12 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1239118674 Incorporating OER in your classroom is easy. You don't need to be creative, computer savvy, or carve out a ton of time to change your course. For ALL my composition courses I simply use Excelsior's OWL as my textbook and sprinkle in other free resources already created by others or available in news outlets or our awesome Leeward CC library.
For my Speech 151 I use Communication in the Real World, and for Speech 251, Stand Up, Speak Out, both OER textbooks offered through University of Minnesota's library system. 

The best parts are that students save money and I never need to wait for students to gain access to their textbooks. Resources are available from day one. 

]]> 2021-02-25 01:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1239118674 shamilto5 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1242934221 Rachael Inake and I participated in a DOERs (Designing with OER) Fellow Program and created two renewable assignments that I use in my ENG 100 class. The first is a Description Essay topic activity. The students have to take a photo of a place in Hawaii that is important to them and paste it into a slide and then explain. The students especially seem to like to see all of the photos of their classmates important places. I've linked the instructor guide that includes a link to the slide deck template.]]> 2021-02-25 19:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1242934221 shamilto5 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1242958442 A second renewable assignment that Rachael and I created in the DOERs program for my ENG 100 class is a Writing Using Sources Activity. This activity seems to work better in a face-to-face class where students can work on it in groups. ]]> 2021-02-25 19:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1242958442 waydeo2 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1243053304 Attend one of the free CCCOER 2021 Open Education Week webinars, March 1-5.  Organized by the Community Colleges Consortium for Open Educational Resources. UHCC is a CCCOER member.
Open Education is a global movement, too. Check out the OEWeek global calendar of events!]]> 2021-02-25 20:03:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1243053304 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246596725 Over the course of a few years, I was able to participate in some awesome projects focused on connecting students to real world examples of practice and professional thinking. These project s allowed me to create connections to practitioners and business folks around Hawaiʻi. Itʻs been a blessing to have and maintain these relationships. 

]]> 2021-02-26 18:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246596725 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246607914 I canʻt speak highly enough about being encouraged to seek out an opportunity to develop "real-world" content for my courses and for others as well. Between the Highlighting Effective Teaching Strategies (HETS) video library - http://hets.leeward.hawaii.edu/ and the Raising Entrepreneurial Ventures (REV) video library - http://go.hawaii.edu/CiJ if feel as if students are more engaged with teachers and professionals here in our islands! ]]> 2021-02-26 18:52:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246607914 ebrekke2 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246895218 2021-02-26 20:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246895218 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246998160 Teaching without a textbook has been a challenge but there are so many programs and videos that do what I need in a much more fun, engaging and most importantly up-to-date way that the students are using materials with current language and issues, not issues at the time the textbook was published. We’ve worked with Quizlet for vocabulary and terminology, grammar videos, online OER worksheets, NY Times images for writing and movie clips. Harry Potter is a foundation for all of these language practice activities as well as fostering critical thinking, reflection and narrative analysis. Thanks to public resources, the students feel freer to find new topics that interest them and learn about citations in an organic way. It’s not an absolute to not use textbooks for me, but using OER definitely helps with current affairs but continuing with academic rigor.]]> 2021-02-26 20:33:35 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1246998160 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1247501388 Due to the frustrating nature of the textbook industry including high costs, frequently changing editions, and low student use, I started using OER in 2013. Over the years more and more quality OER resources have emerged. I love OER for its ease. We are an open door college and I believe that educational access and OER are social justice issues. ]]> 2021-02-27 01:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1247501388 LCCart204 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1247811246 Rachael Inake and I (Erika Molyneux) created a renewable assignment the prompted students to create "how-to" videos on creating media using Photoshop. The student tutorials were licensed under Creative Commons and uploaded to a YouTube playlist. The playlist was linked my class modules. The tutorials are openly available to current students, future students, and the community.]]> 2021-02-27 08:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1247811246 kelsieag https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1248553058 I was inspired and motivated to create my own OER textbook, ancillaries, and lab book because of the support I received from our Leeward OER community, especially from Leanne, Junie, and Wayde!

"Explorations: An Open Invitation to Biological Anthropology" is now a highly-regarded OER textbook with thousands of adoptions around the world. Our website has had 32,000 visitors overall. And in the past two months, we've had 9,000 downloads from 63 different countries, 978 cities worldwide!]]> 2021-02-27 18:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1248553058 waydeo2 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1248853179 This spring semester, 52% of Leeward classes are designated TXT0. ]]> 2021-02-27 23:04:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1248853179 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1256181414 Nicky]]> 2021-03-02 01:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1256181414 anikag1 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1256227856 Adobe Sparks allows you to create creative projects for free. I have my students use the site to create short videos answering a big question in psychology as their final project for the semester. Highly recommend! Very easy to use and intuitive.]]> 2021-03-02 01:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1256227856 ammorris14 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1260431819 So, "easy" is not the word I would use to describe my switch to OER. I resisted a little because of the significant amount of work for no extra pay that it entailed. I was intrigued by the social justice aspect of it, but also felt like I was treading water already with designing several different courses from scratch using a textbook and learning everything else about how to be a professor. It wasn't until I fully embraced the customization aspect of it, that I fully bought in. Once I was over the mental hurdle of "I don't have to cover every single sentence in a textbook" I was able to focus on the material and assignments that I felt were most important (while also, of course, keeping SLOs in mind). Now, it is no question that any new course I develop is OER. But it has taken me a few years to get there (and a lot of professional development!). So, if you are just starting out and it seems overwhelming and looks easy to everyone else, don't despair! And use your librarians & instructional designers as resources. I used to think I had to come to them with a clear cut plan, but they can be so helpful at the beginning with brainstorming and suggesting resources too that now I email them with "I would like to do xyz, do you have an idea of how I could make that work?" and even if they don't know the answer right then, they keep working on it.


]]> 2021-03-02 19:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1260431819 spastor28 https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1261931321 Spring 2021 was my first semester using OER for my SP151 and SP251 courses, and there's no turning back now! I'm using "Communication in the Real Word" and "Stand Up Speak Out" as recommended by two of my Speech department colleagues. I take chapter highlights combined with other credible sources, and I create instructional Youtube videos for my students each week. The multisensory approach of reading and watching keeps them interested in the content! These learning tools, combined with Laulima Forums and Flipgrid student video responses, and of course, good old fashioned writing assignments, has successfully kept my students engaged this semester! Aloha to you all, Sharolyn]]> 2021-03-03 04:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rinake/oer/wish/1261931321