Michelle Reed
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Open Educational Resources
(2019-08-16)This introduction to open educational resources (OER) was presented to new faculty during orientation at the University of Texas at Arlington. -
Supporting OER Creation
(2019-08-08)Cost savings realized through use of open educational resources (OER) draw much interest from policy makers and administrators, but the rhetoric of affordability isn’t always a powerful motivator for the educators who make ... -
Deconstructing the Syllabus: Re-envisioning Digital Learning with the Shift to Canvas
(Region 11 Leveraging Canvas Conference, 2019-06-13)A group of four faculty members and a librarian present ideas for integrating innovative tools and ideas into Canvas for student in higher education (The University of Texas at Arlington), with an overarching focus on ... -
Straw Men vs. Good Points: Understanding the Arguments for Inclusive Access Models
(The 15th Annual Open Education Conference, 2018-10-12)As the instructional content industry shifts towards rentals and subscription models for textbooks, commercial publishers have refined their marketing pitches aimed at faculty -- sometimes by co-opting arguments in support ... -
Access for Whom? OER and Disability Services
(The 15th Annual Open Education Conference, 2018-10-10)A common misconception is that open educational resources (OER) are accessible for all students, in part, perhaps, because of the belief that digital content (as is typically the case with OER) is accessible by nature. As ... -
Librarians as OER Advocates and Leaders
(ACRL, 2019-04)SPARC, an international advocacy organization, launched a pilot Open Education Leadership Program in 2017 to develop a cohort of academic librarians well-versed in core open education topics, while also providing fellows ... -
Working at the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication: New Models for Engaging Students, Faculty, and Librarians
(ACRL, 2019-04)In 2013, ACRL published a white paper titled Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy: Creating Strategic Collaborations for a Changing Academic Environment, which called for a more integrated ... -
Experiential Learning and Open Education: Partnering with Students to Evaluate OER Accessibility
(Pacific University Press, 2018)This chapter focuses on an open textbook evaluation project undertaken by the Open Education Librarian and a student intern at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). UTA offers a Minor in Disability Studies, an ... -
Creating Learning Opportunities in Open Education: An Exploration of the Intersections of Information Literacy and Scholarly Communication
(Pacific University Press, 2018)Since publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries white paper on the intersections of scholarly communication and information literacy in 2013, a growing number of projects and programs embodying ... -
Beyond Open Connections: Leveraging Information Literacy to Increase Impact of Open Education
(Open Education Global Conference, 2018)For over a century, academic librarians in the United States have provided instruction designed to help patrons effectively navigate and use the resources and services provided by the library. Today we refer to this type ... -
Intersections Open House: What Are the Intersections of Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy, and What Can They Do for You
(ACRL, 2017-03-24)Scholarly communication and information literacy are dynamic and intersecting strands in librarianship. They not only reinforce each other, they also further the larger aims of students, faculty, librarians, and entire ... -
Exploring International Open Educational Practices
(OER17, 2017-04-05)Whilst the definition of open educational resources (OER) is now relatively static with key descriptions such as the 5R’s (Wiley, 2014) or the definition developed by UNESCO (no date) being frequently referenced, how we ... -
What We Talk About When We Talk About OER
(UTA Libraries, 2016-10-28)Invited presentation at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Copyright Conference 2016. -
Students Take the Wheel: Exploring the Products and Processes of a Service-Learning Partnership with Undergraduates
(ACRL, 2017-03-24)This session discusses the implementation and management of an innovative collaboration between libraries’ staff at a four-year institution of higher education and faculty and students in the university’s Film and Media ... -
Transforming First-Year Information Literacy: Understanding Authority in a Sea of Information
(ACRL, 2017-03-24)This panel will discuss a university library’s development and implementation of a 3-day information literacy unit that was integrated into 45 sections of the university’s first-year experience seminar. Since 2012, the ... -
Intersectional Opportunities in Open Educational Resources
(LILAC, 2017-04-10)As academic librarians become increasingly involved with advocacy and implementation of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) on our campuses, it is important to think critically about how ... -
Intersections Big and Small: A Review of Three Projects that Merge Scholarly Communication and Information Literacy
(LILAC, 2017-04-11)The field of library and information sciences has seen an increase in interest related to the “intersections” of information literacy and scholarly communication following the publication by the Association of College & ... -
Complementary and Necessarily Bundled: Leveraging Partnerships to Bring Open Pedagogy to Scale
(Open Education Conference, 2017-10-11)Open pedagogy is the future of open education because of the potential for an educational community to engage in the creation of the next generation of content while improving student learning. However, building open ... -
Engaging Our Student Partners: Student Leadership in a Library-Initiated Experiential Learning Project
(Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 2017)This chapter discusses aspects of Undergraduates Speak: Our Rights and Access, a library-initiated and student-led pilot project aimed at advancing educational initiatives in the realm of scholarly communication. The project ... -
Image of Research: Celebrating and Sharing Undergraduate Work
(Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 2017)In 2013 and 2015 respectively, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Illinois) and the University of Kansas (KU) implemented an Image of Research competition, a library-led initiative designed to showcase original ...