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Conference Technology

OER as Content, OER as Pedagogy: Empowering Students as Partners in Learning

Presenter(s)
Sheila Afnan-Manns (Scottsdale Community College, US)
Kandice Mickelsen (Paradise Valley Community College, US)
Reyes Medrano (Paradise Valley Community College, US)
Session Information
July 25, 2012 - 1:30pm
Track: 
Accessible Learning for All
Major Emphasis of Presentation: 
Applied Use (technology or pedagogy)
Institutional Level: 
Community Colleges
Audience Level: 
All
Session Type: 
Information Session
Location: 
Casanova 607
Session Duration: 
50 Minutes
1
Abstract

A dynamic collaboration that resulted in a student-curated "living textbook" through the integration of information literacy, proprietary and OER scholarship, Blackboard, 2.0, and team-based learning.

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Extended Abstract

In 1997, the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges conducted a survey entitled Textbook Pricing Policies and Students Access in an attempt to ". . . examine several issues involved in the rising costs of textbooks, particularly from the perspective of costs to students and possible barriers to enrollment and success." Unfortunately, more than a decade later those barriers remain. Enter OER as Content, OER as Pedagogy, a robust collaboration where students curate open source content that takes the place of costly textbooks. Accompanying this solution to access and affordability for all students is a robust collaboration based on the Buxton Library's OneClick Digital

Lead Presenter

Sheila Afnan-Manns received her Master's in Library and Information Science from UCLA where she concentrated on critical pedagogy and information literacy while serving as coordinator of the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiative for 21st Century Literacies. She holds an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from the New School University's Milano School and a B.A. in economics from the University of Washington. Currently Sheila is completing a graduate certificate in Digital Information Management from the University of Arizona School of Information Resources and Library Science where her focus is on the college library's role in open access scholarly repositories. In summer 2007 she was accepted to ACRL's Information Literacy Immersion program, and in 2007/08 she served as a member of the national evaluation team for an Institute of Museum & Library Services grant awarded to Emporia State University School of Library & Information Management to increase the number of ethnic minorities within the profession. Sheila worked two years at Portland Community College (OR), one year at Glendale Community College (AZ), and three years Paradise Valley Community College Library Faculty where she taught numerous for-credit and noncredit instructional classes. She transferred to Scottsdale Community College in August 2011 as an Information Literacy Librarian where she is focusing on the role of libraries in developmental education.

Notes: 

Disruptive Pedagogy - The [R]evolution of Teaching and Learning:

Integrating critical literacy instruction, proprietary and open access content, 2.0 tools, and a team-based structure, a student-centered model of learning emerges. Working in cooperative learning groups, students research relevant and timely information rooted in course lectures and assemble their findings in a wiki or webpage replete with images, videos and peer feedback. Student teams culminate learning by presenting their findings to the class in a seamless and collaborative teaching partnership between team members and their instructor. Students master course objectives as well as ancillary 21st Century skills including digital research, peer teaching, public speaking and team building.

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