Abbey K. Elder
@openaccesselder.bsky.social
she/they
Schol Comm Librarian @ Iowa State University
Open access, open education, and all things Open
Follow me on Mastodon: @OpenAccessElder@hcommons.social
Schol Comm Librarian @ Iowa State University
Open access, open education, and all things Open
Follow me on Mastodon: @OpenAccessElder@hcommons.social
It's hopefully a good sign that more people are reflecting on meaningful learning now, though I wish it hadn't taken this much of a push to get back around to it!
I've noticed something interesting happening. I have been getting a lot of speaking requests related to my older book--How Humans Learn. I'm still having many conversations about grades, but in an age of AI, people want to talk about learning itself & how to preserve it. bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching
The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching
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December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
It's hopefully a good sign that more people are reflecting on meaningful learning now, though I wish it hadn't taken this much of a push to get back around to it!
Being in the office the week of New Year's feels a bit like being in a haunted house. It's eerily silent but every once in a while you hear laughter in the distance, or glimpse a figure out of the corner of your eye (typically when one of the other 10 people here gets up to refill their coffee)
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Being in the office the week of New Year's feels a bit like being in a haunted house. It's eerily silent but every once in a while you hear laughter in the distance, or glimpse a figure out of the corner of your eye (typically when one of the other 10 people here gets up to refill their coffee)
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"[M]y portfolio stands out because of the gamble I took on Wikipedia. I also know that by every metric available, that gamble has paid off, for me and, far more critically, for my students." Read why and how Dr. Sancinito included the Wikipedia assignment in her tenure narrative: wp.me/p4LBez-uU0
Wikipedia on the Tenure Track
Jane Sancinito is Assistant Professor of History at University of Massachusetts Lowell. She is an ancient historian, focusing on merchants, artisans and working people in the Roman Empire, a numism…
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December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"[M]y portfolio stands out because of the gamble I took on Wikipedia. I also know that by every metric available, that gamble has paid off, for me and, far more critically, for my students." Read why and how Dr. Sancinito included the Wikipedia assignment in her tenure narrative: wp.me/p4LBez-uU0
If you are intimidated by all the comprehensive guides going over everything to know about accessibility, this is a great entry point to one piece of the conversation: updating headings! This is an easy way to make a website more accessible and it's good to see it written about conceisely!
First up, a big shout out to our newest colleague, Alexis Block! Alexis has hit the ground running and you can already read her excellent work on the blog: Year-End Accessibility Tune-Up blog.reclaimhosting.com/year-end-acc...
Year-End Accessibility Tune-Up Part 1: Headings and Hierarchy
“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.” – Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the World Wide Web This post is part one of our…
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December 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If you are intimidated by all the comprehensive guides going over everything to know about accessibility, this is a great entry point to one piece of the conversation: updating headings! This is an easy way to make a website more accessible and it's good to see it written about conceisely!
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Congratulations to our peers at Open Oregon Educational Resources for the launch of their open curriculum projects, a suite of peer-reviewed open textbooks with linked course packs and print options available. This is a great example for others in the #OER space!
openoregon.org/open-curricu...
openoregon.org/open-curricu...
Open Curriculum Projects Launch in Oregon and Beyond
Open Oregon Educational Resources is delighted to share our openly licensed course materials with an equity lens in Human Development and Family Studies, Sociology, and Criminal Justice…
openoregon.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations to our peers at Open Oregon Educational Resources for the launch of their open curriculum projects, a suite of peer-reviewed open textbooks with linked course packs and print options available. This is a great example for others in the #OER space!
openoregon.org/open-curricu...
openoregon.org/open-curricu...
Thanks @cogdog.bsky.social for sharing this excellent article from earlier this year, further cementing my belief that Tel Amiel's work on platformization should be required reading for those in the #EdTech space! This article co-authored by Almeida, Damiati, & Amiel: doi.org/10.5007/2175...
A plataformização da Educação Pública: a construção de políticas públicas através de redes de atores visíveis e invisíveis
| Perspectiva
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December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Thanks @cogdog.bsky.social for sharing this excellent article from earlier this year, further cementing my belief that Tel Amiel's work on platformization should be required reading for those in the #EdTech space! This article co-authored by Almeida, Damiati, & Amiel: doi.org/10.5007/2175...
Kudos to @profjhangiani.bsky.social, Clint Lalonde, Josie Gray, & folks across British Columbia who worked on this new report on institutions' capacity to support #OpenEducation. It is an excellent read & a great model for the rest of us!
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
bccampus.ca
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Kudos to @profjhangiani.bsky.social, Clint Lalonde, Josie Gray, & folks across British Columbia who worked on this new report on institutions' capacity to support #OpenEducation. It is an excellent read & a great model for the rest of us!
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
PDF Link to report: bccampus.ca/wp-content/u...
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Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance Center for Library Programs and the California Digital Library have been awarded a grant to advance community-governed, open access scholarly publishing in the United States. Read more about the #DiamondOA mapping project here, https://ow.ly/QCKC50Xu6vU.
The Iowa State University Nursing program has just announced its launch of the nation’s first RN-to-BSN program with no cost for course materials. 100% of the nursing curriculum uses #OER: free adaptable learning materials developed and shared by experts across the US and beyond.
Students save big in new nursing curriculum with zero textbook costs - University Library
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The Iowa State University Nursing program has just announced its launch of the nation’s first RN-to-BSN program with no cost for course materials. 100% of the nursing curriculum uses #OER: free adaptable learning materials developed and shared by experts across the US and beyond.
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I created a bilingual checklist that classifies each action by career stage (all, mid-career, senior) and potential career risk (low, medium, high).
Use it to see what you already do or what you want to commit to next. ✅
📄 Download the checklist: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
Use it to see what you already do or what you want to commit to next. ✅
📄 Download the checklist: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
For Equitable and sustainable scholarly publishing | Pour un édition scientifique équitable et pérenne [Checklist]
This bilingual checklist presents 13 concrete actions researchers can take to move toward a more equitable and sustainable scholarly publishing ecosystem.Each action is classified by career stage (all...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I created a bilingual checklist that classifies each action by career stage (all, mid-career, senior) and potential career risk (low, medium, high).
Use it to see what you already do or what you want to commit to next. ✅
📄 Download the checklist: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
Use it to see what you already do or what you want to commit to next. ✅
📄 Download the checklist: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... #OpenAccess #DiamondOA
Next up at #OpenEd25... I was going to be attending "A Positive Agenda for Open Education as a Public Good" ... but it is Day 3, so I will watch the recording later and send good thoughts to the team from the @opened.bsky.social table
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Next up at #OpenEd25... I was going to be attending "A Positive Agenda for Open Education as a Public Good" ... but it is Day 3, so I will watch the recording later and send good thoughts to the team from the @opened.bsky.social table
This morning, I am late to my first #OpenEd25 session of Day 3, "Developing a Comprehensive Undergraduate Open Science-Open Pedagogy Program" by Karen Cangialosi. I did catch a great quote, though: "Science supports democracy, and democracy supports science."
October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This morning, I am late to my first #OpenEd25 session of Day 3, "Developing a Comprehensive Undergraduate Open Science-Open Pedagogy Program" by Karen Cangialosi. I did catch a great quote, though: "Science supports democracy, and democracy supports science."
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An #openEd25 side discussion (in a lively chat window) about generative "AI" and accessibility led me to write that Universal Design for Learning is ultimately a better tool for accessibility (at least in education) than genAI.
Feeling pretty sure I'm going to stand by that for years to come.
Feeling pretty sure I'm going to stand by that for years to come.
October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
An #openEd25 side discussion (in a lively chat window) about generative "AI" and accessibility led me to write that Universal Design for Learning is ultimately a better tool for accessibility (at least in education) than genAI.
Feeling pretty sure I'm going to stand by that for years to come.
Feeling pretty sure I'm going to stand by that for years to come.
Next up at the end of Day 2 for #OpenEd25, I'm attending "'Thank You for All You Do': Celebrating Faculty Contributions in Open Education" from David Tully and Katya Mueller from NCSU!
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Next up at the end of Day 2 for #OpenEd25, I'm attending "'Thank You for All You Do': Celebrating Faculty Contributions in Open Education" from David Tully and Katya Mueller from NCSU!
Now at #OpenEd25, I'm attending "Institutional Alignment and Braided Funding for Sustainable Open Education Programs" from Joy Shoemate and James Glapa Grossklag.
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Now at #OpenEd25, I'm attending "Institutional Alignment and Braided Funding for Sustainable Open Education Programs" from Joy Shoemate and James Glapa Grossklag.
I hope others at #OpenEd25 were able to take some good notes at my last session of the conference! I couldn't take notes myself since I was presenting, but I'm back to share about my experience at the last couple of sessions of the day!
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I hope others at #OpenEd25 were able to take some good notes at my last session of the conference! I couldn't take notes myself since I was presenting, but I'm back to share about my experience at the last couple of sessions of the day!
Kicking off Day 2 of #OpenEd25 with a keynote from NYT-bestselling author adrienne maree brown (though actually there were some virtual presentations earlier in the morning for those who were more proactive than I)
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kicking off Day 2 of #OpenEd25 with a keynote from NYT-bestselling author adrienne maree brown (though actually there were some virtual presentations earlier in the morning for those who were more proactive than I)
I've been too busy to post the rest of the #OpenEd25 conference today, but I am at my last session for today, titled "Collaborating With the Intended Audiences of your OER Project: Visualizing Engineering Concepts through Open Resources!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I've been too busy to post the rest of the #OpenEd25 conference today, but I am at my last session for today, titled "Collaborating With the Intended Audiences of your OER Project: Visualizing Engineering Concepts through Open Resources!"
Now I'm going back to my favorite part of the #OpenEd25 conference (and every OpenEd), live posting the things I attend! Starting with the keynote address from Governor Jared Polis and the keynote panel of students from across Colorado on the topic "Student Insights on the Future of Education"
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Now I'm going back to my favorite part of the #OpenEd25 conference (and every OpenEd), live posting the things I attend! Starting with the keynote address from Governor Jared Polis and the keynote panel of students from across Colorado on the topic "Student Insights on the Future of Education"
Excited to be attending #OpenEd25 this week in Denver! I'll be kicking off the start of the day with a pre-conference webinar on #OpenEducation basics, so everyone can engage informed and thoughtfully in the rest of the sessions they attend today and catch up on the latest in #OER!
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Excited to be attending #OpenEd25 this week in Denver! I'll be kicking off the start of the day with a pre-conference webinar on #OpenEducation basics, so everyone can engage informed and thoughtfully in the rest of the sessions they attend today and catch up on the latest in #OER!
As Open Access Week wraps up, I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at #OpenEd25 in Denver next week! I'll be presenting three times at the conference, plus an extra pre-conference workshop intended for newcomers to the field of open education.
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
As Open Access Week wraps up, I'm looking forward to seeing many of you at #OpenEd25 in Denver next week! I'll be presenting three times at the conference, plus an extra pre-conference workshop intended for newcomers to the field of open education.
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It's open access week!
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's open access week!
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
We, at @kcommons.bsky.social, are running a webinar later this week, showcasing what we do and what we have! Do please come join us... msu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oaweek25 #oaweek2025 #openaccessweek
Join us Oct. 20 from noon to 1pm Central for our #OpenAccessWeek keynote lecture by @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca, co-hosted by the three Iowa Regent universities.
Learn more and register to attend: iastate.libcal.com/event/15425542
Learn more and register to attend: iastate.libcal.com/event/15425542
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Join us Oct. 20 from noon to 1pm Central for our #OpenAccessWeek keynote lecture by @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca, co-hosted by the three Iowa Regent universities.
Learn more and register to attend: iastate.libcal.com/event/15425542
Learn more and register to attend: iastate.libcal.com/event/15425542