I have a little over 15 minutes before my office hours start so I head out of the CASL building to do a quick walk around campus. It’s nearing the middle of September already but… Read More »Beauty in Science: a short reflection on Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
I teach a variety of writing classes–comp 105 and 106, Intro to Creative Writing, upper-level essay writing–but I haven’t used an official textbook in years. I tend to “curate” syllabi around whole-course themes and/or break… Read More »Open Pedagogies in Writing and Statistics
In 2021, with the help of student collaborators, Ben Wielechowski created the Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook, Introduction to Narrative Journalism. Wielechowski and some of his students are featured in the recent Wolverzine, a campus… Read More »Students as OER Partners
I have been researching Open Education (OE) textbooks and resources for teaching an upper-level essay/creative nonfiction class, and when starting to look for available texts, I imagined I might find something I could use that… Read More »On Teaching Essay Writing: a landscape of Open Education Resources
Did you know that you can get paid to learn about, find, review, adopt, and even create Open Educational Resources (OER)? It can often be hard to find the time and support to research OER… Read More »Have you heard about the Open Education Grants available for faculty and staff?
As part of my journey to learn more about Open Educational Resources, I turned to the videos available online from the 2021 Open Education Conference. I clicked around a bit, and I encourage you to… Read More »Open Education: Some Insights and Resources from the 2021 OE Conference
Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes During the summer and fall of 2021 I was fortunate to participate in the UM-Ann Arbor CRLT LEO program focused on teaching for equity and inclusion. During the fall semester,… Read More »From Teaching for Equity & Inclusion to Reflecting on OER
Jill Darling (she/her) is a Lecturer II teaching composition & rhetoric and creative writing at UM-Dearborn, and has long been interested in critical and student-centered pedagogy, equity, access, and inclusion. Her project as an Affiliate… Read More »Jill Darling