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Lately, when I submit an essay for publication, and it keeps getting rejected, I wonder if I am washed up. I mean, I am Gen X. I’m getting up there. How long before I start a slow spiral into becoming irrelevant? (These are my bad thoughts). When the rejections start piling up, I start to
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[O]pen pedagogy and Black feminist pedagogy seek to challenge the role of both educators and students as well the utility of assignments. Jasmine Roberts-Crews, The Black Feminist Pedagogical Origins of Open Education Today, I am speaking at a symposium developed to bring together educators and students to explore to address power, equity, and inclusion in education. This event, offered
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OER materials make me incredibly happy–free educational materials that you can use, re-use, remix, and re-distribute? I love so many things about Open Source materials, which is why I am presenting a session about OER at the New Mexico Library Association’s 2024 Conference in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The Lowdown This session is responding to the
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This morning, SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) published this article describing the six recipients of the Open Textbook Pilot grant, one of which is the University of New Mexico, where I work. I was excited to be interviewed as I have been geeking out on the SPARC site since I started my
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When I started working on a grant proposal for the Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot program back in late March, early April, I thought it was a long shot, but I started writing anyway. I thought New Mexico needs this funding, and I am the first librarian in the state whose job is devoted
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Recently, I went to the Creative Commons Summit in Mexico City. I had never been to Mexico City, but it was my second international trip in about a month, which was exciting, as my passport needed to be broken in. The conference’s theme was AI and the Commons. I learned that I have a lot
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