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From all of the great discussions we have had in this group stemming from the amazing articles found to our own experiences, I find that my ultimate goal is to develop and cultivate an assignment bank. I realize that within the Commons, we will be adding assignments to the greater good and have so many at our finger tips to work off of, but as far as my own set of courses, I want ones that maneuver and flow through them all. The three that I have created, which I look forward to trying out, I realize can be used in more than one of my classes. Originally I was…

One thing I always appreciate about working alongside colleagues that are from a different discipline is the objectivity that is inherent. When creating assignments, especially ones that are outside the norm and fall into this open education pedagogy, it is easy to fall down the rabbit hole and not see the entire process from beginning to end. AND especially with working on something so new. Working alongside someone who you are “presenting” this idea to keeps you in check. Even from the moment of speaking it out loud, red flags went up for me that steps were unclear and not specific enough. In addition, someone who may or may not…

While I really wanted to uncover an article that is more recent, I was immediately taken by the structure and purpose of this piece and how the case-study that is analyzed was based out of a Community College. Full disclosure: I am not a statistical person and don’t usually respond well to charts and numbers. This study however, from Tidewater Community College in Virginia, aims at how revolutionizing the status quo of traditional textbook use can spring students and institutions into a new way of learning. Their newly-launched (in 2015-2016) “ZERO” Degree program where all courses within the degree requirement set their textbook expectations with OER’s and NO cost to…

Colleagues, my name is Tom Rothacker. I am an Asst Professor of Theatre Arts in the Department of Communications & Performing Arts. I look forward to working with you all, especially around the idea of Assignment Design. I have used an OER for one of my Theatre courses and have adopted other texts that are available through our library for students to access. It is rare that I am making students purchases books when everything needed is at our fingertips, virtually. The idea of students having imput in assignment design intrigues me and I “may” have touched upon this is one of my classes, but need to further explore and…