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Step 1: Defining the search for #OER related to the Calgary Family Assessment Model #CFAM

NurseKillam on December 6, 2017February 5, 2018

Next term (starting mid January) I am teaching a brand new course and I would like to incorporate some open educational resources (OER). The currently required text is: Wright, L.M. & Leahy, M. (2013). Nurses and families (6th ed.). Philadelphia: F .A. Davis. Lalmch / Pixabay This textbook costs about $45 on Amazon. With about 80 students coming into the course I could save them a lot of money and decrease barriers to their learning if I can find a […]

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Should nursing caps be canned?

NurseKillam on November 24, 2017February 5, 2018

Nursing caps are making a comeback at graduation ceremonies. Year after year I hold my tongue as graduates cross the stage wearing them. My personal bias against them was informed by a mentor of mine who was never shy to voice her opinion on various issues. Ironically, nursing student council announced in my class that they were organizing the purchase of nursing caps on the day I went to her celebration of life ceremony. While I do not yet have […]

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Frustrations with my first #OER YouTube video … I will be open – maybe – If YouTube lets me?

NurseKillam on November 6, 2017February 5, 2018

Armed with years of YouTube video-making experience, open videos on YouTube that I wanted to adapt in the spirit of openness, and a passion for open educational resources (OER) I set out to make my first CC BY licensed YouTube video. Today I reflect on the challenges I experienced as I put together the video below … and realized that my video might not actually be as open as I wanted it to be on YouTube. In a previous […]

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Please help!! Refine my research ideas for #OER #OpenEdMOOC

NurseKillam on October 30, 2017February 5, 2018

I have been trying to come up with a good research proposal around Open Educational Resources (OER) for some time now. Although it is an assignment for the Open Education MOOC I am involved in, it is real for me because I actually want to follow through with it – fellowship or not. Please comment and rip my ideas apart if you see any issues or have any suggestions for improvement. Below I share most of my thought process leading […]

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Creating, Finding and Using OERs #OER #OpenEdMOOC

NurseKillam on October 29, 2017February 5, 2018

In order to be open it is critical that educators have the skills to find and use Creative Commons licensed materials so they do not infringe on Copyright. Open Educational Resources (OER) are really not all that different than what I normally create – the only difference is the licensing. CreativeCommons licenses types and licensing from Marius My resource curation for learning to date has occurred primarily inside of the learning management systems at intuitions where I have taught and […]

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What is Open Education #OpenEdMOOC

NurseKillam on October 27, 2017February 5, 2018

Today’s MOOC experience is really challenging my reflective brain as so many questions are being raised about open education. As expressed in previous posts I share a core value with the open education community, but today I am struggling to fit Wiley’s (2015) definition of open with my reality. Below is an honest reflection on the open education movement as I consider if I can be on the cutting edge of this movement in Ontario. Open is not Free Open […]

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Exploring my YouTube Copyright #OpenEdMOOC

NurseKillam on October 25, 2017February 5, 2018

In week 2 of a course I am navigating at my own procrastinator’s pace we have been asked to consider Copyright, the Public Domain and the Commons. I am actually really excited to delve into this week’s content because it is a critical think to understand as a content creator. Lawyers, Librarians and Educators please jump in and comment on this post to help me get my head around this issue. Copyright I live in Canada. Since the MOOC I […]

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Why you should Embrace Openness as a Value

NurseKillam on October 25, 2017February 5, 2018

I first heard of the open education movement during a life changing experience that ran in August called Ontario Extend. Since then I have dove into the movement head first by engaging with peers on Twitter, exploring opportunities through eCampusOntario, adopting (and reviewing) an open textbook, and taking a course called Introduction to Open Education through edX. This journey has been exciting and challenging as you may be able to tell if you follow my blog. Please join my connected […]

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Help Me Track My Students!!! Please

NurseKillam on September 21, 2017February 5, 2018

Calling all website designers, techies, software developers, database managers and educators with connections. This is a call for help, referrals and advice. I have been assigned what seems like a huge task and I am not quite sure where to start! My task is to develop an online tracking system to give students and educators a more meaningful way to use clinical evaluations. I have been told that other Schools of Nursing have developed their own similar tracking systems so […]

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Academic Freedom is different from Intellectual Property! Does it matter in contract negotiations?

NurseKillam on August 30, 2017February 5, 2018

Two of issues raised in the collective bargaining process according to the OPSEU and the Ontario Employer Council are academic freedom and intellectual property. I have seen these ideas lumped together in the emails coming into my inbox but I want you to know that they are not the same! Let’s take a look at these issues. geralt / Pixabay Academic Freedom is our right (or lack thereof) to research, communicate our findings and express our opinions even if they […]

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