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    My OERgin Story

    My first exposure to the concept of OER came at a YC Convocation. I remember sitting in my seat, looking at the statistics about student needs and nodding my head. At that moment, I didn’t truly comprehend the full scope of OER, but what I took away from that presentation was the importance of providing free and low cost textbooks for students. I immediately started working toward shifting my focus from finding textbooks to finding materials/websites that I could share with my students at no cost. They weren’t OER (as I would find out later), but they were free! Being cognizant of students’ finances has always been important to me…

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    My Worst Nightmare…

    One of my worst nightmares in my undergrad days was waking up and realizing that I had forgotten about a class. I’d race to my final, hoping that somehow I could figure out a way to pass the class.  I’d wake up in a cold sweat and quickly check off my classes to make sure that I didn’t miss any! As frightening as that dream was, once I woke up I of course realized that there was no way I’d ever forget about a class! Really, how could THAT happen? In fact, until a spring semester not long ago, I really didn’t think such a thing could happen to anyone.…