Projects

Creating and Implementing OER for Teaching Adaptive Apparel Design

• Rachel J. Eike

This project supported the development of a new open textbook organized around the apparel design and soft goods product development process framework.

New Curriculum Module for CE 360 to Engage Students in Geohazard Investigations using Augmented Reality and 3D Printing

The objective of the project was to add a new inquiry-based module to the CE 360 course at Iowa State to introduce students to geohazards and allow them to explore through experimental activities the consequences of such hazards on the built envir

Expanding and Reinforcing Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology OER

• Walter Suza

In 2020, Walter P. Suza received a Miller Open Education Mini-Grant to develop an open textbook in collaboration with an instructor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Supporting Pre-Service Teachers' Critical Disciplinary Literacy Pedagogies

• Jeanne Dyches

Strategy-based texts around disciplinary literacy proliferate. But while many textbooks separately speak to disciplinary literacy concepts and issues of  social justice, a textbook melding these often-isolated fields has yet to emerge.

OER for ME 160, Mechanical Engineering Problem Solving with Computer Applications

• Austin Bray,
• Reza Montazami

A new OER: Individual and Family Development, Health and Well-being

• Diana Lang

The main goals of this Miller Open Education Mini-Grant project were to:

Instructional Videos for Class Piano Courses

• Janci Bronson

Dr. Janci Bronson, Class Piano & Piano Pedagogy teaching professor, has created a YouTube Education channel, Dr. Janci Bronson on YouTube.

Expanding Research Writing Learning Materials for Application across University Graduate-Level Courses

• Sarah R. Huffman,
• Elena Cotos

The purpose of this project was to consolidate a number of instructor-compiled Word documents and PDFs into an easily decipherable, well-organized open textbook.

Creating Open Educational Resources for Macroevolution

• Tracy Anne Heath,
• Joshua A Justison

Our aim was to develop open and online materials as a mechanism to facilitate student learning and engagement in a course that teaches macroevolutionary methods in a hands-on workshop environment.

Tutorials for NREM 120, Introduction to Renewable Resources

• Lidia R. Skrynnikova

As our planet faces climate change, mass species extinction, deforestation and other issues, environmental education is becoming increasingly important.

Humanizing Science through STEAM Challenges

• Eunjin Bahng,
• John M Hauptman

Developing OER Videos for 3D Motion Graphics: Principles of Motion

• Anson B. Call

The elements and principles of design provide artists and designers an important framework to understand and communicate their work. Additionally, animators have the 12 Principles of Animation to guide them in understanding character animation.

Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design

• Yongyeon Cho

This project was to develop an OER for the beginning level of interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software.

Creating Instructional Materials to Improve the Product Development Experience

• Kate Gilbert,
• Ken Prusa

BPMI students’ anatomical drawings for Comparative Chordate Anatomy (BIOL351)

• Corinna Most

The goal of this project was to have Biological and Pre-Medical Illustration (BPMI) students create anatomical illustrations of the specimens studied in the lab sections of BIOL351 Comparative Chordate Anatomy.

At Home and Abroad: Languages & Cultures for the Professions (LCP) Graduate Experiences

• Megan Jeanette Myers

Iowa State’s Languages and Cultures for the Professions (LCP) program allows students to pursue a professional track degree—in the College of Business, the College of Agriculture, or the College of Engineering—while at the same time pursuing a sec

Integrating OER in AGRON 320, Genetics, Agriculture, and Biotechnology Course

• Walter Suza

The goal of this project was to create a relevant agricultural genetics and biotechnology Open Educational Resources (OER) for Iowa State University students by leveraging pre-existing free educational resources from ISU’s Plant Breeding E-Le

Intelligibility-Based Oral Communication: Resources for Teaching Non-Native English Speakers

• Lily K Compton,
• Timothy Kochem,
• Elena Cotos

The purpose of this project was to create an OER—an interactive ebook—to aid in the teaching of pronunciation to International Teaching Assistants (ITAs).