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Monica Turchyn holds a Masters in Public Health from the University of Illinois and served as instructional staff for courses at the College of Applied Health Sciences.

Bob Dignan is an Associate Director at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning.

The high cost of textbooks is one of the factors that affects student learning outcomes and student success. Students avoid certain classes, drop a class, or do poorly when they cannot afford the text for a course. Monica shares her academic journey out and back to higher ed; revealing the many barriers removed by having an OER in her coursework! All this (and more!) OER activity is supported by the Open Textbook Incentive Program at the University Library. Check out their webpage for details on funding applications and additional examples.

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Christy Bazan is an Adjunct Instructor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois. She is among the authors of the Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook Drug Use and Misuse: A Community Health Perspective.

Robert Baird is a Sr. Associate Director at the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning.

The high cost of textbooks is one of the factors that affects student learning outcomes and student success. Students avoid certain classes, drop a class, or do poorly when they cannot afford the text for a course. Learn a bit about one instructor's journey creating an OER at Illinois, and why she's working on her second! All this (and more!) OER activity is supported by the Open Textbook Incentive Program at the University Library. Check out their webpage for details on funding applications and additional examples.

Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.

This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation! Landing page for the Show on our website and Youtube version of this conversation.

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Blake Everett Johnson is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). He is also the Director of Undergraduate Instructional Laboratories

Lucas Anderson is a Specialist in Education at CITL. Check out his blog where he writes about developing a teaching philosophy statement and other teaching topics.

Who says engineers can’t have pizazz?! Ether through sheer silliness or deeply rooted pedagogy (or both – or neither!), Blake Johnson made low effort decisions to infuse some style into the pressure cooker situation of converting engineering lab courses into an online modality within a week to accommodate pandemic response in March 2020. Here’s a link to a sample of these lab videos sent to students in lieu of them being in the facility: Stylized Remote Lab Procedures Example - ME 320 Lab 5.

Listen to his reflections on the process of converting labs under impossible circumstances all while maintaining his fun - yet rigorous - teaching affect.

Did you enjoy this episode, or do you have a story to share about your teaching? Drop us a note at ttll@illinois.edu.

This podcast was produced by the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning at the University of Illinois. Episodes can be found on our website, citl.illinois.edu, and major podcast platforms. We hope you’ll find us there and join the conversation!

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