Abbey Elder

· 5mo ago

Happy National #Library Workers Day! If you've ever gotten access to an article, news story, book, or other resource thanks to a library, thank a librarian today!
I want to thank @nausicaa@xoxo.zone for being one of the coolest library people I know 😎

· 6mo ago

Thanks to all who came out to our All Things Open 2026 presentation this afternoon, "Jumping Into the Deep End: Lessons Learned from Editing a Book about Open Movements!" I had a great time getting to share our experience editing an #OpenAccess book about open stuff.

· 6mo ago

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For anyone attending the #rdap summit in a few weeks to talk research data, be sure to congratulate Megan O'Donnell on her publication! She did a lot of heavy lifting for "Surviving Research Publication"

· 5mo ago

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@Linkletter@mastodon.social Thanks for surfacing this story! It's especially concerning now when ed tech providers are continuing to collect more (and more granular) data about student activities. This data can be useful for assessment, but is it worth it to hoard so much personal information when we've seen these systems broken into time and again? And, more importantly, why are universities actively investing in these data collection activities rather than protecting their students?

https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/plugins/books/209/

· 6mo ago

I'm happy to share a new publication from the ISU Digital Press! Introduction to Woodworking Machines by Peter Scheidt is a free online handbook (#OER) written to introduce basic woodworking machine safety and techniques to beginner woodworkers using an instructional woodshop.

· 6mo ago

Do you ever think to yourself: "That one class I took in high school changed the way I think about [TOPIC] for the better." I thought about that a lot today, and proceeded to write a lot on BlueSky about it. It was a lot of rambling, so I am not gonna repost it all here, but the tl;dr is "Support interactive assignments so educators can help students engage in deeper learning. Let students take electives and support them in branching out to try new things. And pay teachers a living wage! "

· 32mo ago

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@vtraag @tklebel Congratulations on the publication and thank you for the breakdown here! The figures are excellent as well. I'd love to see more research breaking down connections like this in other open avenues, like with open access and citations. I'm sure there would be similar outcomes re: novelty

· 5mo ago

I wrote a thing! Check out my latest post for the Iowa #OER blog: "Update Schedules for OER: Flexible and Fit-to-purpose"
https://iowaoer.com/2026/04/27/update-schedules-for-oer-flexible-and-fit-to-purpose/