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  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 teac...

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  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.

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

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  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 for being one of the coolest library people I know 😎

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  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/

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  Check out these new #OER from the ISU Digital Press, led by authors at the Graduate College at Iowa State University. Preparing to Publish, 2nd Edition by Elena Cotos, Sarah Huffman, and Kimberly Pace Becker https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.2026.252 Surviving Research Publication: A Guide for New Scholars by Lily Compton, Megan O'Donnell, and Kristin Terrill https://doi.org/10.31274/isudp.2026.216