Kim Westemeier

Instructional Designer, @CTRL_AU at @AmericanU who is also a traveler | food lover | tinkerer | stargazer.
Views and opinions are my own.

[Kim Westemeier @KimWestemeier]

So excited to enact what @FritzTesha spoke about in @CAST_UDL webinar. My big takeaway: create assignments that empower students to bring their excellence forth- not assignments that oppress and tell them they aren't good enough. #AntiracistUDL #antiracistpedagogy @CTRL_AU

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Kicking it off with a great plenary! #auafc

[Bill Harder 🦋 @wlharder.bsky.social @wlharder]

Thrilled to have @corbinmcampbell open the 31st Ann Ferren Conerence! #auafc #facultydevelopment #scholarteacher

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Preparing for #auafc with the @CTRL_AU team! Excited for another conference ☺️

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Use Twitter and Hootfeedvfor live participation #udlparticipation

[CFE @ AU @cfe_au]

Registration for the August Faculty Workshops is now open! Visit our website to learn more and to register for sessions.
https://t.co/999OsIHQNZ

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What are some techniques you have used or encountered that were intentional about including students who might not otherwise participate? Tweet using #UDLparticipation (or write on a post-it and we can collect those).

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@Horan_Erin Yes!!! A simple illustration of the digital native myth.

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Welcome to @CTRL_AU, @Horan_Erin! Very excited for you to be here.

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To see your tweets appear on our Twitter feed today at the 30th Anniversary Ann Ferren Conference, use the hashtags #auctrl and #auafc30 ! @CTRL_AU

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Very much looking forward to today! #auctrl #auafc30

[CFE @ AU @cfe_au]

The 30th Anniversary Ann Ferren Conference on Teaching, Research, and Learning will take place tomorrow, Friday, January 11! We look forward to seeing you there! Learn more here: https://t.co/tbqbPjNk99

[Bill Harder 🦋 @wlharder.bsky.social @wlharder]

Happy to welcome our new Quantitative/Computational Research Methodologist to the @CTRL_AU team. @AmericanU faculty, come by and let’s have a discussion about your #research

[Kim Westemeier @KimWestemeier]

Working through #OER project creation at #EDUCAUSE by using a bingo card to identify key stakeholders- looking forward to bringing back this energy to @CTRL_AU!

[Kim Westemeier @KimWestemeier]

In addition to the Instructional Designer position I posted about, we are also hiring a Quantitative/Computational Research Methodologist. Same @CTRL_AU team. Help us keep building an awesome team!

[Bill Harder 🦋 @wlharder.bsky.social @wlharder]

We are hiring! If you have a strong background in #quantmethods and love some #STATA, #SAS, #Rstats, #Python, #MATLAB, and/or #Mathematica come work with me at @AmericanU 's @CTRL_AU || Quantitative/Computational Research Methodologist (14653) https://t.co/2iSa5aPLKf

[Kim Westemeier @KimWestemeier]

Interested in working at AU with a great team? My office, @CTRL_AU , is hiring an Instructional Designer to build our Teaching Support team. https://t.co/xgwzTXD0Ig
#instructionaldesign #hiring #edtech

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#EDU6323 For anyone interested in learning more about OERs, this is a good resource to dive into. I’m starting my “education” now!

[Lumen Learning @LumenLearning]

Are you looking for fresh ideas, effective tactics, and helpful tools to help you grow #OER adoption on your campus? Check out the OER Champion Playbook today: https://t.co/um4GafeWkV #OERChampion #playbook #learningimpact

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@MeganGarland18 #EDU6323 I always worry about authentic instruction- what works for one professor might not work for another. So if all professors start doing the same thing, it might feel forced by some. Never hurts to try something different in the classroom though!

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@jepkep80 @MeganGarland18 #EDU6323 I hadn’t thought about access for the incarcerated. Tech moves so fast now- what we used 20, 10, even 5 years ago is so different!

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@EdTechGirl2 #EDU6323 That’s interesting to see a government use the Mesh- I have no doubt the US govt has something similar. When I asked who would benefit I was thinking more micro/community-level- urban vs. rural, socioeconomic status, not necessarily the macro/country/regional level.

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#EDU6323 Kelly’s idea of The Mesh seems like something that is much farther off than 10 years. While we do have tech that reflects this movement (ie Fitbits, Nest, Echo) most items in the physical space exist on their own. How is each item going to be incorporated into this Mesh?

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#EDU6323 Who will do it? Who determines what is built first? Who will be left out from this network? I’m not sure the Mesh will benefit everyone equally nor will access be equitable.