OER Community Conversations: October 2025

“Bring Ideas to Life: Create, Animate, Express!”

Stacey Van Gelderen DNP, MS, RNC-MNN, PHN
Minnesota State University, Mankato School of Nursing

Unleash your creativity in this hands-on workshop that introduces you to two powerful tools from Adobe: Adobe Express and Adobe Character Animator. Whether you’re an educator, content creator, marketer, or digital storytelling enthusiast, this session will equip you with the skills to turn static ideas into dynamic, eye-catching content.

What You’ll Learn:

Adobe Express:

• Create stunning graphics, flyers, and videos with easy-to-use templates
• Ramp up your lecture videos into interesting content your students want to watch!

Adobe Character Animator:

• Turn 2D characters into live, animated personas
• Use your webcam and microphone to bring characters to life in real-time
• Explore how to sync voice, movement, and expressions

Takeaways:

• Professionally designed graphics and videos created in Adobe Express and Adobe Character Animator
• Access to beginner-friendly resources and templates
• A certificate of participation

About the Presenter

Dr.  Van Gelderen has dedicated her career to supporting perinatal women, newborns, and advancing family-centered care practices. With over 26 years of experience, she provides workshops and consultations in maternal-newborn care, nursing education, family-centered practice, and clinical simulation.

Dr. Van Gelderen is the lead author of the Van Gelderen Family Care Rubric (VGFCR) (2019, 2016), an evidence-based, internationally validated tool designed to enhance healthcare professionals’ skills in family assessment and communication. This tool is recognized by the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning and was honored with the 2018–2019 Articles of Influence award by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. It is currently used by healthcare practitioners and educators in twelve countries worldwide.

Open Educational Resource (OER) Community Conversations are open forum conversations for all to share, discuss, and learn from colleagues in the Minnesota State OER community. Hosted by Karen Pikula, the OER Learning Circle Coordinator, these conversations are virtual, hour-long meetings held twice per semester and feature a guest speaker on a topic of interest. Learn more about OER Community Conversations, including webinar recordings.

Accommodations

The NED is committed to providing universal access to all of our events, we’d like to discover how we can make the event more inclusive so you can fully participate!

Machine generated captions are available in real-time for all Zoom events, however human generated CART (live caption) service and ASL interpretation can be requested with advanced notice (2 weeks) to make the event more accessible.

Please, let us know of any disability-related accommodations that will facilitate your full participation.

Questions?

Contact Karen Pikula.

Registration Required

Use the RSVP tool below to register. After registering, a calendar invite will be sent to you as a reminder of the event start date.