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58	My co-authorship of Grenzenlos Deutsch is motivated by my commitment to increasing social justice in language education. Offering an OER with quality content and current modern languages pedagogy, including universal design for learning, increases access to teaching and learning German for all students and their educators. Members of the Grenzenlos Deutsch team reflect on their shared goals and values in an article on feminist collaborative work published in Feminist German Studies, vol. 36.1, Spring/Summer 2020. As we gather authentic resources for the project, we are intentional about including images, voices, texts, and contexts that reflect the diversity of the target culture. We offer content frequently underrepresented in traditional textbooks, such as units on environmental issues, or units dedicated to diversity, equity, and social justice. We offer structure and flexibility. Grenzenlos Deutsch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This means that educators and learners can adapt and adjust our content and methods to best fit their own teaching and learning contexts. At the same time, the curriculum consistently cycles through thematic units, introduces and reviews grammar structures, supports building proficiencies, and motivates self-directed learning. Our team uses WordPress and HTML5 tools to develop learner-centered activities that engage individuals and groups in active learning scenarios. The Grenzenlos Deutsch website is accessible via grenzenlos-deutsch.com. Brigetta Abel and Amy Young serve as co-leaders and PIs for the project that is supported by funding through a Digital Humanities Advancement Gant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by the Mansergh-Stuessy Fund for College Innovation. The Board of Authors includes: Brigetta M. Abel, Macalester College; Erika Berroth, Southwestern University; Maureen Gallagher, National University of Australia; Adi King; Isolde Mueller, St Cloud State University; Simone Pfleger, University of Alberta; Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers, Library of Congress; Faye Stewart, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Tessa Wegener, Middlebury College German Language School; Amy Young, Central College. Authors are joined by Editorial Board members Angineh Djavadghazaryans, Karolina May-Chu, and Simone Pfleger. Macalester’s Ron Joslin and Louann Terveer serve as expert consultants for OER and technical issues. We are grateful to educators and students using our OER worldwide for contributing their insights, questions, and suggestions to our dynamic and evolving project.

My co-authorship of Grenzenlos Deutsch is motivated by my commitment to increasing social justice in language education. Offering an OER with quality content and current modern languages pedagogy, including universal design for learning, increases access to teaching and learning German for all students and their educators. Members of the Grenzenlos Deutsch team reflect on their shared goals and values in an article on feminist collaborative work published in Feminist German Studies, vol. 36.1, Spring/Summer 2020. As we gather authentic resources for the project, we are intentional about including images, voices, texts, and contexts that reflect the diversity of the target culture. We offer content frequently underrepresented in traditional textbooks, such as units on environmental issues, or units dedicated to diversity, equity, and social justice. We offer structure and flexibility. Grenzenlos Deutsch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This means that educators and learners can adapt and adjust our content and methods to best fit their own teaching and learning contexts. At the same time, the curriculum consistently cycles through thematic units, introduces and reviews grammar structures, supports building proficiencies, and motivates self-directed learning. Our team uses WordPress and HTML5 tools to develop learner-centered activities that engage individuals and groups in active learning scenarios. The Grenzenlos Deutsch website is accessible via grenzenlos-deutsch.com. Brigetta Abel and Amy Young serve as co-leaders and PIs for the project that is supported by funding through a Digital Humanities Advancement Gant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by the Mansergh-Stuessy Fund for College Innovation. The Board of Authors includes: Brigetta M. Abel, Macalester College; Erika Berroth, Southwestern University; Maureen Gallagher, National University of Australia; Adi King; Isolde Mueller, St Cloud State University; Simone Pfleger, University of Alberta; Elizabeth Schreiber-Byers, Library of Congress; Faye Stewart, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Tessa Wegener, Middlebury College German Language School; Amy Young, Central College. Authors are joined by Editorial Board members Angineh Djavadghazaryans, Karolina May-Chu, and Simone Pfleger. Macalester’s Ron Joslin and Louann Terveer serve as expert consultants for OER and technical issues. We are grateful to educators and students using our OER worldwide for contributing their insights, questions, and suggestions to our dynamic and evolving project.