Thursday to Saturday, February 20-22, 2025. The ASCCC will be hosting the 2025 Academic Academy at the Town and Country Resort in San Diego February 20-22, 2025.In 2020, the ASCCC Academic Academy focused on the impact of a global pandemic on distance education. In 2025, half a decade later, our focus turns to the impact of technological …

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The Tarea Libre 2 project is a comprehensive and accessible OER question bank consisting of 800 interactive activities created in LibreTexts ADAPT for intermediate and advanced Spanish courses. This resource includes a variety of formative and summative assessments that address diverse skills. Each module offers multiple levels of engagement, enabling instructors to create tailored homework assignments for varying skill …

Instructor Guide: Tarea Libre 2 (ASCCC OERI, Moon, Lee, Harmon, and Díaz-Rodil) (CC BY)Read More »

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In May of 2024, the OERI began working with Chabot College to develop a model for sharing the impact of local ZTC and OER efforts on student success. This project was funded by a 2024 OER Michelson Spark Grant and has been a collaboration among …

Visualizing the Impact of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC)Read More »

Friday, December 6, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am Digital classroom materials have become ubiquitous across higher education courses. Faculty regularly use digital versions of textbooks, homework, quizzes, and more, and the use levels are high even for fully in-person courses. OER have become a major source for many digital materials, especially textbooks. In …

Trends in Open Educational Resources (OER) Awareness and Adoption: National and California-Specific TrendsRead More »

Thursday, December 5, 2024 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Join us for a conversation on adopting and adapting a shared OER/ZTC Canvas course shell designed for Business Information Systems and Computer Information Systems (C-ID ITIS 120). This session will cover best practices and customization tips to enhance effectiveness and reduce frustrations. We’ll also explore …

Collaborating for Computer Science Success: Adopting/Adapting a Shared Open Educational Resource (OER) Canvas Course ShellRead More »

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Join colleagues to explore how faculty can integrate open practices with Ethnic Studies pedagogical principles to create open resources and publish students’ projects, artwork, essays, and other creative works. This session invites faculty to reimagine the creation, adaptation, and sharing of culturally relevant materials to …

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Friday, November 22, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Watch the “Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A OER Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish” recording Access the “Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A OER Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced Spanish” slides We are excited to announce the official launch of Tarea Libre 2, the …

Unveiling Tarea Libre 2: A New Open Educational Resource (OER) Homework Ancillary for Intermediate and Advanced SpanishRead More »

Friday, November 22, 2024 from 9:30 am – 10:30 am Watch the “Biotechnology: Something New and Something Needed” recording What Open Educational Resources (OER) are presently available for biotechnology courses? And what other biotechnology resources are needed? Join us to discuss the OER you are using, developing, and/or needing. OER BIOTECH 2024 AI Project – …

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