Thursday, April 23, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Join us for a chat about available OER for the humanities discipline and what humanities faculty would like to see in OER texts for general introductory and survey courses.Register for Humanities Open Educational Resources (OER) for Introductory and Survey Courses
Author: Amy Liao
Sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) and Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Courses through Canvas Commons
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm Canvas Commons provides an easy way for faculty creators to share their work openly, but how can others effectively adapt and use that work? If you create a Canvas shell using ZTC funds, what must you share? What should you share? What guidance could you provide …
Friday, April 17, 2026 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am The updating of OER can be inconsistent or reactive, which may result in it not being informed by current research, disciplinary practice, and student needs. And when updates are made, ancillary materials such as quizzes, assignments, study guides, and instructional supports can become misaligned. How …
Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Come learn about a wonderful project by one of our very own political science faculty, Brian Barrick, from Los Angeles Harbor College. Brian has created free, high-quality audio resources for students and educators.Register for OpenAudio: Political Science and the Audiobook Project Science
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Implementing OER and developing ZTC pathways can be particularly challenging in CTE programs. This webinar will investigate why CTE programs often face unique barriers when pursuing ZTC goals and explore strategies for addressing those barriers.Register for OER and ZTC in CTE
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Ready to build your own open textbook, or make an existing one truly yours? This webinar walks you through the entire process, from first idea to finished product.We’ll start with the essentials: how to plan your textbook and find the right resources before you dive …
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Wednesday, April 15, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm This conversation will introduce the expansion of the OERI’s Open Educational Resources and Geology collection to include marine and planetary sciences, earth system science, and atmospheric sciences within the existing geology (geosciences) collection.Register for Geology and the Earth Sciences: A Multidisciplinary OER Expansion
The OERI is pleased to offer a series of math and OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a conversational session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask questions pertaining to MyOpenMath.Register for Math OER …
Mathematics and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office HoursRead More »
Friday, April 10, 2026 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm This session will walk through the types of information that individuals should be aware of to keep their data secure when utilizing AI in courses that use open educational resources (OER), and in the OER creation, revision, remixing or assessment process. Participants will also investigate …
Friday, April 10, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Join us for a conversation with two community college faculty members who are developing new OER for linguistic anthropology — the only anthropological subdiscipline that lacks a comprehensive OER. They will present their work-in-progress and invite participants to provide feedback and further direction.Register for Linguistic …
Linguistic Anthropology Open Educational Resources (OER)Read More »