This OER introduces students to the four sub-disciplines of anthropology: cultural anthropology, biological anthropology, linguistic anthropology, and archaeology. The chapters are mostly derivative works that draw upon Perspectives, Explorations, and other previously published OER, and are augmented by the authors’ contributions. The editors’ goals are to present diverse perspectives and contemporary research across all four …
Author: Amy Liao
Rhetorical Communities introduces students to key concepts such as rhetorical situation, discourse communities, genre, and multimodality, while examining how language, identity, and power shape communication across contexts. With its modular structure and inclusion of topics like linguistic justice and generative AI, the text offers a flexible, rhetorically grounded resource that can support ENGL C1000 and C1001.
Thursday, April 30, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Establishing zero textbook cost sections of economics courses may require the use of resources that are freely available for student use, but may not be OER. What free resources are available to address homework system, graphing technology, and specialized and/or real-world economics module needs? Join us to …
Using Free Resources to Fill Open Educational Resource (OER) Gaps in EconomicsRead More »
Wednesday, April 29, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm In this webinar, we will discuss how faculty are leveraging OER and AI to expand access, reduce costs, and support innovative teaching in business classes. We will also explore practical strategies faculty are using to integrate OER and AI tools to enhance course design, improve student engagement, …
Business Open Educational Resources (OER) and Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI)Read More »
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Dual enrollment can be a student’s first college experience. Ensuring that this significant opportunity is clearly communicated is essential to expanding access. This webinar focuses on how colleges can highlight ZTC and OER options as a key benefit of their dual enrollment programs.Register for Making …
Friday, March 20, 2026 from 9:00 am – 10:00 am Please contact us at oeri@asccc.org to gain access to the recording This session will be a guided conversation focused on the OER needs of ITIS programs. We’ll discuss gaps in existing materials, challenges to adoption, and opportunities for creating, adapting, or sharing OER that better …
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Your journalism program likely produces a publication, but do you have the necessary curriculum and educational resources to support it? And are those resources free to students? In this conversation, we will share a list of existing journalism OER and explore what resources we may …
Monday, April 27, 2026 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Join us to get a preliminary look at findings from the Irvine Valley College ZTC Degree Feasibility Study. In this webinar, we will share the preliminary data including charts, early triangulated themes, and powerful student quotes. The study is still underway, so it’s not too …
Hear It First: Early Findings from the Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Degree Feasibility StudyRead More »
Saturday, April 25, 2026 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm at Cañada College This workshop will showcase LibreTexts, the LibreTexts Remixer, and the ADAPT Open Homework System.The OERI, in collaboration with Cañada College, is pleased to announce a professional development opportunity for those who intend to remix open educational resources in the LibreTexts platform and create openly-licensed assessments …
Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework Systems Regional Meeting – NorthRead More »
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