Monday, March 30, 2026 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am Effective OER work requires institutional alignment—and that begins with how we communicate impact to governing boards and executive leaders. This session focuses on translating OER outcomes into data-driven, mission-centered narratives that resonate at the administrative level. Participants will explore strategies for presenting student success data, …
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Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Watch the “AI Bytes: Boosting Accessibility, Not Workload” recording Access the “AI Bytes: Boosting Accessibility, Not Workload” slides The OERI is pleased to announce the introduction of its Brown Bag Series. Each brown bag is a 30-minute mini-webinar where participants can drop in to learn …
Monday, March 16, 2026 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am Watch the “Pathways to Zero” recording Access the “Pathways to Zero” slides Counselors are key influencers in how students discover courses, build schedules, and understand degree pathways. This session explores how to collaborate with counseling teams to increase the visibility of ZTC programs, highlight OER-designated …
Friday, March 13, 2026 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Watch the “Owning the Curriculum: How a Spanish Program Replaced Commercial Textbooks with OER” recording Access the “Owning the Curriculum” slides Commercial language textbooks are costly and often rely on generic, outdated content disconnected from today’s students. In this webinar, the author of Salón de …
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Watch the “How Should the California Community Colleges Calculate the Cost Savings Resulting from the Adoption of OER” recording Access the “How Should the California Community Colleges Calculate the Cost Savings Resulting from the Adoption of OER” slides Resolution 114.04, Developing a Consistent Method for …
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Watch the “Into the Libreverse!” recording Access the “Into the Libreverse!” slides – TBD Our first introductory session, “Into the Libreverse!”, will demonstrate how faculty can gain access to the platform and quickly find, remix, and integrate OER using LibreTexts. (This session will be recorded, and …
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Watch the “Accessibility Apps: Complex Images and Alt Text” recording Access the “Accessibility Apps: Complex Images and Alt Text” presentation slides – pending Writing alternative text (alt text) for simple images is one thing, but what about dense charts, layered maps, complex infographics, scientific diagrams, …
Monday, March 9, 2026 from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Digital media is a new discipline for the OERI, offering an opportunity to shape its direction and create support for faculty from the ground up. This session will focus on what materials digital media faculty need, what resources we already have, and how we can …
Friday, March 6, 2026 10:30 am – 11:30 am Watch the “Finding the Human Connection in a Digital World” recording Access the “Finding the Human Connection in a Digital World” slides In an age of automation, how do you ensure that student work remains a reflection of genuine learning? Join us to learn about Discuss-It, …
Thursday, March 5, 2026 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Watch the “AI Bytes: Rubrics, Resilience, and Robots” recording Access the “AI Bytes: Rubrics, Resilience, and Robots” slides The OERI is pleased to announce the introduction of its Brown Bag Series. Each brown bag is a 30-minute mini-webinar where participants can drop in to learn …