Thursday, March 25, 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Join two former ASCCC presidents (Michelle Pilati and Julie Bruno) to discuss any political challenges that you may experience in advancing the OER efforts on your campus. The office hour is open to both OER Liaisons and senate presidents, together or separate.
Author: Selena Silva
Wednesday, March 24, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Watch the Arguments and Counterarguments for Switching to OER: How and When to Convince Your Reluctant Colleagues Webinar Recording Feeling frustrated by the never-ending arguments and excuses from your colleagues about why switching to OER is not for them? Join us for a discussion on effective arguments …
Friday, March 26, 10:30am – 11:30 am Questions? Ideas? Join us in this Open Forum where you direct the conversation.
Friday, March 19, 10:30am – 11:30 am Watch the OER and Computer Science Webinar Recording What OER are available for the computer science discipline – and other related fields. Join the OERI’s Computer Science Discipline Lead for an overview of the available OER – and a discussion of your OER needs. Useful Links from the …
Monday, March 22, 10:00 am – 11:00 am Watch the Value Added: What Have We Done for You Lately? Webinar Recording The OERI strives to support OER Liaisons with the assistance they need as they need it. This is your chance to provide feedback to OERI leadership about the aspects of the OERI that have …
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Thursday, March 18, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Watch Recording for OERL Webinar – Clarifying SB 1359 What is the current status of the implementation of SB 1359, the bill that has required the California Community Colleges (and the California State University system) to include a no-cost or “ZTC” designation in their online schedules since …
Fall 2020; Resolution Number: 09.01 Whereas, Resolution 13.01 S19 asked that the “Academic Senate for California Community Colleges develop suggested guidelines, policies, and practices for implementation of SB 1359 (Block, 2016) no later than Spring of 2020”; Whereas, Most California community colleges have overcome the technical challenges associated with implementing a “no-cost” designation in their online …
Fall 2020 Resolution Number: 20.02 Whereas, Faculty have both the freedom to select the course materials they deem most appropriate and the responsibility to consider the cost burden as they do so; Whereas, Provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act that went into effect in July, 2010 required each institution of higher education receiving federal financial …
Fall 2019 Resolution Number: 09.06 Whereas, Publishers have been developing approaches to monetize open educational resources and, in some instances, are providing textbook solutions that dramatically decrease the costs of such resources but may have unintended negative consequences; Whereas, “Inclusive access” strategies have been introduced by publishers in various formats as an approach to decrease the …
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Fall 2019 Resolution Number: 09.05 Whereas, SB 1359 (Block, 2016) requires all segments of public higher education in California to “Clearly highlight, by means that may include a symbol or logo in a conspicuous place on the online campus course schedule, the courses that exclusively use digital course materials that are free of charge to students …
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