Friday, May 3, 2019 – 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM WATCH OER for Librarians – A Crash Course webinar recording DOWNLOAD OER for Librarians – A Crash Course webinar presentation Librarians are often the “go to” people for faculty considering OER. If you are in that role – or want to be in that role – …
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Friday, April 26, 2019 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM WATCH OER for Geography webinar recording DOWNLOAD OER for Geography webinar presentation This discipline-focused webinar will focus on the available OER resources for Geography, with faculty sharing their OER-adoption experience.
Thursday, April 25, 2019 – 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM WATCH Printing Solutions for OER webinar recording OER is free digitally but what options and are available when students (and instructors) prefer print versions? Sometimes print is needed for accessibility accommodation. Challenges and solutions for printing will be covered with specific examples from CCCs. This …
Thursday, April 18, 2019 – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM WATCH LibreTexts “Freeing” the Textbook webinar recording LibreTexts, housed at UC Davis, states that its mission is to ”…develop an easy-to-use online platform for the construction, customization, and dissemination of open educational resources (OER) to reduce the burdens of unreasonable textbook costs to our students …
Friday, April 12, 2019 – 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM WATCH OER for Computer Science webinar recording This discipline-focused webinar will focus on the available OER resources for Computer Science, with faculty sharing their OER-adoption experience.
Spring 2019 Resolution Number: 13.02 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) has urged local academic senates to identify a local open educational resources (OER) point-person to act as a liaison to facilitate OER-related communication between the college and the ASCCC (Resolution 17.02 F18); Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges’ Open Educational …
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Spring 2019 Resolution Number: 13.01 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 …
Spring 2019 Resolution Number: 09.05 Whereas, Resolution 13.03 F15 asserted that “incentivizing faculty to adopt any specific instructional materials over others could potentially compromise quality by encouraging or pressuring faculty to adopt materials that are less pedagogically sound” and opposed the provision of direct compensation to faculty for the adoption of open educational resources in the …
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Spring 2019 Resolution Number: 09.03 Whereas, In the California Community Colleges, the course outline of record is the official document that establishes, among other things, the content, objectives, and instructional materials for a given course and is the basis for articulation; Whereas, Both the California State University Chancellor’s Office and University of California Office of the …
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Monday, April 8, 2019 – 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM WATCH A Critical Collaboration – Working with your Bookstore to Make OER Available webinar recording Adopting OER is only one step in making such resources available to students. When, where, and how are students informed about accessing OER course resources? Collaborating with the bookstore can …
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