Friday, November 1, 2024 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm The OERI, in collaboration with Chabot 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. Those who support this work are also invited to attend. Attendees of this in-person event at …

ASCCC OERI Regional Meeting – Introduction to Remixing and Open Homework SystemsRead More »

See Dates Below The OERI is pleased to offer a series of ASL and OER office hours throughout the Fall term. These office hours will serve as an open discussion space about converting courses to ZTC and developing OERs for ASL. Register for ASL and OER Office Hours on Friday, October 25, 11:00 am – …

American Sign Language (ASL) and Open Educational Resources (OER) Office HoursRead More »

Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm ZTC and OER have the potential to grow the political science discipline in the California community colleges. By removing cost barriers to our political science students, the interest in our courses should increase. Join us for a conversation on how the adoption of OER can …

Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), Open Educational Resources (OER), and Political ScienceRead More »

Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Please join us for a conversation about developing anthropology ZTC degrees, as well as an update on new anthropology OER and a discussion of future needs of the discipline.Register for Anthropology ZTC Degree

Monday, October 21, 2024 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Join us for an engaging discussion on the intersection of OER and open source tools in computer science education. We’ll explore how integrating these two powerful approaches can expand access to high-quality learning materials, foster collaborative development, and transform the teaching and learning of coding …

Bridging Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Source: Advancing Computer Science EducationRead More »

Friday, October 18, 2024 from 10:30 am – 11:30 am This summer the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) hosted an IDEA Summer Pilot Program. Twelve faculty members, in multiple disciplines from colleges across the state, participated in a 4-week IDEA assessment training. The purpose of the training was to teach faculty how to apply the …

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Summer Pilot Program – An Overview and Update of the IDEA Assessment ProcessRead More »

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Geology is fortunate to have some very good openly licensed textbooks, especially for Physical Geology. Additionally, colleagues from across the state are currently developing OER where the discipline needs it the most: Historical Geology and California Geology. Please join our webinar to review the existing …

Exciting Geology Open Educational Resources (OER) Textbooks in DevelopmentRead More »

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Join us to review psychology’s approach to OER, including ensuring resources have an emphasis on inclusion, equity, diversity, and justice issues as well as using crowdsourcing to update OER and create ancillaries. Finally, we will discuss any gaps in OER that persist in our discipline.Register …

The Way Forward in Psychology Open Educational Resources (OER)Read More »