Saturday, May 17, 2025 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm The OERI, in collaboration with De Anza College and East Los Angeles College is pleased to announce regional professional development opportunities 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 these …
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Friday, May 16, 2025 from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm The OERI, in collaboration with De Anza College and East Los Angeles College is pleased to announce regional professional development opportunities 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 these …
Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Drop in to chat about ASCCC’s IDEA Framework. This space is for anyone using the framework to assess existing Open Educational Resources, to create new OER materials, or to discuss all things IDEA. Join your IDEA colleagues to ask questions, to get feedback, or to …
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (IDEA) Framework Office HourRead More »
Friday, March 21, 2025 from 10:30 am – 12:00 pm The 2024 – 2025 Exemplary Program Award recognized OER programs at four colleges and their outstanding achievements in advancing the use of OER to break barriers and promote academic equity. Representatives from each of the four colleges will provide an overview of their program emphasizing …
Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm As we strive to offer more ZTC courses and pathways, chemistry faculty often face challenges in finding open homework solutions that meet their instructional needs. Let’s have a conversation where faculty can share their experiences, identify key barriers, and discuss what resources or support would …
Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The IDEA Framework was created to inform the development of new OER and the review and improvement of existing OER. What does an IDEA review mean for a human anatomy text? What does an inclusive, diverse, equitable, and anti-racist biology OER look like? Join us …
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Discussions with economics faculty have identified two barriers to establishing zero-textbook-cost (ZTC) sections of microeconomics and macroeconomics: the lack of no-cost openly-licensed adaptive homework assignments and freely available but inadequate graphing technology. What is presently being done to address the adaptive homework assignment need? And …
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm We will begin this webinar by briefly exploring existing OER and then turn our attention to focusing on identifying key gaps and sharing strategies for developing accessible, high-quality materials that align with ECE needs.Register for What’s Still Missing? Filling the Gaps of ECE OER
See dates below to sign up The OERI is pleased to offer a series of Math OER office hours throughout the term. These office hours will serve as a questions and answers session where attendees bring in their math OER needs, requests, and questions. Attendees can also use this space to receive guidance and ask …
Mathematics and OER Office Hour – Spring 2025 ScheduleRead More »
Friday, March 14, 2025 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am During the 2020-2021 academic year, OpenStax indicated that at least one faculty member at 61 California community colleges reported adopting OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology. At about the same time, the OERI funded a team of faculty to separate out the anatomy components of the text …
Anatomy and Physiology Courses: Identifying and Addressing Barriers to Getting to ZeroRead More »